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CHRO Summit | 2024 Program
Time Event
08:30 - 09:30 REGISTRATION & OPENING
09:30 - 09:45 THE FUTURE OF WORK WITH AI Ali Matar, LinkedIn, EMEA Growth Markets Leader
09:45 - 10:00 THE FUTURE OF HR: PEOPLE-ORIENTED APPROACH AT THE CENTER OF CHANGE Erkan Durdu, Turkcell, Executive Vice President of People and Business Support
10:00 - 10:15 ALGORITHMS AND HUMANS: IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THE NEW HERO OF HR? Ilksen Keleş, Deloitte Turkey, People Management Services Leader
10:15 - 11:45 ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE AI ERA Yasin Altunkaya, DataExpert, Managing Partner (Moderator) Can Örüng, OYAK, Head of Human Resources and Sustainability Şengül Arslan, Şişecam, Human Resources Assistant General Manager Umut Günal, Koç Holding, Human Resources Director Yeşim Özlale Önen, Sabancı Holding, Human Resources and Sustainability Group President
11:45 - 12:15 COFFEE BREAK
12:15 - 13:30 SHAPING THE FUTURE TOGETHER WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES AND HUMAN-CENTERED APPROACH Dinçer Güleyin, Mercer, Eastern Mediterranean Region CEO (Moderator) Elif Nur Çakır Vurgun, Esin Attorney Partnership, Partner Attorney Erkin Uzun, TokenFlex, Token Financial Technologies Digital Card Solutions GMY Fatih Mustafa Çelebi, Meditopia, Co-Founder & CEO Nazlı Tlabar Güler, Vodafone Turkey, Executive Vice President of Human Resources
13:30 - 14:45 LUNCH
14:45 - 15:00 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORTED APPROACHES IN MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION Levent Sevinç, Assessment Systems, Founder & CEO
15:00 - 15:15 TRANSFORMATION OF HR PROCESSES WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: FROM EFFICIENCY TO STRATEGY Dr. Doğan Başar, Turkey Insurance, Human Resources, Strategy and Support Services Assistant General Manager
15:15 - 16:15 STRENGTHENING ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE Önder Erdem, Hedef Fleet, Chairman of the Board of Directors (Moderator) Hale Ökmen Ataklı, ING Turkey, Human Resources Assistant General Manager Necmi Bahar, Securitas Turkey, Workforce Management Coordinator Yakup Aydilek, Enerjisa Energy, People and Culture Department Head
16:15 - 16:45 COFFEE BREAK
16:45 - 17:45 CULTURE, LEADERSHIP & EDUCATION Jade Çokeker, TEGEP, Audit Committee Member (Moderator) Güntulu Peker, sahibinden.com, Assistant General Manager, People and Sustainability Nazire Ulusoy, IC Holding, Head of People and Culture Yeliz Çetinkaya, TEI, CHRO
18:00 50 MOST EFFECTIVE CHRO 2024 AWARD CEREMONY
19:00 - 23:00 COCKTAIL and SUMMER BIDDING PARTY
CHRO Summit | 2023 Program
Time Event
08:30 - 09:30 REGISTRATION & OPENING
09:30 - 09:45 OPENING SPEECH Ozgur Burak Akkol, TİSK, Chairman of the Board of Directors
09:45 - 11:15 SHAPING THE FUTURE OF ORGANIZATIONS Manolya Yazarkan, McKinsey & Company, Partner (Moderator) Dr. Eylem Özgür, Eczacıbaşı Group, Human Resources Group President Nursel Olmez Ates, Borusan Holding, Human Resources, Communications and Sustainability Group President Sengul Arslan, Şişecam, Human Resources Deputy General Manager Hope Gunal, Koç Holding, Human Resources Director
11:15 - 11:45 COFFEE BREAK
11:45 - 12:45 MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT BREAKING: WHY? HOW? Prof. Dr. Türker Baş, Happy Place to Work, Managing Partner (Moderator) Alper Tokalp, Hayat, Global Human Resources Director Hakan Oker, TAV Airports Holding, Human Resources Group President Selda Seçkinler, Kale Group, Vice President of Human Resources (CHRO) Senay Gani, Trive, Group Head of Human Resources
12:45 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 14:15 THE LEADERSHIP MODEL OF THE FUTURE: WHAT ARE THE NEW TRENDS TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP? Levent Sevinc, Assessment Systems & Talentouch, Founder and CEO
14:15 - 15:30 TRANSFORMATION OF WORKING LIFE Yasin Altunkaya, DataExpert, Managing Partner (Moderator) Bahattin Aydin, Yıldız Holding, Head of Human and Business Support Elif Nur Cakir Vurgun, Esin Law Partnership, Partner Lawyer Nazli Tlabar Guler, Vodafone Türkiye, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Human Resources Ozden Onaldi, Yapı Kredi, Deputy General Manager Responsible for Human Resources Organization and Internal Services Management
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 16:15 INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING IN THE FACE OF TODAY'S REALITIES AND FUTURE RISKS Yavuz Olken, Axa Insurance, Deputy Chairman and CEO
16:15 - 17:30 HR AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT İlksen Keleş, Deloitte Türkiye, Partner & People Management Services Leader (Moderator) Eray Karakullukcu, Layers HR Technologies, Co-Founder Nazire Ulusoy, IC Holding, Human Resources Director Seda Erdem Yilmaz, Ata Group Technology Companies, CHRO Yakup Aydilek, Enerjisa Head of Energy, Human and Culture Department
17:30 - 19:00 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL CHRO AWARD CEREMONY
19:00 - 22:00 COCKTAIL & SUMMER FAREWELL PARTY
CHRO Summit | 2022 Program
Time Event
09:30 – 10:00 REGISTRATION & OPENING
10:00 – 10:30 TRENDS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF TALENT Amadeo Di Lodovico, McKinsey & Company, Organization Practice EEMA Leader
10:30 – 10:50 GLOBAL TALENT REPORT Dincer Guley, Mercer Türkiye, General Manager
10:50 – 12:00 TALENT MANAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE - PANEL 1 Manolya Yazarkan, McKinsey & Company, Partner (Moderator) Haluk Kayabasi, Kibar Holding, CEO Dr. Mehmet Aktas, Yaşar Holding, CEO Umit Nuri Yildiz, Alarko Holding, CEO
12:00 – 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 – 13:45 TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES - PANEL 2 Yasin Altunkaya, DataExpert, Managing Partner (Moderator) Ali Riza Esmen, Turkcell, CHRO Hakan Oker, TAV Airports Holding, Human Resources Group President Selda Seçkinler, Kale Holding, Vice President of Human Resources Sengul Arslan, Şişecam, Human Resources Deputy General Manager
15:00 – 15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30 – 15:45 NEW WORK - FUTURE WORK Dr. Magnus Tessner, IFP, Partner
15:45 – 17:00 BRAIN DRAIN FROM TURKEY: METHODS TO RETAIN TALENTS - PANEL 3 Cem Sezgin, Deloitte Turkey, People Management Services Leader (Moderator) Cenk Akincilar, QNB Finansbank, Deputy General Manager of Human Resources Guntulu Peker, sahibinden.com, Deputy General Manager of Business Support Nihat Cukurkaya, İGA, Deputy General Manager of Human Resources Sertac Kokenek, Esin Law Partnership, Partner Lawyer
17:00 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK
17:30 – 18:30 LOOKING AT EMPLOYMENT BEYOND AGE AND GENDER - PANEL 4 Berat Süphandağ, Artı365 Consulting, Chairman of the Board (Moderator) Abdulkerim Tea, Turkish Airlines AO, Deputy General Manager (Human Resources) Duygu Erzurumlu Cengiz, Akkök Holding & Akenerji, CHRO Nazire Ulusoy, IC Investment Holding, Human Resources Director Neslihan Yalcin, LC Waikiki, General Manager of Human Resources
18:30 – 20:00 MOST ACTIVE 50 CHRO AWARD CEREMONY & COCKTAIL
CHRO Summit | 2021 Program
Time Event
09:30 – 10:00 REGISTRATION & OPENING
10:00 – 10:30 TRENDS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF TALENT Amadeo Di Lodovico, McKinsey & Company, Organization Practice EEMA Leader
10:30 – 10:50 GLOBAL TALENT REPORT Dincer Guley, Mercer Türkiye, General Manager
10:50 – 12:00 TALENT MANAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE Manolya Yazarkan, McKinsey & Company, Partner (Moderator) Haluk Kayabasi, Kibar Holding, CEO Dr. Mehmet Aktas, Yaşar Holding, CEO Umit Nuri Yildiz, Alarko Holding, CEO
12:00 – 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 – 13:45 REINVENTING COMPANY CULTURE Burak Kuralkan, LinkedIn, Sales Manager for Southern and Eastern Europe
13:45 – 15:00 TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES Yasin Altunkaya, DataExpert, Managing Partner (Moderator) Ali Riza Esmen, Turkcell, CHRO Hakan Oker, TAV Airports Holding, Human Resources Group President Selda Seçkinler, Kale Holding, Vice President of Human Resources Sengul Arslan, Şişecam, Human Resources Deputy General Manager
15:00 – 15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30 – 15:45 NEW WORK - FUTURE WORK Dr. Magnus Tessner, IFP, Partner
15:45 – 17:00 BRAIN DRAIN FROM TURKEY: METHODS TO RETAIN TALENTS Cem Sezgin, Deloitte Turkey, People Management Services Leader (Moderator) Cenk Akincilar, QNB Finansbank, Deputy General Manager of Human Resources Guntulu Peker, sahibinden.com, Deputy General Manager of Business Support Nihat Cukurkaya, İGA, Deputy General Manager of Human Resources Sertac Kokenek, Esin Law Partnership, Partner Lawyer
17:00 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK
17:30 – 18:30 LOOKING AT EMPLOYMENT BEYOND AGE AND GENDER Berat Süphandağ, Artı365 Consulting, Chairman of the Board (Moderator) Abdulkerim Tea, Turkish Airlines AO, Deputy General Manager (Human Resources) Duygu Erzurumlu Cengiz, Akkök Holding & Akenerji, CHRO Nazire Ulusoy, IC Investment Holding, Human Resources Director Neslihan Yalcin, LC Waikiki, General Manager of Human Resources
18:30 – 20:00 MOST ACTIVE 50 CHRO AWARD CEREMONY & COCKTAIL
CHRO Summit | 2020 Program
Time Event
09:30 – 09:40 PROGRAM OPENING Sule Laleli, Fortune Türkiye Editor-in-Chief
09:40 – 10:00 THE FUTURE OF OUR WORK AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORKING LIFE Ozgur Burak Akkol, Chairman of the Board of Directors of MESS and TİSK, Head of Human Resources and Industrial Relations of Koç Holding
10:00 – 10:20 BEING A QUARTERBACK IN THE NEW NORMAL Cenk Alper, Sabanci Holding CEO
10:20 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 – 11:30 PANEL - 1 Cenk Ulu, PwC Türkiye Country Senior Partner (Moderator) Caglar Gogus, CEO of Dogan Holding Enver Yucel, BAU Global President Inan Ekici, Otokoç General Manager Leyla Alaton, Alarko Holding Board Member
11:30 – 11:45 BE LOGICAL | BE RADICAL | BE PATIENT Dr. Robert Neuhauser, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Talent and Leadership, Siemens
11:45 – 12:00 THE ERA OF ROBOTS IN BUSINESS Tugrul Cora, Uipath Türkiye General Manager
12:00 – 13:00 BUILDING THE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE FUTURE - PANEL 2 Yasin Altunkaya, Managing Partner, DataExpert (Moderator) Dr. Eylem Özgür, Eczacıbaşı Group Human Resources Group President Pinar Anapa, Akbank Human and Culture GMY Serhat Demir, Turkcell Human Resources GVP Sengul Arslan, Şişecam Human Resources President
13:00 – 13:45 LUNCH
13:45 – 14:00 2021 TURKEY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND WORKFORCE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT REPORT RESULTS Şadiye Azışık Kılcıgil, Mercer Türkiye Business Development Director
14:00 – 14:30 A LOOK AT 2040: SHAPING THE FUTURE WITH TREND READINGS Semiha Sahin (Moderator) Firuzan Iscan, AXA Insurance Executive Board Member, Head of Sales and Marketing Yavuz Olken, Deputy Chairman and CEO of AXA Insurance
14:30 – 14:45 MANAGING A HR RESPONSE TO COVID-19 Mooi Fung Farm, HR Vice President, Shell Global Retail Sales
14:45 – 15:45 THE TRANSFORMATION REQUIREMENT THAT CAME WITH THE PANDEMIC AND AFTER - PANEL 3 Mete Belovacikli, Editor-in-Chief of Milliyet Newspaper (Moderator) Burak Ertas, sahibinden.com CEO Demirhan Sener, CEO of MultinetUp Goksal Gungor, Assan Aluminum General Manager Mr. Bugra Koyuncu, Logo Software Vice Chairman of the Board and Logo Group CEO
16:00 – 17:00 THE FUTURE OF TALENT MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW NORMAL - PANEL 4 Cem Sezgin, Deloitte Türkiye Human Resources Services Leader (Moderator) Nilufer Degirmenci, Domino's Human Resources Director Olcay Yilmaz Nomak, Deputy General Manager of Migros Human Resources and Industrial Relations Selcan Arkali, Deputy General Manager of Aktifbank Talent Development and Operations Dr. Senay Kizilkaya, Novartis Group Türkiye Human Resources and Organization Director
CHRO Summit | 2019 Program
Time Event
08:30 – 09:30 REGISTRATION & OPENING
09:30 – 10:00 INNOVATIONS AND TRENDS IN HUMAN RESOURCES Amadeo Di Lodovico, MCKINSEY & COMPANY, Organization Practice EEMA Leader
10:00 – 10:15 FOCUSING ON THE BUSINESS WORLD OF THE FUTURE Hong-Wha Ling, NN LIFE AND PENSION, CHRO
10:15 – 10:20 LEADERSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE AND FUTURE PROFESSIONS Meltem Bakiler Sahin, VODAFONE TURKEY, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
10:20 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:00 ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE VUCA WORLD - PANEL Yasin Altunkaya, DATAEXPERT, Partner (Moderator) Haluk Gümüşderelioğlu, OYAK, Human Resources GMY Melissa Gee Kee, UNILEVER, Turkey, Central Asia and Iran, Vice President of Human Resources Ozgur Burak Akkol, KOÇ HOLDING, Human Resources Director Shengul Arslan, ŞİŞECAM, Head of Human Resources and Corporate Communications
12:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 15:00 SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE FACTOR IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - PANEL Bülent Bayram, VODAFONE TURKEY, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Moderator) Betül Çorbacıoğlu, MERCEDES-BENZ TÜRK, Human Resources Director Nursel Ölmez Ateş, BORUSAN HOLDING, Group Human Resources President Dr. Magnus Tessner, IFP, Partner Hakan Timur, SABANCI HOLDING, Human Resources Group President
15:00 – 15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30 – 16:30 HOW WILL THE WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE BE SHAPED? - PANEL Şule Laleli, FORTUNE TURKEY, Editor-in-Chief (Moderator) Ahmet Aksoy, TÜPRAŞ, Human Resources Director Hande Yalgin, LOGO GROUP, Head of People and Organizational Transformation Pinar Anapa, AKBANK, HR Assistant General Manager Shennur Kuru, KIBAR HOLDING, Head of Human Resources Department Zeynep Bilgiç, HAYAT VARLIK, Human Resources and Communication Director
16:30 – 16:45 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND TALENT TRENDS IN TURKEY Banu Baykal, LINKEDIN LEARNING, Emerging Markets Leader
16:45 – 18:00 50 MOST EFFECTIVE CHRO AWARD CEREMONY & CLOSING COCKTAIL
CHRO Summit | 2018 Program
Saat Etkinlik
08:30 – 09:30 REGISTRATION & OPENING
09:30 – 10:00 THE NEW WAY OF WORKING: "AGILE" Marius Popescu, NN LIFE AND PENSION, CEO
10:00 – 11:00 THE ROLE OF HR FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE - PANEL Özgür Tanrıkulu, MCKINSEY & COMPANY, Country Manager (Moderator) Izzet Garih, ALARKO HOLDING, Chairman of the Board of Directors Norbert Klein, BSH, Regional President Seymur Tari, TURKVEN, CEO Tamer Saka, KIIBAR HOLDING, CEO
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 12:30 DIGITAL HR & HR MARKETING & HR ANALYTICS - PANEL Murat Palaoglu, KPMG TURKEY, Partner (Moderator) Ata Selcuk, ECZACACIBAŞI HOLDING, Human Resources Group President Berna Oztınaz, STFA HOLDING, Head of Strategy and Human Resources Burcu Civelek Yüce, AKBANK, Human Resources and Strategy GMY Eren Camlikaya, YENIBIRIS, General Manager Nursel Ölmez Ateş, FORD OTOSAN, Human Resources Director
12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 15:00 A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON TALENT MANAGEMENT - PANEL Yasin Altunkaya, Partner, DATAEXPERT (Moderator) Eduard Massier, General Manager for Turkey, Israel, Romania and Bulgaria, ADIDAS Murat Yesildere, Partner, EGON ZEHNDER Patrick Graham, Operations Director UK, SIMITE PALACE Steven Gross, Vice President of HR NAMETRUB, UNILEVER Sherif Kaynar, Chairman, KORN FERRY HAY GROUP
15:00 – 15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30 – 16:30 BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS OF THE FUTURE - PANEL Cüneyt Toros, FORTUNE TURKEY, Editorial Director (Moderator) Hakan Alp, QNB FİNANSBANK, Human Resources GMY M. Enis Karslioglu, BIGGPLUS GROUP, Chief Executive Officer / CEO, Entrepreneur Seyfettin Saglam, TURKCELL, Human Resources GMY Yasemin Merih Alparslan, DOĞAN TV HOLDING, Human Resources Group President
16:30 – 17:00 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE Dr. Rohini Anand, Global Chief Diversity Officer, SODEXO
17:00 – 18:00 50 MOST EFFECTIVE CHRO AWARD CEREMONY & CLOSING COCKTAIL