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Sustainable Smart Spaces & Wellness @ Home

Innovation Ecosystem Garage Innovation Hub Arcelik garage University Collaborations Investment Highlights Arçelik WE-in Tech Program PROJE FUARI YARIŞMASI BILKENT UNIVERSITES INNOVATING WEAre we the engineers INTECH who are ready to set off to design the technology of the future? yes, We are. Garage Innovation Hub is the Innovation department of Arçelik acts as a bridge between the ecosystem and Arçelik by working as a facilitator in order to benefit from the knowledge, experience, and connections among ecosystem players such as startups, mentors, investors, and relevant non-governmental organizations, private and public institution representatives. Garage Innovation Hub has two main missions. The first one is to create, expand, and spin off new technologies and business models in areas other than Arçelik's core competencies. The second one is to implement innovation and entrepreneurship programs both within and outside of Arçelik. We collaborate with universities on graduation thesis. In 2023, 23 graduation thesis completed with 8 universities. Each thesis focused on finding innovative solutions to real life problems of Arcelik products and processes. For 2024, we provided more than 250 real life thesis subjects to universities. Besides, by this collaboration scheme, we provide recruitment opportunities for successful new graduates. WE-in Tech aims to create an environment where future generations of female engineers and R&D professionals will feel encouraged and be enabled to thrive within the engineering and next-generation R&D fields in STEM. The program contains 3-day workshop including trainings, inspirational speeches, and product development teamwork ideation sessions. Afterward, participants have the opportunity to work together with their mentors one to one and trainings covers a range of topics regarding the current digital transformation and technology trends such as Design Thinking, Data Analytics, Agile, and Big Data. 24
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