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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.
Charley Cooper
Senior Advisor at R3
Jiasun Li
Associate Professor at George Mason University
Katrin Assenmacher
Head of Stress Test Modelling Division at ECB
Nikolas Guggenberger
Assistant Professor at University Munster School of Law
Rebecca Rettig
Attorney at Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig LLP
Robleh Ali
Research Scientist at Bank of England
Ryan Zagone
Business Development & Director of Regulatory Relations at Ripple
Steve Kirsch
Founder of Token
Francois de Laigue
CEO at Dotted Square
Wulf Kaal
Professor at University of St. Thomas
Akaki Mamageishvili
Senior Researcher at ETH Zurich
Ariah Klages Mundt
PhD Candidate at Cornell University
Kathrin Gfall-Gapp
Head of Long-Term Funding & Execution at Erste Group
Taojun Xie
Research Fellow at Singapore Management University
Dan Morgan
Head of European Regulatory Relations at Ripple
Dirk Bullman
Innovation Team Leader at ECB
Domenico Gammaldi
Senior Director at Bank of Italy
Garrick Hileman
Section Chief Editor at Frontiers - Prev Researcher and Visiting Fellow at London School of Economics
Gilbert Verdian
Managing Director at Quant Network
Helmut Wacket
Head of Division at ECB
