Retail Days 2024
Retail Days 2024 Focuses on Digitalization in the Sector. Retail Days, focusing on the digitalization, e-commerce, and e-exportation of the retail sector, will take place on May 29-30 this year at the Haliç Congress Center. Organized by Soysal, Turkey’s largest business event will bring together over 10,000 top-level executives with numerous domestic and foreign speakers shaping the future of the retail sector and digital commerce.
The 23rd edition of Retail Days, organized by Soysal, is preparing to bring together retailers, shopping malls, suppliers, and technology, e-commerce, and logistics companies offering the latest solutions to the industry on May 29-30, 2024, at the Haliç Congress Center. With the participation of industry-leading speakers from Turkey and around the world, the conference and sessions will shed light on the future of the retail sector and digital commerce, along with providing a unique networking opportunity in the exhibition area and a special section for B2B meetings. This year, the most prestigious awards in the sector, the Retail Sun Awards, will be presented in two categories: E-Commerce Success Awards and Successful Leaders Awards.
Retail Days 2024, sponsored by Akinon and Atış Yapı, will host Adam Cheyer, the Creator of Siri and Co-Founder of Siri and Viv Labs, at the auditorium. PG24, with inspiring sessions, will feature Tamer Şahin, Turkey’s first official hacker and Cyber Security Expert, discussing ethical hacking experiences, individual and corporate threats to information security, and protection methods. Additionally, the conference will host Deniz Erda, President of ECCO America, who will share insights on how to stand out in the global competitive environment.
While Tolga Tatari, Co-Founder and CEO of Akinon, will present the latest developments in digital commerce and 2024 trends, Ahmet Atış, CEO of Atış Companies Group, will share new horizons in shopping malls with participants. Hazal Maraş, General Manager of Ozon Global, offering easy e-export opportunities to Russia, will share experiences and opportunities in this market, while Funda Yener and Dila Tarkan, partners of Winfluencer, will delve into the intricacies of data-driven influencer marketing, highlighted as one of the most effective digital marketing channels. Meltem Ersöz, Vice President of Marketing at Getir, will also discuss these topics. The session hosted by Suat Soysal with Gülben Ergen, and the conversation with Kafa Radyo executives Nihat Sırdar, Candaş Tolga Işık, and Güçlü Mete, will look into the future of radio and media.
Describing itself as a creative transformation company, WPP, the world’s largest communication holding, and Huawei Cloud, providing infrastructure, platform, and software services to businesses to support their digital transformations, as well as Mirakl, offering integrated marketplace applications on SaaS for manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers, and ChannelEngine, the world’s leading marketplace integrator, will host global expert brands in various fields at Retail Days 2024. Participants will have the opportunity to listen to industry representatives in more than 40 sessions covering a wide range of topics on four different “Expertise Stages” outside the main stage.
The closing of Retail Days 2024 will feature a concert by Ebru Gündeş, one of the powerful voices of Turkish music, following an evening dinner accompanied by percussionist Ceren Özdemir.
Other speakers at PG24 include:
Akinon Co-Founder & CSO Çağrı Orçan, WPP Global Commerce Lead & VML Chief Digital Commerce Officer Gemma Spence, Human Innovation Designer Arzu Kaprol, Tradebyte Vice President Retailer Carsten Feiler, Başarsoft Chairman of the Board Alim Küçükpehlivan, Borusan Next Used Car Platform General Manager İlker Baydar, Bulgari Turkey General Manager Şebnem Berkol Yüceer, ChannelEngine Vice President Strategic Development Niels Floors, D-Dat Consultancy Co-Founder Mesut Şefizade, Mirakl Country Manager-Turkey Pınar Tekinşen, Digital Exchange Co-Founder and CEO Emrah Pamuk, Ekol360 E-Commerce Senior Department Leader Umut Tuncer, ENS Consultancy General Manager Emre Şen, Esas Real Estate CEO Cem Eriç, Fiba Commercial Properties CEO & Board Member Yurdaer Kahraman, Hepsiburada Financial Services Group CEO Erkin Aydın, Hepsiglobal Commercial Director Beril Köker, Akinon CMO Nurcan Bıçakçı Arcan, Hopi CEO Yalın Özcan, Esas Real Estate COO Nevzat Yavan, FutureBright Co-Founder Akan Abdula, Huawei Cloud Turkey Cloud Solutions Architect Ali Çeliksu, Kenvue Turkey Middle East and Caucasus General Manager Murat Mutlu, MediaMarkt Turkey CEO Hulusi Acar, Mall Logistics Managing Partners Emre Cevdet Çizmecioğlu and Fatih Şavata, Migros Group Executive President Özgür Tort, Mimeda Executive Director Kına Demirel, Mobildev Founder and General Manager Ozan Özgür Erdoğan, Nebim General Coordinator Sedat Taşçı, PttAVM Board Member and CEO / ETİD President Hakan Çevikoğlu, Orka Holding Chairman of the Board Süleyman Orakçıoğlu, Securitas Technology General Manager Pelin Yelkencioğlu, Seç Market General Manager Altan Sekmen, Teknosa CEO Sitare Zengin, Teknosa Customer Experience, CRM and Data Analytics Group Manager Duygu Bayram, Registered Brands Association President Selçuk Güzenge, Turkish Souq Board Member Melih Müminoğlu, Urban Care Founder and CEO Selen Yorgun Tavit, Watsons Turkey General Manager Mete Yurddaş, Yves Rocher Turkey CEO Elif Berker, Economist Prof. Dr. Emre Alkin, VeriPark Senior Customer Manager Serdar Türkoğlu, DeFacto CIO Abdurrahman Kılınç, Television Programmer Ahu Orakçıoğlu, Logo Retail Solutions General Manager Arslan Arslan, Pluxee CSO Koray Bozk