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Shape Central Asia's financial decade - from the inside.
FAQ
The by-invitation Insights Forum convenes regulators, policymakers, industry leaders, and investors for outcome-focused leadership dialogues and exclusive networking. Insights brings together programmes such as The Capital Meets Policy Dialogue, alongside Elevandi's signature Public-Private Roundtables, as well as working sessions to further meaningful collaboration, drive tangible outcomes, and offer deeper insights.
The by-invitation Insights Forum convenes regulators, policymakers, industry leaders, and investors for outcome-focused leadership dialogues and exclusive networking. Insights brings together programmes such as The Capital Meets Policy Dialogue, alongside Elevandi's signature Public-Private Roundtables, as well as working sessions to further meaningful collaboration, drive tangible outcomes, and offer deeper insights.
The by-invitation Insights Forum convenes regulators, policymakers, industry leaders, and investors for outcome-focused leadership dialogues and exclusive networking. Insights brings together programmes such as The Capital Meets Policy Dialogue, alongside Elevandi's signature Public-Private Roundtables, as well as working sessions to further meaningful collaboration, drive tangible outcomes, and offer deeper insights.
The by-invitation Insights Forum convenes regulators, policymakers, industry leaders, and investors for outcome-focused leadership dialogues and exclusive networking. Insights brings together programmes such as The Capital Meets Policy Dialogue, alongside Elevandi's signature Public-Private Roundtables, as well as working sessions to further meaningful collaboration, drive tangible outcomes, and offer deeper insights.
The by-invitation Insights Forum convenes regulators, policymakers, industry leaders, and investors for outcome-focused leadership dialogues and exclusive networking. Insights brings together programmes such as The Capital Meets Policy Dialogue, alongside Elevandi's signature Public-Private Roundtables, as well as working sessions to further meaningful collaboration, drive tangible outcomes, and offer deeper insights.
ABOUT THE FORUM
The Silk Road Finance & Technology Forum is co-organised by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan and the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN). It is the first forum in Central Asia co-organised at central bank level - a policy-led platform where the conversations that define Uzbekistan's financial future happen, and where the outcomes are real.
Partners gain more than visibility. They gain influence over a market being built in real time, access to the regulators and institutions shaping it, and a position at the centre of the world's most consequential emerging trade and financial corridor.
WHY UZBEKISTAN?
Central Asia's most dynamic FinTech market
38.3M POPULATION
LARGEST IN
CENTRAL ASIA
USD 2.3B UZUM VALUATION
FIRST UNICORN
230x VC GROWTH
USD 0.3M → USD 69.5M in 4 YEARS
4.3x FINTECHS
24 IN 2023 →
103 IN 2025
This is not an emerging market story. It is a strategic corridor economy at a pivotal moment, and the window is open.
Uzbekistan sits at the geographic centre of a USD 40 trillion economic corridor connecting Central Asia to ASEAN, the Middle East, South Asia, and Northeast Asia - markets representing 50% of the world's population. A Presidential Decree has set national targets: 200 licensed fintechs, USD 1 billion in FDI, and 5,000 trained fintech professionals by 2030. Open banking mandated for rollout by September 2026.
In 2026, the case for Uzbekistan has strengthened further. With southern trade routes disrupted and the Middle Corridor accelerating as a strategic necessity, digital financial infrastructure is no longer a fintech aspiration. It is a hedge against physical disruption, and the platform building it is here.
WHAt YOUR PARTNERSHIP UNLOCKS
INFLUENCE
Forum outputs feed directly into Uzbekistan's National FinTech Policy Strategy. Shape the regulatory conversations that define what this market becomes - and who builds it.
ACCESS
Direct engagement with CBU leadership, regional central bank governors, and the investors and innovators actively building Central Asia's financial future. Structured, not incidental.
VISIBILITY
Associate your brand with a market-defining moment. Uzbekistan's fintech decade is just beginning, and the Silk Road Finance & Technology Forum is where the story starts.
who's IN THE ROOM
1,500 delegates across four days. Curated, senior, and decision-ready.
REGIONAL
Central bank governors & senior ministry officialS
from Central Asia and
the Caucasus
C-SUITE
EXECUTIVES
from the region's leading banks, payment firms, and fintech companies
EMERGING FOUNDERS
& TALENT
from Uzbekistan's rapidly expanding fintech ecosystem
INTERNATIONAL
InSTITUTIONAL INvestors
& VCs
actively deploying capital
into Central Asia
GLOBAL FINTECH INNOVATORS &
HIGH-GROWTH FOUNDERS
entering the region
INTERNATIONAL POLICYMAKERS & MUltilateral institutons
shaping cross-border
frameworks
PARTNERSHIP FORMATS
We work with partners to design collaborations aligned to your business priorities. Every engagement is structured around outcomes, not just presence.
SHAPE THE AGENDA
Boardrooms, workshops, breakfast briefings, and Launchpad sessions, formats that position your organisation as a thought leader within the conversations shaping Central Asia's financial future.
BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS
Investor Hours, executive lounge access, private meeting rooms, and curated deal-making formats, designed for the conversations that don't happen on stage.
OWN THE MOMENT
Brand presence across the Forum's highest-traffic touchpoints; opening reception, registration, networking night, lanyards, F&B zones, and the event app - from the first interaction to the last.
The 2026 DIALOGUE:
Unlocking Central Asia's Fintech Value
Five programme pillars. One shared agenda. Each named for a landmark of Uzbekistan's intellectual and cultural heritage - offering outcome-oriented partnership opportunities across the full spectrum of Central Asia's financial transformation.
01
The Chorsu
Building the Fintech Ecosystem
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Be a first-mover by introducing new business models to the region and shape how these will be regulated
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Showcase your technology in decision-relevant settings
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Secure high-value partnerships within Central Asia's rapidly expanding financial ecosystem
02
The Serai
Scaling Digital Finance through Shared Infrastructure
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Showcase how your platform integrates with national payment rails, open APIs and digital ID infrastructure
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Demonstrate your solution's scalability to regulators
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Support the transition from fragmented systems to regionally-connected infrastructure
03
The Observatory
The New Digital Asset Frontier
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Shape how stablecoins, institutional-grade tokenisation and CBDC solutions are understood, tested and adopted across Central Asia
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Position your brand at the forefront of the region's regulated digital asset landscape your solution's scalability to regulators
04
The Corridor
Connecting Central Asia to the World
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Present cross-border and Islamic Finance solutions that reduce friction in trade, remittances and investment flows
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Demonstrate leadership in payments efficiency and interoperability that builds sustainable economic corridors
05
The Madrassa
Training the Next Generation
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Support the region's top fintech talent and founders through targeted programmes and showcases
- Gain early access to technical and entrepreneurial talent
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Demonstrate leadership in payments efficiency and interoperability that builds sustainable economic corridors
LET'S BUILD SOMETHING TOGETHER
We work with partners to design collaborations aligned to your business priorities and the markets you want to reach. Whether you are a global institution entering Central Asia for the first time, a regional player seeking international connectivity, or a technology provider shaping the infrastructure of the corridor, there is a partnership built for you.
