ISTANBUL
FINTECH WEEK
8-9 February 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 edition, 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 February!
WHERE IS THE EVENT :
Fişekhane / İstanbul
WHEN IS THE EVENT :
8-9 February 2023
Blockchain Fest
Distributed ledger solutions, tokenization, crypto assets, DeFi, digital currencies
Digital Finance Summit
Digital transformation, mobile banking, customer data, cybersecurity, open banking
Pitches
Fintech company presentations from different verticals
EVENT SPEAKERS
Speakers
Adem Aykın
United Payment
Turkey General Manager
Alicia Kao
KuCoin
Managing Director
Atilla Benli
Türkiye Sigortalar Birliği
President
Ayşe Öztuna Bozoklar
Odgers Berndston
Managing Partner
Barış Arslan
Priority Token
Partner
Bilal Türkmen
Türkiye Sigorta
Assistant GM of Strategy, Digital Transformation and Marketing
Burak Bayhan
Cigna Türkiye
CMO
Calvin Chu
Impossible Finance
Core Builder
Ceyda Yalçın
Türkiye İş Bankası
Digital Banking - Nays App Tribe Leader
Ceylan Onay Şahin
Brighton University
Associate Professor
Chris Skinner
11:FS
Non-Executive Director
Claire Conby
Digital Pound Foundation
Operations & Governance Lead
David Atkinson
Holo Chain
Commercial Director
David Uhryniak
TRON DAO
Director of Ecosystem Development
Demet Zübeyiroğlu
FINTR
Chairperson
Deniz A. Johnson
Stratyfy
COO
Elçin Karatay
Solak & Partners Law Firm
Managing Partner
Emre Ölçer
Türkiye İş Bankası
Head of Digital Banking
Erdem Aydınlı
Omega Invest
Board Member
Evren Şahin
Yapıkredi
EVP
Fatih Gören
Anadolu Sigorta
Deputy Chief Executive
Haluk Özek
Öneriver
Co-Founder & Product Manager
Hüsnü Avşar Gürdal
Mastercard
General Manager, Türkiye and Azerbaijan
Ian Gauci
GTG Advocates
Managing Partner
Iftikhar Qasim
SL2 Capital
CEO
Ivan Fartunov
Aragon
Head of Ecosystem
Jamie Thomson
Vulcan Forged
CEO
Jorge Sebastiao
EcoX Dubai
Co-Founder
Kaan Toker
Allianz Türkiye
Operations Deputy GM
Kokila Alagh
KARM Legal Consultants
Founder & Managing Partner
Lisa Nestor
Airtm
Chief Strategy Officer
Lukas Jakubonis
Bank of Lithuania
Chief Development Officer
Marta Geater Piekarska
ConsenSys
Director of DAO Strategy and Web3 Engagement
Mehmet Akif Eroğlu
SEDDK
Chairman
Mehmet Büyükakarsu
BNB Chain
Turkey Business Development Lead
Mikhail Nikulin
Idena
Founder
Muin Oztop
Mastercard
Advisors Business Development Lead for Eastern Europe
Murat Bitirici
Odeabank
CDO
Murat Çağrı Süzer
GarantiBBVA Payment Systems
CEO
Mustafa Baltacı
KOOP
Co-Founder
Prof. Dr Naseem Naqvi, MBE, FBBA
The British Blockchain Association
President
Necip Fazıl Kaymak
T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Finans Ofisi
Vice President
Nick Kerigan
SWIFT
Head of Innovation
Nick Spanos
Bitcoin Center
Founder
Noha Shaker
Egyptian Fintech Association
Secretary General
Pavlo Sidelov
SDK.Finance
CTO
Pınar Emirdağ
JP Morgan
Managing Director
Rabia Omar Hassan
Usmani & Company
Associate Partner
Rosvaldas Krušna
Bank of Lithuania
Advisor to the Board Member
Sandra Ro
Global Blockchain Business
CEO
Sergey Ivliev
Vlinder
Founder
Shafeeq Qureshi
The Crypto Hub
Founder
Sinem Cantürk
KPMG Turkey
Fintech & Digital Finance Leader
Steve Good
Dreams Quest
Co-Founder
Sinan Özer Erdem
Odeabank
COO
Theodora Lau
Unconventional Ventures
Founder
Tim Byun
OKX
Global Government Relations Officer
Tarik Adnan Moon
Affine DeFi
Founder & Contributor
Tariq Qureishy
Xponential World
CEO
Ulaşcan Deniz Genç
NFT Horizon
CEO
Viktor Andreas
Buildrs
CEO
Vladimir Shapovalov
Cointelegraph
Senior Researcher
Yakup Sezer
Aktif Ventures
GM
EVENT AGENDA
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.
From 09:30 to 16:15
Blockchain Fest
From 09:30 to 09:45
Blockchain Fest
Keynote: Evolution of centralized trading in a decentralized landscape
From 09:45 to 10:15
Blockchain Fest
The fallout of FTX and its aftermath
From 10:15 to 10:45
Blockchain Fest
Venture investors in crypto--2023 and onward
From 10:45 to 11:15
Coffee Break and Networking
From 11:15 to 11:45
Blockchain Fest
How is Web3 changing our lives?
From 11:45 to 12:15
Blockchain Fest
Is metaverse only a hype?
From 12:15 to 13:30
Lunch Break
From 13:30 to 16:30
Stream 1
From 13:30 to 14:00
Evolution of regulations in tackling the market challenges
From 14:00 to 14:30
Web3: Marketing Buzz Or Tech Revolution?
From 14:30 to 15:00
Are DAOs really game changers?
From 15:00 to 15:30
Coffee Break and Networking
From 15:30 to 16:00
Token crowdfunding in a bear market
From 16:00 to 16:30
Decentralizing the Web
From 13:30 to 16:30
Stream 2
From 13:30 to 14:00
NFTs: Creating use-cases in a bear market
From 14:00 to 14:30
CBDCs Stablecoins and their roles in merging the financial systems
From 14:30 to 15:00
Decentralized Finance
From 15:00 to 15:30
Coffee Break and Networking
From 15:30 to 16:00
Fintech for environment
From 13:30 to 16:00
Startup Pitches & Country Presentations
From 13:30 to 16:30
C-Suite ROUNDTABLES
Crypto Revolution
Tokenization
NFTs and Securitization
From 09:30 to 16:15
Digital Finance Summit
From 09:30 to 09:50
Digital Finance Summit
Keynote
by Chris Skinner
From 09:50 to 10:30
Digital Finance Summit
Revolution of banking into Finance as a Service
From 10:30 to 11:00
Digital Finance Summit
Is digital-only banking possible?
From 11:00 to 11:30
Coffee Break and Networking
From 11:30 to 12:00
Digital Finance Summit
Banking as-a-Service: a plug and play game
From 12:00 to 12:40
Digital Finance Summit
Payment 2.0: What will the future bring?
From 12:40 to 13:00
Digital Finance Summit
This is a monetary revolution
From 13:00 to 14:00
Lunch Break
From 14:00 to 14:30
Payments in a fast-converging world
From 14:30 to 15:00
Security in Digital Finance
From 15:00 to 16:00
Insurance Innovation Now!
From 15:00 to 15:30
Coffee Break and Networking
From 14:15 to 16:00
Women in Fintech Summit
From 14:15 to 15:00
Entrepreneur women make strides
From 15:00 to 16:00
Women at the top
From 14:15 to 16:00
Startup Pitches & Country Presentations
From 16:15 to 18:00
Pioneers of Digital Finance Awards
From 16:00 to 16:15
Opening
From 16:30 to 16:45
Building leadership on innovation
From 16:45 to 17:00
Award Ceremony: Pioneers of Digital Finance
From 17:00 to 18:00
Cocktail Reception
From 14:00 to 16:00
C-Suite ROUNDTABLES
Open Innovation in Banking
Embedded Finance
Insurance Innovation
Main Partner
Name Sponsor
Premium Sponsors
C-Suite Sponsor
Co-Sponsors
Supporters
B2B Platform Partner
Strategic Partner
Metaverse Partner
Media Partners
GET IN TOUCH
CONTACT US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
For sponsorship and corporate partnership opportunities please contact
Phone:
+90 (212) 924 2050
E-Mail:
contact@istanbulfintechweek.com
EVENT SPEAKERS
Speakers From Previous Years
Sinem Cantürk
KPMG
Hakan Tatlıcı
Mastercard
Conan French
OpenRevolution
Mariana Gospodinova
Crypto.com
Sandra Ro
Global Blockchain Business Council
HE Mr. S. Iswaran
Minister of Trade, Singapore
Yakup Doğan
Yapıkredi
Burcu Civelek Yüce
Akbank
Thaer Sabri
Electronic Money Association
Deniz Güven
Mox Bank
