Welcome Lectures

Main Speaker

Panel 1: Ministry Representatives Discuss the Repercussions of Sustainable Development Goals on Turkey

• Green Deal Action Plan 2021 and Turkey's sustainability vision, sustainable development policies and strategies
• Turkey's sustainability roadmap within the framework of the European Green Deal
• Analysis of sustainable development goals within the framework of ministries' objectives
• Investments in projects that contribute to sustainable development and shared value creation
• Financing sustainable development:
• Green Bond Issuances and Financing of Sustainable Development
• Improving Turkey's Access to International Finance for Green Transition
• Energy in green transition
• Industrialization and the transformation of the industry
• The role of budgeting and development in the Green Deal

Guest of Honor

Lunch Break

Panel 2: Success Stories in Green Bond Issues

• Which projects qualify as green/sustainable bonds with respect to international standards?
• What incentives should be offered for green finance products in Turkey?
• What are the ways to improve the attractiveness of sustainable finance instruments for investors?
• Examples of green bond and sustainable fund issuances from Turkey
• What can be done to increase Turkey’s share in international green finance?

Panel 3 : Turkey's New Participation Finance Strategy

• Participation Banks Association of Turkey 2021-2025 updated participation banking strategy document
• Plans regarding the financial architecture of the participation finance industry (actions in the economy reform package due 31.12.2021)
• Communication policy of the participation finance sector in the local and international arena
• Product, service and process models that will stand out in the new era in the participation finance sector
• Ecosystem expansion and governance in the participation finance sector

Panel 4: Use of Data in the Digital World

• “Data” as a service for institutions
• Security of financial data, verification of transactions.
• Artificial Intelligence applications in finance (machine learning etc.)
• New ways of trading in the digital world, algorithmic trading
• Digitization and data analytics, big data analytics

Panel 5 : Grab the Opportunity: Capital Markets For Your Startup

• What do Venture Capital Mutual Funds offer? Practices in the World and in Turkey
• The Past, Present and Future of Venture Capital Investment Trusts: How can They Accelerate the Transformation?
• What do Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) offer abroad?
• Borsa İstanbul Entrepreneurship Platform: Private Market

Workshop 1 : Innovative Sustainable Issuances

Workshop 2 : The Post-Pandemic New Era Route: Transformed Macroeconomic Conditions and their Implications for BIST

Workshop 3 : Behavioral Analysis Using Sentiment and Market Psychology

Panel 6 : Green Finance for the Real Economy

• Sustainable finance approaches and real economy experiences
• Green loan programs of international development and financial institutions
• International green finance experiences of the real economy
• Next steps for wider availability of financing for environment-friendly projects

Panel 7 : Looking at the Covid-19 Crisis from Economists’ Perspective

• How do we define the COVID-19 crisis?
• Is this crisis different? Comparison with other crises
• The risks of deindustrialization in times of crises

Panel 8 : Digital Transformation and Legal Issues

• Competition law in the digital markets
• Integration of artificial intelligence into regulations
• Benefits of the EU Payment Systems Directive
• Information ethics, privacy and data security
• Legal nature of smart contracts and their impact on the financial sector
• European data protection law
• The implications of digital signature and the European Union eIDAS regulation
• Transformational innovations in financial technology law

Panel 9 : Individual and Institutional Structures in the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Workshop 4 : Gender Equality in Employment: Ongoing Issues and Sustainable Solutions

Workshop 5 : Market Abuse Communiqué (VI-104.1) and Principles for Administrative Fines

Workshop 6 : Robotic Transactions

Workshop 7 : Reflecting on Accessibility

Panel 10 : Monitoring the Transition to a Climate-Friendly and Low-Carbon Economy

• Global environmental problems and combating climate change
• Public authorities’ actions/plans to promote the green transition/low carbon economy. European Green Deal
• Financial solutions to combat global climate change: carbon emission markets, carbon border tax
• Carbon markets in Turkey and partnership for market readiness

Panel 11 : Post-Pandemic Macroeconomic Outlook

• The impact of quantitative easing policies
• The ramifications of increased global indebtedness
• Repercussions of the policy responses on long-term income distribution, production, and prices
• Normalization in the aftermath of surged asset prices

Panel 12 : The Present and Future of Borsa İstanbul Group's Digital Transformation

• BiGA Digital Asset Transfer Platform Project
• Blockchain Based Payment System projects
• TEFAS, Vehicle Exchange, Real Estate Exchange, and Gold Transfer services
• e-Investor, e-GM, eBDS, e-Trade Repository, Bearer Shares Registry System, Public Disclosure Paltform - Digital transformation strategy

Panel 13 : Next Generation Entrepreneurship Financing: Crowdfunding

• Development of Crowdfunding in the World
• The Future of Crowdfunding Platforms in Turkey
• What does the Crowdfunding Communiqué Bring?
• The Story of Firsts in Crowdfunding in Turkey

Workshop 8 : Women Employment: Current Overview and Outlook

Workshop 9 : The Changing World of Mutual Funds

Workshop 10 : New Generation Board of Directors System (e-BDS)

Panel 14 : Profitability versus Business Value: The Changing Paradigm from the Investors’ Perspective

• Why is financial information alone not sufficient to secure investor confidence in capital markets?
• Why do institutional investors use ESG metrics in their investment decisions today?
• ESG integration in valuation and investment decisions
• How does climate change affect valuation analysis?
• Can value-oriented integrated investment strategies deliver better returns?
• Sustainability for foreign and domestic institutional investors: expectations and trends

Panel 15 : NGOs as Drivers of Capital Markets

Panel 16 : Digitalization Journey in Islamic Finance

• Present and future plans in the digitalization journey of Islamic banks
• How will the new regulations affect the financial industry? What are the needs and opportunities?
• How digital transformation threatens traditional banking? What will be the problems, obstacles and costs of the transformation?
• Relationship and cooperation models between banks and fintechs in the coming period
• What are the customer perceptions and expectations about digitalization products and services in Islamic finance?

Panel 17 : Social Enterprises: Profit and Social Benefit in1

• Social enterprises in Turkey and abroad
• Integration of underprivileged individuals into the economy through social enterprises
• Social Investment Models and Entrepreneurial Philanthropy
• The Role of NGOs in Social Entrepreneurship

Workshop 11 : BIST Participation Indices / BIST Sustainability Index

Workshop 12 : Investment Opportunities in International Markets

Workshop 13 : CFA Introduction Program

Panel 18 : Global Developments in Sustainable Finance and ESG Investments, Rating and Reporting

• Developments in Sustainable Finance and ESG investments – a global perspective
• The importance of ESG for investors and issuers
• The role of ESG factors in credit rating
• ESG scores
• Best practices in ESG reporting
• Problems encountered in sustainability reporting in Turkey and compliance with EU standards
• CSD of Turkey’s (MKK) work on the comparability of sustainability reports
• Greenwashing

Panel 19 : A torrent of IPOs during the Pandemic

• Return opportunities during the pandemic: The surge in IPOs during the pandemic in Turkey and abroad
• Different types of IPOs in the world (SPACs etc.)
• Analysis of the demand for the IPOs in Turkey
• Evaluation of valuation and analysis reports
• How should individual investors read and understand the public offering documents?
• Steps taken to facilitate IPOs within the framework of economic reforms

Panel 20 : Future Scenarios in Digitalized Capital Markets

• The place of Borsa İstanbul in terms of technology in Capital Markets
• Where will the digitalization trend take Capital Markets in the future in terms of services and workforce?
• What are the technologies that will change the Capital Markets?
• The Impact of Sandbox Applications on Capital Markets
• Overlapping and diverging points with foreign exchanges in technology use
• How much will Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots be used in Future Scenarios?
• How is Gamification and Digital Literacy in Turkey?

Panel 21: How Should You Gear up for Your Startup? Important Tactics and Strategies in Reaching the Investors

• How to Present your Startup to the Investor? What are the Frequent Mistakes Entrepreneurs Commit before Investors? What are the Important Considerations in the Due Diligence Process?
• The Entrepreneur’s Key Paradox: Company Valuation
• What should the Entrepreneur Watch out for in the Fast Growth and International Market Penetration Journey?
• What are the important considerations to heed in the Shareholders Agreement to be executed with the investor? When will documentation be widely standardized in partnership processes?

Workshop 14 : How to Build a Resilient Business Model Using Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics?

Workshop 15 : Economic Developments in Turkey and in the World and Participation Banking

• Institutionalization
• Valuation from the standpoint of publicly held companies
• Internal systems, internal audit and risk management at companies

Workshop 16 : Behavioral Finance and Investor Risk Profile Analysis

Panel 22 : Regulators Outline the Sustainability Roadmap within the Framework of the Economic Reform Package

• Action plans for green finance issuances outlined in the economic reform package
• What are the regulatory initiatives in the context of sustainability?
• Financing energy and healthcare ventures through capital markets
• CMB Sustainability Principles Compliance Framework, work in progress on Green Bond and Green Sukuk Guidelines
• CMB regulatory framework regarding Project Finance Fund and Project-Backed Securities
• The role of the insurance sector in sustainable development
• ESG Guide for Banks
• Borsa İstanbul: Sustainability Index

Panel 23 : Sustainability and Insurance

• Digitization
• Minors’ enrolment in the Private Pension System (PPS)
• Climate change
• Financial Insurance

Panel 24 : BEFAS, the New Player in the Turkish Capital Markets and the Future of Private Pensions

• The existing elements of the regulatory framework governing private pension and potential next steps
• How to drive participation in the voluntary Private Pension System?
• Contributions of the auto enrolment system
• BEFAS, the Pension Fund Trading Platform

Panel 25 : How Did Digital Services Contribute to Capital Markets During the Pandemic?

• Increasing e-services of MKK (e-investor, e-GEM, e-BDS, Bearer Shares Registry System, Public Disclosure Platform, data analysis etc.)
• The e-services (distance contracts, digital services, mobile applications, robo advisory, remote services, etc.) provided by capital markets institutions during and after the pandemic, and benefits contributed to capital markets
• Payments (digital payments, e-money companies, cross-border payments)
• Transformation of Data Storage Organizations in the World: Monitoring Systemic Risk
• The position of robotic processes in digital services

Panel 26 : New Generation Entrepreneurship

• What are the New Generation Entrepreneurial Fields?
• How can Startups Grow into Giants / Globalize?
• The Secret Weapon for Growth: Branding
• The Fields Pushed Forward by the Pandemic; Novelties the Pandemic Presented to Entrepreneurs
• The Future of Entrepreneurship

Workshop 17 : Kredi Credit Rating Processes

Workshop 18 : Pension Fund Trading Platform (BEFAS)

Workshop 19 : Pusula – MKK Data Analysis Platform for Intermediary Institutions

Workshop 20 : Building a Risk Profile-Compliant Portfolio with Mutual Funds

Lunch Break

Panel 27 : Policymakers Discuss New Post-Pandemic Strategies

• 2021-2023 Turkey's Foreign Direct Investment Strategy
• 2021-2025 National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
• Turkey's Qualified and Strategic Labor Inventory

Panel 28: Integrating Impact Investing as an Innovative Model

• Impact Investing Landscape
• Impact Investing Innovation: Bringing together Public, Private and Third Sectors to Generate Greater Value: The Case Study of the PPP Initiative for the New Public Hospital of Treviso
• Turkey’s First Green and Social Project Bond: The Case Study of Elazığ Integrated Health Campus PPP
• An Innovative Way of Getting Young People into Jobs: The Case Study of Social Impact Bond (SIB) to Tackle Youth Unemployment in Antwerp

Panel 29: Financialization of the Agricultural Sector and Access to Finance

• Financialization of agricultural markets and solutions for their access to finance
• e-Warehouse Receipts (ELUS) and licensed warehousing; spot and futures market future strategies
• Food-Agriculture/ELUS Mutual Funds
• Use of commodity markets in participation finance: Tawarruq financing model with ELUS
• Access to finance with ELUS loans
• Securitization in the financing of agriculture

Panel 30: How Do Crypto Exchanges Work Abroad?

• Various regulatory practices abroad and areas requiring regulatory framework
• Is digitization possible without regulation?
• How does crypto assets custody work?
• How can crypto-assets and crypto-asset exchange platforms be supervised?

Panel 31: Let’s Hear Success Stories from Women Entrepreneurs

• How to deal with gender bias when receiving investment?
• Barriers to Women Entrepreneurship
• Incentives for Women Entrepreneurs

Workshop 21 : All You Need to Know About Capital Market Licensing Exams

Workshop 22 : Robotic Process Automation

Workshop 23 : Use of Algorithmic Trading by Borsa İstanbul and its Impact on the Vulnerability in the Stock Exchange

Main Speaker

Main Speaker

Panel 32: Transformation in the Global Reporting Ecosystem: Towards a Single Reporting

• Is a Global Framework Possible in Corporate Reporting?
• A Radical Transformation in the Global Reporting Ecosystem: Integrated Reporting
• The Importance of Reliable, Holistic and Comparable Information for Investors
• How will the EU Taxonomy Affect Capital Markets?
• Integration of Financial and Non-financial Reporting

Panel 33: The Effects of the Pandemic on Investor Behaviors from a Behavioral Finance Perspective

• Analysis of increasing investor interest in capital markets – in Turkey and abroad
• Effects of technological transformation on investor behavior
• The effects of the pandemic and developing technology on investor behavior
• Unusual examples of investor behavior change in Turkey and abroad

Panel 34: Where is the Blockchain Taking the Finance Ecosystem

• BiGA Project: Physically-Backed Blockchain Based New Generation Transfer System
• Transformation of FinTech Ecosystem with Decentralized Finance
• Stablecoin projects in the world and in Turkey

Panel 35: How Islamic Finance Feeds into a Sustainable Economic System?

• Global trends in sustainable finance and the potential role of Islamic finance
• Basic Islamic finance products in sustainable finance
• Financing sustainability within the context of the Participation Finance Strategy Document