OCTOBER
21 October 18:00-19:30 Rasyonet Training with Gökay Ercan
22 October 18:00-19:00 Macroeconomy Session with Hande Şekerci from Is Asset Management
25 October 10:00 - 14:30 Saturday Valuation Bootcamp & Bilgi & ADA experience
10:00-11:00 Burak İşyar, CFA
11:15-12:45 Emre Sezan, CFA
13:00-14:00 Emir Bölen, CFA
14:00-14:30 Bilgi & ADA experience sharing from last year’s champion teams.
30 October 18:00-19:00 ESG/Regulation Session with Gülsen Ayaz - Head of Investor Relations and Sustainability
31 October 18:00-18:30 Digital Products and Solutions/Marketing Strategies - speaker Fatih Türkoğlu - Head of Product and Service Management
31 October 18:30-19:00 Innovative Technologies and R&D - speaker Mehmet Özdem, Phd - Head of Network Architecture and Service Management
NOVEMBER
7 November Kick-off Meeting 9am start with breakfast; speeches start at 10am; 4pm finish in Istanbul (in person & online) (further details will be provided later)
Report-writing process starts with the Kick-Off Meeting
Industry mentors get assigned to teams
24-28 November Q&A (Please send us 5 questions maximum for each team.)
JANUARY
9 January 2026 Deadline Final reports submitted for grading
23 January 2026 Finalists announced
FEBRUARY
13 February 2026 Friday Local Final
MARCH
4 March 2026 Sub-regional Kickoff
26 March 2026 Sub-regional Announcement
31 March-1 April 2026 Regional Semifinals
APRIL
2-3 April 2026 Regional Finals
MAY : Global Final
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