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  • Comment: Promotional content includes “The summit brings together technology entrepreneurs, companies and startups” “It impacts innovations and presents the opinions of professionals from different countries” “This summit connects speakers, investors, and collaborators from more than 25 countries” “The third such event is planned to be held on October 10-11, 2024” “participants are provided to get acquainted with local and regional startup authors.” “The summit will include a startup competition with a $25,000 prize fund.” Theroadislong (talk) 15:05, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
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InMerge Innovation Summit
InMerge İnnovasiya Sammiti
StatusActive
GenreHigh tech, innovation, start-up environment
FrequencyAnnually
VenueBaku Convention Center
Location(s)Baku, Azerbaijan
Inaugurated13 December 2022 (first event)
FounderPASHA Holding
Participants~3,000+ (December 2023)
Websitewww.inmerge.az

InMerge, InMerge Innovation Summit or formerly Baku Innovation Summit is an annually organised event based on new trends and innovations in Azerbaijan, Baku. The summit brings together technology entrepreneurs, companies and startups.[1]

Since 2022, annual events have featured panel discussions, business conferences, startup presentations, and workshops, with participation from businessmen. It impacts innovations and presents the opinions of professionals from different countries. This summit connects speakers, investors, and collaborators from more than 25 countries across the Caucasus, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and MENA.[2]

The first "InMerge" event was organised on 13 December 2022. The third such event is planned to be held on October 10-11, 2024.

History

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2022

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The event under the name of "Baku Innovation Summit" was organised by PASHA Holding in cooperation with the Innovation and Digital Development Agency on December 13, 2022.[3]

Main speakers at the 2022 summit include Robin Sharma,[4] futurist Kian Gohar, technology speaker Philippe Dewost, former Boston Consulting Group, IBM, EY partner Peter Ulrich, Jeroen van der Veer,[5] the former CEO of Shell, and author Chris Skinner.[5]

In addition, the participants who achieved special success in the field of innovation received awards over eight nominations (discovery of the year, tech entrepreneur of the year, start-up of the year, skills booster of the year, tech media of the year, digitalisation of the year, startup ecosystem player of the year, ecosystem MVP of the year) within the framework of the "IDDA Awards" competition organised by the Innovation and Digital Development Agency.[6]

2023

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"InMerge Innovation Summit" was held at the Baku Convention Center from November 30 to December 1. This event, in its second edition, is organised by the Center for Analysis and Coordination of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on behalf of the Ministry of Economy, the Innovation and Digital Development Agency under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport, and PASHA Holding with primary partnership from Trendyol. About 3,000 participants from 20 countries, more than 50 investors, and more than 150 startups participated in the summit.[7]

One of the speeches at the event was made by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Wozniak shared his thoughts on innovation and the history of the company. He made his speech with the moderation of international speaker Bill Williams:[8] He said these:

I met Steve Jobs five years before Apple was founded. He was a fun-loving young man. He admired people who changed lives. When he saw the computer I invented, he said there was a new business opportunity and came up with the idea of ​​establishing a new company. This is how the Apple company was born. If he hadn't given me this idea, I would have remained an engineer until today.[9]

Other speeches were made by Tesla co-founder J. B. Straubel and Shazam founder Chris Barton.[10]

Besides this, J. B. Straubel, Chris Barton, Trendyol CEO Erdem İnan, PASHA Holding Ecosystem CEO Farid Mammadov, and Uzum Company's Operations Director Roman Lavrentev discussed the future of smart ecosystems and technology integration in the panel.

There was also a panel discussion on open banking and API standards. In that discussion, Arif Babayev, co-founder of "DNA Payments Group", Farid Osmanov, who was the executive director of the Central Bank at that time, Tal Sharon, director of partnerships of "Ubeya" company, Kristina Doros, vice-president of Visa for Central Asia and Azerbaijan, and Alastair Lukies, the CEO of Pollinate International company participated.[11]

At "InMerge", participants are provided to get acquainted with local and regional startup authors. A VR zone has also been organised.

2024

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The next summit is planned to be held on October 10-11. Professor Linda Hill from Harvard Business School, Werner Vogels, Chief Technology Officer and Vice-President of Amazon, and Ilya Strebulaev are scheduled to participate in the summit as speakers.[12] YouTube co-founder Steve Chen is also expected to attend this year's summit.[13]

The summit will include a startup competition with a $25,000 prize fund. Furthermore, startup founders will have the chance to attract investments from investors and secure up to $200,000 in additional funding from PASHA Holding.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Trend.az (2024-12-01). "Second day of InMerge Innovation Summit underway in Baku". Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  2. ^ New York Insider (4 April 2024). "INMerge Summit 2024: Pioneering Tech Innovation Across Regions". Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  3. ^ Nəcəfov, Emil (14 November 2022). "Kapital Bank-ın dəstəyi ilə İllik İnnovasiya Sammiti keçiriləcək". technote.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Məşhur kanadalı yazıçı Robin Şarma Bakıya gəlib". bakuplus.az (in Azerbaijani). 13 Dec 2022. Retrieved 17 Sep 2024.
  5. ^ a b Lmahamad, Ayya (13 December 2022). "Innovation Summit 2022 kicks off in Baku". azernews.az. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Awards". awards.idda.az.
  7. ^ "Bakıda "InMerge" innovasiya sammiti keçirilir". Trend.Az (in Azerbaijani). 30 Nov 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-09-08. Retrieved 3 Sep 2024.
  8. ^ "Wozniak, deneyimlerini paylaştı". digitalage.com.tr (in Turkish). 30 Nov 2023. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024.
  9. ^ "Stiv Voznyak azərbaycanlı gənclərə çağırış edib". vergiler.az. 30 Nov 2023. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024.
  10. ^ Najafov, Emil (19 Oct 2023). "Bəs "InMerge İnnovasiya Sammiti"nin hansı üstünlükləri var?". Tedroid (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 13 Sep 2024.
  11. ^ "AMB: "Açıq bankçılıq" maliyyə inklüzivliyini artıracaq". azertag.az (in Azerbaijani). 30 Nov 2023. Retrieved 20 Sep 2024.
  12. ^ Azizov, Farid (27 May 2024). ""InMerge Innovation Summit"-in 3 eksklüziv spikeri məlum olub!". Tedroid. Archived from the original on 9 Sep 2024. Retrieved 3 Sep 2024.
  13. ^ "PASHA Holding to organize INMerge Innovation Summit". No. Azərtac. Archived from the original on 2024-09-02. Retrieved 3 Sep 2024.
  14. ^ "Only 1 month left until INMerge Innovation Summit!". Azerbaijan State News Agency. 12 Sep 2024. Retrieved 15 Sep 2024.
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