Elif Filiz Gökdaş

ASELSAN

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Başkent University, she completed her first master’s degree in Information Technology Law at Hacettepe University. She completed her second master’s degree in the Private Law Master’s Program with Thesis at the Social Sciences University of Ankara, focusing on the legal assessment of artificial intelligence-based object recognition systems developed through big data analytics in the defense industry. She conducted this research under the TÜBİTAK 2210-D Domestic Master’s Scholarship Program for Industry. She continues to work on labor law, commercial law and consumer law.

She currently serves as a senior contracts specialist at ASELSAN Konya Silah Sistemleri A.Ş. and Konya Technology Industrial Zone (KTEB). She provides legal consultancy in defense industry law, domestic and international contract law, technology law, artificial intelligence law, space law, cybersecurity law and personal data protection law.

She also contributes to national and international standardization activities at the Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) as a subject rapporteur and a member of technical and mirror committees in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data – Aerospace. She participates in space law activities as an expert on the TOBBUYUM Space Law Commission.

Having also qualified as an ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Artificial Intelligence Management System Lead Auditor, she conducts academic research on AI governance, dual-use technologies, space systems, cybersecurity and the legal aspects of emerging technologies. She actively contributes to national and international scholarly publications, conference papers and technical committee activities.

She has been a finalist and an award recipient at the Türkiye Artificial Intelligence Awards. With her paper accepted for the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026), she is bringing her interdisciplinary work in artificial intelligence, space law and cybersecurity to the international scientific community.