Istanbul Fintech Week '24

Day #1 - Apr 16
Day #2 - Apr 17

	Main Hall	Hall 5	Hall 6	Cacoon	C-Suite
9:30 AM	Keynote Russell Shen, Gate US Main Hall Web3 Summit
	The aftermath of Bitcoin ETFs and Halving Dr. Emrah Ahi, ArfCap Kirill Mishanin, Infodriver Capital Evgeni Mitkov, Seven Seas Trading Main Hall Web3 Summit
10:00 AM
	Web3 is in full throttle Efe Bulduk, FirstBatch Russell Shen, Gate US Andrius Bartminas, Super How? Main Hall Web3 Summit
10:30 AM
	Networking Main Hall Web3 Summit			Crypto as a Service for FIs Bora Gönül, PrimeX Cacoon Presentations	MiCA Regulation and crypto landscape in Europe Conrad Kraft, Digital Euro Association Marina Khaustova, Crystal Intelligence Reinis Znotins, Latvian Blockchain Association Renat Lokomet, Venture Faculty Willem Van de Wiele, White & Case LLP Evgeni Mitkov, Seven Seas Trading C-Suite Roundtables
11:00 AM	Networking Main Hall Web3 Summit
	Asset tokenization-a sea of opportunities Michel Sharbin, Edelcoin AG Peter Grosskopf, Unstoppable Finance / Ultimate Andrius Mamontovas, Axiology Main Hall Web3 Summit			Country Stage: Azerbaijan Fintech Ecosystem Mammad Karim, Caucasus Ventures Cacoon Presentations
11:30 AM
	FIs discuss Web3 versus Web2 Jan Brzezek, Crypto Finance (Deutsche Börse Group) Pınar Emirdağ, Hupomone Ventures Renat Lokomet, Venture Faculty Mustafa Baltacı, KOOP Ventures Main Hall Web3 Summit				Upcoming crypto regulations in Türkiye Demet Zübeyiroğlu, FINTR - Fintech Association Türkiye Kafkas Sönmez, Gate TR Ozan Çağrı Gazitürk, Finance Office of Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Sinem Cantürk, KPMG Elçin Karatay, Solak & Partners C-Suite Roundtables
12:00 PM
	Keynote/Presentation Christina Frankopan, Lazard Financial Advisory Main Hall Web3 Summit			Country Stage: Lithuanian Fintech Ecosystem Liudas Kanapienis, Ondato Cacoon Presentations
12:30 PM	Networking Main Hall Web3 Summit				The market restructuring after Bitcoin ETFs-does the dominance shift towards CeFis? Efe Bulduk, FirstBatch Peter Grosskopf, Unstoppable Finance / Ultimate Evgeni Mitkov, Seven Seas Trading C-Suite Roundtables

1:00 PM

1:30 PM	Keynote: Finance embraces AI-Today and tomorrow Clara Durodié, Cognitive Finance Group Main Hall AI in Finance Summit	Opening Keynote: Trading Efficiency in Borsa Istanbul Oral Erdoğan, Türk Loydu Foundation - Piri Reis University Hall 5 Tradetech Summit	CBDCs-whereto from here? Bilgehan Kürşad Öz, CBRT - Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye Conrad Kraft, Digital Euro Association Willem Van de Wiele, White & Case LLP Elçin Karatay, Solak & Partners Hall 6 Web3 Summit	Definex: Accelerating Productivty: Maximizing Delivery Effectiveness through Developer Experience Efe Örkiz, DefineX Cacoon Presentations	Convergence between Crypto and Traditional Finance Andrius Bartminas, Super How? Kirill Mishanin, Infodriver Capital Korcan Abalı, Garanti BBVA Digital Assets Evgeni Mitkov, Seven Seas Trading C-Suite Roundtables
	Impact of Al in financial services Bilge Köroğlu, Yapı Kredi Technology Clara Durodié, Cognitive Finance Group Theodosia Togia, JPMorgan Pınar Emirdağ, Hupomone Ventures Main Hall AI in Finance Summit	HFT in Global Markets Nicholas Kronis, NovaSparks Hall 5 Tradetech Summit
2:00 PM	Reality Check - where are we and what is next? Cenk Sidar, Enquire AI Christina Frankopan, Lazard Financial Advisory Maryam Torshizi, Deepsearch Labs Mehmet Nuri İnel, ARGE Consulting - Marmara University Main Hall AI in Finance Summit	HFT Effects in Fund Management Buğra Gülbay, Paragon Trading Prof. Dr. Cenktan Özyıldırım, İstanbul Bilgi University Salim Kasap, Hedef Portföy Serhat Başkurt, ALB Yatırım Uğur Arslan, Lidya Tech Hall 5 Tradetech Summit	Regulations maintain the pole position in 2024 Kafkas Sönmez, Gate TR Marina Khaustova, Crystal Intelligence Reinis Znotins, Latvian Blockchain Association Utku Ünver, Norton Rose Fulbright Hall 6 Web3 Summit	Startup Stage Serkan Bağçe, Fongogo Kitle Fonlama Platformu Cacoon Presentations

2:30 PM	Social impact of AI Ali Mousavi, Brunel University London/ ZPrime Chitro Majumdar, RsRL (R-square RiskLab) Mina İlköz Demirtaş, UP School Suleiman Barada, Global Innovation Institute Main Hall AI in Finance Summit	Fireside Chat: Progress and Current Status of Retail Structured Products in İstanbul Stock Exchange Onur Oben Akkaynak, İnfo Yatırım Menkul Değerler Mahmut Gündeş, FTech Labs Hall 5 Tradetech Summit	The next big thing in crypto Baharlanya, DaoWAGMI Fırat Mıhçı, DaoWAGMI - Lux Lucis Capital KriptoLevent, DaoWAGMI Burak Ali Topal, Gate TR Hall 6 Web3 Summit		Tokenization-an opportunity for FIs and public companies? Andrius Mamontovas, Axiology Jan Brzezek, Crypto Finance (Deutsche Börse Group) Merve Akgün Sarı, Akbank Michel Sharbin, Edelcoin AG Mike Sigal, Sigal Ventures Evgeni Mitkov, Seven Seas Trading C-Suite Roundtables
		HFT in Crypto Currencies Emre Yetişkin, WhiteBIT Türkiye Hall 5 Tradetech Summit		Country Stage: Latvian Fintech Ecosystem Reinis Znotins, Latvian Blockchain Association Cacoon Presentations
3:00 PM	Networking Main Hall AI in Finance Summit	Networking Hall 5 Tradetech Summit	The Convergence: Where Web2 meets Web3 in the world of finance Ebru Güven, İstanbul Blockchain Women Nurullah Mahmut Dündar, Medipol University Sadullah Uzun, Tübitak Bilgem Hall 6 Web3 Summit	Country Stage: Kazakhstan Fintech Ecosystem Yerkegali Yedenbayev, Astana Financial Services Authority Cacoon Presentations
	Networking Main Hall AI in Finance Summit	Networking Hall 5 Tradetech Summit
3:30 PM	Keynote Prof. Dr. Hatice Karahan, CBRT - Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye Main Hall AI in Finance Summit	Insights From BIST HFT Data Adil Bahadır Doğan, FTech Labs Hall 5 Tradetech Summit
	Awards Ceremony Opening Necip Fazıl Kaymak, Finance Office of Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Main Hall AI in Finance Summit	HFT Contrasts in Regulations & Strategies - Turkey vs. USA Cenktan Özyıldırım, İstanbul Bilgi University Hall 5 Tradetech Summit
4:00 PM	Award Ceremony: Pioneers of Digital Finance Demet Zübeyiroğlu, FINTR - Fintech Association Türkiye Sinem Cantürk, KPMG Main Hall AI in Finance Summit

4:30 PM	Fireside Chat Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı Mustafa Baltacı, KOOP Ventures Main Hall AI in Finance Summit

5:00 PM	Cocktail Reception Main Hall AI in Finance Summit
	Cocktail Reception Main Hall AI in Finance Summit
5:30 PM

	Main Hall	Hall 5	Hall 6	Cacoon	C-Suite
9:30 AM	Creating a digital journey for banks Demet Zübeyiroğlu, FINTR - Fintech Association Türkiye Erkan Kork, BankPozitif Main Hall Digital Finance Summit
	Finance-as-a-Service in 2024 Burcu Küçükünal, Akbank Emre Ölçer, Türkiye İş Bankası Sinem Cantürk, KPMG Demet Zübeyiroğlu, FINTR - Fintech Association Türkiye Main Hall Digital Finance Summit
10:00 AM
	The intersection of payments and banking through convergences Dr. Erhan Yazgan, PayFix Hüsnü Avşar Gürdal, Mastercard Kerem Orbay, Garanti BBVA Payment Systems Zeynel Abidin Avcı, CBRT - Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye Prof. Dr. Emre Alkin, İstanbul Topkapı University Main Hall Digital Finance Summit
10:30 AM
	Networking Main Hall Digital Finance Summit			Definex: Accelerating Productivty: Maximizing Delivery Effectiveness through Developer Experience Efe Örkiz, DefineX Cacoon Presentations	Economic development and financial inclusion Burçak İnel, European Banking Federation Prof. Dr. Emre Alkin, İstanbul Topkapı University Richie Santosdiaz, The Fintech Times C-Suite Roundtables
11:00 AM	Networking Main Hall Digital Finance Summit
	Are banks followers or drivers in digital innovation? Cahit Erdoğan, Yapı Kredi Sinan Erdem Özer, Odeabank Tolga Ulutaş, DefineX Dr. Artunç Kocabalkan Main Hall Digital Finance Summit			Country Stage: Lithuanian Fintech Ecosystem Andrius Mamontovas, Axiology Cacoon Presentations
11:30 AM
	Are payment services becoming digital banks? Amnah Ajmal, Mastercard Pınar Özcan, Oxford University Mustafa Baltacı, KOOP Ventures Main Hall Digital Finance Summit			Country Stage: Latvian Fintech Ecosystem Tina Luse, Fintech Latvia Association Cacoon Presentations	Banking/Payment aaS-a work in progress or at a deadlock? Ozan Deniz, Interbank Card Center (BKM) Serhat Dolaz, Paycell Zeynel Abidin Avcı, CBRT - Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye Erkan Kork, BankPozitif C-Suite Roundtables
12:00 PM
	Keynote: Are we past "Peak Fintech"? Why I'm still optimistic Jason Mikula, Fintech Business Weekly Main Hall Digital Finance Summit			Country Stage: Ukraine Fintech Ecosystem Kostiantyn Koshelenko, Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine Cacoon Presentations
12:30 PM	Networking Main Hall Digital Finance Summit				FIs in the tunnels of AI innovation Ali Mousavi, Brunel University London/ ZPrime Christina Frankopan, Lazard Financial Advisory Maryam Torshizi, Deepsearch Labs Onur Faydacı, Mastercard Pınar Emirdağ, Hupomone Ventures Volkan Kurtarıcı, Odeabank Richie Santosdiaz, The Fintech Times C-Suite Roundtables

1:00 PM

1:30 PM	Golden standard in credit scoring Alper Özata, Hiperaktif Kredi Demet Zübeyiroğlu, FINTR - Fintech Association Türkiye Main Hall Digital Finance Summit	Topic : Digital Partnerships as a catalyst for growth of banks Amnah Ajmal, Mastercard Hall 5 Women in Fintech Summit	Opening and Keynote Dr. Erçin Güdücü, Izmir Commodity Exchange Asst. Prof. Dr. Mert Özarar, The Ministry of Treasury and Finance of the Republic of Türkiye Hall 6 Fintech for Business Summit	Crypto as a Service for FIs Bora Gönül, PrimeX Cacoon Presentations	From mobile banking to where? What is next for bank innovation Jason Mikula, Fintech Business Weekly Peter Grosskopf, Unstoppable Finance / Ultimate Pınar Özcan, Oxford University Sinan Erdem Özer, Odeabank Tolga Ulutaş, DefineX Richie Santosdiaz, The Fintech Times Mustafa Baltacı, KOOP Ventures C-Suite Roundtables
	Defining the next decade of payments Nihat Narin, BELBİM Ozan Deniz, Interbank Card Center (BKM) Semih Muşabak, Sipay Gencay Karaman, Finance Office of Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Main Hall Digital Finance Summit	Gender equality and Finance Burçak İnel, European Banking Federation Hall 5 Women in Fintech Summit	Fintech as a key element in agri-transformation Ali Kırali, Turkish Mercantile Exchange - TMEX Burak Arslanpay, İnfina Yazılım Murat Bolat, İş Portföy Yönetim A.Ş Agro GSYF Umut Gökçen Yılmaz, AGRIO Dr. Erçin Güdücü, Izmir Commodity Exchange Hall 6 Fintech for Business Summit
2:00 PM		Change makers in digital transformation Amnah Ajmal, Mastercard Clara Durodié, Cognitive Finance Group Gülçin Aytemizel Telatar, Starpay Mina İlköz Demirtaş, UP School Hall 5 Women in Fintech Summit
	Fireside Chat: Venture capital in fintech Mike Sigal, Sigal Ventures Richie Santosdiaz, The Fintech Times Main Hall Digital Finance Summit		Retailers are becoming fintech Burak Ünaldı, TAMPF Murat Höke, LC Waikiki Ozan Bayülgen, HepsiPay Önder Oğuzhan, Idefix Selim Yüksel, Akbank Bengisu Özgehan, KPMG Hall 6 Fintech for Business Summit	Country Stage: Kazakhstan Fintech Ecosystem Yerkegali Yedenbayev, Astana Financial Services Authority Cacoon Presentations	A long-term strategy for fintech industry development Gencay Karaman, Finance Office of Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Ozan Çağrı Gazitürk, Finance Office of Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye C-Suite Roundtables
2:30 PM	Keynote: The next decade of digital banking Paolo Sironi, IBM Institute for Business Value Main Hall Digital Finance Summit	Women lead fintech innovation Maryam Torshizi, Deepsearch Labs Dr. Necla Küçükçolak, Turkish Mercantile Exchange - TMEX Pınar Özcan, Oxford University Seçil Demir, Türkiye İş Bankası Burçak İnel, European Banking Federation Hall 5 Women in Fintech Summit		Startup Stage Cacoon Presentations
				Startup Stage Cacoon Presentations
3:00 PM	Fireside Chat: Fintech is not only about payments Liudas Kanapienis, Ondato Richie Santosdiaz, The Fintech Times Main Hall Digital Finance Summit
				Closing Keynote Aragorn Meulendijks, ItsMrMetaverse Cacoon Presentations
3:30 PM

4:00 PM				Prize Annoucements Cacoon Presentations