ISTANBUL

FINTECH WEEK

13-14 April 2023

The largest regional fintech event that brings innovators and entrepreneurs together in its 4th edition

About IFW

IN-PERSON EVENT AFTER 2 YEARS

Istanbul Fintech Week is a global venue of discussion and knowledge exchange in an ever-changing financial services industry. In its first three editions, IFW hosted more than 10000+ participants from around 30 countries.

IFW continues to foster the innovation ecosystem in the region by bringing experts and leaders. It curates two main summits in its fourth edition: Blockchain Fest and Digital Finance Summit.  Join us in Istanbul in April !

Event Report

Event Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Chris Skinner

11:FS

Global Government Relations Officer

Prof. Dr Naseem Naqvi, MBE, FBBA

The British Blockchain Association

President

Nick Kerigan

Swift

Managing Director, Head of Innovation

Nick Spanos

Bitcoin Pioneer

Managing Director

Sandra Ro

Global Blockchain Business Council

CEO

Tariq Qureishy

Xponential World

CEO

Tim Byun

OKX

Global Government Relations Officer

Special Guests

Mehmet Akif Eroğlu

SEDDK

Chairman

Necip Fazıl Kaymak

Finance Office, Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

Vice President

Özgür Obalı

Insurance Association of Turkey

General Secretary

Speakers

Tim Byun

OKX

Global Government Relations Officer

Sandra Ro

Global Blockchain Business Council

CEO

Ian Gauci

GTG Advocates

Pınar Emirdağ

JP Morgan

Managing Director

Nick Spanos

Bitcoin Pioneer

Necip Fazıl Kaymak

Finance Office, Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

Vice President

Hüsnü Avşar Gürdal

Mastercard

General Manager, Türkiye and Azerbaijan

Chris Skinner

11:FS

Non-Executive Director

S. Iswaran

Singapore

Minister of Information, Communication & Trade

Gin Chao

Binance

Yusuf Özdalga

QED Partners

Christopher Tucci

EPFLS

Conan French

OpenRevolution

Dalith Steiger

SwissCognitive

Kristy Duncan

Woman in Payments

Farah Jaafar-Crossby

Labuan IBFC

Sopnendu Mohanty

Mas

Thaer Sabri

Electronic Money Association

Pavel Kravchenko

Distributed Lab

Devie Mohan

Burnmark

Anna Maj

Centre

Claire Wells

Coinbase

Charles d’Haussy

ConsenSys

Robin Kiera

Digital Scouting

Yakup Doğan

Yapı Kredi

Burcu Civelek Yüce

Akbank

Adem Aykın

United Payment

Turkey General Manager

Nick Kerigan

Swift

Managing Director, Head of Innovation

Özgür Obalı

Insurance Association of Turkey

General Secretary

Murat Çağrı Süzer

GarantiBBVA Payment Systems

CEO

Akshata Namjoshi

KARM Legal Consultants

Associate Partner

Ali Kutluhan Aktaş

Intertech

Executive Vice President

Armağan Aziz Kaymakçı

Innova

Director of Corporate Sales

Artur Boytsov

Ptoken

Vice President, CMO

Assad Dar

Medieval Empires

Co-Founder & Chief Visionary Officer

Ayşe Öztuna Bozoklar

Odgers Berndston

Managing Partner

Bilal Türkmen

Türkiye Sigorta

Assistant GM of Strategy, Digital Transformation and Marketing

Burak Bayhan

Cigna Türkiye

CMO

Borga Aruta

Esri Türkiye

Commercial Sector Manager

Calvin Chu

Impossible Finance

Core Builder

Caner Jay Baykal

Cointelegraph

Business Development Manager

Ceyda Yalçın

Türkiye İş Bankası

Digital Banking - Nays App Tribe Leader

Ceylan Onay Şahin

Brighton University

Associate Professor

David Atkinson

Holo Chain

Commercial Director

David Uhryniak

TRON DAO

Director of Ecosystem Development

Demet Zübeyiroğlu

FINTR

Chairperson

Deniz A. Johnson

Stratyfy

COO

Dilek Sakallıoğlu

SEDDK

Başkan Yardımcısı

Efe Bulduk

FirstBatch

Co-Founder

Elçin Karatay

Solak & Partners Law Firm

Managing Partner

Emin Vali

Metafluence

CEO & Co-Founder

Emre Ölçer

Türkiye İş Bankası

Head of Digital Banking

Erdem Aydınlı

Omega Invest

Board Member

Eren Temren

Traderlands

Ceo / Co-Founder

Ergi Şener

NomuPay

Turkiye Country Manager

Erhan Yazgan

Payfix

Board Member

Esra Özdemir

EY Türkiye

Blockchain Desk Leader

Evgeni Mitkov

Seven Seas

Managing Director

Evren Cantürk

Misyon Investment Bank

Turkiye Country Manager

Fatih Gören

Anadolu Sigorta

Deputy Chief Executive

Gigo Joseph

Chainyard

Vice President Blockchain Services

Haluk Özbek

Öneriver

Co-Founder & Product Manager

Hasan Sami Bayansar

Insha Ventures

GM

Itır Aydoğan

Yapı Kredi

Strategic Business Development and Innovation Director

Jean-Francois Rochet

Ledger

VP, International Development

Jorge Sebastiao

EcoX Dubai

Co-Founder

Kadir Mustafa Öztürk

Aktif Bank

Executive Vice President / CTO

Lisa Nestor

Airtm

CSO

Mehmet Akif Eroğlu

SEDDK

Chairman

Mehmet Büyükakarsu

BNB Chain

Turkey Business Development Lead

Mehmet Emin Koç

Procenne Digital Security

Vice President of Business Development and Sales

Meral Eredenk Kurdaş

BRF Group and MLP Care

Independent Board Member

Mete Umut Elmas

KuCoin

Country Head of Turkey

Muin Oztop

Mastercard

Advisors Business Development Lead for Eastern Europe

Murat Bitirici

Odea Bank

CDO

Mustafa Baltacı

KOOP

Co-Founder

Prof. Dr Naseem Naqvi, MBE, FBBA

The British Blockchain Association

President

Oliver Studd

Valhalla Network

CEO

Özlem Kahramaner

Arksigner

Co-Founder & VP of Public Sector Sales

Pamela A. Clegg

CipherTrace

Vice President of Crypto Investigations and Risk

Richie Santosdiaz

The Fintech Times

Economic Development Advisor

Samir Safar-Aly

Baker McKenzie LLP

Financial Regulatory, Compliance & Investigations Counsel

Sergey Ivliev

Vlinder

Founder

Shafeeq Qureshi

The Crypto Hub

Founder

Semih Gelişli

Yapı Kredi

Director of Cyber Security Center & Information Security Governance

Sinem Cantürk

KPMG Turkey

Fintech & Digital Finance Leader

Steve Good

Dreams Quest

Co-Founder

Sinan Erdem Özer

Odeabank

COO

Theodora Lau

Unconventional Ventures

Founder

Tarik Adnan Moon

Affine DeFi

Founder & Contributor

Tariq Qureishy

Xponential World

CEO

Tolga Ulutaş

DefineX Consulting, Technology & Labs

CEO ve Kurucu Ortak

Ulaşcan Deniz Genç

NFT Horizon

CEO

Umut Yeşilöz

Ininal

Deputy General Manager - International Relations and Money Transfers

Viktor Andreas

Buildrs

CEO

When is the event?

17-18 April 2024

Where is the event?

Fişekhane, ISTANBUL

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