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.

Patrizio Pagano
Head of the Secretariat to the Governing Board Directorate, Banca d'Italia

Stefano Siviero
Deputy Director General for Markets and Payment Systems, Banca d'Italia

Marcello Miccoli
Senior Financial Sector Expert in Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Livio Tornetta
Director General for Currency Circulation and Retail Payments, Banca d'Italia

Leonardo Gambacorta
Head of Innovation and the Digital Economy, Bank for International Settlements

Giorgio Andreoli
Director General, European Payments Council

Massimo Doria
Deputy Director General for Currency Circulation and Retail Payments and Head of the Innovation Centre Milano Hub, Banca d'Italia

Enrico Foscolo
PhD, Banca d'Italia

Enrico Bernardini
Deputy Head of Climate and Sustainability Hub, Banca d'Italia

Ganesh Viswanath Natraj
Assistant Professor, Warwick Business School

Tomaso Aste
Professor, Scientific Director, University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Daniel Rabetti
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance, National University of Singapore

Geoffrey Goodell
Lecturer, University College London

Andrew Papanicolaou
Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Marius Jurgilas
Professor of Practice, Vilnius University (former Board Member Bank of Lithuania)

Sandra Ro
CEO, Global Blockchain Business Council

Rod Garratt
UC Santa Barbara, Professor

Basak Toprak
EMEA Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by J.P. Morgan
