Türkiye Innovation Week 2026 (TIW26) will be held at Istanbul’s Haliç Congress Center from October 15 to 17. Organized with the support of the Ministry of Trade, the event will focus on "Humanity 6.0—The New Phase of Humanity".
Organized by the Turkish Exporters Assembly, the event will address the transformations shaping the future of the business world. Artificial intelligence’s impact on business processes, human creativity and new organizational models for companies will be among the program’s leading topics.
Artificial intelligence and the future of work
Speakers at the event will include Prithwiraj Choudhury, a former academic at Harvard Business School, and Daron Yöndem, an artificial intelligence strategist with a background at Microsoft. Choudhury will share his views on future work models, the role of AI agents in professional life and employees’ interaction with artificial intelligence.
Yöndem, who works on artificial intelligence and organizational transformation, will discuss the new era in which AI goes beyond content production and performs work directly. The discussion will cover changes ranging from agentic AI to new forms of corporate organization.
Andreas Wil Gerdes, whose international work focuses on digital nomadism and remote work, will also explain how working and living arrangements are changing around the world. Global talent mobility, remote work and digital nomadism will be discussed during sessions in Istanbul.
The era of artificial intelligence in the creative industries
Jason Bevan, former Head of Creative Development and former Vice President of Marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Warner Bros. Pictures, will be among the event’s speakers. Bevan will share his experience in the creative marketing processes behind productions such as Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, Joker, The Dark Knight and Aquaman.
Bevan’s talk will examine the changes brought by artificial intelligence to the creative industries, from idea generation to content development. The transformation of human creativity into a competitive advantage and the adaptation of major ideas in Hollywood into global stories will also be among the topics discussed.
International speakers
TIW26’s international speakers will include Enrique Rubio, founder and CEO of Hacking HR; Maryrose Lyons, founder of AI Institute; and Reema Diab, an expert in artificial intelligence, ethics and governance and founder and CEO of Galaxy for Technology.
Other speakers at the event will include Ross Thornley, CEO and founder of AQai; Rowena Hennigan, founder of RoRemote; and Maya Middlemiss, founder of Remote Work Europe. The program will also discuss new company models in which humans and artificial intelligence work together, as well as the business world’s capacity to adapt to change.
