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.

Jan Pieter Krahnen
Founding Director Emeritus at Research Center SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt

Karsten Wenzlaff
Founder and CEO at Ikosom

Michael Kötter
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

Mirce Mihaescu
General Partner at SBT Venture Capital

Nicolas Perony
Co-founder, Head of Research at ECUREX

Silvano Cincotti
Professor at University of Genova

Stefan Dziewbowski
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Warsaw

Ben Craig
Economist Emeritus at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and Deutsche Bundesbank

Casimiro Nigro
Assistant Professor at LUISS, Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Perugia

Christian Decker
PHD Candidate at ETH Zurich

Claudio Lovieno
Teaching Assistant at LUISS

Constance Choi
Founder at Seven Advisory and DATA

David B. Garcia
Professor at ETH Zurich

Iddo de Jong
Team Lead at the European Central Bank

Oliver Gajda
Executive Director at European Crowdfunding Network

Primavera De Filippi
Researcher at Harvard University and CNRS

Raffaele Mauro
Head of Finance for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Intesa Sanpaolo

Richard Porter
Vice President at Digital Coin Lab and former VP Federal Reserve Bank Chicago

Spencer Martin
Professor of Finance at University of Melbourne

Thomas F. Dapp
Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank
