Technology Leaders Summit 2025 Program
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 09:30 | REGISTRATION & OPENING |
| 09:30 – 09:45 |
SPEECH Özgür Burak Akkol – MESS Turkish Metal Industry Employers' Association, Chairman of the Board |
| 09:45 – 10:00 |
SPEECH Henning Soller - McKinsey & Company, Partner |
| 10:00 – 11:00 |
Turkey's Industry and Technology Strategies Moderator – Prof. Dr. A. Muhammed Uludağ – Rector of Galatasaray University Hakan Altınay- Altınay Defense Technologies, Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Mahmut F. Akşit – TEI, General Manager Dr. Mehmet Demiroğlu – TUSAŞ, General Manager Zekeriya Çoştu – Deputy Minister, Republic of Turkiye Ministry of Industry and Technology |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:45 – 12:00 |
SPEECH Gürcan Kelleci – Bulutistan, Corporate Sales Director Dr. Taylan Güvercin – SabancıDx, Financial Services Business Unit Leader |
| 12:00 – 13:00 |
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Ecosystem: Funds and Investments / New Ways to Create Competitive Advantage Moderator – Dr. Çağla Gül Şenkardeş - Faculty Member at Istanbul Bilgi University, Head of Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Technology Barış Karakullukçu – TÜBİSAD Board Member & AI Investor/Strategist Bülent Denkdemir – Trustlife Ventures, CEO İnanç Salman – Electrip Global & Zes, CEO |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:00 – 14:15 |
Ignite Tomorrow, Today Dr. Bahri Danış - NTT DATA, Senior President of META Region & CEO of Turkiye |
| 14:15 – 14:30 |
Technology Development Strategy for Companies and Productization Dr. Ali Görçin - TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, Center President |
| 14:30 – 15:30 |
PANEL Moderator - Güngör Kaymak – General Manager of HPE, Turkiye, Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia Region Eylem Karaca – Yapı Kredi Technology, Assistant General Manager for Internal Solutions and Affiliates Application Development Dr. Kerem Kızıltunç- THY, Assistant General Manager of Information Technologies Gül Erol – Head of Information Technologies at Yıldız Holding & CEO of Yıldız Tech |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:00 – 16:20 |
Perfect Storm: Generative AI Burak Atamgüç – Oredata, Sales Vice President Dr. Serhan Yılmaz - Google Cloud, Turkiye Country Channel Leader |
| 16:20 – 17:20 |
PANEL Moderator – Mehmet Gökmen - BCG Platinion Turkiye, Managing Director and Partner Aykut Yılmaz – Securitas, Country IT Manager Arto Mıgırdiçyan – Beymen Group, Deputy General Manager of Technology - CTO Sinan Anıl Gül – FLO Retailing, Deputy General Manager of Information Technologies |
| 17:20 – 18:00 | Most Influential 50 Technology Leaders Award Ceremony |
Past Programs
Technology Leaders Summit | 2024 Program
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Registration & Opening |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Co-Development with a Focus on Green and Digital Transformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal, TÜBİTAK, President |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Cognitive and Smart Cities: Global Perspective Hazem Galal, PwC, Cities and Local Government Global Leader |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Smart and Resilient Urban Technologies Dr. Mustafa Serdar YÜMLÜ, Sampaş Holding, General Coordinator |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | From Potential to Profit with GenAI Roberto Ventura, Boston Consulting Group, Managing Director & Partner |
| 10:50 - 11:05 | The Importance of High Technology and R&D in Renewable Energy Ersan Tufekci, Kalyon PV, CEO |
| 11:05 - 11:35 | Coffee Break |
| 11:35 - 12:50 | PANEL - 1: Artificial Intelligence through the Eyes of Leaders Moderator: Cem Aracı, PwC, Partner Ergün Güler, Vestel, CEO Mehmet Buğra Koyuncu, Logo Software, CEO Onur Ozkan, TOM Bank, CEO Yenal Gokyildirim, FLO, CEO |
| 12:50 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Digitalization Marathon: Transformation of Companies Gurkan Arpaci, Turkcell Digital Business Services, General Manager |
| 14:10 - 15:45 | PANEL - 2: Application Examples in Artificial Intelligence Moderator: Av. Onur Küçük, KP Law, Managing Partner Aret Kıllıoğlu, Cyberwise, General Manager Derya Düner, QNB Finansbank QNBEYOND, Assistant General Manager İnanç Salman, Zorlu Enerji, Trade General Manager Murat İkinci, Roketsan, General Manager Sami Aslanhan, Kontrolmatik, Chairman of the Board |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15 - 16:35 | Productive Artificial Intelligence 1.5 Burak Akusta, Global IT, Cloud Engineering Director Dr. Serhan Yılmaz, Google Cloud, Country Channel Leader |
| 16:35 - 17:30 | PANEL - 3: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Business Moderator: Erman Karaca, TFI TAB Food Investments, CTO Alexey Shevenkov, Hepsiburada, CTO Aykut Yılmaz, Securitas Information Technologies, CIO Sabri Gökmenler, İşbank, Executive Vice President |
Technology Leaders Summit | 2023 Program
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration & Opening |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Opening Speech Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal, TÜBİTAK, President |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Tech At The Edge: Trends Reshaping Turkey's Future Digital Business Dr. Henning Soller, McKinsey & Company, Partner |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | How Sustainable Is Your Digital Transformation? Güngör Kaymak, General Manager, HPE, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan and Central Asia |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Butterfly Effect in Technology Hande Cilingir, Insider, CEO |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Turkish Technology in Global Markets Moderator: Erman Karaca, TFI TAB Food Investments, CTO Efe Erdem, MEXT, Group Director Dr. Ercan Varlıbaş, Evmann Holding, Chairman of the Board Ersan Tufekci, Kalyon PV, CEO Hakan Altınay, Altınay Technology Group, Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Leaders' Agenda: PwC 26th Global CEO Survey Cenk Ulu, PwC Turkey, Senior Partner |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | The Impact of Global Trends on Companies' Technology Strategies and Investments Moderator: Cengiz Ulubaş, McKinsey & Company, Associate Partner Engin Kavas, Aydem Energy, Head of Information Technologies Group Gül Erol, Yıldız Holding, Head of Information Technologies M. Kerem Öztürk, TAV Airports Information Technologies Group President & TAV Technologies General Manager Dr. M. Kürşad Demirkol, Deputy General Manager of Information Technologies, Operations, Channels and Business Development, QNB Finansbank |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Sectoral Overview of Circular Economy with Technology Moderator: Zehra Öney, Founding Chairman of the Board, Women in Technology Association Işıl Hasdemir, General Manager of Dell Technologies, Turkey İsmail Duran, Logo Software, CTO Av. Onur Kucuk, KP Law, Managing Partner Önder Şenol, DeFacto, Online General Manager |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies: Technology Flow and Evaluation Criteria Moderator: Prof. Dr. Altan Cakir, AITR, Co-Chair Gökhanalp Arslan, İşbank, Artificial Intelligence Department Manager Hayriye Karadeniz, Ford Otosan, Digital Products and Services Leader Levent Kızıltan, TÜBİSAD, Chairman of the Board |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Coffee Break |
| 17:15 - 18:15 | Digitalization Journey through the Eyes of CIOs Moderator: Ömer Nadirler, SnA Consulting, Managing Partner Handan Karakuş, CarrefourSA, Assistant General Manager of Information Technologies Hilmi Koçak, Eczacıbaşı Group, Information and Communication Systems Group President Mehmet Fırat, Enerjisa Enerji, Head of Information Technologies and Digital Business Management Department |
