CFA RESEARCH CHALLENGE

TIMELINE: (ALL SESSIONS WILL BE HELD ONLINE)

2 November 18:30-19:30 Rasyonet training with Gökay Ercan

3 November 18:30-19:30 Sustainability as a Value Driver: From ESG Compliance to Long-Term Value Creation with Ahu Olgun, Sustainability Manager

4 November 18:30-19:30 Macroeconomy Session with İrem Talaslı, Ph.D. from Is Asset Management

5 November 18:30-19:30 U.S. Energy Infrastructure: Market Trends & Growth Drivers with Koichi Konuma, Vice President of Business Development at Borusan Berg Pipe

7 November 10:00 - 13:30 Saturday Valuation Bootcamp & past year's winners' experience sharing

10:00-11:00 Burak İşyar, CFA

11:15-12:15 Emir Bölen, CFA

12:30-13:30 Experience sharing from last year’s champion teams

9 November Kick-off Meeting 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

23 November Questions: (Please send us 5 questions maximum for each team.)
Students send questions by Monday, 23 November morning at 10AM (Turkish Time)

27 November Answers: We’ll reply back with answers by Friday, 27 November 4PM (Turkish Time)

11 January Deadline to submit Final reports for grading to [email protected]

25 January Finalists announced

TBA February Local Final

3 March Sub-regional Kickoff

25 March Sub-regional Announcement

6-7 April Regional Semifinals

8-9 April Regional Finals

Week of 10 May (Location: Singapore) Global Final

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