Continuing its support to the IT sector and young IT professionals, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality hosted the 'city of the future' themed gamejam event, which took place for the first time in Turkey.
Information sector employees and university students showed great interest in the two-day event at Ankara Technology Bridge in Dikmen.
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, which has signed many projects to make Ankara the capital of technology, continues to set an example for the whole of Turkey with the technology centers it opened, while continuing to support the IT sector and young IT professionals.
ABB IT Department and Bilkent Cyberpark; Aks+FutureStudio, established within AnkaraAks, hosted the UrbanJam (Uurbanism+GameJam) event with the theme of the city of the future. IT industry employees and university students showed great interest in the “UrbanJam” event, which was held free of charge at Ankara Technology Bridge in Dikmen on 14-15 January 2023.
On the last day of the gamejam event, which was organized under the guidance of expert mentors and designers and took place for the first time in Turkey on the axis of game, architecture and urbanism, the participants had the opportunity to present the video games created for the future of the city.
THANKS TO ABB FROM YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
Young IT professionals who participated in the event expressed their gratitude to Ankara Metropolitan Municipality for their support to the IT sector with the following words:
Berkutay Coşkun (Architect-AnkaraAks co-founder): “As FutureStudio, which was established within AnkaraAks, we are organizing an UrbanJam event. The first gamejam event, both in Turkey and in Europe, that brings together the architecture and game industry… We have 40 participants and they are architects and game developers. We are also considering the rest.”
Berke Cinar (Computer Engineer): “We wanted to create an environment where people could develop their own ideas or games. Ankara Technology Bridge also helped us a lot in this regard. All kinds of possibilities are here. We thank Ankara Metropolitan Municipality for this.”
Osman Caputcu: “We came to Ankara Technology Bridge with our friends for the UrbanJam event. We are here and we are producing within the scope of the theme of how we can carry this about the future on architecture, play and the city. As someone from Istanbul, I was very pleased with the opportunities provided for us here.”
Mervenur Health: “We invited various speakers on play, architecture and the city and there were seminars. Our theme is cities of the future and we asked participants to develop games on this theme. It is very important that Ankara Metropolitan Municipality supports young IT professionals, and I would like to thank Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş for this.”
Aysegul Simsek: “My architect, I attended the UrbanJam event to see what we can do, what we can produce, unlike the market. It is very important that Ankara Metropolitan Municipality gives us an incentive here, it is very important that it provides opportunities for young IT professionals.”
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