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.

Reza Bundy
CEO and Chairman at Atlas Capital Team L.P.

Marco Di Maggio
Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School

Walter Hernandez
Exponential Science, Research Fellow
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Amitoj Singh
Reporter, Global Policy & Regulation at Coindesk

Niall Roche
Founding Partner, The Building Blocks and Senior Teaching Fellow and CTO-in-Residence, University College London School of Management

Vineet Budki
CEO and Managing Director at Cypher Capital
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Scott Thiel
Co-Founder & CEO of Tokinvest - Board Member at Hedera

Gracie Page-Fozzati
Founding Partner of The Building Blocks

Alex Chehade
Digital Assets and Fintech Innovation Leader

Dimitrios Psarrakis
Co-Founder of ValueVerse - former European Parliament Economic Specialist

Harold Duineveld
Head of Europe at Archax
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Sean McHugh
Senior Director, Market Assurance at VARA

Saiprasad Raut
Strategy Advisor on Crypto & Web3 at Worldpay

Ian Putter
Chief Compliance and Risk Officer at Tokinvest

Kristi Swartz
Partner at DLA Piper - Hedera

Marcus Treacher
Executive Chairman of RTGS.global

Luther Maday
Head of Payments and Real World Assets at Algorand

Peter Goodrich
Member of Secretariat at Financial Stability Board (FSB)
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Dinis Guarda
Founder and CEO of Ztudium

Deepa Raja Carbon
Managing Director and Vice Chairperson of VARA
