2026 Global Summit of Women
Istanbul, Türkiye
“Women: Building Bridges to a Bold Future”
June 4-6, 2026

The 2026 Summit Kicks off by ringing the Market Opening Bell at the Borsa Istanbul!

Summit Participants Ring the Opening Bell at the Borsa İstanbul

Natividad releases CWDI Report on Women CEOs: Opening Doors to Boards and C-Suites

Government Leaders Roundtable Precedes Summit

Summit Chair Natividad leading Turkiye’s Minister Goktas to Roundtable

Global Government Leaders begin the roundtable discussion

Croatian Secretary of State, Foreign & European Affairs & Azerbaijan’s Chair of Parliamentary Center of Gender Equality

Doing Business with Türkiye

Hon. Mehmet Simsek, Minister of Finance, Türkiye speaks at “Doing Business with Türkiye”

Passing the torch…from Germany to Türkiye

The 2025 German Host Committee passes the Summit Symbol to the 2026 Turkish Host Committee

Celebrating Leadership Excellence

Canan Dağdeviren (left) and Canan Güllü (right) receive Turkiye’s Women’s Leadership Award at the Gala Dinner

Women CEO Forum: Leading in Turbulent Times

(from left) Gina Lorenzana CEO, Belo Medical Group (Philippines), Irene Natividad, Summit President (USA) Nilhan Onal Gokcetekin CEO, Hepsiburada (Türkiye), Naureen Hassan, CEO DriveWealth; Former CEO, UBS Americas (USA) and Aysem Sargun, CEO, Boeing Türkiye and Managing Director, Boeing Central Asia (Türkiye) at the “Women CEO Forum”

Starting Your AI Learning Journey

Participants receive hands-on AI training from Microsoft

(from left) Serdar Turan, Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Business Review Türkiye interviews Hon. Mehmet Simsek, Minister of Finance, Türkiye

The Opening Ceremony Begins

Hon. Ozdemir Goktas, Minister of Family and Social Services, Türkiye at the Opening Ceremony

Male CEO Forum: Values-Based Leadership

(from left) Angela Mackay, CCO & Managing Director, Financial Times Asia Pacific, Huseyin Gelis, CEO, Siemens Türkiye, Khurram Majeed, Executive Vice President, Middle East, Caspian & Africa, Bureau Veritas (UAE), Ali Fuat Orhonoğlu, CEO, Unilever Türkiye (Türkiye), & Leszek Wacirz, CEO, Nestle Türkiye (Poland) at the “Male CEO Forum”

Youth Forum: Next Generation Entrepreneurship

(from left) Muge Baltaci, Founder, Mol-e (Türkiye), Ukili Omarova, Founder, Soile AI (Kazakhstan) and Jinathnichaa Soontornvinate, President & Design Director, Double V Group (Thailand) at the “Youth Forum”

Mentorship Forum with Denise Rutherford

Denise Rutherford, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Velcro (USA) leads the first Mentorship session of the Summit.

Arts at the Summit

The Fauna Youth Choir Welcomes Participants during the Opening Ceremony

Ozgecan Gencer, Opera Singer and Soloist, Istanbul State Opera and Ballet entertains guests during the Gala Dinner