The CeBIT exhibition started on Monday, March 14th, 2016. The GT ARC steering board meeting also took place in a conference room at the Hanover Exhibition Center on March 14th, 2016. The aim is to build a bridge between Germany and Turkey in the field of information and communication technology (ICT), which also brings industry and research of both countries together. Representatives of the ministry, industry and research from Turkey and Germany came to the steering board meeting to define the next steps of GT ARC.

Prof. Sahin Albayrak, scientific head of GT ARC, attended to this meeting and made contributions to the organization. The current status of GT ARC has been presented and discussed at the steering board meeting. Particularly the subject “scientific advisory board” has been discussed. It is planned to bring German, Turkish, but also international scientists from industry as well as research in to the scientist advisory board. The next steering board meeting will take place in Istanbul in September.