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IDC Welcome Address

IDC Keynote: Accelerating Business Transformation: Harnessing Cloud and AI for the Intelligent Enterprise

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, organizations must move beyond incremental improvements to achieve transformative impact. “Accelerating Business Transformation: Harnessing Cloud and AI for the Intelligent Enterprise” explores how cloud computing and artificial intelligence together enable faster, smarter, and more resilient business operations.
This keynote highlights strategies for integrating AI with cloud platforms to drive innovation, optimize processes, and unlock new growth opportunities.

Eren Eser

Associate Research Director, Türkiye, IDC

Yeşim Öztürk

Senior Research Manager (Türkiye), IDC

The Next Horizon: Uniting Cloud and AI to Power the Intelligent Enterprise

The convergence of cloud and artificial intelligence is reshaping the enterprise, enabling unprecedented levels of agility, insight, and innovation. “The Next Horizon: Uniting Cloud and AI to Power the Intelligent Enterprise” explores how organizations can leverage these technologies together to drive smarter operations, enhance customer experiences, and unlock new business opportunities. This session highlights emerging trends, practical strategies, and real-world examples of AI and cloud working in harmony. Attendees will learn how to build AI-native architectures, scale intelligent applications, and foster a culture where data-driven decisions power every aspect of the enterprise. By the end of the session, participants will understand how to harness the full potential of cloud and AI to create an intelligent, resilient, and future-ready organization.

Fulya Bıçak Muştu

CIO, Zorlu Enerji Grubu

Çetin Yalçın Güleç

Board Member, Hayat Fintech

Funda Oney

CIO, HSBC

Erkan Vuruşkaner

Head of Enterprise Architecture & Engineering, ING Teknoloji

The Missing Foundation of Successful (Gen)AI

Ömer Akgül

Technology and Analytics Solutions Manager, MDSap

Connecting Clouds for AI Success

Mustafa Ünal

Sales Director Türkiye, Equinix

Still Calculating ROI While Competitors Run Pilots?

Salih Ergüt

Chief R&D & Strategy Officer, Oredata

Coffee Break

Intelligence Everywhere: Embedding AI into the DNA of the Enterprise

Artificial intelligence is no longer a standalone capability — it’s becoming the foundation of modern business. “Intelligence Everywhere: Embedding AI into the DNA of the Enterprise” explores how leading organizations are infusing AI across every layer of their operations, from customer engagement and supply chains to decision intelligence and innovation pipelines. This session examines the practical steps to operationalize AI at scale, integrate it seamlessly with cloud and data platforms, and empower people and processes to act intelligently in real time. Attendees will gain insights into how to create an AI-first culture, drive measurable business outcomes, and build the resilient, adaptive enterprises of the future.

Alper Öner

Head of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Beko Global

Gökhan İşleyen

Head of System & Infrastructure Technologies, TÜPRAŞ

Rıdvan İnan

Data Analytics & Integration Lead, Nestle Türkiye

Barış Abacı

AI & Digital Transformation Deputy General Manager, Çalık Enerji

Ece Değirmencioğlu

Head of Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence, Anadolu Sigorta

Lunch & Networking

The Future of Enterprise IT: Cloud, Agility, and Beyond

Artificial intelligence has captured the world’s imagination but the true test of its value lies in measurable business impact. “Beyond the Hype: Delivering Measurable Business Outcomes with AI” cuts through the buzzwords to focus on real-world results. This session explores how organizations are moving from experimentation to execution, applying AI to drive efficiency, innovation, and growth. Attendees will learn how to define success metrics, align AI initiatives with strategic goals, and build the data and governance foundations that turn pilots into performance. Through industry examples and proven strategies, this panel reveals what it takes to make AI not just a technology investment, but a sustained driver of business value.

Alper Çelik

Group Director of Data, Hepsiburada

Hakan Cem Topal

IT Director, SAYA Holding

Burak Öztürk

Head of IT, Media Markt

Orkun Sevinç

Head of Data and AI, Hangi Kredi

Tufan Baydemir

Head of Data Science/AI, Coca Cola İçecek

Incredible Turks

Ömer Arabacı

Sales and Marketing Director, Radore

From Code to Cloud: Accelerating Innovation with AI-Powered DevSecOps

Modern organizations face mounting pressure to deliver software faster while maintaining security and quality. This session explores how leading enterprises are transforming their software development lifecycle through integrated DevSecOps platforms. Discover how GitLab’s unified approach eliminates toolchain complexity, reduces cycle times and embeds security from the first line of code. Learn how GitLab Duo’s AI capabilities—from intelligent code generation to automated vulnerability remediation—are enabling development teams to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure. We’ll showcase the GitLab Duo Agent Platform and share emerging SDLC trends that technology leaders need to understand to maintain competitive advantage in an AI-driven market.

Anıl Özgül

Country Sales Manager, GitLab

Solving AI Data Challenges

Peter Kos

Regional Sales Director, Eastern Europe, Türkiye & CIS, NetApp

AI-Powered App Development: Transforming Ideas into Apps with Low Code

İbrahim Kürşad Bayıralan

Solution Architect, Mendix

From Automation to Imagination

Koray Kocabaş

CDO, Demirören Dijital

Mega Raffle

Networking