The first of the “Software Meetings” events, organised by OSB TEKNOKENT, which was founded by Hasan Kalyoncu University (HKU) and the Gaziantep Organised Industrial Zone (GAOSB) and has quickly become a model inspiring other universities and organised industrial zones, was held with wide participation at the Gaziantep Şehitkâmil Cultural Centre.
At the event, organised to bring the stakeholders of the software ecosystem together in Gaziantep and to share the rapidly changing dynamics of the sector, as many as 20 invited speakers from Türkiye and abroad shared their knowledge and experience on subjects such as digital transformation in industry, enterprise resource planning software, game development, blockchain technologies, NFT, Metaverse and similar topics.
HKU SUPPORTS THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEM
Speaking at the opening of the programme, which attracted great interest from computer and software engineering students who aim to work in the software sector after graduation, as well as academic staff, software developers and business people, HKU Rector Prof. Dr. Türkay Dereli said, “The development and support of the software development ecosystem is of great importance for the development of Türkiye. As Hasan Kalyoncu University, we are working with all our strength for the development of the software ecosystem, both with our Computer Engineering and Software Engineering departments, our academic staff, our students and our graduates, and with the entrepreneurs in our Technopark. Today’s event is an indication of this. I believe that the software developers who will shape the future are in this hall.”
OSB TEKNOKENT IS A RISING VALUE
Stating that OSB TEKNOKENT, jointly founded by Hasan Kalyoncu University and the Gaziantep Organised Industrial Zone, is a rising value in University-Industry Cooperation, OSB TEKNOKENT Chair of the Board Savaş Mahsereci said: “Blocks A and B of our Technopark have come into service. We host nearly 50 entrepreneurs. We have entrepreneurs developing projects for the needs of production. We also have entrepreneurs developing software and games. Due to intense demand, we are now starting the construction of Block C as well. Software concerns everyone. We need to develop our own software ourselves. I wish the event a successful course.”
