>> From Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, it's theCUBE. Covering Technovation's World Pitch 2018. Now, here's Sonia Tagare. >> Hi, welcome back. I'm Sonia Tagare, here with theCUBE in Santa Clara, California, covering Technovation's World Pitch Summit 2018, a pitch competition in which girls develop mobile apps in order to create positive change in the world. This week 12 finalist teams are competing for their chance to win the coveted gold or silver scholarships. With us today we have two regional ambassadors from Turkey. Resat Bozkir, >> Hi. >> And Sedat Yalcin. >> Yes. >> Thank you so much for being here today. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for your hospitality. >> Absolutely. So can you tell me, what is a regional manager? What do you guys do? >> Okay, you want to start? >> Okay, regional ambassador. As a regional ambassador, we help with the Technovation program in our country by organizing events and managing locally, for example, this year, we translated all our Turkish language and help other mentors and other students. >> Oh that's wonderful. >> Yes. >> So how many students do you have? >> We have nearly thirty students this year. And we've been working for five years with Technovation. This year we have thirty students. And now, one team is here as a finals team in this one also. >> What are the age groups of your students? >> Middle school and high school. We start at 13 and 18. >> So you mentioned you've been doing this for five years. Have you noticed an increase in girls in tech over the years? >> I think, if I remember those days, only 10% are students who were girls, and now 50% of our students are girls. We participated for very... Not much girls in our group. That is programming, robotics and everything. Now lots of girls do it, like this project. >> That's amazing. So what are you most excited about for this tournament? >> Can you say it again? >> Oh yeah, what are you most excited about for this week for the competition? >> Oh, as I said before, we have one finals team for this ceremony, and this is their first moment in Technovation. And they are the most little ones, our girls. We hope this will be a very good experience for them. And we are really excited to be here. >> That's wonderful. So can you tell me just a little bit more about how girls in Technovation is helping girls in tech, the conversation in general? >> Okay. >> I think it's a good question because lots of students before Technovation, I asked our students, "Do you have any download, any mobile application?" Lot of students would say, "No." "Do you have any, "make a presentation more than hundred people?" They say, "No." "Do you have any ideas about business plan?" They say, "No." "Do you have any ideas about entrepreneurship?" They say, "No." "How about the Technovation program?" They say, "Yes, I succeed. "We made the program "and then we download the mobile application "and we make a presentation, and we make a business plan." They say all of that. Excited about programs like this. >> That's wonderful, and I think you guys are doing such an amazing job. >> Yes. >> Thank you so much for being on theCUBE, Resat and Sedat. We're really excited to have you here, and I hope you have a great trip back to Turkey. (laughs) So we're at Technovation's World Pitch Summit 2018, stay tuned for more.