The Sovereign Gateway to Capital · CEE · EU · ASEAN

Finweek Kuala Lumpur 2026 — Programme

11–13 November 2026 · PARKROYAL Collection Kuala Lumpur
1,000+ delegates 500+ C-level 80+ speakers 3 days 8 content themes 60% EU/ASEAN
Day 0 · Wed 11 November · by invitation

Digital Diplomacy Summit

B2G regulatory dialogue — ministers, regulators, central banks, sovereign funds & EU institutions
13:30

Opening: Digital Sovereignty & the EU–ASEAN moment

AWDato' Dr. Amiruddin Abdul Wahab (MY) · Fmr CEO, CyberSecurity Malaysia
13:50

Summit Welcome — DEFA, MiCA & Project Nexus

DCDavy Cajko (SK) · Finweek · Fintech Valley Europe
14:05

Strategic Keynote: building digital finance rails

SLStéphane Latouche (FR) · Banque de France
14:35

MiCA & the DLT Pilot — lessons for ASEAN

Senior EU regulator — to be announced
15:05

EU–ASEAN Regulatory Roundtable

Closed-door, Chatham House rules — tokenisation, MiCA & cross-border CBDC interoperability

16:10

Malaysia Fintech Radar — preliminary insights

Developed with a leading Malaysian university & EU partners

16:25

ASEAN–EU Fintech Leaders' Panel (with IDEA)

CMCristina Amor Maclang (PH) · IDEARDRostyslav Dyuk (UA) · UA Fintech Assoc.AOAung Ko Ko Oo (MM) · MDEA, Myanmarmore leaders to be announced
17:05

Live Investment Gateway — vision reveal & MoU signing

The founding cohort of the ASEAN–EU Investment Gateway

19:00

VIP Diplomatic Reception & Fireside: "A Nation's Digital Leap"

NNNaravong Norodom (KH) · Cambodia
Day 1 · Thu 12 November

Infrastructure Day — Fintech & Digital Assets

Capital · Payments · Tokenisation / RWA · AI & Data · Islamic Finance · B2B · Exhibition
Main Stage — morning plenary
09:10

Year in Review & Global Economic Outlook

Growth projections, trade & geopolitics, Malaysia's outlook

Panellists to be announced
10:15

Wholesale CBDC & BIS Nexus — cross-border settlement

SLStéphane Latouche (FR) · Banque de France
Parallel sessions — 3 rooms · 11:15–16:00
Token Economy & RWA
11:15

Tokenisation & DEFA — from BNM paper to projects

Speaker to be announced
12:30

Stablecoins: MiCA vs ASEAN

THTran Hung (VN) · Uquid+ local voices to be announced
AI & Data Infrastructure
11:15

AI readiness for ASEAN financial institutions

NWNate Wentzlaff (US) · FinanTEXT
11:55

Cybersecurity in open finance — guarding the APIs

AWDato' Dr. Amiruddin Abdul Wahab (MY)
Islamic Digital Finance
11:15

Islamic DeFi & digital sukuk — a $4T economy

Speaker to be announced
11:55

Scaling Shariah-compliant digital finance

Panel to be announced
Afternoon
14:15

Capital Alignment Roundtable

Curated investor–founder matching

NMNeha Mehta (SG) · FEMtech Partners
16:15

Closing Plenary: what got built — and what's next

AWDato' Dr. Amiruddin (MY)RGRugile Gurrieri (UK) · Lendable
Exhibition & B2B matchmaking open all day · evening networking reception
Day 2 · Fri 13 November

Corridors & Capital Day — Talent · Innovation · CEE–ASEAN

CEE–ASEAN bridge · talent · deep tech · startups · academia · where deals get done
Main Stage — morning plenary
09:20

Trump 2.0: Trade & Policy Shifts

Trumponomics, regional trade & the ASEAN investment outlook

Panellists to be announced
10:05

CEE — Europe's fintech launchpad for ASEAN

RGRugile Gurrieri (UK) · Lendable
Parallel sessions — 3 rooms · 11:00–13:00
CEE–ASEAN Bridge
11:00

CEE as gateway to the EU market — the MiCA advantage

DCDavy Cajko (SK) · FINAS / FinweekRGRugile Gurrieri (UK)RDRostyslav Dyuk (UA)+ EU presidents to be announced
11:45

From handshake to deal structure

PWPranisa Worajit (TH) · moderator
Talent & Academia
11:40

Talent Meets Opportunity — speed networking

VLVanessa Loh Wan Chin (MY) · FINTLAS / MYFinT
12:20

FINTLAS workshop — AI for business & law

Instructor to be announced
Deep Tech & Impact
11:00

Deep tech meets finance — ZK, privacy & new primitives

THTran Hung (VN) · Uquid
11:45

Women in Fintech: not a quota — a strategy

NMNeha Mehta (SG)ASProf Aini Suzana Ariffin (MY) · UNESCO
12:30

ESG & green fintech — metrics that work

KNDr Kevin Ng (MY) · IFT Academy
Afternoon — Main Stage
14:00

Startup Showcase — ASEAN–EU Fintech Competition

Signature pitch competition · live judging

15:30

Closing Plenary: the EU–ASEAN Digital Finance Roadmap

SLStéphane Latouche (FR)RGRugile Gurrieri (UK)AWDato' Dr. Amiruddin (MY)
16:15

Awards · Investment Dashboard update · Finweek 2027 reveal

Exhibition & B2B matchmaking open all day · farewell networking with a save-the-date for Finweek 2027

Confirmed speakers

More announced through Q3 2026.

Dato’ Dr. Amiruddin Abdul Wahab (MY)

Former CEO, CyberSecurity Malaysia | AI & Cyber Governance Expert

Stéphane Latouche (FR)

Chief Representative for Asia-Pacific, Banque de France

Prof Dr Aini Suzana Ariffin (MY)

Chair, UNESCO STEPAN Network (21 countries) | AI Governance Lead, Malaysia National Blockchain & AI Roadmap

Cristina Amor Maclang (PH)

Co-Founder, IDEA · Asia Chair, Global Fintech Alliance

Muhammad Didi Hendra Shah (MY)

President, MIFA

Rugile Gurrieri (UK)

Managing Director & Head of Risk, Lendable

Raymond Siva (MY)

Digital Strategy & Investment Consultant · former Chief Digital Investment Officer, MDEC

Neha Mehta (SG)

CEO, FEMtech Partners

Tran Hung (VN)

CEO, Uquid — 170M+ products on crypto rails

Davy Cajko (SK)

CEO of Finweek and Fintech Valley Europe

Nate Wentzlaff (USA)

Founder & CEO, FinanTEXT — AI in Financial Markets

Pranisa Worajit (TH)

Cross-Border Strategic Advisor, AstraLingo

Dr. Kevin Ng (MY)

Dean, IFT Academy — Fintech Education Malaysia

Vanessa Loh Wan Chin (MY)

Founder at FINTLAS | Applied Fintech Learning, Cofounder at Malaysian Youth Fintech Association

Rostyslav Dyuk (UA)

Chairman Of The Board at Ukrainian Association of FinTech and Innovative Companies

Youth/Academic Showcase

Ricky Chua Chin Han (MY)

Final Year Banking and Finance Student @ APU

We are in advanced discussions with several prominent European speakers — senior EU regulatory officials, leading fintech executives, and international law firms. Full programme announced progressively through Q3 2026.