Community Kickoff and Insights from GRIP
The first evening of The Turquoise Dot: Turkish professionals, researchers, and students in deep tech in one room, with a wearable-device field report from Dyson, a MedTech project on dementia, and an open discussion on what the community should become in 2026. All 50 seats were taken.
Field notes, a project review, and a plan
The evening
- 18:30 Registration and networking
- 19:00 Opening remarks
- 19:05 Learning from failures: a wearable device
- 19:35 MedTech project review
- 19:50 Community planning: what 2026 should look like
- 20:10 Lucky draw and networking
- 20:30 Close
What happened
Fifty seats, all taken. The kickoff brought together Turkish minds working in deep tech across Singapore's universities, research institutes, and companies, hosted by SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at SMU Connexion.
A Dyson research engineer shared what a wearable device teaches you when it fails, a PhD candidate put a MedTech project on dementia in front of the room for honest feedback alongside insights from the GRIP programme, and the community set out its plans for 2026: quarterly deep dives, rotating venues, and a bridge between Türkiye and Singapore.
Partners: SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (host), Singapore Turkey Friendship Association, and The Mediterranean Deli Turk.
The room
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