'Next Level Uludağ Summit' Will Shape the Future of Automotive Industry in Bursa

The “Next Level Uludağ Summit” will be organized in partnership with the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Information Processing and Automation Technologies and the Automotive Council on June 18-19 to guide the future of artificial intelligence and digital transformation in the automotive sector.

Hosted by Bursa Business School, the reference education center of the business world, the two-day summit will be held with the theme of “Artificial Intelligence Integration and Future Strategies in the Automotive Industry.” Organized with the contributions of Bilişim Vadisi, Deloitte Turkey and MEXT Technology Center, the summit will address the integration of artificial intelligence into production processes and roadmaps in all aspects.

Numerous Panels Will Be Held Within the Scope of the Summit

On the first day of the program, sessions titled 'Türkiye's Future Vision for Artificial Intelligence', 'Digitalization and Competition Race with Artificial Intelligence in Automotive' and 'AI Innovation in Automotive: Breaking Boundaries in Design' will be held. In addition, Deloitte Global Automotive Consumer Survey 2025 Türkiye Results will be shared with the participants.

On the second day of the summit, the impacts of artificial intelligence technologies on the sector will be evaluated in sessions titled 'Digital Transformation Applications in Supply Chain Management', 'Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Governance in the Automotive Industry' and 'Driving Experience Redefined with Data and Artificial Intelligence'.

As part of Next Level Uludağ, leading figures from the technology world will also meet with participants under the title of “Horizon-Expanding Talks”. Kuika Software Founder Süreyya Ciliv and NeuroVision AI Tech Founder and CEO Zülal Tannur will also be speakers at the summit.

“We Want to Make Bursa a Brand City in Artificial Intelligence”

Osman Akın, BTSO Information Processing and Automation Technologies Council President, said that they are excited to organize the Next Level Uludağ Summit for the first time this year. Stating that the leading names of the sector will discuss the development, change and opportunities in the automotive and artificial intelligence fields in the panels and presentations to be held within the scope of the summit, Akın said, “The way to increase our export unit value as a city and country is through technology-based production. At this point, we need to build an environment that will provide competitive advantage in the fields of software and artificial intelligence. Bursa is an important production and export center in the automotive sector. We want to position Bursa among the brand cities of the future by enriching our knowledge in this field with artificial intelligence. Our summit will be very valuable in this sense. I would like to thank all our stakeholders who support us.”

“We Must Direct the Change in the Automotive Sector”

BTSO Automotive Council President Rengin Eren stated that the automotive sector is no longer limited to vehicle production, and emphasized that concepts such as electrification, digitalization, artificial intelligence and sustainability have led to a radical transformation in the sector. Stating that it is of critical importance for the sector, which has a share of approximately 15 percent in the Turkish economy, to catch up with this change and be a leader, Eren said, “Turkey has a strong production infrastructure and global competitive power in the automotive sector. We are now talking about technology, innovation and green transformation in the sector. In this sense, the Next Level Uludağ Summit will create an important platform to prepare our sector for the future. While carrying our sector to a stronger future, we will talk about change together and determine our strategies with common sense.”

On the other hand, those who want to attend the summit to be held at Bursa Business School https://bbs1889.com.tr/portfolio/next-level-uludag/ You can register online via the website.