Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank visited Silicon Valley and examined the US electric car manufacturer Tesla's factory, Google's headquarters and Stanford University Canary Early Cancer Diagnosis Center.
Minister Varank, who is in the USA to attend CES 2023, visited Silicon Valley, where the heart of technology and innovation beats, on the last day of his contacts in the country.
MEETING WITH TESLA MANAGERS
Varank, who first examined the Fremont Factory of the US electric car manufacturer Tesla, one of the largest production facilities in California, got information about the cars developed by the company and the production model and held a meeting with Tesla executives.
VISIT GOOGLE
After Tesla's factory, Varank visited the headquarters of Google, one of the technology giants of the USA, which focuses on areas such as search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing and computer software, and received information about the work of the company from the authorities.
MEET WITH THE TURKISH DIASPORA
Varank later made examinations at the Stanford University Canary Early Cancer Diagnosis Center. Varank, who works on cancer early diagnosis and prediction strategies, and Prof. Dr. Utkan Demirci and Assoc. Dr. He exchanged views with Gözde Durmuş. Varank, who also met with the Turkish diaspora at Stanford University, met with the members of the Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD) USA Branch, ETAC and Diyanet Foundation Silicon Valley Branch. Varank held a meeting with venture capital representatives at BootUp World, the startup ecosystem.
During their visit to Minister Varank, Turkey's Ambassador to Washington Hasan Murat Mercan, Turkey's Consul General to Los Angeles Sinan Kuzum, Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Support Administration (KOSGEB) President Hasan Basri Kurt, Development Agencies Deputy General Manager Ahmet Şimşek , İSTKA Secretary General Erkam Tüzgen, Ankara Development Agency Secretary General Cahit Çelik, Bursa Eskişehir Bilecik Development Agency (BEBKA) Secretary General Zeki Durak and İpekyolu Development Agency Secretary General Burhan Akyılmaz.
CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION
In a statement after his visit to Silicon Valley, Varank said that San Francisco is a region that has made significant contributions to the development of technology. Stating that they wanted to see the change and transformation that comes with electrification in the automotive industry during their visit to Tesla's factory, Varank noted that Tesla is a leading company in electric vehicles.
Referring to the meeting they held with Tesla executives, Varank stated that a company like Togg, which emerged with the logic of startup, also excited Tesla executives.
MEETS WITH THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TEAM AT GOOGLE
Giving information about his visit to Google, Varank said, “Google is one of the 5 big global companies in technology. They direct the development of technology and the information sector in the world with very different solutions. There, we met with the artificial intelligence team and Turkish executives. We consulted with our Turkish friends working there about what we can do about artificial intelligence, how developers, startups and technology companies in Turkey can use Google's solutions, and what we can build on those solutions. It was a nice productive meeting. In fact, we had an eye-opening consultation on how we can apply the solutions they developed in Turkey, especially for the automotive industry.” used his statements.
COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY ARE TAKEN
Stating that they visited a research center at Stanford University that conducts early diagnosis research in cancer, Varank said, “We have Utkan Professor at the head of this place. He is a teacher who came from Turkey with a scholarship from the Ministry of National Education, paid the scholarship, but did not forget Turkey, accepted hundreds of students from Turkey, taught them, and had initiatives in Turkey. We discussed with them how we can make applications especially in the field of health in the coming period, how we can create a bridge between Turkey and San Francisco, how we can bring companies from Turkey with the acceleration program, how we can carry out some of the needed research and carry out joint projects in Turkey. There are currently 5 cancer early detection research centers in the world, we discussed whether we can establish one of them in Turkey and be included in this network.” he said.
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Emphasizing that it is important for Turkish professionals living in the USA to keep their ties with their countries, Varank said, “What got me excited during the meeting with our professors here; The world no longer looks at things only as scientific research. It looks at how we can commercialize these scientific researches, how we can transform them into economic value, and how we can develop solutions for the benefit of humanity through a productization process. We can initiate such initiatives between Turkey and the USA, we can realize acceleration programs.” he said.
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