The International PLUS-Forum Digital Uzbekistan will be held in Tashkent on May 19-20, 2026. It is the largest event in Central Asia dedicated to the digital transformation of public services, the financial sector, payments infrastructure, and the development of the fintech ecosystem.
Over the past five years, the Forum has become a recognized regional platform bringing together representatives of the banking sector, regulatory bodies, the IT industry, e-commerce, retail, and fintech companies from Central Asian countries, as well as international technology and infrastructure partners.
The strategic mission of the Forum is to facilitate the development of the country’s digital economy, as well as international cooperation, as part of the “Digital Uzbekistan 2030” Strategy.
The Forum will be held at the Azimut Grand Hotel (107A Amir Timur Avenue). The event is supported by the National Agency for Perspective Projects and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan
The PLUS-Forum will feature special guest speaker Tariq Qureishy, AI futurist, CEO of Xponential, and CEO & Founder of MAD Talks, who works with leading corporations and government agencies worldwide. He will discuss how AI is transforming business, leadership, and society, and why Central Asia can become the innovation hub of the future.
In 2025, Digital Uzbekistan reached record highs: 2,500+ delegates from 36 countries attended the event. Over 150 experts made their presentations and more than 100 exhibitors presented their solutions, products, and services. The Forum geography has expanded to include participants from the United States, China, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, the UAE, Portugal, Singapore, Türkiye, Switzerland, South Korea, the Baltic states, the CIS countries, and other markets.
Key topics for the 2026 forum include:
- Uzbekistan on its way towards a digital society
- Stablecoins vs. Digital Som
- Web3 – the concept of a new generation of decentralized Internet
- Crypto industry: development roadmap for Uzbekistan
- GovTech. Digitalization of public services
- FinTech. Development practices 2020–2026
- RegTech. Risk management
- Banking transformation in Central Asia
- AI at the national level, in business, and in finance
- IT technologies in banking
- The back office of the future as the result of digitalization
- Universal country QR code
- Retail banking 2026 in Uzbekistan
- Cybersecurity in banking and payments
- Infrastructure and technology development: 21st century
- Islamic banking and Islamic finance in Central Asia
- Regulation of microfinance organizations in Uzbekistan
- SMEs as a priority sector of the economy
- Marketplaces. Drivers and new growth points
- Capital market in Uzbekistan
- Retail sector. Trends and solutions
- Factoring market in Uzbekistan
Speakers include industry leaders:
Dr. Tariq Qureishy (Future Readiness Institute), Yiannos Ashiotis, (Revolut Digital Assets Europe), Varlam Ebanoidze (National Bank of Georgia), Askarjon Zakirov (NAPP), Arlen Moldabekov (National Bank of Kazakhstan), Yevgeniy Gertsen (Otbasy Bank), Ivan Fedyakov (INFOLine), Zhanargul Izimova (Strategy &, part of PwC), Tatyana Deshkina (VisionLabs), Egor Pustovit (Mastercard), Sandor Hasznyuk (Banking Circle), Bakhrom Numonov (Association of Islamic Finance), Anastasia Yugova (TON CIS Hub), Madina Seysengalieva (Yandex Ads), Aset Ordabayev (Kaspersky Lab), Artem Saidov (KPMG), Pavel Khristolyubov (Wallet in Telegram), and many others.
Speakers 2026
Summery video from Forum 2025
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Registration: https://uz.plus-forum.com/en#tariffs
See you at the Digital Uzbekistan International PLUS-Forum!
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