The closed-door event OpenWay Club will gather senior executives responsible for driving business and technological growth across Central Asia’s payment industry — including banks, processing centers, fintechs, digital wallets, and payment ecosystems.
Agenda
| Time | Duration | Topic | Speaker | Ends at | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | 1h | Welcome Coffee and Registration | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | ||
| 11:00 | 15min | Opening New Opportunities Together | Irina Kamkhadze, Head of Global Partnerships with Payment Systems, OpenWay; Vitaly Timoshenko, Business Development Director, OpenWay in Central Asia; Rustem Nurmambetov, Operational Director, OpenWay in Central Asia |
SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 11:15 | 25min | Kazakhstan’s Payment Market: What’s Next | Binur Zhalenov, Chief Digital Officer of the National Bank of Kazakhstan | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 11:40 | 20min | Innovations of Local and International Payment Systems on Way4 | Irina Kamkhadze, Head of Global Partnerships with Payment Systems, OpenWay | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 12:00 | 20min | Coffee Break | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | ||
| 12:20 | 30min | From Projects to Results: Strengthening Delivery Services for Clients | Roman Zaretskiy, Director of Delivery, AMELA and Central Asia, OpenWay | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 12:50 | 30min | Customer Support as a Strategic Advantage: OpenWay’s Glocal Model | Constantinos Michael, Head of the Global Support, OpenWay | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 13:20 | 1h | Lunch | Aurum Restaurant, 2nd floor | ||
| 14:20 | 30min | OpenWay: Strategy, Growth, Resilience | Maria Vinogradova, Director of Global Strategy & Marketing, OpenWay | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 14:50 | 25min | Next-Generation Acquiring: Unlocking New Growth with Way4 | Serge Robyns, Head of Pre-Sales, OpenWay | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 15:15 | 20min | From Cards to Ecosystems: The Next Level of Issuing on Way4 | Maria Vinogradova, Director of Global Strategy & Marketing, OpenWay | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 15:35 | 20min | Coffee Break | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | ||
| 15:55 | 25min | From Routine to Innovation: New Automation Tools in Way4 | Vadim Yakorev, Deputy Director of Delivery, AMELA and Central Asia, OpenWay | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 16:20 | 25min | Way4 Roadmap: API-First & Data Platform as Enablers of AI in Payments | Serge Robyns, Head of Pre-Sales, OpenWay | SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 16:45 | 15min | Closing Remarks: From Ideas to Action | Irina Kamkhadze, Head of Global Partnerships with Payment Systems, OpenWay; Vitaly Timoshenko, Business Development Director, OpenWay in Central Asia; Rustem Nurmambetov, Operational Director, OpenWay in Central Asia |
SOLIS Hall, 3rd floor | |
| 17:00 | 2h | Evening Cocktail: Networking, Photos, and Informal Conversations | Roof Garden Restaurant, 11th floor | ||
| 19:00 | Official Closing |
Speakers
Irina Kamkhadze
Head of Global Partnerships with Payment Systems, OpenWay
Vitaly Timoshenko
Business Development Director, OpenWay in Central Asia
Rustem Nurmambetov
Operational Director, OpenWay in Central Asia
Maria Vinogradova
Director of Global Strategy & Marketing, OpenWay
Serge Robyns
Head of Pre-Sales, OpenWay
Roman Zaretskiy
Director of Delivery, AMELA and Central Asia, OpenWay
Constantinos Michael
Head of the Global Support, OpenWay
Vadim Yakorev
Deputy Director of Delivery, AMELA and Central Asia, OpenWay
Contact the organizers
If you’d like to recommend a new participant, ask questions about the upcoming event, or share feedback with the OpenWay team, please email our organizing committee:
skonakova@openwaygroup.com
Lana Konakova
Global Product Marketing Manager