Construction Summit Türkiye – 2026
Event Programme
| 17 JUNE 2026, FIRST DAY | |||
| EXHIBITION AREA I GRAND BALLROOM CONFERENCE ROOM |
EXHIBITION AREA II TULIPIA CONFERENCE ROOM |
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| 08:00-10:00 | REGISTRATION | ||
| 08:55-09:00 | Main Sponsor Adress | ||
| Erkan Güral, Chairman of the Board, NG Kütahya Seramik | |||
| 09:00-10:30 | Opening Speakers | ||
| Erdal Eren, President, TCA | |||
| Pirkko Mirjami Hämäläinen, Ambassador of Finland to Türkiye | |||
| Mohamed Lamine Sy Savane, The Minister of Urban Planning, Housing and Territorial Development in the Republic of Guinea | |||
| Oruntaev Nurdan Kemelovich, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Public Utilities of Kyrgyzstan | |||
| Sir Chris Bryant, Minister of State for Trade, United Kingdom | |||
| Prof. Dr. Ömer Bolat, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye | |||
| Cevdet Yılmaz, Vice President of the Republic of Türkiye | |||
| 10:30-11:00 | VISITING EXHIBITION AREAS COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING |
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| 11:00-12:00 | Panel 1: The Future of the Construction Sector in Türkiye and Worldwide: Global Trends (Digitalization, Green Transformation, and Sustainability) and Evolving Competitive Dynamics | 11:15-11:30 | Keynote Speech Kıvanç Karabaki, Projects Coordinator, Superstructure Works, Kuzu Grup |
| Moderator: Ali Kantur, Chairman of the Board, ITC Investment, Trade and Consultancy | |||
| Sani Şener, Chairman of the Board, TAV | 11:30-11:45 | ||
| Ayhan Yavrucu, Board Member, Alarko Holding | |||
| Graham Robinson, Global Business Consultant, Pinsent Masons | |||
| 12:15-13:15 | Panel 2: Digital Transformation in Construction: New Technologies, and Building Materials | 12:00-13:00 | Panel 3: International Cooperation: Collaboration on Sustainable Infrastructure in Third Countries |
| Moderator: Prof. Dr. Atakan Aksoy – Karadeniz Technical University | Moderator: Katherine Attwood, Trade Counsellor and Country Director Türkiye, UK Department for Business and Trade | ||
| Murat Savcı, President, Türkiye İMSAD | Ümit Özdemir, Member of High Advisory Council, Turkish Contractors Association (TCA) | ||
| Levent Irmak, President, MC2 Modern | Stuart Senior, Co-Chair of Infrastructure Exports UK (IE:UK) | ||
| Özgür Gelbal, Director of Sustainability and Business Excellence, Yapı Merkezi | Vomic Nur Shah, Global Head of Origination, UK Exports Finance | ||
| Nesrin Öztabak, General Manager, Bimcrone | Hatice Ürkmez, Director of Project Finance & International Relations, Turk Eximbank | ||
| Yoshi Ichikawa, Managing Director and Head of Europe, Standard Chartered | |||
| Akın Tolga Kocakalay, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Doğuş Construction | |||
| 13:00-14:00 | LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING | ||
| 14:15-14:30 | Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye "Future Infrastructure: Digitalisation, Integration and Mega Projects" |
14:00-15:00 | Panel 4: The Future of Construction: Digitalization and the Circular Built Environment |
| Moderator: Göker Sarp, Coordinator, Enterprise Transformation Platform | |||
| Gülfem İnaner, Deputy General Manager, Ekodenge | |||
| Aygen Erkal, Secretary General, Türkiye İMSAD | |||
| Cem Özer, Country Manager, Türkiye, Peikko | |||
| Emre Çulban, Director, Arup | |||
| 14:30-15:30 | Panel 5: Mega Projects and Next-Generation Infrastructure: Contracts, Risk Management, Financing and Investment Models | 15:00-15:15 | Keynote Speech Uğurhan Aktaş, Senior Presales Consultant, IFS Türkiye Taner Akkaş, Consulting Services Manager, IFS Türkiye “IFS ERP Solutions Tailored for the Construction and Project Industries” |
| Moderator: Attorney Gökhan Okan, Partner, Ergün Law Office | |||
| Dr. Yalçın Eyigün, Director General of Infrastructure Investments, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye | |||
| Barış Derbentli, President, Derbentli Consulting | 15:35-16:25 | Special Session: Türkiye-Korean Strategic Partnership for Future Infrastructure | |
| Ali Emre Ormancı, Contracts Director, Yapı Merkezi | Moderator: Suk Jong Boo, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Türkiye | ||
| Koray Erden, Head of International Business Development, ERN Holding | Kim Seong-hwan, Director, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korea (MOLIT) | ||
| Kerim Orhon, President, TürkMMMB | Jung Seung-chan, CEO, Samsung C&T | ||
| 15:30-15:45 | Emin Burak Onat, CEO, CivCore “From 2D Documents to 5D Intelligence: An AI-Based Operating System for Construction” |
Lee Dae-hyeok, Chairman of the Board, KBA (Korea Business Association) | |
| 15:45-16:15 | Keynote Speech Prof. Dr. İrem Dikmen Toker, Department of Construction Engineering and Management, University of Reading "AI-Driven Futures and Evolving Roles in Construction" |
Kim Hwan-woo, Chief Representative, Türkiye, Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) | |
| 16:30-17:30 | Panel 6: Artificial Intelligence as the Operating System of Construction: Competition in the Era of AI-Native Construction | 16:30-17:30 | Panel 7: Financing Sustainable Infrastructure: ESG Criteria and New International Financing Models |
| Moderator: Mehmet Dolgan, President, Contech Türkiye | Moderator: Hatice Ürkmez, Director of Project Finance and International Relations, Türk Eximbank | ||
| Paco Gomez Escofet, General Manager, Barcelona Contech Hub | Başar Vural, President, ABB Türkiye | ||
| Hakan Özkara, Managing Partner, Conium AI | Yasemin Kuytak, Director, KfW IPEX-Bank Türkiye Representative Office | ||
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Görçin, President, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM | Armando Goes de Araujo, Senior Vice President, Swiss Export Risk Insurance (SERV) | ||
| Ahmet Çıtıpıtıoğlu, Design Director, TAV | |||
| 18 JUNE 2026, SECOND DAY | |||
| EXHIBITION AREA I GRAND BALLROOM CONFERENCE ROOM |
EXHIBITION AREA II TULIPIA CONFERENCE ROOM |
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| 08:30-10:00 | REGISTRATION COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING |
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| 10:00-10:15 | Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of the Republic of Türkiye “Resilient and Sustainable Cities: New Approaches in the Age of the Climate Crisis” |
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| 10:15-11:15 | Panel 8: Climate Adaptation: Disaster-Resilient Development in the Built Environment | 11:00-11:15 | Special Presentation Kurtuluş Erdem Bayraktar, General Manager Emlak Konut Elevator Systems Industry and Trade Inc. |
| Moderator: Prof. Dr. Barış Binici, Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU) | |||
| Banu Aslan, Director General of Professional Services, Ministry of Environment, ÇŞİDB | |||
| Moriwaki Yoshinori, General Manager, Türkiye Office, Hazama Ando Corporation | 11:30-11:45 | Keynote Speech Özlem Gözütok, Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Manager, ERN Holding “AI-Based Control and Digitalization in Occupational Health and Safety” |
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| Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yakut, Chairman of the Board, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, METU | |||
| Prof. Dr. Polat Gülkan, Department of Civil Engineering, Başkent University | |||
| 11:30-11:45 | Keynote Speech Musa Yılmaz, Technical General Manager, NG Kütahya Ceramic “Leaving a Mark for Tomorrow: Carbon Neutral Production” |
12:00-13:00 | Panel 9: The Future of Urbanization: Sustainable, Resilient, and Smart Cities |
| Moderator: Erdem Tavas, Board Member, Doğuş | |||
| Neşecan Çekici, President, GYODER | |||
| 12:00-12:20 | Special Presentation Samet Gürsu, General Manager, Hareket "The Importance of Heavy Lift Engineering in the Construction Industry and Mega Projects" |
Takehiko Iseki, Group Leader, Zaha Hadid Architects | |
| Gavin Summerson, Head of Construction and Infrastructure Unit, Connected Places Catapult | |||
| Kaan Yücel, Executive Board Member, Polat Real Estate | |||
| Levent Abay, Board Member, Bilgili Holding | |||
| 13:00-14:00 | LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING | ||
| 14:00-14:15 | Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye (TBC) “Green and Digital Transformation in Construction: Industry, Technology, and Innovation” |
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| 14:15-15:15 | Panel 10: Circular Construction: Carbon Footprint and Net-Zero Projects from Design to Operation | 14:15-14:35 | Keynote Speech George Vlavianos, Qatar Managing Partner, Riyadh Co-Managing Partner, Co-Head of International Arbitration Africa, and Co-Head of Greece Country Group, DLA Piper "The Missing Piece in Construction Strategy: Dispute Readiness from Day One" |
| Moderator: Lionel Clesly, Senior Policy Advisor, EIC | |||
| Yücel Çebi, Strategic Management and Planning Director, Dorçe | |||
| Serkan Türk, R&D Institute Manager, TÜRKÇİMENTO | |||
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duygu Erten, Ankara University, Department of Real Estate Development | 14:45-15:15 | Keynote Speech Ali Rıza Arslan, President, EMSAŞ "Achieving Net Zero Carbon with Green Hydrogen: New Perspectives for the Construction and Infrastructure Sector" |
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| Semih Çalışkan, Sustainability Specialist, ÇASEM | |||
| 15:00-15:30 | COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | Keynote Speech Mürsel Akbulut, Head of Department of Climate Finance and Incentives Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of the Republic of Türkiye, Director of Climate “COP31 and Sustainability in the Construction Sector” |
15:30-16:30 | Panel 11: Next-Generation Technologies, Materials and Application Methods in Structural Strengthening |
| Moderator: Mustafa Görkem Yıldız, President, DEGÜDER | |||
| Özlem İmren, Vice President, DEGÜDER | |||
| Dr. Cem Demir, Department of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (ITU) | |||
| İsmail Çoksayar, Board Member, DEGÜDER | |||