Mehmet Kubilay Açbay

Engineer, Event planner, Explorer, Idea generator, Project manager, Social entrepreneur, Student

I am Mehmet Kubilay Açbay, a 22 years old undergraduate student from Gaziantep currently living in Istanbul. I am in my senior year studying systems and industrial engineering. I served as an organizational leader for YUSES (Yeditepe University Systems Engineering Society) for a whole year and now i am in the oversight committee of the same club.

I am passionate about learning and challenging my mind into growing. I am keen to working with people on solving problems and act as both a team player and a leader. Another passion of mine is to explore the unknown.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. Henry Ford

Communication, Leadership, Optimize, Organize, Project Management, Risk Management

Since i've learned how to speak English and how to use a computer i followed TED events. I started to take part in organizational events from the beginning of my education in university and wanted to bring TED conference to my peers. Then our curator Arda Şenel approached me to lead the organizations and event department and that is how my TED story began.

People don't know i am good at persuasion, negotaition and listening. I am also good at team sports and have a good taste in films.