Ümit Sanlav, who was born in Sarıyer, Istanbul in 1973, has been working in media sector since 1992. He has worked as the rector consultant responsible for media in Yıldız Technical University, also the manager of corporate communication department in a private school ,a media and PR Consultant in companies related to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, lately.

Sanlav, who is still working as the Director of Corporate Communications at İbn Haldun University, is also the member of International Social Media Association (USMED) executive board.

He was the media coordinator of ETZ 14,ETZ 15 ,ETZ 16 ,ETZ 17 and the coordinator of “Education-Media-Social Media” sessions in each summit.

Each year in Fatih ETZ, he moderated and presented the sessions on “Media and Education”.

He is the author of the “Sosyal Medya Savaşları” which is the first of it’s kind by examining history and development of both Internet and social media also with it’s effective use. Unlimited benefits of social media as well as the dangers in the case of misuse were addressed in the book.