Hosted by Boyner in Istanbul, 6-7 November 2024

We are delighted to welcome you to these two days in Istanbul, during which we have planned a series of activities that will, hopefully, be useful for you and your organisation. This document recaps the planned activities and provides a series of practical details for your stay.

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Agenda

Wednesday 6th November: Meetings, exchanges and General Assembly

In blue: Hybrid event for present and distant CEO members (alternative activities will be suggested for the non-members

08:00 am–08:30 am: Participants arrival, open breakfast Location: Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Monte Rosa meeting room


08:30 am–08:45 am: Opening remarks & welcome speech

Speakers: Selvane Mohandas du Ménil, Managing Director, IADS

Eren Çamurdan, CEO, Boyner


▶️ 08:45 am–09:30 am: Building the next-generation loyalty programme by combining MarTech, FinTech and AdTech

Speaker: Yalin Özcan, CEO, Hopi


▶️ 09:30 am–10:15 am: Transforming retail: Boyner’s digital evolution and AI-driven innovations in e-commerce

Speaker: Efsun Janset Yilmaz, E-Commerce Deputy General Manager, Boyner


10:15 am–10:30 am: Coffee Break


▶️ 10:30 am–11:15 am:  The impact of AI in retail: data strategy and operations

**Speaker: **Cihan Yildiz, CTO, Boyner


▶️ 11:15 am–12:00 pm: Boyner’s breakthroughs in customer experience and hyper-personalisation

**Speaker: ***Nurçin Koçoğlu, CMO, Boyner *****


▶️ 12:00 pm–12:30 pm: Introducing IADS’ partner Retail & Hospitality ISAC

**Speaker: **Luke Vanden Linden, Vice President Membership & Marketing, RH-ISAC


12:30 pm–01:30 pm: Lunchbreak

Location: Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Mont Blanc room

01:30 pm–03:30 pm: IADS CEOs conversation

(Questions collected from participants)


03:30 pm–04:00 pm: Coffee break & call setup


▶️ 04:00 pm–05:15 pm: IADS General Assembly (hybrid event)

Speaker: Selvane Mohandas du Ménil, Managing Director, IADS

2024 results & achievements

2025 plan and budget

▶️ 05:15 pm–06:00 pm: IADS CEO Roundtable (hybrid event accessible to distant CEOs)

Speakers: IADS members' CEOs

Topic: Update on each member's situation

▶️ 06:00 pm–07:00 pm: IADS Academy (hybrid event accessible to distant CEOs)

Speakers: IADS Academy 2024 cohort

Academy 2024 Topic: AI and department store activities


07:00 pm–07:45 pm: Break & transfer to the restaurant


08:00 pm–onwards: Cocktails and Dinner

Location: Biz Restaurant, Gümüşsuyu, Mete Cd. No: 2, 34437 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Turkey

Thursday 7th November: Focused visits and networking

09:15 am–09:30 am: Meeting point at The Swissôtel Bosphorus and departure for store visits


09:30 am–10:00 am: Transit to store


▶️ 10:00 am–11:00 am: Bağdat Street visit

Speakers:  Filiz Bayrak, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Development and Investments, and Ayşegül Uyal, Deputy General Manager of Brand Store Projects & Visual Design, and Costa Coffee

Theme: Next-generation retail

(Academy joining)

▶️ 11:00 am–12:00 am: Boyner Cadde store visit

Speakers:  Filiz Bayrak, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Development and Investments, and Ayşegül Uyal, Deputy General Manager of Brand Store Projects & Visual Design, and Costa Coffee

Theme: Next-generation retail

(Academy joining)


12:00 pm–01:00 pm: Transit to store


01:00 pm–02:30 pm: Lunchbreak

*Location: Clove Restaurant in ***İstinyePark ****

(Academy joining) ****


▶️ 02:30 pm–03:30 pm: İstinyePark Shopping Mall visit

Speakers:  Filiz Bayrak Deputy General Manager of Corporate Development and Investments, and Ayşegül Uyal, Deputy General Manager of Brand Store Projects & Visual Design, and Costa Coffee

Theme: Next-generation retail

(Academy joining)

▶️ 03:30 pm-05:30 pm: Boyner İstinyePark & Boyner Dynamic Teen store visits

Speakers:  Filiz Bayrak Deputy General Manager of Corporate Development and Investments, and Ayşegül Uyal, Deputy General Manager of Brand Store Projects & Visual Design, and Costa Coffee

Theme: Next-generation retail

(Academy joining)


05:30 pm–06:15 pm: Farewell drinks

Location: Masa Restaurant in İstinyePark ****luxury area

(Academy joining) ****



06:15 pm–06:45 pm: Car & boat transfer to dinner (CEOs only) at Cem Boyner’s house


06-45 pm–11:00 pm: Cem Boyner's personal invitation to CEOs for aperitivo and cocktail


Guest speakers (list will be updated on the go)

Eren Çamurdan, CEO, Boyner

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Eren, who graduated from Yıldız Technical University Industrial Engineering, completed his MBA at Yeditepe University. He started his career in the Ready-to-Wear Marketing Department at Altınyıldız Mensucat ve Konfeksiyon Factories A.Ş. and served as Product Supply Department Manager, Merchandising Deputy Director, and Brand and Merchandising Director respectively.

With the establishment of AY Marka Mağazacılık A.Ş. in 2008, he became the General Manager of AY Marka. As of February 2019, he joined Boyner Büyük Mağazacılık as General Manager.

Yalin Özcan, CEO, Hopi

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Yalin has more than 20 years of experience in payment systems, telecommunication, B2C marketing, B2B sales and loyalty programs. Starting his career in banking, he held managerial positions at IBM Türkiye, Garanti Ödeme Sistemleri, Visa Türkiye, and Türkiye’s leading telco company, Turkcell, where he was the Head of Trade Marketing and Retail Management.

He then served as the Head of the Payment Systems at Akbank. In 2017, he relocated to San Francisco and worked as a CPO at MyGini, a Fintech start-up. Returning to Türkiye in 2019, he served as Corporate Sales Director at Vodafone and as Board Member in various Vodafone companies. Since April 2021, he is Hopi’s General Manager.

Efsun Janset Yilmaz, E-commerce Deputy General Manager, Boyner