The New Global Competition Shaped by Artificial Intelligence: The Evolution of Business
Artificial intelligence is creating not only new technologies but also new rules and paradigms for the business world. This transformation is reshaping leadership, strategy, education, and customer experience across the entire landscape of work. The panel will explore how companies in Türkiye are redefining AI in their own contexts, integrating it into strategic processes, and how this transformation is influencing business, entrepreneurship, and the investment ecosystem. Success stories from leading brands across various industries that have embraced AI will also be shared.
State Visions and Success Models in Artificial Intelligence
AI is no longer merely a technological domain — it has become a matter of national capacity that directly influences a country's economic, strategic, and societal competitiveness. This panel brings together public officials, innovation agencies, and technology attachés from countries with world-renowned AI policies. Topics will include ecosystem design, support for entrepreneurship, institutional models of collaboration between government, universities, and the private sector, as well as critical implementation areas such as regulation, ethics, funding mechanisms, and human capital strategies. The session will offer a global perspective on how Türkiye can draw inspiration and build its own model.
Türkiye's Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough and Strategic Thresholds
Türkiye's R&D capacity, young human capital, and growing innovation ecosystem provide a strong foundation for a global leap in the age of artificial intelligence. However, this foundation alone won’t spark a breakthrough — it requires strategic decision-making at the right thresholds. This panel will offer a multidimensional perspective on where and how Türkiye should position its AI investments, how to leverage its current advantages, and how to transition from a follower to a game-changer in global competition.
The Evolution of Design with AI in Creative Industries
Artificial intelligence isn't just transforming production methods in the creative industries; it's also redefining fundamental parameters like speed, cost, scalability, and accessibility. This panel will assess how AI tools are being used in cinema, music, animation, advertising, digital art, and performance arts, identifying the areas of transformation and the impact this shift has on creative business models.
The discussion will also compare Türkiye's awareness level in this field with global examples, exploring how AI-supported productions can create a leveraging effect in both cultural industries and creative products with high export potential. Furthermore, the strategic management of this transformation will be examined within a multi-dimensional framework, outlining the necessary steps for sectoral stakeholders, agencies, creative professionals, and policymakers.
Designing Innovation: AI’s Transformation of Humanity, Institutions, and Tomorrow
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a support tool in innovation processes such as idea generation, testing, or product design. It has become a transformation partner that reshapes strategic vision, ethical evaluation, and mental models. This panel will explore the intellectual, systemic, and ethical dimensions that innovation has acquired alongside AI. Discussions will focus on the symbiotic relationship between human and artificial intelligence, as well as the emerging balance between data, emotion, and systems in decision-making processes. Additionally, the session will examine how organizations can effectively manage this transformation, how Türkiye’s innovation culture can be restructured in the age of AI, and how artificial intelligence can be positioned not only as a technological tool, but also as a catalyst for cognitive and conceptual leaps. This will be approached through a multidimensional perspective.
Skills for Tomorrow: Career Maps Transformed by Artificial Intelligence
AI-powered automation, digital twins, data-driven workflows, and human-machine interaction are fundamentally reshaping the dynamics of the business world. This panel will approach the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce not merely as a transformation, but as a call to reorientation. We will explore in depth which competencies young professionals and students need to develop in their career planning, what emerging professions are on the rise, how hybrid skill sets are gaining importance, and which profiles will create value in the future world of work. At the same time, we will examine how corporate talent strategies are evolving to meet the demands of this new era, and how individuals can turn this transformation to their advantage—supported by real-life examples. This panel will offer an inspiring roadmap for young people who want to shape their careers in the age of artificial intelligence.
Designing a New Education Architecture that Embraces the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is creating a radical transformation across all layers of education, from learning methods and the definition of teaching to the university model and student experience. This panel will discuss the principles, competency sets, and pedagogical approaches with which the education system in Türkiye needs to be restructured for it to make a strong leap forward in the field of artificial intelligence. Simultaneously, it will be explored how this transformation should permeate not only the curriculum but also the learning culture, the concept of school, and the societal mindset; the discussion will revolve around how an inclusive and creative education architecture that can respond to the needs of the age can be built.
From an Investor's Perspective: How to Build a Billion-Dollar AI Startup?
AI entrepreneurship gains value not just from producing technology, but from sustainable models that convince investors, scalability potential, and strategic vision. This panel will address the parameters that investment firms, VCs, corporate funds, and angel investors consider when investing in AI-based startups. We will thoroughly discuss the structures upon which entrepreneurs should build their business models, what technological depth is valuable in the eyes of investors, and how new Turcorns emerging from Türkiye should position themselves in this transformation. The keys to making AI ventures not only creative but also investment-ready will be revealed.