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Halyk OIY Tech 2026

From origins to the digital era

About conference

Halyk OIY Tech is the annual IT conference hosted by Halyk, Kazakhstan’s largest financial institution.

In 2026, the conference returns for its second edition, bringing together 500 professionals in IT, data, artificial intelligence, and digital products.

Experts and leaders from Halyk and its partner companies will share an inside look at the technologies powering the bank, the products and solutions in use today, and the future direction of fintech.

The journey from origins to the digital era is the central theme of this year’s conference.

Date and time: October 29, 10:00 AM

Venue: KBTU, 59 Tole Bi Street, Almaty (entrance from Kazybek Bi Street)

The conference agenda and speaker information are currently being finalized and will be published soon.

At a Glance

500
participants
1
day
30
speakers

Good to Know

1
Venue
KBTU, 59 Tole Bi Street, Almaty (entrance from Kazybek Bi Street)
2
Conference Access
Registered participants only
3
Photo and Video
Photos and videos will be taken during the event
Speakers
Umut Shayakhmetova
Chairperson of the Management Board, Halyk Bank
Roman Mashchyk
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Halyk Bank
Yevgeniy Gavrilov
AI, CTO and PM/DM Practices, EPAM
Oleg Knyazev
Director, Halyk SuperApp Department, Halyk Bank
Ruslan Serazitdinov
Managing Director, Halyk Bank
Alexander Bernadsky
Lead Solutions Architect, AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Roman Gorge
Head of Cloud Practice, Andersen
Yerkebulan Myrzakhanov
Regional Director, Business Development and Partnerships, Andersen
Bibarys Mussagaliyev
Head of the Artificial Intelligence Centre, Halyk Bank
Leila Ayupova
Director, Office of the Chief Data Scientist, Halyk Bank
Kiril Bachvarov
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Halyk Bank
Sultan Issayev
Director, Digital Channel Sales Development Department, Halyk Bank
Yermek Zholmagambetov
Director, B2B Sales and Service Department, Halyk Bank
Hyman Zhu
Co-Founder & CPO, Evonet
Alfiya Zheksenbay
Managing Director, Halyk Bank
Nurymkhan Tleukhanov
Head of B2B Platform Division, Halyk Bank
Aldiar Arystanbayev
Managing Director, Halyk Bank
Gulsum Dushatova
Managing Director, Halyk Bank
Manu Avgonov
Head of Ecosystem Projects Division, Halyk Bank
Mikhail Khassin
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Halyk Bank
Rustem Muratbekov
Managing Director, Halyk Bank
Adilet Smazhan
Enterprise Architect, Halyk Bank
Yandong Yao
Founder, YMatrix
Aibek Ospanov
Director, Anti-Fraud Department, Halyk Bank

Event Program

Umut Shayakhmetova
Welcome Remarks
1
Roman Mashchyk
Intelligence Transforming Banking from Within
2
Yevgeniy Gavrilov
AI Deployed, Metrics Silent: Three Missing Steps Between the Tool and the Result
3
Oleg Knyazev, Ruslan Serazitdinov
AI Agent Platform
4
Alexander Bernadsky
AWS: Generative AI and Agents for Financial Services
5
Roman Gorge, Yerkebulan Myrzakhanov
Andersen: AI-Assisted Operations for SRE and Platform Teams
6
Bibarys Musagaliyev
LLM at Bank Scale: High-Load and Secure LLMaaS
7
Leila Ayupova
From the Customer to Their Ecosystem: How Graphs Are Transforming Behavioral Analysis and AI
8
Visa Speaker
AI in Payments: Personalization, Security, and a New Customer Experience
9
Kiril Bachvarov
Business Without Boundaries: Retail and B2B as One Seamless Customer Journey
10
Sultan Issayev
From Chatbot to AI Assistant
11
Yermek Zholmagambetov, Kuanysh Tankiyev
Beyond B2B Banking: How Payment Technologies Are Transforming Business
12
Hyman Zhu
Evonet: AI in Payments, Wallet Network and Merchant Acquiring
13
Alfiya Zheksenbay, Nurymkhan Tleukhanov
Online Duken: From an Idea to Billions
14
Aldiyar Arystanbayev
BaaS Without Boundaries
15
Gulsum Dushatova
Halyk Restaurants: Banking at Your Table
16
Manu Avgonov
A/B Testing: Decisions Based on Data, Not Opinions
17
Plug and Play Speaker
Plug and Play: The Architecture of Innovation Ecosystems
18
Ruslan Serazitdinov, Mikhail Khasin
Next Gen IT: How Technology Is Transforming Halyk
19
Rustem Muratbekov
Migration Factory
20
Adilet Smazhan
From Strategy to System: Defining Responsibilities Between Enterprise and Solution Architects
21
Yandong Yao
Beyond PostgreSQL: A High-Performance Data Platform for Enterprise Analytics
22
Microsoft speaker
Topic to Be Confirmed
23
Aibek Ospanov
From Rule Engine to AI-Driven Fraud Detection
24
Agentic Football Awards Ceremony
25
Mikhail Khasin
Halyk Tech: Horizon 2027
26
Conference Closing
27

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is participation free?

Yes. Participation is free of charge, but advance registration is required.

How do I know if my registration was successful?

Once your registration is successfully completed, a confirmation message will appear immediately on the same page. No additional confirmation email will be sent.

I’m having trouble registering. What should I do?

Please make sure all required fields are filled in correctly and try submitting the form again. If the issue persists, please contact the event organizers at Firyzah@halykbank.kz.

Can I attend without registering?

No. Advance registration is required to attend the conference.

Will there be a live stream?

There will be no live stream. A recording of the conference will be published after the event.

Where can I find the conference agenda?

The agenda will be available on this page and will be updated as speakers are confirmed.

Banking and Other Operations License (Universal Banking License) No.1.1.601.130 dated 13.07.2026 issued by AFMRD. Securities Market License No.1.2.47/230/38/1 dated 23.06.2023 issued by AFMRD.

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