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 !
WHERE IS THE EVENT :
Fişekhane / İstanbul
WHEN IS THE EVENT :
13-14 April 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
Keynote Speakers
Chris Skinner
11:FS
Non-Executive Director
Prof. Dr Naseem Naqvi, MBE, FBBA
The British Blockchain Association
President
Nick Kerigan
Swift
Managing Director, Head of Innovation
Nick Spanos
Bitcoin Pioneer
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 Türkiye
General Secretary
Speakers
Adem Aykın
United Payment
Turkey General Manager
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
Chris Skinner
11:FS
Non-Executive Director
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
EVP
Fatih Gören
Anadolu Sigorta
Deputy Chief Executive
Gigo Joseph
Chainyard
Vice President Blockchain Services
Haluk Özek
Öneriver
Co-Founder & Product Manager
Hasan Sami Bayansar
Insha Ventures
GM
Hüsnü Avşar Gürdal
Mastercard
General Manager, Türkiye and Azerbaijan
Ian Gauci
GTG Advocates
Managing Partner
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
Chief Strategy Officer
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
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
Finance Office, Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye
Vice President
Nick Kerigan
Swift
Managing Director, Head of Innovation
Nick Spanos
Bitcoin Pioneer
Oliver Studd
Valhalla Network
CEO
Özlem Kahramaner
Arksigner
Co-Founder & VP of Public Sector Sales
Özgür Obalı
Insurance Association of Türkiye
General Secretary
Pamela A. Clegg
CipherTrace
Vice President of Crypto Investigations and Risk
Pınar Emirdağ
JP Morgan
Managing Director
Richie Santosdiaz
The Fintech Times
Economic Development Advisor
Samir Safar-Aly
Baker McKenzie LLP
Financial Regulatory, Compliance & Investigations Counsel
Sandra Ro
Global Blockchain Business Council
CEO
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
Tim Byun
OKX
Global Government Relations Officer
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
İninal
Deputy General Manager - International Relations and Money Transfers
Viktor Andreas
Buildrs
CEO
EVENT AGENDA
IFW continues to foster the innovation ecosystem in the region by bringing experts and leaders. It curates three main summits in its fourth edition: Blockchain Fest, Digital Finance Summit, and Women in Fintech Summit. There will be roundtable discussions, country presentation, startup pitches and a Pioneers of Finance Awards Ceremony.
From 09:30 to 16:15
Blockchain Fest
Main Hall
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 11:30
Blockchain Fest
Keynote: How is Web3 changing our lives?
From 11:30 to 11:45
Blockchain Fest
Keynote: Metaverse for Citizens & Public Services
From 11:45 to 12:15
Blockchain Fest
Is metaverse only a hype?
From 12:15 to 12:30
Blockchain Fest
Keynote: Digital assets | Navigating the new reality
From 12:30 to 13:30
Lunch Break
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 14:45
Bridging the gap between traditional banking and Defi
From 14:45 to 15:00
Securing crypto and wallets
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 16:30 to 17:30
Block Square - Where Is Fintech Headed: The Blockchain Era
From 13:30 to 16:30
Blockchain Fest
Breakout - Hall 3
From 13:30 to 14:00
NFTs: Creating use-cases in a bear market
From 14:00 to 14:30
Are DAOs really game changers?
From 14:30 to 14:45
Fintech for environment
From 14:45 to 15:00
Decentralized Finance: Getting down to the nitty-gritty
From 15:00 to 15:30
Coffee Break and Networking
C-Suite Roundtables
From 11:45 to 12:30
Token Economics
From 12:30 to 13:30
Open Innovation in Banking vs Defi
From 15:00 to 16:00
Web3 & Metaverse
Startup Pitches & Country Presentations
Hall 4
From 12:00 - 14:00
Block Earner
FundX
BTguru
BugBounter
Longstage
Magnus
Metagalaxy Land
OpenPad
Utilify
Nerodata
RisCode
BoostFeel
Tayyab
FINSO
TeklifimGelsin
From 09:30 to 16:15
Digital Finance Summit
Main Hall
From 09:30 to 09:50
Digital Finance Summit
Keynote: Doing digital--Lessons from leaders
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
Payment 2.0: What will the future bring?
From 12:00 to 12:40
Digital Finance Summit
Banking as-a-Service: a plug and play game
From 12:40 to 13:00
Digital Finance Summit
Keynote: This is a monetary revolution
by Nick Spanos
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 15:15
Keynotes: Insurance Innovation Now!
From 15:30 to 16:15
Panel: Insurance Innovation Now!
From 16:15 to 16:30
Coffee Break and Networking
From 11:00 to 11:30
Breakout
Hall 3
From 11:00 to 11:30
Unlocking the Potential of Digital Investments in a New Era
From 14:15 to 16:00
Women in Fintech Summit
Hall 3
From 14:00 to 15:00
Women at the top
From 15:00 to 16:15
Innovator women make strides
From 16:30 to 18:15
Pioneers of Digital Finance Awards
Main Hall
From 16:30 to 16:45
Opening by Necip Fazıl Kaymak
From 16:45 to 17:00
Keynote: Building leadership on innovation
by Tariq Qureishy
From 17:00 to 17:15
Award Ceremony: Pioneers of Digital Finance
From 17:15 to 18:15
Cocktail Reception
C-Suite Roundtables
From 11:00 to 12:00
Crypto 2.0
From 12:00 to 13:00
Future Readiness in Fintech
From 13:00 to 14:00
AI in Finance
From 14:00 to 15:00
Embedded Finance
From 15:00 to 16:00
Location-Based Financial Innovation
Startup Pitches & Country Presentations
Hall 4
From 10.45 - 11.00
Country Presentation: Azerbaijan
From 12:00 - 14:00
Interaktif Kredi
Lumnion
OmmaVQ
Recepta
SynthData Land
Tahsilist
Finekra
ConfirmU
F Ray
Main Partner
Name Sponsor
Premium Sponsors
C-Suite Sponsor
Co-Sponsors
Supporters
