The world’s largest Aviation, Space and Technology Festival TEKNOFEST continues its journey with Ankara after Istanbul.
According to the TEKNOFEST statement, the second stop of the festival in the 100th anniversary of the Republic will be the capital city Ankara. The festival will take place on 30 August-3 September 2023 at Ankara Etimesgut Airport. TEKNOFEST Ankara, which embraces and brings together millions with the vision of “National Technology Move” for a fully independent Turkey; will carry the enthusiasm and excitement to the skies again.
TEKNOFEST Aviation, Space and Technology Festival, which was held for the first time in 2018 and will be held for the 7th time in the country and for the 8th in total this year, will be a part of Turkey’s national technology ecosystem under the main direction of the Turkish Technology Team Foundation and the Ministry of Industry and Technology with the aim of a technology-developing Turkey. It is organized with 125 institutions, including ministries, presidencies, public and private sector institutions, academic institutions and media companies that play a critical role.
Technology and entrepreneurship competitions, workshops for the 6-14 age group on Science Street together with the fair activity areas, Air and Land Vehicles Exhibition, Planetarium, Vertical Wind Tunnel, Climate Tunnel, Virtual Reality Tunnel, Sun Observation Event, Space Themed Inflatable With the Theme Park, First Flight Event with Students, Pedal Flight Event, Refik Anadol’s “Memories of Machinery: Space” exhibition, Stage Your event, Mazhar Alanson’s concert, TEKNOFEST Discovery Game organized for the first time this year and many other activities, the festival brings excitement to its visitors once again. and proud days.
There will be promotion and event stands at TEKNOFEST Ankara. A total of 261 stands, together with 158 stands to be opened by 131 participating companies, including 103 stakeholder institutions and 16 sponsors, 90 companies from 11 sectors, and 41 food court participants, will take their place at the festival, which was established on an area of 215 thousand square meters. More than 400 stand events to be held at the stands will meet with students and young people.
TEKNOFEST signature in the skies of Ankara
This year, everyone’s eyes will be high with the air shows, which are a TEKNOFEST classic. Turkish Stars, Solo Türk, Hürkuş, Gökbey, Aksungur, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar TB3, Gendarmerie Steel Wings, Akıncı, Atak Helicopter and Anka will perform in the skies of TEKNOFEST.
For the first time this year, in Ankara and İzmir, the second and third stops of TEKNOFEST 2023, the TEKNOFEST Entrepreneurship Contest is organized for the first time this year with the aim of transforming the projects of the team members who applied to the TEKNOFEST Contests into ventures, the growth of those who turn into ventures, and thus improving Turkey’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The Experiment Card Robolig Competition, which is organized to expand the project portfolio of the locally developed Experiment Card and to bring the project productivity together with high technology enthusiasts, is being held for the first time at TEKNOFEST Ankara. More than 7 million TL in total within the scope of TEKNOFEST Entrepreneurship Competition and 270 thousand TL in total under the Experiment Card Robolig Contest are waiting for their winners.
2 thousand 419 teams and 8 thousand 945 contestants applied for the TEKNOFEST Entrepreneurship Contest, organized in 10 different categories; 1,276 teams and 5,404 competitor applications were received for the Experiment Kart Robolig Contest. Hundreds of young people will compete in TEKNOFEST Ankara with the aim of furthering Turkey’s National Technology Move. TEKNOFEST Entrepreneurship Competition; Education Technologies, Space, Aviation and Defense Technologies, Transportation and Mobility Technologies, Agricultural Technologies, Communication and Communication Technologies, Disaster Management Technologies categories will be held in Ankara.
In line with the goal of contributing to the entrepreneurial ecosystem, the pre-events of the Take Off Entrepreneurship Summit, which will be held in Istanbul in December 2023 under the main direction of the Turkish Technology Team Foundation, the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Presidential Investment Office, will be held first in TEKNOFEST Ankara, then TEKNOFEST Izmir. will also happen. The winners of the Take Off Entrepreneurship Summit Pre-Event will win a cash prize of 2 million 225 thousand TL in total and will be entitled to participate in the Take Off Initiative Summit.
Hosted millions of visitors since 2018
The figures of TEKNOFEST from the first day are as follows:
TEKNOFEST 2018: 2 regulatory bodies, 28 stakeholder institutions, technology competitions in 14 different categories, more than 2 million TL awards, more than 2 million TL financial support, 4 thousand 333 team applications, more than 20 thousand applications, more than 750 finalist teams, More than 2 thousand finalists, 550 thousand festival visitors.
TEKNOFEST 2019: 2 regulatory bodies, 53 stakeholder institutions, technology competitions in 19 different categories, more than 2 million TL awards, more than 4 million TL financial support, 81 provinces, 122 countries, 17 thousand 373 team applications, more than 50 thousand applications, 2 more than a thousand finalist teams, more than 10 thousand finalists, 1 million 720 thousand festival visitors.
TEKNOFEST 2020: 2 regulatory bodies, 63 stakeholder institutions, technology competitions in 21 different categories, more than 3 million TL awards, more than 4 million TL financial support, 81 provinces, 84 countries, 20 thousand 197 team applications, more than 100 thousand person applications, 1,260 More than 5,000 finalist teams, more than 5 thousand finalists, were closed to visitors due to the pandemic.
TEKNOFEST 2021: 2 regulatory agencies, 72 stakeholder institutions, technology competitions in 35 different categories, more than 5 million TL awards, more than 7 million TL support, 81 provinces, 111 countries, 44 thousand 912 team applications, more than 200 thousand applications, 2 thousand More than 200 finalist teams, more than 13 thousand finalists, 1 million festival visitors.
TEKNOFEST 2022: 2 regulatory bodies, 98 stakeholder institutions, technology competitions in 40 different categories, more than 7 million TL awards, more than 22 million TL financial support, 81 provinces, 107 countries, 154 thousand 34 team applications, more than 600 thousand applications, 5 More than 1,960 finalist teams, more than 27 thousand finalist competitors, 1 million 250 thousand festival visitors.
TEKNOFEST 2023: 2 regulatory bodies, 123 stakeholder institutions, technology competitions in 44 different categories, more than 20 million TL awards, more than 20 million TL material support, 81 provinces, 100 countries, 337 thousand 744 team applications, more than 1 million competitor applications, 3 more than a thousand finalist teams, more than 12 thousand finalist competitors.
