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ed.01 / 17 oct 2026 / İstanbul

It takes
all of us.

One day of engineering AI in production. A room full of people willing to share what they learned. Thank you for making the first LatentShift yours.

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01The first LatentShift, together.

01 / the class of 2026Bağlarbaşı Kongre ve Kültür Merkezi · İstanbul

§ 01 / community

One day was just the start.

02 / through the lens

You had to be there.

On stage, between the talks, and in the details. A few moments from our first edition.

Bilge Gündüz in a pink striped shirt speaks into a handheld microphone and gestures with her free hand on stage. — 02A moment at the microphone.

A woman in a silver blouse smiles at the camera with her arms folded in front of the LatentShift backdrop. — 03A portrait from the day.

A speaker in a dark plaid shirt holds a microphone and gestures toward the audience seated in red auditorium chairs. — 04From the stage to the back row.

05Another voice on stage.

Three women chat in the foyer, with one gesturing, another smiling in a striped sweater, and the third listening with her hand at her chin. — 06The conversations between the talks.

Close-up of Jigar Mody wearing black glasses, a gray blazer and a pale pink shirt in front of the projection screen. — 07On stage, up close.

Two women sort black conference badges across a registration table as attendees gather on the other side. — 08A few things to take home.

A group wearing conference badges poses behind the large illuminated LatentShift.ai sign, with several people resting arms around one another. — 09The people behind the day.

Ebrar Kızıloğlu smiles while holding a microphone near her mouth, with the LatentShift emblem behind her. — 10Ideas, shared in person.

Visitors point toward a monitor as a man operates a laptop at a table in front of the ThinkVoice banner. — 11A closer look at the demo.

An attendee wearing round glasses and a VIP lanyard sits in a red auditorium seat with a laptop on their lap. — 12From the audience.

Fatih Kadir Akın in a denim jacket and cap looks upward while holding a microphone near their mouth and a presentation remote at their side. — 13Lessons from the people doing the work.

A man in a brown sweatshirt and a woman in a black shirt look down at a tablet beside the LatentShift backdrop. — 14Stories beyond the stage.

A smiling attendee in a green jacket stands beside an attendee holding a black coat, as people gather between rows of red auditorium seats. — 15The room, together.

Two attendees smile from adjacent red seats, with gold-colored barrier posts and more seated audience members around them. — 16Listening, together.

Attendees mingle around tables and banners in a bright foyer, beside a large LatentShift backdrop. — 17Before the next conversation.

An attendee wearing round glasses and a navy T-shirt speaks with two people beside a tall display banner. — 18A conversation worth continuing.

Cenk Kalpakoglu in a dark jacket holds a microphone beneath a slide titled “Running Dark Code in AI Agents.” — 19Sharing a different perspective.

Two attendees face each other at the LatentShift backdrop; one holds a tablet while the other stands with forearm crutches. — 20A conversation off stage.

Attendees lean over a black-covered table to examine rows of small packaged items, while one visitor holds a packet. — 21At the sticker table.

A man with glasses types on a laptop at the LatentShift lectern while another man stands behind him beneath a blue screen. — 22From the keyboard to the room.

Bilge Gündüz in a pink striped shirt talks with a man holding a water bottle beside a pillar in the busy foyer. — 23Picking up the conversation.

Alican Kiraz smiles as he walks across the LatentShift stage in a white printed T-shirt beneath a projected PRODAFT slide. — 24An idea worth sharing.

A man in a plaid shirt holds a microphone and rests his arm around a smiling man in a black leather jacket. — 25A thank-you before we go.

26A little light on the stage.

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03 / the first edition

The day, in detail.

Revisit the 2026 programme, the people who took the stage, and the stories they shared.

2026explore the 2026 programme

The 2026 speakers

Built by a community.

To our speakers, volunteers, partners, sponsors, and everyone who joined us: thank you for being part of the first edition.

meet the team ↗ our 2026 sponsors & partners ↗ the venue ↗ the İstanbul guide ↗

// the team

Every person counts.

The people bringing LatentShift to life, behind the scenes and in our community.

Altan Kurt
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Batu Tuncer
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Bilge Bostanbaşı
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Bilge Yılmaz
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Burak Tülüceoğlu
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Esra Kaldırımoğlu
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Mustafa Ekşi
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Oğulcan Doğan
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Rumeysa Köse
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Selen Özşimşek
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Şeyda Aybar
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Vuslat Sena Emre
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