Adana Chamber of Commerce announced that it will provide 1 million liras of financial support to the projects of Adana teams that will compete in TEKNOFEST to be held in Adana on October 2-5, 2024.
The preliminary preparations of the projects to compete in TEKNOFEST were examined by a commission established by the Board of Directors of Adana Chamber of Commerce. The commission consisting of Adana Chamber of Commerce Board Members Cengiz Yılmaz, Khalid Milli, Vedat Gizer, Naci Heybeli and Mert Taşar, Chairman of the Executive Board of TOBB Adana Young Entrepreneurs Board, examined and evaluated the talents of young minds one by one. As a result of the evaluation, ATO Board of Directors announced that 18 projects that will compete in the TEKNOFEST competition will support 1 Million TL.
Cengiz Yılmaz, who made a statement on behalf of the Adana Chamber of Commerce TEKNOFEST Commission on the subject, said, “The fact that TEKNOFEST will be held in Adana on October 2-5 has made us, the business world, extremely happy. The fact that our city, which is known for its festivals, will host a technology and space festival will contribute significantly to the brand value of our city. We see Teknofest as a big step towards the development of national technology in Turkey. We also attach importance to it as it is Turkey’s first and only aviation, space and technology festival. By hosting many activities such as technology competitions, air shows, concerts, interviews and events to be held on various topics, we aim to increase the interest of the young talents of our city in technology by supporting our teams that will compete in the festival.
Stating that they aim to increase the interest of young people in producing and developing national technology, Yılmaz said, “We continue our efforts to support the projects of thousands of young people working in these fields. For TEKNOFEST 2024, we will continue to stand by our young people who apply for technology competitions organized in different categories for thousands of qualified young people to realize their dreams. In this festival, our young people will show examples of what growing, developing Turkey can do in the future in the most beautiful way. Our teams shared their projects with us and we have identified and approved 18 projects that we will support among many projects. As Adana Chamber of Commerce, we are happy to contribute to the technological development of our country and the raising of generations that produce technology and to support our teams.”