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2026 Global Summit of Women<\/span><\/strong>
\nIstanbul, T\u00fcrkiye<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
\n“Women: Building Bridges to a Bold Future”<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nJune 4-6, 2026<\/span><\/h1>\n

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The 2026 Summit Kicks off by ringing the Market Opening Bell at the Borsa Istanbul!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Summit Participants Ring the Opening Bell at the Borsa \u0130stanbul<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Natividad releases CWDI Report on Women CEOs: Opening Doors to Boards and C-Suites<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Government Leaders Roundtable Precedes Summit<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Summit Chair Natividad leading Turkiye’s Minister Goktas to Roundtable<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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<\/strong><\/span> Global Government Leaders begin the roundtable discussion<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Croatian Secretary of State, Foreign & European Affairs & Azerbaijan’s Chair of Parliamentary Center of Gender Equality<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Doing Business with T\u00fcrkiye<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Hon. Mehmet Simsek, Minister of Finance, T\u00fcrkiye speaks at \u201cDoing Business with T\u00fcrkiye\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Passing the torch…from Germany to T\u00fcrkiye<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n
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The 2025 German Host Committee passes the Summit Symbol to the 2026 Turkish Host Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Celebrating Leadership Excellence<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
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Canan Da\u011fdeviren (left) and Canan G\u00fcll\u00fc (right) receive Turkiye’s Women’s Leadership Award at the Gala Dinner<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Women CEO Forum: Leading in\u00a0 Turbulent Times<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
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(from left) Gina Lorenzana CEO, Belo Medical Group (Philippines), Irene Natividad, Summit President (USA) Nilhan Onal Gokcetekin CEO, Hepsiburada (T\u00fcrkiye), Naureen Hassan, CEO DriveWealth; Former CEO, UBS Americas (USA) and Aysem Sargun, CEO, Boeing T\u00fcrkiye and Managing Director, Boeing Central Asia (T\u00fcrkiye) at the “Women CEO Forum”<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Starting Your AI Learning Journey<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n
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Participants receive hands-on AI training from Microsoft<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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(from left) Serdar Turan, Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Business Review T\u00fcrkiye interviews Hon. Mehmet Simsek, Minister of Finance, T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The Opening Ceremony Begins<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n
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Hon. Ozdemir Goktas, Minister of Family and Social Services, T\u00fcrkiye at the Opening Ceremony<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Male CEO Forum: Values-Based Leadership<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
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(from left) Angela Mackay, CCO & Managing Director, Financial Times<\/em> Asia Pacific, Huseyin Gelis, CEO, Siemens T\u00fcrkiye, Khurram Majeed, Executive Vice President, Middle East, Caspian & Africa, Bureau Veritas (UAE), Ali Fuat Orhono\u011flu, CEO, Unilever T\u00fcrkiye (T\u00fcrkiye), & Leszek Wacirz, CEO, Nestle T\u00fcrkiye (Poland) at the “Male CEO Forum”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Youth Forum: Next Generation Entrepreneurship<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
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(from left) Muge Baltaci, Founder, Mol-e (T\u00fcrkiye), Ukili Omarova, Founder, Soile AI (Kazakhstan) and Jinathnichaa Soontornvinate, President & Design Director, Double V Group (Thailand) at the “Youth Forum”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Mentorship Forum with Denise Rutherford<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n
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Denise Rutherford, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Velcro (USA) leads the first Mentorship session of the Summit.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Arts at the Summit<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The Fauna Youth Choir Welcomes Participants during the Opening Ceremony<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ozgecan Gencer, Opera Singer and Soloist, Istanbul State Opera and Ballet entertains guests during the Gala Dinner<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Thailand Invites Attendees to the 2027 Global Summit of Women in Bangkok, Thailand<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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