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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.
Veni Arkelian
Scientific Advisor at Council of Economic Advisors, Ministry of Finance of the Hellenic Republic
Christine Parlour
Chair of Finance and Accounting at Haas School of Business and University of California, Berkeley
Claudio J. Tessone
Co-founder and Chairman of the University of Zurich (UZH) Blockchain Center
Ignazio Visco
Governor, Banca d'Italia
Alessandra Perrazzelli
Deputy Governor, Banca d'Italia
Maria Chiara Malaguti
Università Cattolica Sacro del Cuore
Nadia Pocher
Postdoctoral Researcher in Information Systems, SnT Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust
Guerino Ardizzi
Senior Economist, Banca d'Italia
Marco Bevilacqua
Head of Fintech Section, Banca d'Italia
Mandar Agashe
Founder and Vice Chairman, Sarvatra Technologies
Helena Zhang
Director, Asian Institute of Digital Finance
Gimede Gigante
Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions, Bocconi University
Filippo Zatti
Associate Professor of Economic Law, University of Florence
Daniel Fozzati
Founding Partner, The Building Blocks
Laura Rinaldi
Head of the Financial Sector and Access to Finance, DG-REFORM, European Commission
Tirupam Goel
Economist, Bank for International Settlements
Harish Natarajan
Lead Financial Sector Specialist on Payments and Market Infrastructures
Nilixa Devlukia
CEO, Payments Solved
Ulrich Bindseil
Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments, European Central Bank
Kerstin Junius
Senior Market Infrastructure Expert, European Central Bank
