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Presentations from the ITU Regional Forum on Digital Financial Services (Astana, Kazakhstan, 5 July 2017)

5 July 2017, Wednesday
09:30-10:00 Official opening ceremony
  • Mr. Galimzhan Pirmatov, Deputy Governor, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Mr. Kairat Balykbayev, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Information and Communication of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Mr. Kirill Oparin, Director, Regional Office for CIS, International Telecommunication Union
10:00-11:30​ Session 1: Public and private perspectives on digital financial services development

Moderator: Mr. Kirill Oparin, Director, Regional Office for CIS, ITU

Speakers:
  • Mr. Yerlan Ashykbekov, Director, Department of Payment Systems, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan [Presentation]
  • Mr. Rao Khan, Global Director Go To Market Digital Financial Services, VEON, Great Britain [Presentation]
  • Mr. Markus Treutle, Key Account Manager, Sales Telecommunication, WireCard, Germany [Presentation]
  • Mr. Gerard Burion, Solution Sales and Business Development, Department of Mobile Financial Services, Oberthur, France [Presentation]
​11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-13:00 Session 1: Public and private perspectives on digital financial services development (continued)

Speakers:
  • Mr. Dmitri Tartyshev, Director, Business Development, MasterCard Europe, Russia [Presentation]
  • Mr. Arshidin Tokhtamov, Product Manager, Mobile Finance Services, KaR-Tel, Kazakhstan [Presentation]
  • Ms. Marina Akhmatbekova, Director, Intervale Kazakhstan [Presentation]
​13:00-14:30 Lunch
​14:30-16:00Session 2: Regional coordination and development of unified information space on the Eurasian Economic Union-based platform

Moderator: Mr. Farid Nakhli, Programme Officer, Regional Office for CIS, ITU

Speakers:
  • Ms. Alma Obayeva, CEO, National Payments Council, Russia
  • Ms. Marina Akhmatbekova, Director, Intervale Kazakhstan
  • Mr. Maxim Kharchenko, Head, Digital Financial Services and Products of Eurasia, VEON, Netherlands
  • Mr. Dmitri Tartyshev, Director, Business Development, MasterCard Europe, Russia
16:00-16:30Coffee break
16:30-17:30Session 3: Priorities and prospects of regulatory practice

Moderator: Ms. Alma Obayeva, CEO, National Payments Council, Russia

Speakers:

  • Mr. Andrei Cusca, Deputy Head, Directorate for Policies in the Field of Information Technology, Ministry of Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Moldova [Presentation]
  • Mr. Luigi Mechilli, Digital Regulation, Regulatory Affairs, WindTre, Italy [Presentation]
  • Mr. Farid Nakhli, Programme Officer, Regional Office for CIS, ITU [Presentation]
17:30-18:00​ Wrap-up and closing remarks