Technology & Innovation at Law
12 March 2024, Raffles Hotel Istanbul
12 March 2024, Raffles Hotel Istanbul
GC Academy is a platform bringing together business, technology and law professionals to exchange knowledge and experience, talk about current and upcoming business & technology trends; as well as providing a dynamic environment for networking.
GC Academy was founded by BTS & Partners in partnership with Microsoft Turkey GC Academy started as a law-focused business platform and nourished into a leading technology driven business platform where we discuss business, technology, strategy and law with the leading professionals.
Each GC Academy event covers different topics from various sectors. Please don’t forget to register before every event.
For more information, please send your emails to:
info@bts-gcacademy.com
GC Academy event series is designed and organised by BTS & Partners and Microsoft Turkey
by Zeynep Ünlü – Partner – BTS&Partners
09.00by Faruk Eczacıbaşı – Chairman – Turkish Informatics Foundation
09.05by Hakan Aran – CEO – İş Bankası
09.15by Moderation Selin Beceni – Managing Partner – BTS&Partners Panelists Alistair Wye - Lead Innovation & Technology Solutions - Latham & Watkins Joaquín Muñoz – Partner – Bird & Bird Julia Apostle – Partner – Orrick Onur Koç – Regional Technology Officer @ Southeast Europe – Microsoft
09.30by Prof. Dr. Urs Gasser – Harvard Berkman Klein Center Executive Board Member
10.45by Moderation Attila Bayrak, CEO, BTS Digital Panelists Mehmet Ali Akarca - CEO - KoçSistem Işıl Kılınç Gürtüna - General Manager - IBM Bahri Danış - CEO @ MENAT Region - NTT Data Levent Özbilgin – CEO – Microsoft Türkiye
11.00by Moderation Gözde Kuşcuoğlu – Partner – BTS & Partners Panelists Keith Austin – Senior Vice President, Head of Global Legal Services – DHL Günce Çakır – Chief Legal Counsel/Executive Vice President – Vodafone Türkiye Oğuzhan Arslan – Head of Commercial Legal – Microsoft Türkiye & Adriatic
11.30by Yasin Beceni – Senior Partner – BTS&Partners Tuğrul Sevim – Senior Partner – BTS&Partners
12.00by Selin Beceni, Partner @ BTS & Partners
13.15 - 13.20by Levent Erden, Founder @ Next Academy
13.20 - 13.50by Moderation: Murat Yılmaz, Enterprise Sales & Partners Group Deputy GM @ Microsoft Kurtuluş Cumhur Korkmaz, CPO @ Blueground Alptuğ Çopuroğlu, CFO & Head of Business Development @ BluTV Emin Köksal, Assoc Prof, Economics @ Bahçeşehir University Bentley James Yaffe, Managing Associate @BTS & Partners
13:55 - 14:40by Steve Lidbury, Principal @ Eight Inc
14.55 - 15.10by Moderation: Batu Kınıkoğlu, Partner @ BTS & Partners Onur Koç, CTO @ Microsoft Merve Nazlıoğlu, Partner & Head of Marketing @Insider Yankı Yalçın, IOT Consultant / SAMSUNG HQ Regional Head of JDM Business Development Aslı Deniz Helvacıoğlu, Assoc Prof, International Trade @ Boğaziçi University
15.10 - 15.55by Moderation: Ozan Tatar, Founder @ DigitalTalks Aslı Yaşasın Öztap, Deputy GM @ Boyner Burak Ertaş, CEO @ Sahibinden.com Kaan Akın, Founder @ Hackquarters Ecem Gündüz, Senior Associate @ BTS & Partners
16.10 – 16.55by Moderation: Yasin Beceni, Managing Partner @ BTS & Partners İhsan Elgin, Founder & CEO @ Core Strateji
17.00 - 17.15by Tuğrul Sevim, Founding Partner @ BTS & Partners
17.15by Zeynep Ünlü, Senior Managing Counsel @ BTS & Partners
13.00by Deniz Güven, CEO @ Standard Chartered Virtual Bank
13.15by Neal Suggs, VP and Deputy General Counsel @ Microsoft
13.30by Moderation:
Yasin Beceni, Managing Partner @ BTS & Partners
Panelists:
Günce Çakır, Head of Legal @ ING Turkey
Tolga Ulutaş, Executive Vice President, Digital Banking @ Akbank
Ussal Şahbaz, CEO @ EDAM
Munir Kundakçı, Marketing & Operations Director @Microsoft
by Cem Kibaroğlu, Risk Services Director @ Mastercard Europe
15.00by Moderation:
Cenk Bayrakdar, Managing Director @ REVO Capital
Panelists:
Tuğrul Sevim, Founding Partner @ BTS & Partners
Burhan Eliaçık, Chairman @ Öded
Koray Gültekin Bahar, CEO @ Foriba
by Yasin Beceni, Managing Partner @ BTS & Partners Uğur Şeker, Board Member @ Galata Business Angels Varol Civil, Board Member @ TEB
16.00by Derin Merve Fırat, BTS&Partners
12.55 -13.00by Nüket Küçükel, Chairwoman, Guven Hospital & TUSIAD Board Member
13.00 – 13.15by Dr. R. Erdem Erkul, Director of Public Sector & Investments, Microsoft
13.15 – 13.30by Moderation
Zeynep Ünlü, Senior Managing Counsel, BTS & Partners
Panelists
Geray Aktimur, Microsoft Türkiye Kamu Sektörü Satış Direktörü
Uygar Doyuran, GM, GE Digital
Prof Dr Haluk Külah, Co-Founder & CEO, Mikro Biyosistemler
Prof.Dr. Uğur Sezarman, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Department Head, Acıbadem University
by Prof Dr Turhan Menteş, Hacettepe University, Department of Statistics
14.45 - 15.00by Moderation Batu Kınıkoğlu, Partner, BTS & Partners Panelists Sinan Utku, Special Counsel, Covington&Burling LLP Adnan Akgün, Competition Law Off-Counsel, BTS & Partners İlknur İlkyaz Gül, General Manager, Growth Circuit Didem Kalaycıoğlu Birol, Data Privacy, Consumer Law Manager, Turkcell
15.00 – 16.00by Ussal Şahbaz, CEO, EDAM Mete Çakmakçı, General Secretary, TTGV
16.00- 16.45by Kübra Çürüksulu, Senior Associate, BTS & Partners
16.45 – 17.00We’re honoured to have amazing industry professionals.
The event will proceed in two languages: Turkish and English. Simultaneous interpreter service is available.
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