Connecting Leaders
in the Heart of the
Middle Corridor
22 - 23 October 2025 | Tbilisi, Georgia
Connecting Leaders
In The Heart of The
Middle Corridor
22 - 23 October 2025 | Tbilisi, Georgia
About GFTN Tbilisi Finance Summit
At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Georgia is fast emerging as a strategic hub for the next phase of financial transformation. As trade routes shift and digital infrastructure takes root, the region offers a powerful vantage point for reimagining how finance moves, scales, and governs itself across borders.
Held in partnership with the National Bank of Georgia and the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, in conjunction with the Silk Road Forum, the summit brings together decision-makers and senior leaders from government, finance, technology, and investment to explore new capital corridors, policy frameworks, and digital innovations.
Approved attendees will also be extended an invitation to attend Tbilisi Silk Road Forum.
Featured Speakers
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Paytm
Natia Turnava
Governor
National Bank of Georgia
Rachit Parekh
Partner
Accel
Anju Patwardhan
Independent Board Director
Gulf International Bank, Xapo Bank, Upgrade, AWARE, Deep Future
David Gurle
Founder & Executive Chairman Hivenet, Policloud
Marco Dal Lago
VP - Global Expansion & Strategic Partnerships
Tether
Martin Galstyan
Governor
Central Bank of Armenia
Pedro Vieira
Partner
500 Global
Robert MacDonald
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer
Bybit
Sopnendu Mohanty
Group Chief Executive Officer
Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
Pavel Khristolyubov
Telegram Wallet COO
The Open Platform
Key Themes
Cross-Border Finance:
Navigating the New Regulatory Landscape
Exploring the impact of key regulatory developments on cross-border payments, compliance frameworks, and capital flows across the Caucasus region and beyond.
Capital Infrastructure:
Tokenization, Stablecoins & Programmable Money
Examining the evolution of monetary systems through stablecoin implementations, and programmable finance infrastructures - from international pilot projects to practical applications in Georgia and neighbouring economies.
Regional Financial
Corridors: Building New
Market Access
Creating sustainable trading connections and investment pathways through blockchain technology, innovative financial instruments, and frameworks positioning the region as a strategic hub for cross-jurisdictional finance.
Play a Strategic Role at the Summit
Summit Overview

The Programme
GFTN Insights
A multi-themed roundtable stream probing five critical themes: regulatory fragmentation, digital-money architecture, AI as financial infrastructure, trust, privacy, sovereignty, and geoeconomic realignment, which together define the future of interoperable and inclusive finance across regional corridors.
Global Leadership Dialogue
An open-plenary forum uniting heads of state, central bankers and tech luminaries to debate how geopolitics, regional outlooks and evolving regulatory and technology landscapes for 2026 will shape the next phase of cross-border growth.
Digital Assets Summit
An expert-led summit dissecting the current state of stablecoins and tokenisation, the shift toward public-blockchain value propositions, deep dives on regional policy roadmaps and a preview of the exchanges and products set to emerge by 2026.
The Founders Peak
A showcase of the region’s top fintech entrepreneurs, mapping their journeys from seed to scale, surveying new capital sources, examining capital-markets infrastructure, and laying out the building blocks for the next wave of innovators shaping finance in and beyond the region.



