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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.
Rasa Karapandza
Professor of Finance at European Business School
Dirk Schrade
Deputy Head of the Payments & Settlement Systems at Deutsche Bundesbank
Rhydian Lewis
CEO at RateSetter.com
Tullio Menga
Expert Software Solution Architect at ATS-Advanced Technology Solutions
Wilko Bolt
Senior Economist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Diana Biggs
Industry Advisor at UCL
Dominick Paniscotti
Associate VP at Enterprise Architecture, NASDAQ
Ferdinando M. Ametrano
Former Head of Blockchain and Virtual Currencies at Bicocca University and Intesa Sanpaolo Bank
Floris Kleemans
Founder at FOCAFET Foundation
Francis Gross
Senior Adviser at ECB
Giuseppe Pappalardo
PhD Candidate at IMT Lucca
Harald Stieber
Senior Economist at EU Commission - Research Features
Isaiah Hull
Senior Economist at Sweden Central Bank
John Barrdear
Senior Research Economist at Bank of England
Juile Maupin
Senior Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute
Loriana Pelizzon
Goethe University Frankfurt - Research Center SAFE, P2PFISY 2015 Programme Chair (2015)
Michael Cooper
CTO at BT Radianz Services
Nicolas Courtois
Cryptographer & Senior Lecturer at UCL
Petros Kavassalis
Associate Professor at University of the Aegean
Richard B. Olsen
Founder & CEO at Lykke
