CIO Excellence Awards & Symposium

CIO Excellence Awards & Symposium

24 Nov 2026 Raffles İstanbul
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IDC Predicts

By 2026, 40% of all G2000 job roles will involve working with AI agents, redefining long-held traditional entry-, mid-, and senior-level positions.

The CIO Excellence Awards & Symposium honors Türkiye's top technology

leaders driving digital transformation in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and automation. Its highlight, “The Power 50,” recognizes CIOs delivering exceptional business impact. The event combines award celebrations with talks from industry speakers and IDC analysts, spotlighting the CIO’s expanding role in Türkiye’s digital economy.

What Will You Gain?

A gathering of tech leaders exploring digital innovation in Türkiye, celebrating excellence and the CIO’s growing strategic role.

The event will spotlight:

  • Innovation at Scale
  • Governance Beyond Compliance
  • The New AI Value Playbook: Making AI Business Value Visible and Measurable
  • The CIO–CDO–CAIO Power Trio: Aligning Data, Digital, and AI Strategies

 

 

 

 

Introducing CIO Excellence Awards

Through the IDC CIO Excellence Awards 2026, IDC intends to honor those organizations and IT leaders that have conceptualized and successfully delivered digital transformation initiatives that brought about tangible results.

The Power 50: Recognizing Excellence in IT Leadership

IDC Keynote

Keynote
9:05 am

The Evolving Role of the CIO: From IT Leader to Business Strategist

The CIO is evolving from an IT operator into a strategic business leader — using technologies like AI, cloud, and analytics to drive growth, collaborate across the C-suite, and lead organizational change.

Eren Eser | IDC

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Eren Eser

IDC Türkiye Advisory Board 2026

Yaman Acar

Yaman Acar

IT Director

Alliance Healthcare Turkey (Cencora)

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Gülsün Akhisaroğlu

Gülsün Akhisaroğlu

IT Director

Aydem Perakende

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Darço Akkaranfil

Darço Akkaranfil

CIO

Burgan Bank

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Enis Ozan Akkaya

Enis Ozan Akkaya

IT Director

Flormar

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Harun Yaşar Aksöz

Harun Yaşar Aksöz

IT Director

Gözalan Group

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Şirin Aktaş

Şirin Aktaş

CIO

Danone

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A. Fahri Arkan

A. Fahri Arkan

CIO

AgeSA Hayat ve Emeklilik

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Vedat Arslan

Vedat Arslan

CIO

Oyak Renault Otomobil Fabrikaları

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Meltem Atay

Meltem Atay

IT Director

Türk Tuborg

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Emrah Gökçe Aygün

Emrah Gökçe Aygün

CTO

Türkiye İş Bankası

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Evren Ayorak

Evren Ayorak

CIO

Allianz

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İsmihan Baysal Anderson

İsmihan Baysal Anderson

IT and Automation Director

İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport

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Tunç Bergsan

Tunç Bergsan

CIO

Anadolubank

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Güngör Bingül

Güngör Bingül

CIO

Korozo

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Serdar Birlikçi

Serdar Birlikçi

Chief Digital Technology Officer

Borusan Mannesmann

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Mehmet Bütün

Mehmet Bütün

CIO&CDO

Vakıf Katılım Bankası

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Dr. Aslıhan Çandır

Dr. Aslıhan Çandır

CIO

Neova Katılım Sigorta

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Yasin Çarkcı

Yasin Çarkcı

CTO

Tam Finans

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Şevket Süreyya Çelikkanat

Şevket Süreyya Çelikkanat

CTO

MAD Parfumeur

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Serkan Demir

Serkan Demir

CIO

Alarko Holding

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Metin Demirel

Metin Demirel

COO

Aksigorta

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Serdar Dilmen

Serdar Dilmen

CIO

DHL

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Dursun Dinçer

Dursun Dinçer

CIO

Yurtiçi Kargo

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Mehmet Ufuk Dokuzluoğlu

Mehmet Ufuk Dokuzluoğlu

Group CIO

Zeren Group Holding

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Vefa Erdem

Vefa Erdem

CTO

Kazancı Holding

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Metin Erhan

Metin Erhan

CIO

Kibar Holding

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Gül Erol

Gül Erol

IT President

Yıldız Holding & CEO, Yıldız Tech

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Barış Fındık

Barış Fındık

CTO

Pegasus

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Ersen Gelçin

Ersen Gelçin

CTO

Teknosa

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Bilal Genç

Bilal Genç

CTO

A101

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İbrahim Gökalp

İbrahim Gökalp

Chief Technology Officer

Sigorta Bilgi ve Gözetim Merkezi

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Gökhan Gökçay

Gökhan Gökçay

CIO

Akbank

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Sabri Gökmenler

Sabri Gökmenler

Deputy CEO, CIO

Türkiye İş Bankası

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Sinem Gözaydın

Sinem Gözaydın

Head of Information Technologies and Solution

Sanofi

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Ali İnal

Ali İnal

CIO

Enerjisa Üretim

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Tayfun İşbilen

Tayfun İşbilen

CIO

İSKİ

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Aykut Işık

Aykut Işık

CIO

Çelik Motor

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Kemal Kaplan

Kemal Kaplan

Member of Board

Acıbadem Teknoloji

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Önder Kaplancık

Önder Kaplancık

CIO

Zorlu Holding

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Yaşar Karadeli

Yaşar Karadeli

CIO

Medisa Sağlık

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Hayriye Karadeniz

Hayriye Karadeniz

CIO

Koç Holding

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Timur Karaman

Timur Karaman

IT Director

Tiryaki Agro Foods

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Engin Kavas

Engin Kavas

CTO

Aydem Enerji

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Hilmi Koçak

Hilmi Koçak

CIO

Eczacıbaşı Group

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Kaan Konak

Kaan Konak

CIO

Aksigorta

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Özgür Korkmaz

Özgür Korkmaz

Head of IT

Uludağ İçecek

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Köksal Küçükada

Köksal Küçükada

CIO

Sanko Holding

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Koray Kurt

Koray Kurt

CIO

Abdi İbrahim İlaç

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Korhan Kuyu

Korhan Kuyu

CIO

Anadolu Sigorta

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Berke Menekli

Berke Menekli

Vice President, Global Head of Digital Platform Services

BSH Home Appliances Group

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Funda Öney

Funda Öney

CIO

HSBC

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Ege Örer

Ege Örer

CIO

AXA Sigorta

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Mert Oruz

Mert Oruz

CIO

Arkas Holding

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Şerafettin Özer

Şerafettin Özer

CDO

LCWaikiki

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Sinan Erdem Özer

Sinan Erdem Özer

COO

Odeabank

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Sinan Özkan

Sinan Özkan

CIO

Cengiz Holding

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Haldun Selik

Haldun Selik

CIO

Tüpraş

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Fahri Şengül

Fahri Şengül

Information Systems Director

Asaş Alüminyum

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Altuğ Soydan

Altuğ Soydan

IT & Digital Transformation Director

OTOKAR

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Orkun Soylu

Orkun Soylu

Head of Group IT

Evyap

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Orkun Süer

Orkun Süer

IT Director

Atasun Optik

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Uğur Serkan Taşkın

Uğur Serkan Taşkın

CTO

Koçtaş

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Hakan Cem Topal

Hakan Cem Topal

IT Director

SAYA Holding

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Ethem Topgül

Ethem Topgül

IT Director

Alarko Carrier Sanayi

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Emel Tural

Emel Tural

IT Director

Bosch

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Kurtuluş Yavuz

Kurtuluş Yavuz

CTO

Gürok Holding

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Oğuzhan Yıldırım

Oğuzhan Yıldırım

Deputy General Manager

Kocaer Haddecilik

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Cihan Yıldız

Cihan Yıldız

CTO

Boyner Büyük Mağazacılık

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Serdar Yılmaz

Serdar Yılmaz

CIO & COO

Fibabanka

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Kürşat Alp Yiğit

Kürşat Alp Yiğit

Vice President of Information Technologies

Aras Kargo

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Murat Özkan

Murat Özkan

CIO

Hayat Holding

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Our Partners

Venue

Raffles Istanbul

Zorlu Center, Levazım, Vadi Caddesi, 34340 Beşiktaş/İstanbul

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Summarizes the latest quarterly EMEA IT spending data, highlighting where AI investment is accelerating fastest, insight Turkish CIOs can use to benchmark their own 2026 technology budgets against regional peers and priorities.

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From Connectivity to Intelligence: Telcos at the Crossroads of AI, Sovereignty, and Sustainable Growth

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The Middle East Conflict Just Rewrote the Rules of Business Continuity

Details how regional geopolitical instability is forcing enterprises to rethink business continuity, cyber resilience, and supply chain risk, lessons directly applicable to Turkish organizations building resilience into their 2026 strategies now.

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