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p2pfisy 2026 Astana Speakers
P2PFISY 2026 features speakers from the National Bank of Kazakhstan and its network alongside international experts from academia, industry, and central banks — covering crypto regulation, CBDC, DeFi, AI, digital payments, and financial inclusion.
Timur Suleimenov
National Bank of Kazakhstan, Governor
Renat Bekturov
Astana International Finance Center (AIFC), CEO
Zhanar Samayeva
National Payment Corporation of Kazakhstan (NPCK), Chairman of the Board
Binur Zhalenov
National Bank of Kazakhstan, Vice Governor & Chief Digital Officer
Aizhan Arinova
Head Innovation & Fintech Division, National Bank of Kazakhstan
Timur Abylkassymov
ARDFM, Vice Chairperson
Juan Carlos Reyes
Digital Assets Commission of El Salvador, President
Odun Olowookere
Centre for International Governance Innovation, Director of Research
Prof. Paolo Tasca
P2PFISY and Exponential Science, Chairman
Nikhil Vadgama
Exponential Science, Director
Dias Savetkanov
Kazakhstan Fintech Network, CEO
Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr
Venice Innovation tech Hub, 100Women@Davos, Founder - Ambassador at Cointelegraph
Arlen Moldabekov
National Bank of Kazakhstan, Head Innovation & Digital Assets Division
Ruslan Konurbayev
National Payment Corporation of Kazakhstan (NPCK), Product Owner
Dr. Jiahua Xu
UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies | UK Centre for Blockchain Technologies, Executive Director | UCL, Associate Professor
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Juan Ignacio Ibañez
General Secretary of the MiCA Crypto Alliance
Avv. Alberto Borri
Lexify, Partner - Attorney at law
Pavlina Pavlova
ChainComply, Co-Founder & CEO
Arman Assakayev
General Manager, First Validator
Ettore Maria Lombardi
Professor at University of Florence
Previous P2PFISY Speakers
This workshop is proud to bring together exceptional experts andscholars from around the world in one renowned venue.
Esteemed speakers from the Swiss National Bank, the Bank forInternational Settlements, the IMF, the Bank of Lithuania, the Bankof Italy, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the FederalReserve Board have joined the workshop in previous years.
Wei Tek Tsai
Academic Researcher at Beihang University
Adalbert Winkler
Professor of International and Development Finance at Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Andrei Kirilenko
Director of the Centre for Global Finance and Technology at Imperial College
Bruce Davies
Co-Founder at Abundance Investment
Christoph Bertsch
Senior Economist at Sveriges Riksbank
Charlene Chen
COO at BitPesa
Lee Braine
Managing Director at Barclays
William Bazley
Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Miami
Alexei Blagirev
Director of Innovations at Otkritie
Ben Fung
Former Director of Economic Research and Analysis at Bank of Canada
David Harris
Head of Sustainable Finance Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships at LSEG
Demetra Kalogerou
Chairwoman at Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Gerard Briscoe
University College London
Marvin Zonis
Professor Emeritus of Business at University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Paolo Giudici
Professor of Statistics at University of Pavia
Robert Sams
Founder & CEO at Clearmatics
Thomas Bertani
CEO & Founder of Oraclize
Andrea Pinna
Deputy Head of Division at European Central Bank (ECB)
Bruce Rigal
Senior Advisory Consultant at University Chicago Booth School of Business
Christopher Henry
Senior Economist at Bank of Canada
