Two-day ‘creativity’ festival by IUE

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) will organize the "GençYaratıcı (Young Creative) Festival" for the second time to bring together the leading names of the communication and advertising sector with young people. The festival, which will take place on May 28-29 under the sponsorship of the Aegean Young Business Association (EGIAD), will be broadcast live on GençYaratıcı YouTube page and will be open to everyone. The festival, which is one of the most comprehensive events in digital advertising and communication, will start with the opening speech of Rector Prof. Murat Aşkar like last year. 

Names well-known in the communication world will share their knowledge and experience with the youth in the two-day festival. In addition, people who have achieved exemplary success in the creative industries will be the guests of the festival. Many important figures such as Volkan İkiler, Haluk Mesci, Arda Erdik, Levent Kömür, Özgür Sağlam, Cem Soysal, and Cem Topçuoğlu will make assessments on daily topics as “creativity”, “media”, “entrepreneurship”, “technology”, and “communication”, etc.  BtcTürk CEO Özgür Güneri will also be a guest of the festival and share his views on crypto money, which has been on the agenda recently and its impact on creative industries. EGIAD President Alp Avni Yelkenbiçer will moderate the conference on “creative entrepreneurship”. Broadcasts will start at 12.00 on Friday and 10.00 on Saturday.

GREAT PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPETITION IS EXPECTED

By participating in the festival, students will have the opportunity to convey their questions instantly and find answers to the topics they are curious about. Within the scope of the festival, there will also be an advertising competition, in which students from fine arts and design faculties and communication faculties across Turkey can participate. The works will be evaluated by a 10-person jury led by Haluk Mesci, the founder of IUE GençYaratıcı (Young Creative Agency). The top 3 teams in the competition will be awarded Bluetooth headset, graphic tablet, e-book reader and smart wristband. Students interested in participating in the competition can apply at www.gencyaratici.ieu.edu.tr. Last year, 200 people applied for the competition, this year the participation is expected to exceed 400.

A SOCIALLY STRONG UNIVERSITY

Stating that they are a socially strong university that organizes talk series and activities that make a difference for the development of students, IUE Rector Prof. Dr. Murat Aşkar stated that the GençYaratıcı Festival is an example to this. Prof. Dr. Aşkar said, “In addition to providing the students with the most qualified education, we attach great importance to bringing them together with the leading names of their sectors, thus ensuring that they establish a business network. Recently, we have focused on online activities. For the first time this year, we organized Short Film Days. By cooperating with companies operating in the international arena, we ensured that people with industry experience regularly meet with our students every week. While conducting social activities, we also considered the demands of our students. We made additions to the program in line with their requests. All these further increased the participation of students in the activities. We attach great importance to GençYaratıcı Festival, and we invite all young people from all over Turkey to the festival.”