Speakers
IGIS 2026 Speakers
Opening
09:05 – 10:00
OPENING CEREMONY AND PROTOCOL REMARKS
Keynote
10:15 – 10:30
“THE POWER BENEATH OUR FEET: GEOTHERMAL, GEOPOLITICS AND THE NEW INVESTMENT MAP”
Panel 1
10:30 – 11:00
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY SECURITY AND THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF GEOTHERMAL
Panel 2
11:00 – 11:45
THE GEOTHERMAL DECK IS BEING RESHUFFLED — CLOSED-LOOP TECHNOLOGIES, HOT DRY ROCK AND THE NEW COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Panel 3
14:00 – 14:45
GEOTHERMAL AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY — DIRECT USE AND VALUE-ADDED APPLICATIONS BEYOND POWER GENERATION
Cannur Bozkurt
Vice President of Business Development, ignis H2 Energy
Moderator
Peketsa Mangi
General Manager, Geothermal Development, KenGen
Prof. Dr. Alper Baba
UNESCO Chair on Mediterranean Water Resources Management, İzmir Institute of Technology
Hüseyin Karayağız
Chairman of the Board, Investment and Business Development, RePG
Panel 4
15:00 – 15:45
THE FUTURE OF LUXURY THERMAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOURISM IN TÜRKIYE AND WORLDWIDE
Panel 5
16:00 – 16:45
FINANCING MODELS FOR NEW CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, R&D AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT-FOCUSED PROJECTS
Ömer Tosun
Chairman, JEMYAD; Founder and Chairman, Indigo Group
Moderator
Ali Kamil Özmen
Head of the Public Private Partnership Department, Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
Yasemin Örücü
Senior Climate Change Specialist, World Bank
Mehmet Üvez
Associate Director, Head of Ankara and Deputy Head of Türkiye, EBRD
Seçil Yıldız
Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Impact Leader, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
Keiju Mitsuhashi
Country Director for Türkiye, Asian Development Bank
Closing
17:00 – 17:45
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM IGIS 2026
Confirmed speakers are listed by their sessions. The programme continues to be updated with new speakers.