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Creative Talks
We connect extraordinary minds with extraordinary audiences.
Custom speaker experiences crafted for brands, institutions, and landmark events.
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About
More Than an Idea,
Beyond a Talk…
Lasting Impact!
ETC Creative Talks is a curated speaker agency dedicated to programming talks that challenge, inspire, and transform.
From C-suite retreats to internal events and private gatherings, we work closely with our clients to craft the right narrative, identify the perfect speaker, and deliver an unforgettable experience.
Carefully Curated Roster
Every speaker is personally evaluated for excellence, authenticity, and stage presence.
Tailored Experience
We design around your audience, your brand, and the moment you want to create.
Full-Service Support
From briefing to stage, we handle every detail so you can focus on the impact.
Collaborations Beyond the Talk
ETC Creative Talks is a collaboration platform that goes beyond speaker representation — developing creative, strategic, and high-impact projects with brands.
The names in our portfolio can take part not only in events and talks, but also in brands' digital projects, commercials, exclusive content series, and impact-driven influencer collaborations.
Digital Projects
social media / branded content / reels
Commercials
brand face / launch / storytelling
Impact Influencer
reputation and impact-driven collaborations
Our Speakers
Boundless Worlds. One Stage.
We represent pioneering voices across the disciplines defining our time.
Business
Founders, strategists, and leaders redefining how organizations grow and lead in a complex world.
Creativity
Artists, directors, and designers pushing the boundaries of culture and expression.
Gastronomy
Chefs, food thinkers, and culinary innovators exploring food as culture, identity, and craft.
Technology
Tech experts, ethicists, and futurists navigating the intersection of humans and machines.
Wellness
Researchers, practitioners, and pioneers transforming how we think about health and the human body.
Sustainability
Thinkers, activists, and innovators building a responsible world for the environment, society, and future generations.
Process
How It Works
A refined process designed to remove the complexity of booking world-class talent.
1
Tell Us Your Vision
Share your event brief, audience profile, and goals. The more context you give us, the better the match we can make.
2
We Curate the Perfect Match
Our team prepares a shortlist of speakers aligned with your message, style, and expertise needs.
3
We Handle Everything Else
From contracts and logistics to briefing calls and post-event follow-up, we manage every detail from start to finish.
Featured Speakers
Technology
SustaInabIlIty
BusIness / Career
CreatIvIty
AgrIculture
EZRA ÇETİN SOYAY & TUBA ÇETİN
Two visionary names designing the future at the intersection of fashion, technology, and sustainability
Ezra Çetin and Tuba Çetin are pioneering figures working on the production and retail models of the future, bringing together fashion, technology, and sustainability through a human-centered approach.
As co-founders of EZRATUBA and ZETA Technology, they develop systems that give new meaning not only to the design of products, but to the entire lifecycle from production to consumption. Their work focuses on circular economy, traceable cotton, wearable technologies, and AI-powered retail solutions.
Through their roles on the Board of Directors of the Agriculture and Technology Association, along with their strong ties to WWF-Turkey, they contribute to nature-focused, data-driven, and sustainable transformation models.
As co-founders of TREYN Creative Animation & Interactive Game Studio, they bring creativity and technology together through next-generation experience design.
RARE FIBERS – Hydroponic-Style, Waterless, and 100% Natural Bio-Organic Colored Cotton, a venture they co-founded, presents a powerful vision for the future of sustainable production through its innovative approach to growing naturally colored bio-organic cotton without water.
In their talks, Ezra and Tuba offer an inspiring perspective on fashion technologies, sustainable production, circular design, AI-powered retail, and the creative business models of the future.
Speaking Topics
  • Fashion Technologies
  • Sustainable Production
  • Circular Design
  • AI-Powered Retail
  • Creative Business Models of the Future
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Featured Speakers
EducatIon
BusIness / Career
Hıstory & Culture

PROF. DR. GÖKNUR AKÇADAĞ
History • Social Transformation • Women's Studies • Cultural Diplomacy
Prof. Dr. Göknur AKÇADAĞ graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of History, and completed her master's and doctoral studies in the same field. She worked at İnönü University and the Department of Human and Social Sciences at Yıldız Technical University. She conducted postdoctoral research as a visiting faculty member at METU (2003) and at the State University of New York – Binghamton University, Fernand Braudel Center (2007–2008).
Between 2011 and 2018, she served as Head of the R&D, Projects and External Relations Department at the General Directorate on the Status of Women, Ministry of Family and Social Services. She served as Country Representative and National Focal Point for the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission (2011–2018), and as Vice Chair of the Gender Equality Commission of the UNESCO Turkey National Commission. She was selected as one of seventy women worldwide as a Global Champion on the UN Women – Women's Economic Empowerment Platform (2016). She was accepted into the International Leadership Visitor Program in the field of "Combating Domestic Violence, Gender Equality" (USA). She is a member of the Darüşşafaka High Advisory Board and a contributor to the Turkish Journal (New York).
Since 2018, she has been working at Istanbul Nişantaşı University, where she serves as Head of the History Department and Director of the Women's and Family Studies Research Center. Prof. Akçadağ has organized and led numerous projects and events in the field of women's studies, including a project titled "Equal Opportunities: Women's Empowerment Training Program for Small Businesses," supported by the EU Civil Thinking Program (2025). With a multidisciplinary approach, Prof. Akçadağ focuses on combining her academic expertise with popular history storytelling and narrative.

  • History, International Relations, History of Humanity, Ottoman History
  • Social Structures and Historical Transformations
  • History of Everyday Life, History of Coffee, Cultural Diplomacy
  • History of Inequality, Wars, Visual History through Photography
  • Turkish-American Relations, Turkish-Japanese Relations
  • Intellectual and Cultural History of Europe
  • Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
  • International Developments and Conventions on Women's Rights


Featured Speakers
CreatIvIty / EducatIon
SustaInabIlIty
Cultural HerItage & Museology
SEBLA KUT
Cultural Heritage, Exhibition & Experience Design, Museology
With more than 15 years of experience in cultural heritage and museology, Sebla Kut develops projects that transform visitor experiences by bringing content, space, and storytelling together through a holistic approach. From exhibition design to heritage-based education programs, and from games to interactive experience concepts, her work turns cultural spaces into living and participatory experiences.
After leading marketing and communications at Arter Design and Istanbul Modern, she has been developing UNESCO-awarded museum and cultural heritage projects within Komet Cultural and Arts Projects, the company she co-founded, while also providing strategic and creative solutions in exhibition and experience design.
As a member of the Cultural Heritage Commission of the Bergama Culture and Arts Foundation, she develops projects for the protection and promotion of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and carries out collaborations that bring together diverse stakeholders.
She also contributes to teacher training and capacity-building efforts in museum education as a scientific board member and trainer within the Ministry of National Education, while providing marketing and communications consultancy for the creative industries.
Areas of Expertise
  • Transforming cultural heritage into experience
  • Visitor experience design for museums
  • Cultural and natural heritage education
  • Communication strategies for the creative industries
Featured Speakers
BusIness / Career
SustaInabIlIty
CEM DENİZ KUT
Strategy, Energy Policies & Cultural Projects
A multidisciplinary professional with nearly 20 years of experience in political economy, energy policies, international relations, and business development — bridging strategy with cultural production. Expert in analyzing complex systems and developing projects focused on sustainable growth and impact.
As Country Director for Les Grands Chais de France Turkey, responsible for strategy and business development, he grew market share from 1% to 8% in four years; at Baron Wine, he led a transformation that grew company revenues sixfold.
On the academic side, he lectured on energy policies and international relations; he is currently pursuing a doctorate at Boğaziçi University focused on the relationship between energy security and foreign policy.
Today, through Komet, the company he co-founded, he develops projects focused on cultural heritage, education, and sustainability — including UNESCO-linked internationally awarded museum and education projects, exhibition and experience designs, and initiatives for passing culture and knowledge to new generations.
  • Energy Policies and Global Power Dynamics
  • Strategic Thinking and Business Development
  • Cultural Heritage, Sustainability, and Experience Design
  • Bridging Academia, Business, and Culture
Featured Speakers
SustaInabIlIty
AgrIculture
Gastronomy
BusIness / Career

MİNE ATAMAN
Agricultural Writer, Strategist, Entrepreneurship Coach; Rural Development Expert, Brand Consultant, and Professional Speaker
One of Turkey's leading thought leaders in agriculture, food, sustainability, and cultural memory, Mine Ataman has been providing strategic consultancy to a wide ecosystem — from public institutions to the private sector, from local governments to social enterprises — for over 20 years.
Reading the story of the land not only through the lens of production, but through culture, history, brand, and future vision, Ataman is a distinguished figure who creates impact through the projects she has developed in agricultural communication and sustainability.
Author of "Cennette İlk Sofra" (The First Table in Paradise), "Şehrin En Köklüsü" (The Most Rooted in the City), and "Birinci Açlık Savaşı" (The First Hunger War), Mine Ataman brings together Anatolia's ancient memory, the cultural meaning of the table, and the future of food through powerful storytelling.
In addition to the Tam Buğday Zamanı (Whole Wheat Time) and Anadolu Mayası (Anatolian Sourdough) campaigns she created, she is the founder of Meci Türkiye — focused on generational renewal in agriculture — Turkverse, a tree awareness initiative in the metaverse, and Tohum Okulu (Seed School), a project centered on agricultural literacy.
As a TEDx speaker, television presenter, podcast host, and strategist, Mine Ataman offers brands an inspiring and powerful perspective on sustainability, cultural heritage, rural development, innovation, and next-generation storytelling.
  • Roots, Culture, and the Future: New Storytelling Territories for Brands
  • From Sustainability to Cultural Impact: Next-Generation Brand Building
  • The Memory of the Table, the Consumer of the Future
  • From Soil to Brand: A New Era in Storytelling
  • Food, Culture, and Brand: Narratives Shaping the Future
  • From Anatolia to the Future: From 10,000 Years of Story to Brand Strategy
  • Agriculture 5.0 and the Consumer of the Future
Featured Speakers
BusIness / Career
CreatIvIty / EducatIon
SEDEF ÇALARKAN
Luxury Brand Strategy, Concept Design & Experience Curation
Sedef Çalarkan is a pioneering brand creator specializing in concept design, luxury brand perception, and experience-driven branding — bridging aesthetic vision with strategic thinking.
She began her career between 1990 and 1995 by playing an active role in the founding structure of the Fred Perry brand in Turkey, building a strong foundation through her experience in the brand's formation process.
Between 1996 and 2000, through her training and professional experience within LVMH — one of the world's most prestigious luxury groups — she developed an international perspective in luxury retail, premium customer experience, brand management, and merchandising. This foundation forms the basis of the strategic consultancy she provides today, particularly to upper-segment brands.
Through her concept consultancy work at creative design ateliers such as Atelier Derin and Arzu Kaprol, Çalarkan deepened her aesthetic vision and has been behind projects that have given brands powerful identities across different sectors.
With her own brand Osm@n, which she founded in 2005, she pioneered the Neo-Ottoman movement in Turkey — attracting international attention with her distinctive approach of bringing cultural references together with a contemporary design language.
Today, through creative projects she develops particularly in luxury segment brands, VIP events, exclusive experience design, and premium brand positioning, she delivers not just visibility to brands, but lasting perception and lifestyle value.
  • Luxury Brand Perception and Premium Experience Design
  • From Concept to Identity: Next-Generation Approaches in Brand Creation
  • VIP Events and Exclusive Invitation Curation
  • Aesthetics, Culture, and Brand Memory
  • Storytelling and Positioning in the Premium Segment
Featured Speakers
SustaInabIlIty
CreatIvIty / EducatIon
Cultural HeRItage
AgrIculture
BİRNUR TEMEL BİRTANE
Agriculture • Art • Social Impact • Cultural Heritage
Approaching art as a powerful tool for social transformation, Birnur Temel Birtane is a multidisciplinary creative leader whose practice is shaped by agriculture, craft, cultural heritage, and social impact.
After studying sculpture and art history at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Birtane served as Artist Program Manager and Curator on the curatorial team of Istanbul Modern Art Museum between 2009 and 2015, taking an active role in international exhibitions and publication projects.
Founded in 2017, MILKist stands out as a pioneering platform that brings together art and social design. Through collaborations with the United Nations, the Ministry of National Education, and civil society organizations, it has developed natural ink workshops and creative programs focused on psychosocial support for children, women, and vulnerable groups living in different cities across Türkiye, especially in rural areas.
Her work, developed through natural pigments derived from local soil and agricultural waste, has evolved into a strong model centered on social benefit and sustainability through production partnerships with women farmers. This body of work came to life in the book Bir Çiftçinin Renkleri – Doğal Mürekkep.
As an important extension of her work at the intersection of women’s labor, cultural heritage, and climate vulnerability, she served as producer of the film "Olive"- Zeytin, brought to life in collaboration with UN Women Türkiye, Koç University, and UNESCO. The film presents a powerful narrative that makes the production processes, harvest traditions, and struggles of small-scale women farmers in the face of the climate crisis visible.
Bringing the same approach to exhibitions, education, and field projects, Birtane develops curatorial work, social impact initiatives, and healing-focused creative programs that highlight the production and stories of women farmers.
Today, she continues her work at the intersection of agriculture, art, and craft; advancing projects that deepen social justice, resilience, and collective memory.
  • The Memory of the Soil: In Search of Color, Story, and Healing
  • Color, Soil, and Memory: Making the Invisible Visible
  • The Social Power of Art: Lives Transformed Through Creativity
  • The Stories of Women Farmers: Production, Labor, and Memory
  • From Harvest to Story: The Invisible Colors of Women’s Labor
  • Olive: The Story of Soil, Women, and Resilience
  • Climate Crisis, Cultural Heritage, and the Quiet Strength of Women
Featured Speakers
CreatIvIty / EducatIon
NALAN MİRİ SÖZER
Brand, Communication & Storytelling
A communications professional who combines nearly 30 years of experience in media, publishing, and public relations with entrepreneurship — building powerful connections between brands, content, and stories.
After a career spanning from editorship to editor-in-chief at Turkey's leading publishing groups including Sabah, Hürriyet, and Doğan Burda, she provided strategic communications and brand management consultancy to numerous brands through Hip Creative Agency, which she founded.
With her Tasting Alaçatı and Tasting Bodrum projects, she developed a unique model bringing together experience, content, and community creation.
She documented her travel experience across 73 countries with her twin sons in Hürriyet Seyahat from a 'traveling with children' perspective, developing a distinctive narrative language that feeds storytelling with real-life experience.
Through her writing and columns, she continues to build a narrative centered on stories from everyday life, moments of transformation, and human experience.
  • The Power of Story: From Experience to Meaning, From Meaning to Impact
  • Women's Power and Transformation: Creating Your Own Path with Awareness
  • Balance Between Work and Life: Boundaries, Priorities, and Sustainability
  • Brand and Story: Creating Meaning in Communication
Featured Speakers
CreatIvIty / EducatIon
ChIldren's LIterature
NEVRA NERGİZ
Creative Content • Children's Literature • Cultural Communication
With over 20 years of experience in publishing, creative content production, corporate communications, and performing arts, Nevra Nergiz is a powerful storyteller who bridges narrative with strategy.
Beginning her career as an editor at Time Out Istanbul, Nergiz contributed to editorial processes at prestigious publications including Travel + Leisure, Vogue Turkey, and Maison Française Turkey. She then focused on the strategic dimension of content production through leadership roles in brand communications and corporate publishing.
Following her move to Bodrum in 2014, she deepened her work at the intersection of culture, children's literature, and performing arts. With her children's books published by Çınar Yayınları — Bodrum'daki Acayip Günlerim, Ormanın Hazineleri, and Mektubun Peşinde — she built a strong connection with young readers, and adapted Ormanın Hazineleri for the theater stage, transforming story into experience.
Through her projects including the Sevgili Bodrum digital publication, Bodrum Children's Festival, and Inspera Children's Theatre, she has created not only content but also cultural communities and sustainable experience spaces.
On the ETC Creative Talks stage, she speaks on the creative and intellectual dimensions of producing for children, the transformation of story from page to stage, quality content production and narrative building, and the dynamics of creating community through art and experience.
With her focus on the transformative power of narrative and the unifying effect of storytelling, she offers an inspiring and thought-provoking perspective.
  • Creating for Children: Creativity, Responsibility, and Meaning
  • The Transformation of Story: From Page to Stage
  • Quality Content Production and Narrative Building
  • Creating Community Through Art and Experience
Featured Speakers
Healthy LIvIng
BusIness / Career
DILARA MORAN
Healthy Living, Mental Balance & Conscious Leadership
Working in the fields of healthy living, mental balance, and conscious leadership, Dilara Moran supports individuals and organizations in building more balanced, focused, and resilient structures through her distinctive approach that bridges ancient practices with contemporary nervous system science.
Specializing in Kundalini Yoga technology, the vibrational power of sound, and contemporary nervous system science, Moran completed her training at RA MA Institute (USA & Spain); in the 2024–2025 period, she deepened her Naad & Sound Yoga expertise with Leo Cosendai.
In her work, Moran focuses on the regulatory effects of breath, vibration, and conscious attention practices on the nervous system, designing her individual and corporate programs within a strategic framework that responds to the high pace of modern life.
Her 17 years of international experience in the advertising industry — including work with global organizations such as Ogilvy New York — gave her a close understanding of the rhythm of corporate life, leadership dynamics, and high-performance culture.
In 2020, she founded ONG Center in Istanbul, creating a contemporary space for meditation, sound, and nervous system regulation.
In her private experiences with entrepreneurs, creative industry professionals, senior executives, and organizations, Dilara Moran focuses on strengthening the nervous system capacity that underpins performance, creativity, stress management, and conscious leadership.
Her work offers organizations a new perspective on focus, resilience, emotional balance, and sustainable performance in modern business life.

  • Nervous System Regulation and Sustainable Performance in Modern Business Life
  • High Pace, Clear Mind: Stress Management and Focus Skills
  • Conscious Leadership: Emotional Balance, Resilience, and Decision Quality
  • The Invisible Foundation of Creativity and Performance: Nervous System Capacity
  • Corporate Wellbeing Experiences with Breath, Sound, and Attention Practices
  • Mental Resilience and Energy Management for Entrepreneurs and Leaders
  • A Culture of Balance, Connection, and Collective Resilience in Teams
Featured Speakers
Healthy LIvIng
ŞEBNEM GÜNEYMAN
Healthy Living • Living with Diabetes • Mind & Emotion Management
Şebnem Güneyman is a pioneering trainer, author, and speaker who approaches health not merely as a physical condition, but as a whole made up of the mind, emotions, lifestyle habits, and social systems.
Born in Istanbul, Güneyman completed her education in Germany Language and Literature and English Language and Literature in Switzerland and England; she began her international career in translation and communications management at companies operating across the United States, Russia, and Europe.
She deepened her professional journey in the health field by working on health tourism at Methodist Hospital in Houston, USA, and later enriched her holistic approach to well-being through work at a detox center in Thailand.
As Turkey's first Living with Diabetes Coach, she has taken on a pioneering role in diabetes awareness and sustainable lifestyle habits. She is also the founding president of the Şişli branch of the Living with Diabetes Association and continues to serve actively in leadership.
In the world of television, she reached wide audiences through health programs she prepared and presented on Kanal D, Show Max, Karadeniz TV, and Cem TV, and she also brought her knowledge and experience into print through books on life, health, and personal transformation.
Through trainings, seminars, and inspiring talks for both corporate and individual life, she powerfully conveys that health is shaped not only by the body, but also by emotions, thoughts, and the choices we make in life.
  • What Is Health, Really? Looking Beyond What We Know
  • Who Does Modern Life Serve? Health from Education Systems to Daily Life
  • How Do Our Expectations Shape Our Bodies?
  • Mind, Emotion, and Body: How Does Our Story Write Our Health?
  • Jealousy, Ambition, Competition: The Hidden Cost of Success
  • The Endings We Cannot Control and the Body Language of Stress
  • Living with Diabetes: A Life Design
  • How to Stay Well Without Burning Out in Corporate Life
  • Emotional Resilience and Healthy Mind Management
  • Healthy Living Is Not a Result, It Is a Culture
Featured Speakers
Career / Coaching
AYÇA AYTAÇ
Career • Awareness • Decision Making • Transformation
Believing that career decisions are shaped not only by the right choices but by how well one knows oneself, Ayça Aytaç is a PCC (ICF) and MYK certified professional coach and trainer. She brings together coaching and experiential learning to help individuals restructure their perspectives, clarify their decisions, and take action.
Having started her career as a client relations director at advertising agencies, Aytaç transferred her experience in strategic communication and project management to the field of human development, bridging corporate reality with the perspective of individual transformation.
To date, she has accompanied thousands of people in their career and development journeys through hundreds of trainings and workshops with public institutions, private sector organizations, universities, and civil society organizations. She has designed and facilitated coaching processes within the YeniBirLider Association LEAD21 Fellowship Program, and has actively contributed to Erasmus+ and European Union projects, developing and implementing training and development programs on an international scale.
She is specialized in NLP Master Practitioner (Richard Bandler licensed), EMCC Mentoring Instructorship, Paul Ekman micro-expression and emotion analysis, and ICF accredited breath coaching. She is the author of the book Steps Toward My Career.
  • Finding Direction in the Career Journey: Self-Awareness and Decision Making
  • The Role of Family in Career Planning and Awareness in Youth
  • The Power of the Mind: Positive Mindset and Performance with NLP
  • Leadership in Uncertainty: Adapting to Change and Process Management
  • Discover Yourself: Awareness, Emotional Intelligence and Balance
  • Effective Communication with Coaching Competencies
  • The Art of Asking Questions: The Power of Questions in Communication
  • Developing Awareness and Insight with Points of You®
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Studio: Istanbul - Izmir - Ankara - Antalya - Bodrum
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ETC Creative Talks is a production of ETC Creative Works.