Symposium Programme June 26-27, 2024 Istanbul

June 26th, 2024

Istanbul Technical University Ayazağa Campus ARIKENT 3 Conference Hall

09.00 - 10:30 Opening Ceremony

Prof.Dr.Atilla Dikbaş, General Manager - Technopark, Istanbul Technical University

Product and R&D Manager, Buket Doğan, ASSECO, Turkiye

Prof.Dr.Kıymet Tunca Çalıyurt, CFE, CPA, President, 61st Symposium 

Prof.Dr.Fatma Pamukçu, Head, Business Administration Department, Marmara University

Internal Auditor Mustafa Beğen, President, Managing Board, Public Internal Auditors' (KİDDER)

Turkiye Tax Sworn Accountant A.Müfit Erkarakaş, Istanbul Chamber of Sworn-in Certified Public Accountants (ISTANBUL YMM ODASI)

Dr.Hasan Özçelik, President of Public Oversight Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority (KGK)

Prof.Dr.Ahmet Kesik, Rector, Gedik University

Prof.Dr.Erhan Tabakoğlu, Rector, Trakya University 

Dr.İsmail İlhan Hatipoğlu, Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance (Our esteemed Deputy Minister will honor the programs if suitable).  

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break & Symposium Photo 

11.00 - 11.40 Opening Speech by Founder of WCARS, Prof.Dr.Miklos Vasarhelyi
Head, Accounting and Information System Department, Rutgers University Newark, USA

" AI-based continuous Audit and Monitoring: the time has come "

11.40 - 12.20 Prof.Dr.Emre Burçkin, E.Marmara University, President-Consulta Auditing  

12.20 - 13.20 Lunch Break

13.20 - 14.00 Keynote Prof.Dr.Michael Alles, Rutgers University, USA 

"A Technology Agnostic Perspective on the Potential Impact of AI on Accounting Practice and Research" 

14.00 - 14.40 Keynote Prof.Dr.Lourens Erasmus, University of South Africa

" The Interplay between Healthcare Information Technologies and Denied Claims "

                                                  15.20 - 16.00 Coffee Break

16.00 - 16.40 Keynote Prof.Dr.İstemi Demirağ,  Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
"Voluntary Disclosure of Special Purpose Vehicles in Public- Private Partnerships: How Transparent and Accountable"

Gala Dinner 

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                                                     PANELS 

June 27th, 2024
Istanbul Technical University Ayazağa Campus ARIKENT 3 Conference Hall

09.30 - 10.10 
Keynote Prof.Dr.Graham Gal, UMASS Amherst Business School USA          
"Keeping Information Secure in a Continuous Monitoring Environment "

                                                      10.00 - 10.30 Coffee Break 
10.30 - 12.30 
PANEL BY FINANCIAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Chair CPA Oral Levender Em. Edirne , Head of Ministry of Finance 


Dr. Ahmet KAVAK, PwC, Director, Tax Department
"Some problems waiting to be solved in tax applications and solution suggestions"

He was born in Eskişehir – Mihalıççık in 1949, and graduated from Ankara Finance School in 1967 and Ankara Economic and Commercial Sciences Academy in 1974. After retiring from the Chief Controller of Revenues at the Ministry of Finance, he has been working as a tax director at PwC Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik A.Ş. since 1993. Between 1993 and 2000, he completed his master's and doctorate at Istanbul University Social Sciences Institute, Department of Financial Law, and finally, at Istanbul University. He graduated from Justice Yuksel School. He has many professional articles published in various magazines and newspapers, eight tax books and six poetry books.



Prof.Dr.Nizameddin Bildirici 
" Developments in Turkey's foreign debts and their effects "

He was born in Gaziantep in 1952. from Ankara School of Finance in 1969,
He graduated from Ankara Economic and Commercial Sciences Academy in 1975. He received the title of Doctor of Finance at Anadolu University in 1986. He became Associate Professor in 1989 and Professor in 1995. He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1995 and teaches master's degree courses at Anadolu University.

Tax Sworn Accountant Erdoğan SAĞLAM, Partner BDO Auditing
" Taxation problem in capital reduction has been solved (?) "

Erdoğan Sağlam completed his high school education at Istanbul Finance School in 1983. Then he graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Economics in 1987. In the same year, he passed the Ministry of Finance Accountant Examination Board exam. After working as an Accounting Specialist for seven years, he left in 1994 and moved to the private sector. He served as the financial director of a group of companies for a year. In 1995, he joined BDO Turkey (Denet), an international consultancy and auditing company. He still continues his professional activities as managing partner.
He contributed to the tax studies of many institutions, especially the Tax Council and TÜSİAD. Erdoğan Sağlam provides tax audit and consultancy services to many local and foreign companies operating in different sectors such as iron and steel, construction, manufacturing industry and textile. He specializes in corporate mergers and acquisitions, sales of company shares, and spin-offs. He published many articles on tax issues in Milliyet newspaper between 2003 and 2010 and in professional journals throughout his working life. He has been writing articles, especially on tax issues, at T24 since May 2020. He has sworn financial consultancy and independent auditor licenses.

Tax Sworn-in Accountant 

He graduated from Istanbul School of Finance and Gazi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. He started his professional career as a civil servant and worked in various units of the Ministry of Finance for 14 years. He joined İtimat Independent Auditing and YMM Inc. in 1997. He worked as an auditor and responsible auditor in the independent and tax audits of many companies for 20 years. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Responsible Partner-Chief Auditor of our company. With the assignment given by TÜRMOB, he provides training to professionals in many provinces of Turkey on TCC, IFRS and tax legislation.

                                                             12.30 - 13.30 Lunch 

13.30 - 15.30 
Panel by KİDDER Public Internal Auditors Association, Turkiye

Chair: Assoc.Prof.Sezer Bozkuş Kahyaoğlu, Bakırçay University 

Assoc. Prof. Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu graduated from Bosporus University and earned the degree B.Sc. in Management. Sezer had MA degree on Money Banking and Finance at Sheffield University and Certification in Retail Banking from Manchester Business School, both with a joint scholarship of British Council and Turkish Bankers Association. After finishing her doctoral studies, Sezer earned Ph.D. degree in Econometrics from Dokuz Eylul University in 2015. Sezer worked in finance sector in various positions of head office. Sezer worked in KPMG Risk Consulting Services as Senior Manager. Afterwards Sezer joined to Grant Thornton as founding partner of advisory services and worked there in Business Risk Services. Afterwards Dr. Sezer worked in SMM Technology and Risk Consulting as Partner responsible from ERP Risk Consulting. During this period Sezer was a lecturer at Istanbul Bilgi University at Accounting and Auditing Program and Ankara University Internal Control and Internal Audit Program. Sezer worked as Associate Professor at Izmir Bakircay University between October 2018-March 2022. Her research interests mainly include Applied Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, Financial Markets and Instruments, AI, Blockchain, Energy Markets, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Fraud Accounting, Auditing, Ethics, Coaching, Mentoring and NLP. Sezer has various refereed articles, books, and research project experiences in her professional field. She was among the 15 leading women selected from the business world within the scope of the “Leading Women of Izmir Project” which was sponsored by the World Bank and organized in cooperation by Aegean Region Chamber of Industry (EBSO), Izmir Governor's Office, and Metropolitan Municipality.

Ms Ilse Morgan (CIA, M Com (Auditing)) - University of South Africa (Unisa)

Ilse is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Auditing at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She holds a Master’s degree in Auditing, focussing on the role of internal auditing in the professional development of audit committees. She is currently doing her PhD in Financial Governance. Her PhD focuses on improving accountability and transparency in the South African public sector through continuous assurance. Ilse started her career in external auditing before entering academia and transferring to internal auditing. Ilse is serving as a non-executive director of a financial services company in South Africa, and she also acted for three years as the Manager of the Centre for Accounting Studies (Unisa) (short-learning programmes). She developed and managed various internal auditing short courses during this period. Her speciality is ethical governance and internal auditing and utilising technology in a pragmatic way to address shortcomings and weaknesses. She also uses technology innovatively in presenting and assessing coursework via online learner management systems.  

Özkan Hacıoğlu

Department Head - Internal Control Department

He graduated from Istanbul University of Economics and completed the MBA program at Marmara University-Social Sciences Institute. He started his professional career in Yapı Kredi Bankası (YKB), and during that time, he worked in the Internal Audit, Internal Control, and Compliance Departments, respectively, in various positions. After YKB, he joined Eurobank Tekfen and worked as Deputy Head of the Internal Audit Department; he is currently Head of the Internal Control Department at Burgan Bank and is also responsible for the Internal Control Functions of the subsidiaries of the bank. As a Banking / Finance / Audit Executive, he has more than 24 years of hands-on experience in various areas in these international banks within the Internal Audit, Internal Control, Fraud, and AML & Compliance Departments. He has provided AML and Fraud &Forgery training to the bank staff. He is a certified professional with CIA, CISA, CCSA, CFSA, CRMA, CFE, CPA-TR, and ISO27001LA. Moreover, he serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee at IIA Turkey and a member of the Audit Committee at ACFE Turkey. He is also a member of ISACA Istanbul Chapter and Istanbul Chamber of Certified Public Accountants.