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Seminars and Conferences

Seminar DateSpeakersSpeaker's InstitutionSeminar TitleOrganizer
22.03.2025Kennesaw State UniversitySunay MutluSupplier Financing Agreements and Cash Flow ManagementAziz Şimşir
12.03.2025Chalmers University of TechnologyCeren Altuntaş VuralDepartment seminar,Facilitating continuous resource flows through circular logistics servicesMelek Akın Ateş
03.03.2025University of Sussex Business SchoolFulya AçıkgözMarketing recruitment seminarCenk Koçaş
06.01.2025Güner VelioğluLoyola University ChicagoAre ESG ratings relevant? Evidence from dividend cutsAziz Şimşir
11.12.2024Zeynep Aydın GökgözSabancı ÜniversitesiWhat is Next? Exploring the Dynamics of TV Series’ SuccessZeynep Karagür
04.11.2024Mina BeigiUniversity of SouthamptonWhat Do We Know about Minority Groups’ Career Success?Nüfer Yasin Ateş
30.09.2024Oğuz GencayUniversity of MarylandJazzing through task uncertainty: The improvisation mindset, appraisals, and performance in uncertain tasksNüfer Yasin Ateş
26.10.2023Aidin NaminLoyola Marymount UniversityThe Unanticipated Dynamics of Promoting Crowdfunding Donation Campaigns on Social MediaBarış Erman Depecik
22.12.2022Ezgi ÖzgenKoç UniversityThe Mindless Artist: How do people evaluate art made by a machine?Zeynep Aydın Gökgöz
14.12.2022İpek Nur Nibat CayrolGrenoble École de Management & USMBFake News Denigrating Firms: Fact-Checking is Dead, Long Live Fact-Checking!Zeynep Aydın Gökgöz
07.12.2022Svetlana TokarevaUniversity of MemphisA review of more than three decades of academic research on brand extensions: A bibliometric approachZeynep Aydın Gökgöz
01.12.2022Aynur NabiyevaUniversity of MassachusettsCSR Transparency Among Small Firms: Evidence from Benefit CorporationsNüfer Yasin Ateş
28.11.2022Shahab ZareIMT School for Advanced Studies LuccaDoes Knowledge Complementarity Always Pay Back? Comparing Academic, Employee, and User Knowledge Sources in a Crowdfunding SettingNüfer Yasin Ateş
24.11.2022Amr El-KebbiMcMaster UniversityLet There Be Light: The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Identity among Entrepreneurship StudentsNüfer Yasin Ateş
23.11.2022Tung, Yi Cheong EugeneSingapore Management UniversityAn Arc of Neoliberalism: Boards’ Responses to Explicitization of Governance in EuropeNüfer Yasin Ateş
23.11.2022Samuel SekarUniversity of South FloridaSpillover Effects in Product CustomizationZeynep Aydın Gökgöz
21.11.2022Stoyan SgourevESSEC Business SchoolBreaking Rank: Valuation Arbitrage in DestigmatizationNüfer Yasin Ateş
17.11.2022Umair UsmanUniversity of KentuckyBlockchain Augmented Marketing Claims: Evidence for Enhanced Legitimacy and Preference versus Traditional PracticesZeynep Aydın Gökgöz
09.11.2022Zeynep KaragürUniversity of CologneDynamics of brand relevance in category – An analysis of macroeconomic and product-market factorsZeynep Aydın Gökgöz
16.03.2022Orkun SakaUniversity of LondonEpidemic Exposure, Fintech Adoption, and the Digital DivideAta Can Bertay
07.03.2022Peren ÖzturanOzyegin UniversityA Tale of Two Worlds: Marketing-R&D Integration in New Product DevelopmentZeynep Aydın Gökgöz
03.11.2021Öykü Arkan TunçRutgers Business SchoolThe Competing Virtues of Loyalty and Courage: When Ethical Climate Does Not Lead to WhistleblowingNüfer Yasin Ateş
01.11.2021Jomel Ng Wei XuanNational University of SingaporeOpposing effects of proactive followership on empowering leadership: A within-dyadic analysisNüfer Yasin Ateş
28.10.2021Melis CeylanBilkent UniversityThe importance of impression management concerns during food choiceZeynep Aydın Gökgöz
26.10.2021Bina AjayUniversity of CincinnatiA Love-Hate Relationship: CEO Emotivity and its Implications for CEOs and Their FirmsNüfer Yasin Ateş
21.10.2021İrem YörükWayne State UniversityThe impacts of psychographic changes on consumers’ purchase decisionsZeynep Aydın Gökgöz
20.10.2021Gizem CeylanUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMore Pictures, More Words: Choosing Redundancy in Visual-Verbal CommunicationZeynep Aydın Gökgöz
19.10.2021Yasaman GorjiConcordia UniversityCelebrity Couples as Business Families: A Social Network PerspectiveNüfer Yasin Ateş
14.10.2021Aras Can AktanBocconi UniversityChief Innovation Officers: An empirical study of behavioral and institutional antecedentsNüfer Yasin Ateş
14.02.2020S. Mehmet ÖzsoyOzyegin UniversityJump Risk in International Equity IndicesTolga Demir
06.02.2020Rasim Serdar KurdoğluBilkent UniversityArguing to Defeat Rather Than to Reason:Reign of Irrationality by Eristic ArgumentsNihat Kasap
08.01.2020Yasin RofcaninUniversity of Bath, UKCo-worker support or good relations with managers? A weekly diary study on i-deals 
25.12.2019Baler BilginKoç UniversityPerceived Essence Can Slow Hedonic Decline by Enabling Meaning Making 
24.12.2019Özge SürerNorthwestern UniversityCoefficient tree regression: Fast, accurate and interpretable predictive modeling 
24.12.2019Nazlı GürdamarLondon Business SchoolDoing More Good: On the Process of Constructing Budgets for Charitable Giving 
19.12.2019Enes Eryaysoyİstanbul Şehir UniversityThe wisdom of-blind-crowds:Can herding behaviour really impede recommender systems’ performances? 
22.11.2019Jingxian YaoNational University of Singapore Business SchoolThe Implications of Voice Behaviour on Leaders and Voicing Employees 
07.10.2019Shameek SinhaE Business School -MadridPredicting Behaviour of Current and Future Donors 
27.09.2019Mustafa KarataşKoç UniversityFeast or Famine?” The Impact of Vice Magnitude on the Attractiveness of Vice-Virtue Bundles 
12.09.2019Jane MaleyMacquarie University-SydneyMy Research past,present and future 
24.04.2019Uğur UygurLoyola College ChicagoCognitive origins of New Venture Creation: How knowledge drives Entrepreneurial Action 
08.02.2019Melek Akın AteşMiddle East Technical University (METU)Order From Chaos: A Meta Analytic approach to supply chain complexity 
04.02.2019Bünyamin ÖnalAalto UniversityPolitical (dis)connections and corporate investment decisions: Evidence from China 
04.02.2019Kerem KılıçHEC Paris,FranceRelative Performance Evaluation and Overconfident CEOs 
21.01.2019Barış İnceKoç UniversityHow Do Regulatory Costs Affect M&A Decisions and Outcomes? 
14.01.2019Ata Can BertayWorld BankLeverage, Bank Employee, Compensation and Institutions 
19.12.2018Selman ErolTepper School of Business,Carnegie Mellon UniversityNetwork Hazard & Bailouts 
18.12.2018Barış DepecikBilkent UniversityWho Benefits from Brand Exits? 
12.12.2018Berk AtamanKoç UniversityMarketing's impact on and through the consumer decision journey 
11.12.2018Nükhet HarmancıoğluKoç UniversityShort- and Long-term market returns of International New product codevelopment alliances 
04.12.2018Nejat SeyhunUniversity of MichiganDo Insiders Exploit Anomalies? 

YearEvent NameDate / LocationSpeakers / ParticipantsSummary
2019Graduate Alumni EventSakıp Sabancı MuseumCenk Alper (Board Member and CEO of Sabancı Holding)An event where Cenk Alper, Board Member and CEO of Sabancı Holding, shared his experiences on "Becoming a Leader". It brought together alumni and current students from Executive MBA, Full-time MBA, Finance Master's, PhD, Business Analytics Master's, and MBA for Professionals programs. The event concluded with inspiring discussions and networking opportunities.
2018Graduate Alumni MeetingTuesday, November 20, Sakıp Sabancı MuseumŞerif Kaynar (Honorary Chairman of Korn Ferry Turkey)Şerif Kaynar, honorary chairman of Korn Ferry Turkey, shared his insights with alumni on important topics such as the significance of evaluating career opportunities and the concept of networking in business life.
2017Graduate Alumni MeetingThursday, November 23, Sakıp Sabancı MuseumCanan Özsoy (CEO of General Electric Turkey)Canan Özsoy, CEO of General Electric Turkey, shared her knowledge on change, innovation, globalization, and the Turkish economy with young professionals working in various sectors of the business world.
2017Business Analytics WorkshopFriday, October 13, 2017, Cinema HallOpening Speech: Füsun Ülengin (Sabancı University School of Management)
Keynote Speaker: Gül Ege (SAS Advanced Analytics R&D Senior Director)
Session Speakers: Mustafa Gökçe Baydoğan, Barış Depecik, Birol Yüceoğlu, Cem İyigün, Deniz Yenigün, Ece Egemen, Gökhan Göktürk, Kemal Kılıç, Mehmet Gönen, Enis Kayış
Sabancı University School of Management hosted the first Business Analytics Workshop. The workshop analyzed the use of business analytics in different sectors and the application of new methods. Sessions on Marketing Analytics, New Methods, and Healthcare Applications in Analytics were held. A poster presentation competition for graduate students also took place.
2017Global Perspectives on Family Businesses ConferenceWednesday, October 4, 2017, Sakıp Sabancı Museum the SeedOpening Speeches: Güler Sabancı, Füsun Ülengin
Moderators: Melsa Ararat, Ali Çağatay, Arzu Maliki
Panelists: Patricia Angus, Amadeo Di Lodovico, Leyla Alaton, Sumer Tömek Bayındır, Tayfun Bayazıt, Murat Özyeğin, Ebru Özdemir, Alp Öğücü
Organized in collaboration with McKinsey Academy and Columbia Business School, the conference offered a global perspective on family businesses. It addressed the challenges faced by Turkish family businesses on their path to institutionalization and the expectations of subsequent generations. Panels included "European and Eurasian Perspectives," "Family Businesses in Turkey," and "Expectations of the Next Generation."
201624th National Management and Organization CongressMay 29-31, 2016 (May 28 Young Academics Workshops)Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Esmer, Prof. Dr. Gürol Irzık, and 347 academicsThe congress, attended by 347 academics from 99 different institutions and featuring 119 scientific presentations, was a significant national gathering in the field of Management and Organization in Turkey. Workshops for young academics were also organized.
2015Unilever Global CEO Paul Polman Conference: "Creating a Better Future Everyday Made By You"Date UnknownPaul Polman (Unilever Global CEO)
Hosts: Güler Sabancı, Prof. Dr. Nihat Berker, Prof. Dr. Füsun Ülengin
Unilever Global CEO Paul Polman spoke about sustainability, the transformation of capitalism, and the responsibility of creating a better world. Sabancı University's leadership in sustainability was highlighted.
2010"Global Leaders in Management" series: Muhammad Yunus Conference - "Economic Turmoil and the Importance of Social Entrepreneurship"Thursday, December 15, Sabancı University Tuzla CampusProf. Muhammad Yunus (2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
Hosts: Güler Sabancı, Prof. Nakiye Boyacıgiller
Prof. Muhammad Yunus, laureate of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his microcredit initiatives, detailed the microcredit system he established in Bangladesh and emphasized the importance of social entrepreneurship.
2012Sabancı University Presented Turkey's Hidden Champions in ViennaWithin the scope of Global Entrepreneurship Week, ViennaDilek Çetindamar, Türkan Yosun, Nadya ZhexembayevaThe results of a study on "hidden champions" – Turkish companies operating in international markets that are among the top three in their respective sectors but not widely known to the public – were presented. 10 Turkish companies were featured.
2011"Global Leaders in Management" series: The Coca-Cola Company Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent ConferenceMonday, October 3, Sabancı University Tuzla CampusMuhtar Kent (Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company)
Hosts: Prof. Dr. Nakiye Boyacıgiller, Güler Sabancı, Prof. Dr. Nihat Berker
Muhtar Kent addressed topics such as globalization, the changing role of the private sector, new rules of competition, and how globalization trends should influence young people's future plans. He also discussed Coca-Cola's initiatives on gender equality and women's empowerment.
201121st European Summer School on Technology Management for PhD StudentsSeptember 5-9, 2011, Sabancı University Karaköy Communication CenterProf. Dr. Nakiye Boyacıgiller, Prof. Holler Ernest, Prof. Dilek Çetindamar, Dr. Özgecan Koçak, İffet İyigün Meydanlı, Jan Kratzer, Max von Zedtwitz, Jeff Butler, Jonathan LintonSupported by TÜBİTAK, the Summer School brought together leading academics and PhD students from Turkey and Europe. Topics covered included R&D, patent integration, technology management practices, technological competencies, and innovation.
2011Emerging Markets Corporate Governance Research Network (EMCGN) 3rd Conference Series (Supported by Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum (CGFT))May 28-29, 2011, Seoul, South KoreaTwo papers accepted from Sabancı University members.The third conference series organized by EMCGN was supported by the Corporate Governance Forum. Research on corporate governance in emerging markets was shared.
2010International Social Entrepreneurship Conference: "Social Entrepreneurship for Change"June 4-5, 2010240 participants from 19 different countriesOrganized by INSEAD and Sabancı University, the conference brought a global and local perspective to social entrepreneurship.
2009Changing Universities: Governance, Relevance, PerformanceOctober 200970 participants from 14 countriesOrganized within the scope of the project for developing civil society dialogue, sponsored by the European Union, in collaboration with Oxford, Uppsala, and Siena Universities.
International Entrepreneurship ForumSeptember 2009100 participants from 22 countriesOrganized in collaboration with Essex University, the International Innovation Initiative, and OECD.
International Organization NetworkMay 200940 participants from 10 countriesOrganized in collaboration with Koç University.
Mathematical Finance Istanbul WorkshopMay 18-21, 200970 participantsTook place under the sponsorship of the European Research Council.
Odysseus 2009 - 4th International Freight Transportation and Logistics WorkshopMay 2009160 participants from 15 countriesOrganized in collaboration with Koç, Bilkent, Doğuş, METU, and Boğaziçi Universities.
2007CEEMAN 15th Anniversary Conference: "Globalization and its Impact on Management Sciences"September 27-29, 2007Prof. Chan Kim, Muhtar Kent, Dr. Ichak Adizes, Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Henryka Bochniarz
Hosts: Prof. Nakiye Avdan Boyacıgiller
Brought together approximately 150 rectors and deans from universities and management science organizations in Central and Eastern Europe to Istanbul for the first time. The conference discussed the effects of globalization on management sciences and leadership qualities.