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.

Rasa Karapandza
Professor of Finance at European Business School

Dirk Schrade
Deputy Head of the Payments & Settlement Systems at Deutsche Bundesbank

Rhydian Lewis
CEO at RateSetter.com

Tullio Menga
Expert Software Solution Architect at ATS-Advanced Technology Solutions

Wilko Bolt
Senior Economist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Diana Biggs
Industry Advisor at UCL

Dominick Paniscotti
Associate VP at Enterprise Architecture, NASDAQ

Ferdinando M. Ametrano
Former Head of Blockchain and Virtual Currencies at Bicocca University and Intesa Sanpaolo Bank

Floris Kleemans
Founder at FOCAFET Foundation

Francis Gross
Senior Adviser at ECB

Giuseppe Pappalardo
PhD Candidate at IMT Lucca

Harald Stieber
Senior Economist at EU Commission - Research Features

Isaiah Hull
Senior Economist at Sweden Central Bank

John Barrdear
Senior Research Economist at Bank of England

Juile Maupin
Senior Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute

Loriana Pelizzon
Goethe University Frankfurt - Research Center SAFE, P2PFISY 2015 Programme Chair (2015)

Michael Cooper
CTO at BT Radianz Services

Nicolas Courtois
Cryptographer & Senior Lecturer at UCL

Petros Kavassalis
Associate Professor at University of the Aegean

Richard B. Olsen
Founder & CEO at Lykke
