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.

Stefano Battiston
Associate Professor in Sustainable Finance and Networks at University of Zurich

Victoria Cleland
Executive Director for Payments at Bank of England

Willi Brammertz
Chairman at ACTUS

Adam Hayes
PhD Candidate at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Andreas Park
Director of the Centre for Global Finance and Technology at University of Toronto

Anton Golub
Co-Founder & CSO at Lykke

Antonis Dragiotis
Senior Consultant - Head of Presales - Solution Designer at Qualco

Calebe de Roure
PhD student at Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

Christoph Siemroth
Senior Lecturer at University of Essex

Dairo Estrada
Principal Investigator at Banco de la República Colombia

David B. Kinitsky
VP at Fidelity Investments

Guido Caldarelli
Professor at IMT Lucca

Hans Peter Grüner
Professor of Economics at University of Mannheim

Karen Kerrigan
Chief Legal Officer at Seedrs

Katya Malinova
Associate Professor at University of Toronto

Sergey Ivliev
Co-Founder & COO at Lykke

Shaowen Liu
Data Analyst at Deutsche Bundesbank

Stefano Bertolo
Scientific Programme Officer at European Commission

Talal Rahim
Centre for Research in Economics in Business

Ulf Moslener
Professor for Sustainable Energy Finance at Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
