“ASAN Service” at the “Take Off Istanbul 2025” Startup Summit

On December 10–11, 2025, a delegation from the Innovation Center of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan participated in the international “Take Off Istanbul 2025” startup summit held in Istanbul, Turkey.

At the event, where “ASAN Service” is a partner, Azerbaijan was represented with its national stand. The stand showcased the Innovation Center, ASAN AI Hub, resident startups of the INNOLAND Incubation and Acceleration Center, as well as promising local startups representing the innovation ecosystem, including Enverson AI, Convitsa, Polygraf AI, Speakday, IOMETE, Qmeter, Tryverse, and StarKidStories.

During the two-day summit, the Azerbaijan stand was visited by Selcuk Bayraktar, Technical Director of Baykar, İrem Bayraktar Aksakal, Director of the Take Off Girişim Summit, as well as investors and other key participants of the innovation ecosystem. The startups’ activities were closely reviewed, and potential collaboration opportunities were discussed.

On the second day of the event, Vusal Rustamov, Director of the Innovation Center, spoke at a panel discussion on “Regional Startup Ecosystem: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Turkey” held within the framework of “Take Off Istanbul 2025.”

This year, the “Take Off Istanbul” summit brought together more than 500 startups from 40 countries, over 250 investors, 75 stakeholders, and 11 sponsoring organizations.

The summit is organized within the framework of TEKNOFEST, initiated by the T3 Foundation, the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey, and the Investment and Finance Office of the Presidential Administration. It functions as one of the region’s largest innovation and startup platforms, creating a favorable and barrier-free environment for innovation by bringing together entrepreneurs, mentors, venture capital representatives, and companies.

“INNODOST” – Innovation and Startup Program. Organized by the "Volunteer DOST" program and in partnership with the "INNOLAND" Incubation and Acceleration Center, the “INNODOST” 3-module program was successfully completed within the framework of the “Volunteer Clubs” project.  Under the presentation of Nijat Amiraslanov, Director of the "INNOLAND" Incubation and Acceleration Center, training sessions were held over 3 days as part of the modules. Participants gained valuable knowledge about the innovation ecosystem, creative thinking, startup development, and entrepreneurship skills. 

“Green Hackathon 2024” proqramının iştirakçıları üçün təlimlər davam edir.

Təlimdə iştirak edən gənclərə "INNOLAND" İnkubasiya və Akselerasiya Mərkəzinin rəhbəri Nicat Əmiraslanov hakatonun gedişatı və ümumi prosesi haqqında məlumat verib.

Daha sonra “Bilişim Vadisi” texnologiya mərkəzinin ekspertləri Serhat Duyar və Qamət Kərimov müsabiqə iştirakçılarına “Sahibkarlığa giriş: ideyadan startapa” mövzusunda danışıb.

Həmçinin əsas sahibkarlıq bacarıqları, komanda qurma, idarəetmə və liderlik, "lean" startap, qloballaşma, fikirdən biznes modelinə keçid mövzularından bəhs olunub. İştirakçılar komandalara bölünərək qrup işi həyata keçirib.

Qeyd edək ki, "INNOLAND" İnkubasiya və Akselerasiya Mərkəzi hakatonun təşkilatçılarındandır.