Keynote Speakers

Is the Mayor of Başakşehir Municipality since 2017 and has been vice mayor of Başakşehir between 2009 and 2017. Başakşehir Municipality is one of the 39 Municipalities of İstanbul Metropolitan City, with a population of over 500.000 people and 105 km².

Başakşehir hosts the largest hospital in Turkey and the region, namelyvBaşakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital, which has the largest intensive care capacity in Europe. The giant health complex 28 delivery rooms, 90 operating rooms, and a total of 426 intensive care beds, including newborn and adult. The hospital is also the largest single-block structure in the world, where 2,068 earthquake isolators are used. In addition, the hospital, which has 3 heliports and consists of 10 blocks, has 4 separate emergency services, including adult, pediatric, trauma and obstetrics, within a closed area of ​​30 thousand square meters.

Ersin is the Founder of the Well-Being company “The LifeCo” which was founded in 2004 and is providing services in Well-being therapies and natural healing at its centers in Bodrum, Antalya and Phuket as well as newly establishment in St.Lucia of Carabbeans and Sharm el Sheikh of Egypt. “The LifeCo” company has international reputation with more than 60% of its customers from various parts of the world with a majority from Europe, Middle East and Australia.

Ersin Pamuksüzer is also The Co-Founder of Basaksehir Living-Lab (2014) and Bodrum Living Lab (2021), aiming to support the Innovation and Startup environment in Turkey and the region.