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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 and Welcome

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

  2. 29th IBF Conference Film

    Main Stage

    The introductory film screened at the opening of the conference.

  3. Opening and Protocol Addresses

    Main Stage

    Mr. Erol M. Yarar, President of the International Business Forum (IBF) · Mr. Burhan Özdemir, President of MÜSİAD · Mr. Nidal Al-Sha’ar, Minister of Economy and Industry of Syria (to be confirmed).

  4. KEYNOTE — Competition, Productivity and Business-Model Transformation: The Role of AI in Employment and Reskilling

    KeynoteSession I

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

  5. Panel Opening, Framing and Introduction of the Speakers

    Session I · Panel

    Moderator: Mr. Fahrettin Oylum, Vice President of MÜSİAD. The framing of the panel is set out and the speakers are introduced.

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

    Session I · Panel

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

  7. The Human and AI: Easing, Hindering, Complicating

    Session I · Panel

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

  8. Q&A

    Session I · Panel

    Questions from the hall to the panel speakers, led by the moderator.

  9. KEYNOTE — Independent AI: The National Technology Strategy, Experience in Defence and Aviation, and the Role of the Younger Generation

    KeynoteSession I

    Expected: to set out how the national technology strategy and experience in defence and aviation contribute to AI independence. Output: 3 concrete pointers for the younger generation.

  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. 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. Round 2 — Same Question, Different Models

    Session II · AI Arena

    A verifiable · contested · unknowable 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. 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 to defend, correct or retreat from a position under objection.

  15. 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 measuring the shift in opinion.

  16. Internship Draw for 50 Students

    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

BE PART OF THE FUTURE

Places are limited. Complete your registration and follow two keynotes, a panel and the AI Arena’s live test from the hall.