Agenda
CIO Summit Türkiye
Day 1
8:00 am
Registration & Networking
9:00 am
Opening Act
9:05 am
IDC Welcome Address
9:15 am
The 2026 Digital Inflection Point: Navigating the Shift from AI Experimentation to the Autonomous Enterprise
We have moved past the “Great Implementation.” As we enter 2026, the global enterprise has reached a critical inflection point where the sheer volume of data, the complexity of multi-cloud ecosystems, and the velocity of agentic AI have outpaced traditional human management. The mandate for the CIO has fundamentally shifted: it is no longer about managing technology, but about architecting autonomy.
Eren Eser
Associate Research Director, Türkiye, IDC
9:45 am
The Evolving Role of the CIO: From IT Leader to Business Strategist
The traditional image of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) as a “gatekeeper of the server room” is officially a relic of the past. In today’s hyper-digital economy, the CIO has moved from the back office to the boardroom, evolving from a functional manager of infrastructure into a pivotal business strategist and growth driver. This panel explores the profound shift in the CIO’s mandate. We will discuss how the modern technology leader balances the “keep the lights on” operational requirements with the high-stakes demand for digital transformation, data-driven innovation, and customer experience.
10:15 am
AI-ready Data: Democratizing Access to Data to Lay the Foundation for Artificial Intelligence
10:30 am
Agentic-AI: Integrating AI Agents into Business Processes and Systems
10:45 am
Unlocking the Potential of AI: CIO and CEO as Strategic Partners
11:00 am
The Modern CIO: Bridging Technology and Business for Digital Success
11:15 am
Shaping Tomorrow: CIOs Driving Change Through AI, Digital Twins, and Quantum Innovation
11:30 am
AI Unleashed: Transforming Industries with Integrated Intelligence
11:45 am
Tea / Coffee & Networking Break
11:55 am
Technology Focus Group Session
Track 1 – The Revenue-Driven CIO
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
The Monetization Engine: Turning Proprietary Data into External Revenue Streams
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm
Growth-Ops: Aligning IT Roadmaps with Sales and Marketing Velocity
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm
Productizing IT: Applying a Product-Management Mindset to Internal Services
12:30 pm – 12:40 pm
The Customer Experience (CX) Core: Delivering Hyper-Personalization at Scale
Track 2 – The Edge & Physical AI
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
Intelligence at the Source: Processing AI at the Edge for Sub-Millisecond Decisions
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm
The Industrial Metaverse: Using Digital Twins to Optimize Physical Operations
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm
Securing the "Things": Hardening IoT Infrastructure in an Interconnected World
12:30 pm – 12:40 pm
Real-Time Logistics: How Edge Computing is Revolutionizing the Global Supply Chain
Track 3 – The Ethical AI & Digital Trust
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
The Transparency Mandate: Implementing Explainable AI (XAI) for Regulated Industries
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm
Algorithmic Auditing: Identifying and Neutralizing Bias in Automated Hiring and Lending
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm
IP Protection in the AI Era: Safeguarding Brand Assets from Model Training
12:30 pm – 12:40 pm
The Chief Ethics Officer: Bridging the Gap Between Legal Compliance and Moral Design
Track 4 – The Modern Workspace & Digital Employee Experience (DEX)
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
The Frictionless Office: Using Smart Sensors and AI to Redesign the Physical Workplace
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm
Digital Parity: Ensuring a High-Performance Experience for Remote and In-Office Staff
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm
Measuring Sentiment: Using Passive Analytics to Prevent Employee Burnout
12:30 pm – 12:40 pm
Collaborative Intelligence: Integrating Generative AI into Team Communication Tools
12:40 pm
Summit Partner Sessions
Summit Session A – The Innovation Paradox
12:45 pm – 12:50 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
12:50 pm – 1:00 pm
Multiplied Innovation: Building Your Enterprise's IT Your Way
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm
The Journey to Transform into a Cognitive Enterprise
1:10 pm – 1:20 pm
Adapting to the New Competitive Forces in AI World
1:20 pm – 1:50 pm
The Green Horizon: Driving Sustainable Innovation through IT Leadership
Summit Session B – Architecting for Autonomy
12:45 pm – 12:50 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
12:50 pm – 1:00 pm
Harnessing AI: Transforming Business Strategies in the Cloud
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm
Scaling AI Securely: Strategies for Data Protection & AI Security Risk Management
1:10 pm – 1:20 pm
The Future of Innovation: Perfecting Software Delivery for a Digital Economy
1:20 pm – 1:50 pm
The Cloud Mandate 2026: Architecting for Intelligence, Resilience, and Unit Economics
Summit Session C – The Augmented Workforce
12:45 pm – 12:50 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
12:50 pm – 1:00 pm
Revolutionizing the New Work Era
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm
Linking up HR and IT for Digital Business Success
1:10 pm – 1:20 pm
CIO, the Enabler of Employee Experience in the AI Era
1:20 pm – 1:50 pm
The Human Architecture: Redefining Talent and Culture in the Age of Agentic AI
1:50 pm
Lunch & Networking
3:05 pm
Platinum Partner Sessions
Platinum Session A – The Intelligence Inflection Point: Scaling Generative AI from Pilot to Profit
3:05 pm – 3:10 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
3:10 pm – 3:20 pm
From Hype to Harvest: Realizing the Strategic Value of Enterprise AI
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm
The New AI Stack: Integrating Cutting-Edge Tools into Robust Enterprise Strategies
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm
An AI Everywhere Playbook for 2026
3:40 pm – 3:50 pm
Responsible AI at Scale: A Collaborative Framework for Innovation and Ethics
3:50 pm –
Responsible AI Leadership: Embedding Ethics, Governance, and Transparency into Enterprise AI Strategies
Platinum Session B – The Resilience Collective: Unified Defense Strategies for the 2026 Threat Landscape
3:05 pm – 3:10 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
3:10 pm – 3:20 pm
Fortifying the Modern Enterprise: A Collaborative Blueprint for Identity, Data, and AI Security
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm
Beyond the Perimeter: Architecting Trust through Partner Innovation and CIO Leadership
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm
Cyber-Resilience in Action: Real-World Frameworks from the C-Suite and the SOC
3:40 pm – 3:50 pm
The Zero-Trust Roadmap: Integration Strategies and Executive Perspectives
3:50 pm – 4:20 pm
The Resilience Mandate: Leading Through the Era of Hyper-Automated Threats
Platinum Session C – The Intelligence Ecosystem: Powering Agentic AI with Modern Data Foundations
3:05 pm – 3:10 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
3:10 pm – 3:20 pm
The Data Catalyst: Accelerating Enterprise Innovation through Partner Synergy and CIO Vision
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm
From Infrastructure to Insights: Architecting the Data-Driven Future Together
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm
The Data Dividend: Maximizing ROI in the Age of Autonomous Analytics
3:40 pm – 3:50 pm
Beyond the Dashboard: Turning Raw Data into Decision Intelligence
3:50 pm – 4:20 pm
The Data Sovereign: Converting Information Overload into Decision Intelligence
Platinum Session D – The Autonomous Roadmap: Scaling Enterprise Intelligence from RPA to Agents
3:05 pm – 3:10 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
3:10 pm – 3:20 pm
Orchestrating Growth: How CIOs and Tech Partners are Engineering the Self-Correcting Business
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm
The Velocity Advantage: Accelerating the Enterprise through Strategic Automation Ecosystems
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm
The New Digital Workforce: Integrating Partner Solutions into the CIO’s Talent Strategy
3:40 pm – 3:50 pm
Hyper-automation Unlocked: Turning Technical Possibility into Business Reality
3:50 pm – 4:10 pm
The Autonomous Enterprise: Orchestrating the Shift from Tasks to Workflows
4:10 pm
End of Day 1
Day 2
8:30 am
Registration & Networking
9:30 am
Opening Act
9:50 am
The Modern CIO: Bridging Technology and Business for Digital Success
10:05 am
The intersection between Cybersecurity, Cloud and AI
10:20 am
Strategizing the Right Tech-Ready Infrastructure for any Future
10:35 am
Agentic AI: A Playbook for Corporate Innovation
10:50 am
Keynote Speaker
11:50 am
Technology Focus Group Sessions
Track 1 – The AI Orchestration
11:55 am – 12:00 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
The Agentic Leap: Moving Beyond Chatbots to Autonomous Enterprise Workflows
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm
Models in Production: Bridging the Gap Between Pilot Programs and Global Scale
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm
The Orchestrator’s Handbook: Managing Multi-Model Ecosystems for Maximum Impact
12:30 pm – 12:40 pm
Cognitive Co-Pilots: How AI Agents are Redefining Departmental Productivity
Track 2 – The Resilience & Cyber-Defense
11:55 am – 12:00 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
The AI Arms Race: Deploying Autonomous Defense Against Hyper-Automated Threats
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm
Zero Trust Realized: Architecting Identity-Centric Security in a Borderless World
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm
The Recovery Mandate: Reducing "Time-to-Resilience" After a High-Stakes Breach
12:30 pm – 12:40 pm
Securing the Shadow: Protecting the Enterprise AI Pipeline from Prompt Injection
Track 3 – The Data Sovereignty & Intelligence
11:55 am – 12:00 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
The Data Fabric Revolution: Eliminating Silos for Real-Time Decision Intelligence
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm
AI-Ready Data: Engineering High-Fidelity Pipelines for Proprietary LLMs
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm
The Governance Paradox: Balancing Open Data Access with Global Privacy Compliance
12:30 pm – 12:40 pm
From Lake to Product: Transforming Raw Information into Monetizable Business Assets
Track 4 – The Cloud Economics & Hybrid Infrastructure
11:55 am – 12:00 pm
Start of the Session Raffle
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
FinOps 3.0: Mastering the Unit Economics of AI-Driven Cloud Consumption
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm
Cloud Smart, Not Cloud First: Right-Sizing Workloads Across Hybrid Environments
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm
The Edge Advantage: Bringing Compute to the Source for Ultra-Low Latency
12:30 pm – 12:40 pm
Sustainable Scaling: Balancing High-Performance Compute with Carbon Efficiency
11:50 am
Coffee Break & Networking
12:40 pm
Refresh & Reorganize
12:55 pm