Programme Themes
Unlocking Central Asia's FinTech Value
What does it take to unlock a region's financial future?
The next decade's most significant financial corridors run through Central Asia. This is the forum building the infrastructure to connect them.
The 2026 programme overarching theme Unlocking Central Asia's Fintech Value is rooted in an idea from Uzbekistan's own intellectual heritage. Al-Jabr, "the reunion of broken parts," is the algebraic principle introduced by Al-Khwarizmi of Khwarezm in the 9th century. It gave the world algebra. The Forum borrows its logic: fragmented payment systems, regulation, and regional corridors, reunited into coherent financial infrastructure.
Five interconnected pillars. One shared agenda.
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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.
THE FIVE PILLARS
PILLAR 1
Zarkaynar
Building the Fintech
Ecosystem
IN THE TRADITION OF the HISTORICAL TRADING DISTRICT WHERE FOUR STREAMS OF TRADE CONVERGED
Scaling 103 fintechs into 200 by 2030, through strategic design and a US$50M sovereign venture fund. Zarkaynar crafts the startup-to-market pipeline, forging the structural integrity and technical mastery that translate policy into a functioning market, and domestic depth into enduring corridor credibility.
PILLAR 2
SILK ROAD CORRIDOR
CONNECTING CENTRAL ASIA TO THE WORLD
Drawing from the silk road corridors that turned fragmented routes into connected trade
US$18.9B in annual remittances (2025 projection). Multiple shared economic corridors. An Islamic finance opportunity that remains largely unserved by modern digital infrastructure. In 2026, for Uzbekistan, amid regional geopolitical disruptions straining key routes, the case for building that infrastructure is no longer strategic, but operational.
PILLAR 3
SAROY
Scaling Digital Finance through Shared Infrastructure
Echoing the caravanserais that built trust across thousands of miles
Open banking APIs, digital identity systems, and payment standards that make digital finance at scale possible. All indispensable at a time when physical trade routes are disrupted. Merchants did not need to know every counterparty - they only needed to trust the infrastructure.
PILLAR 4
OBSERVATORY
The NEW Digital ASSET
FRONTIER
INSPIRED BY ulugh beg's observatory, which calculated what was coming
Stablecoins, wholesale CBDCs, and tokenised real-world assets are no longer theoretical instruments, they are under active research at CBU and NAPP as practical tools for managing corridor payments and capital flows. The Observatory creates the structured space for regulators and industry to move from research to pilot, together.
PILLAR 5
Madrassa
Supporting the next generation
Rooted in the Madrassas that produced scholars who reshaped astronomy & Mathematics
A median population age of 27.11. A Presidential Decree to train 5,000 fintech professionals by 2030. The demographic dividend is only an advantage if deliberately activated, and the talent Uzbekistan needs is not just a workforce target. They are the human infrastructure foundational to a corridor economy.