Astana Finance Days 2026 will take place in Astana with the participation of representatives from 80 countries

On September 9-10, 2026, the capital of Kazakhstan will once again become a platform for shaping the investment and financial agenda of the Eurasian region. The International Financial Center "Astana" will host the IX forum Astana Finance Days 2026: Delivering Impact. Capital in Action, which will bring together investors, representatives of the financial and technology sectors, regulators, state and quasi-state institutions, as well as international business.

In the context of intensifying global competition for capital, platforms where investors, regulators, and leaders of the financial industry meet are becoming points for making strategic decisions.

Since its inception in 2018, Astana Finance Days has established itself as a key financial forum of the Eurasian region, contributing to the development of capital markets and the formation of new business opportunities in Kazakhstan.

Forum participants annually emphasize its practical value: the platform allows building interactions that transform into projects, deals, and long-term strategic partnerships. Businesses find partners, financial agenda issues receive solutions, and the number of participants increases every year. It is expected that in 2026, the forum will bring together over 5,500 participants from more than 80 countries around the world.

Among the speakers of AFD 2026 are representatives of the public sector, national companies, international financial institutions, global investment and asset management companies — Zhaslan Madiev, Timur Suleimenov, Elena Bakmutova, Kubanychbek Omuraliev, Sami Ibrahim Al-Suwailem, Timur Turlov, Kirill Khomyakov, Aleksandr Diakovsky, Sanzhar Zhamalov, Ibrahim Zhanlyel, Ben Powell, Yilmaz Kocagöz, Jad Elloun, Athena Miao, David Sol, Sallyann Taylor, Aida Chodulova, Aleksandr Kruglov, Drew Gaff, Joshua Chang, Johnson Chui, Ho Ruijun, Barry Chan and other opinion leaders of the global financial market.

AFD 2026 will take place in the format of in-depth discussions focused on developing practical solutions. Forum participants will have the opportunity to analyze global trends, identify new business and investment directions, visit a professional exhibition of financial services, and establish business contacts with investors, top managers, and industry leaders.

The focus of AFD 2026 topics is on capital markets and investment products, infrastructure of trust: regulation, legal environment, and market sustainability, innovations of institutional scale, financing of the real sector of the economy, regional and cross-border cooperation in capital markets.

Special attention is given to the opportunities and advantages of the IFCA ecosystem. Within the framework of the forum, cases of business development in the center's jurisdiction will be presented: from company growth stories to successful capital raising and entry into international markets.

Another significant point of the forum will be the AFD Exhibition — an exhibition platform uniting financial institutions, banks, investment and asset management companies, fintech and technology projects in a single space. Participants will present their solutions, products, and work results.

The forum is traditionally held with the support of partners, among whom the gold partner is Freedom, silver partners are Solidcore Resources, KAZ Minerals and ITS, bronze partners are LMAX Group and Teniz Capital Investment Banking, industrial partner is Allur, crypto-partner is Binance, fintech-partner is Mastercard, official airline carrier is Air Astana, international media-partner is Euronews, as well as partners Orient Capital Management, Qanat Invest, BI Group, CICC, Roemer Capital, Abylai Global Solutions, Symphony Digital Assets, Fitch Ratings, AmCham Kazakhstan, Solana, Halyk Finance, MYD Production, Atlas Capital, PwC, Anchorage Digital, Alif, Jupiter Jet, RCS Group, Zubr Capital, Vitis Capital, Amicorp and others.

Participant registration and the program are available on the official website of the forum.

For general questions related to the forum — afd@aifc.kz.