Leyla Arsan

Leyla Arsan, CEO of TAGES with more than 28 years of experience in ICT business with a Statistics and ICT background as a Bsc. graduate from the Middle East Technical University, gained lots of experience and expertise on bringing together business, governments and NGOs with the technology and innovation by developing and managing innovative ICT projects in Turkey and Europe since 1990. As the founder of TAGES since 2002, provides consulting and project management services on R&D and Innovation, European Union funds, strategy and policy development to industries, SMEs, entrepreneurs, Start-Ups, NGOs, universities and local governments by also acting as innovation partner in various projects. She is very active in European Commission Communities as adviser and active in Digital Social Innovation and Digital Single Market Initiatives. She has worked in more than 50 European projects as expert, partner and project coordinator and nowadays, she is leading and active in European Innovation projects on creating awareness of ‘reuse of the plastic’ by digital platforms and Blockchain, on Open Data and Smart City areas apart from digital innovation, by also contributing to circular economy and social innovation.