COP31 Global Energy Investment Forum
COP31 Global Energy Investment Forum
Energy Security · Oil & Gas Transition · Investment Trends · Transition Finance
The Global Energy Investment Forum organized by Energy Shift Capital in partnership with the Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, is the only dedicated energy investment and deal platform at COP31.
A full-day programme built entirely around capital deployment, deal execution and the future of global energy. It convenes investors, financial institutions, family offices, policymakers, energy leaders, oil and gas operators and transition scale-ups in one room.
Every session, introduction and roundtable is designed around a single outcome: capital moving into the energy transition.
Convened alongside COP31 in Antalya on Finance Day.
What happens in the room:
Investor perspectives on where global energy capital is moving — geopolitics, transition and market intelligence.
Oil & gas sector transition — strategies, capital structures and investment opportunities from leading operators.
In conversation with leading climate and energy investors on financing the transition at scale.
Corporate energy strategies — how the world's largest companies are positioning for what's next.
New technologies showcased.
Parallel roundtable sessions.
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Coffee
09:00 – 09:50 Opening & Welcome Remarks
Welcome Remarks
Master of Ceremony, Arkın Çelik
İlkay Demirdağ, CEO and Founder at Energy Shift Capital
09.50 – 10.00 Keynote
Cem Aşık, CEO at IC Enterra
10.00– 10:40 Panel Discussion: Where Capital is Moving: Investor Perspectives on Energy Transition
Moderator: Ersoy Erkazancı, UK Country Advisor, Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
Başak Günver, Associate at Future Energy Ventures
Evren Güvenç, CEO at Polat Enerji
Nikhil Chouguley, Partner at Sustopia Capital
Yalın Karadoğan, Partner at LeapFrog Investments
10.40 - 11.20 Panel Discussion: Oil & Gas Sector Transition
Moderator: Defne Sadıklar Arslan, Senior Director at the Atlantic Council
Ahmad Ali Bin Obood, CFO, Dragon Oil
Ayotola Jagun, Chief Corporate Services & Sustainability Officer at Oando
David Potskhveria, Co-Founder & CEO at.Black Sea Petroleum
Hager Abunahwa, World Energy Council Future Energy Leader
11.20 – 11.40 Coffee Break
11.40 - 12.00 Investor Fireside Chat
Moderator: Ilkay Demirdağ, CEO and Founder at Energy Shift Capital
Emre Hatem, Energy Group President and Board Member at Rönesans Holding & Rönesans Enerji
12:00 – 12:40 Panel Discussion: Road to Electrification & Decarbonisation: Corporate Strategies and Capital at Scale
Moderator: Vazil Hudak, Board Member at InoBat
Buğra Gör, Strategy & Business Development Coordinator at Akkök Holding
Daniel Foster Morris, Head of Clean Energy and Technology at Climate Investment Funds
Korkut Öztürkmen, CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board at Energo-Pro Türkiye
12:40– 13:00 Investor Fireside Chat
Moderator: Ilkay Demirdağ, CEO and Founder at Energy Shift Capital
Dr. Alexandra C. Cook, Family Office Principal, President and CEO of Dynastillion℠ (Sunburst Ventures Florida and Puerto Rico).
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch & Networking
14.00 - 14.40 Panel Discussion: Technology Showcase: Where Innovation Meets Capital
Moderator: Yeliz Erinçkan, Energy Shift Capital
Dinesh Dhamija, Vice Chair at Global Solar Council
Efe Yapıcıoğlu, Managing Director at IC Nuclear Technology
Dr. Malik Çağlar, Chairman at Enover Heat Pipe Systems
Volkan Yiğit, Supervisory Board Member at Turkish Wind Energy Association
14.40 - 14.50 Keynote Speaker: “Geopolitics of Energy & Global Energy Security”
Ozan Özkural, Founder & Managing Partner at Tanto Capital Partners
15.00 - 16.00 Parallel Roundtable Sessions 1: Financing the Energy Transition - Hosted by HSBC
Moderator: Rodrigo Salvado, Global Head of Strategic Financing Partnerships at HSBC
MDBs, banks, institutional investors and project developers will discuss how blended structures, guarantees and balance-sheet capacity are being deployed to finance the energy transition, and where they still fall short.
15.00 - 16.00 Parallel Roundtable Sessions 2: Portfolio Allocation & Diversification
Moderator: Christian Daube, Climate Entrepreneurship Team Co-Lead at Climate KIC
This session focuses on building and rebalancing an energy portfolio through the transition: exposure across conventional and low-carbon assets, duration, and managing concentration risk. The discussion is shaped by rising electricity demand, and it examines where innovation and emerging technologies fit in a resilient energy portfolio.
Fireside Chat
Deniz Sedar Suna, Head of Revenue & Founder’s Team at Apollo
Yakup Koç, Chief Commercial Officer at Ore Energy
16.00 - 17.30 AI & Energy Infrastructure Roundtable - Hosted by WSI
Moderator: Hande Ocak Basev, Managing Partner at WSI
The session focuses on AI and data centre energy demand, grid investments, energy storage and the new generation build-out — the largest single shift in load growth in a generation, and who is financing it. The session will start with a panel discussion.
Fireside Chat
Nikhil Chouguley, Partner at Sustopia Capital
Tolga Dinçer, Founder & CEO at DT Cloud
17.30 - 18.30 Closing Remarks & Networking
İlkay Demirdağ, CEO and Founder at Energy Shift Capital
Furkan Karakaya, Vice President at Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye