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International Business Forum — ana sayfa
Program

Three hours, one flow

On September 23, 2026 at Istanbul Expo Center. A minute-by-minute flow; the program is updated as the date approaches and session times may change.

  1. Registration, Welcome and Refreshments

    Run by the organizing team; IBF management and invited dignitaries are welcomed.

  2. Opening and Protocol Addresses

    Main Stage

    Opening addresses by IBF management and invited dignitaries.

  3. Opening and Framing Presentation

    Session I

    Moderator (to be announced). Expected: to summarize the conceptual framework of the program and establish how the four talks relate to one another.

  4. 1.1 The Humanity and AI: Easing, Hindering, Complicating

    Session I

    Expected: a balanced “opportunity–risk” map built on philosophical foundations. Output: 3 concrete principles for mental immunity.

  5. 1.2 AI as an Authority on Knowledge: Isnād, Historical Method and the Impact on the Uṣūl Sciences

    Session I

    Expected: to make concrete the methodological gap between isnād and model output. Output: 3 verification principles that will ground the AI Arena question set.

  6. 1.3 Competition, Productivity and Business-Model Transformation: The Role of AI in Employment and Reskilling

    Session I

    Expected: a concrete Türkiye-based transformation case. Output: 3 indicators to track in enterprise AI investment and 3 practical steps for reskilling.

  7. 1.4 Global Technology Players and Digital Sovereignty

    Session I

    Expected: the concrete contribution of infrastructure investment to the AI ecosystem. Output: 3 recommendations on digital sovereignty.

  8. Wrap-up and Transition to the Keynote

    Session I

    Moderator and speakers. Expected: to draw together the common theme of the four talks.

  9. KEYNOTE — Cybersecurity, Digital Resilience and Public–Private Cooperation

    KeynoteMain Stage

    Expected: to identify priorities for cybersecurity, digital resilience and cross-institutional coordination. Output: 3 mechanisms for public–private–academic cooperation.

  10. Break and Refreshments — Preparing the Hall for the AI Arena

    Technical team: screen layout, model connections and a final test of the polling platform.

  11. AI Arena Introduction, Rules and Opening Poll

    Session II · AI Arena

    Arena director (to be announced). Expected: the evaluation criteria — accuracy, sourcing, consistency, restraint — explained to the hall.

  12. 2.1 Round 1 — The Models Interpret the Talks

    Session II · AI Arena

    The models summarize and assess the first session's talks; speakers are given a short right of reply. Expected: to show that the models read the same talk differently.

  13. 2.2 Round 2 — Same Question, Different Models

    Session II · AI Arena

    The same question set is put to different models simultaneously and the answers shown side by side. Expected: an explicit test of the capacity to say “I don't know”. Output: a comparative scoreboard.

  14. 2.3 Round 3 — The Models Debate Each Other

    Session II · AI Arena

    Two or more models are set to debate a chosen thesis. Expected: to make visible their tendency either to defend a position under objection or to retreat from it needlessly.

  15. 2.4 Round 4 — The Hall Asks: Live Poll and Q&A

    Session II · AI Arena

    Participants join in directly through interactive polling and Q&A tools. Expected: audience involvement. Output: a closing poll compared against the opening one.

  16. Prize Draw and Gift Presentation

    The draw is held among the students who took part in the interactive polling platform.

  17. Closing and Final Communiqué

    Main Stage

    The moderator of both sessions. Expected: the panel's five outputs read aloud and summarized to the hall.

September 23, 2026

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