Since 2008, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Turkey in cooperation with the Strategic Studies Implementation and Research Centre of the Başkent University Ankara has organized the Istanbul Security Conference® (ISC). The high-level conference stems from a long-standing German-Turkish security policy dialogue and addresses key regional issues and their global implications. The annual meeting of security experts and international decision-makers from politics, diplomacy and academia has now established itself as one of the most important and largest security conferences in the region. The ISC's network now comprises more than 25 countries, with a growing number of participants each year, most recently over 200. The ISC provides an exclusive forum for experts and policymakers to analyze global security trends and developments in Turkey's geopolitically important neighborhood and to formulate concrete policy recommendations for the problems of today and tomorrow.