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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.
Mark Woelders
Magister in Science at Warwick Business School - Client Associate at Neuberger Berman
Maxime Nicolas
Lecturer and Quantitative Researcher at UCL
Monique Morrow
Independent Board Director at Hedera - Ex CTO at Cisco
Rosa Giovanna Barresi
Associate Member at BABEL, University of Florence
Silvia Bartolucci
Lecturer in Financial Computing at UCL
Teana Baker Taylor
Chief Operating Officer at Venice.ai - Ex-Circle
Thomas Dasaklis
Doctor of Philosophy at University of Piraeus
Tom Wilson
Correspondent at Reuters
Alfred Lehar
Professor at Haskayne School of Business, Calgary
Andrea Filtri
Co-Head of Research at Mediobanca
Antonio Briola
PhD Student of Computer Science at UCL
Charles Kahn
Professor Emeritus of Finance at University of Illinois
Daniel Heller
Research Fellow at UCL - CFO at Bitlumens
Daniel Perez
Founder at Mero Finance
David Vidal Tomás
PhD in Economics at UCL
Gregory Chondrokoukis
Professor at University of Piraeus
Hania Othman
Director Sustainable Impact Europe/Africa at The HBAR Foundation
Hugo Philion
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flare Network
Jiahua (Java) Xu
Associate Professor in Financial Computing at UCL, Head of Science at DLT Science Foundation, UK CBT
John Shawe Taylor
Professor at University College London
