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.

Philipe Moura
Vinci Ventures, Founder & CEO

Ines Vazquez Boasso
FCEA, University of Republic, Professor

Nicolás de Marco
BCU, Head of the Innovation Office

Jenifer Alfaro
FCEA-UdelaR, Professor

Amilcar Perea
CUTI (Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology), President

Fiorentina Garcia Miramon
Tec-Check, Founder

Maria Manuela Barrera
Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Advisor to the Board of Directors

Marcelo Vidoni
Central Bank of Uruguay, Payments System Manager

Gabriel Budiño
FCEA, University of the Republic, Professor

Francisco Gatica Neira
Professor, Universidad del Biobío

Javier Borkenztain
Fiter, Co-founder and CEO

Sebastián Heredia Querro
ICDA, Professor

Patricia Tudisco
BCU, Intendent of Financial Regulation

Alfredo Allo
Central Bank of Uruguay, Manager of Planning and Strategic Management

Alastair Moore
Co-Founder of Fractal - Founding Partner of The Building Blocks

Stephanie Hurder
Partner and Founding Economist at Prysm Group

Joanna Hysi
Senior Regulatory Counsel at Sovos - Prev. Jr. Attorney-in-Law at Koutalidis Law Firm

Campbell R.Harvey
Professor of Finance at Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Daniel Blaseg
Doctoral Candidate at Goethe University Frankfurt

Emma Li
PHD Candidate at the University of Melbourne
