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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.
Mauricio Villafuerte
International Monetary Fund, Advisor
Roberto Silva
CNV Argentina, President
Betsabe Botaitis
Hedera, CFO and Treasurer
Gary Gensler
Chairperson at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Matthew White
CEO at VARA
Patrick Hansen
Senior Director, EU Strategy and Policy at Circle
Salvador Perez-Galindo
Senior Advisor, Global Government Engagement at VISA
Andreas Antonopoulos
Tech Entrepreneur at Bitcoin Expert
Stephan Tual
CCO at Ethereum
Leemon Baird
Chief Scientist at Swirlds Labs
Wes Geisenberger
VP, Sustainability & ESG at HBAR Foundation
Francesco Pierangeli
Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Birmingham
Marco Alberto Javarone
Exponential Science, R&D Director
Xavier Lavayssiere
Lecturer at Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne
Joseph Bitar
Assistant Professor of Economics at American University in Dubai
Muhammad Usman Khurram
Postdoctoral Fellow at Zhejiang University
Erfan Varedi
Independent Researcher
Soham Jethani-Panchamiya
Founder of TLP advisors
Amit Kumar Gupta
Legal Practitioner at Supreme Court of India & Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur
Nameer Khan
Chairman & Founding Board Member of MENA Fintech Association
