Ufuk Tarhan is a speaker known all over the world for her expertise in IT and telecommunications, focusing on how the future could develop. As a founder member of Turkey’s Futurists Society, she is still the sole female speaker on this subject in the country. Born in Antalya, she studied Economics at the Middle East Technical University. During this time she designed a reader to help students with visual impairments. She graduated from university in 1982 and went immediately into industry.
Her commitment to being a futurist is well-known and she leads talks and seminars about her ideas for the future. She worked as a senior manager for different companies until 2005, then in 2006 she set up the M-GEN Future Planning Center. After a few years she set up M-GEN Software and Digital Communication Services Ltd, which collaborated with companies all over the world to develop new technology.
In addition to her technology work, she has participated in several projects as a volunteer, including working with Rotary International and speaks at meetings of the World Futurists Association. She promotes the role of women in the workplace and writes articles and columns that are published around the world.