Financial
Rails Summit

The institutions building the rails are already moving.

4–5 November 2026

Dubai, UAE

This is where the next financial system gets built.

You won't be told what might happen.

You'll meet the people making it happen.

That is the only reason to be here.

Delegates talking together at a conference

250 decision-makers. No spectators.

200+

C-level executives from banking, payments, markets, and technology

40+

Speakers and contributors already building the rails

20+

Selected partners with real infrastructure to show

2

Days of closed-door working sessions

No mass audience.

No exhibition floor.

No press.

A deliberately limited room for the institutions funding, building, regulating, and operating the next financial system.

Delegates seated at round tables during a conference session

You will be in the room with the people who matter.

Previous Speakers

Dr. Marwan Alzarouni, CEO, Dubai Blockchain Center

Dr. Marwan Alzarouni

CEO

Dubai Blockchain Center

Dr. Ayesha Bin Lootah, Assistant Vice President, VARA

Dr. Ayesha Bin Lootah

Assistant Vice President

VARA

Henk J. Hoogendoorn, Chief of Financial Services Sector, QFC

Henk J. Hoogendoorn

Chief of Financial Services Sector

QFC

Ibrahim Almheiri, CEO, Mashreq Al Islami

Ibrahim Almheiri

CEO

Mashreq Al Islami

Paul Kayrouz, Chief Fintech Officer, Central Bank of UAE

Paul Kayrouz

Chief Fintech Officer

Central Bank of UAE

Giovanni Miano, CTO, Zodia Markets

Giovanni Miano

CTO

Zodia Markets

Daniel Coheur, Co-founder, Tokeny

Daniel Coheur

Co-founder

Tokeny

Mario Nawfal, Political Commentator

Mario Nawfal

Political Commentator

Previous Partners

The institutions below have already shaped this conversation.

This is not a conference. This is a working room.

A speaker delivering opening remarks at a lectern beside a large presentation screen

01

Keynotes from people who move money

The leaders running the biggest payment networks, settlement systems, and digital asset platforms share what they are building—and what they need from the room.

Two delegates talking together during a break

02

Private 1:1 meetings

Pre-arranged meetings built around your strategic priorities. The right person in the right conversation. No wasted time.

A panel of speakers seated on stage in front of a seated audience

03

Panels that talk about solutions

No theory. No slideware. Closed-door sessions where operators and regulators break down what is working, what is broken, and what must change next.

Delegates working with documents at tables during a session

04

The Output

The Financial Rails Agenda

Leave with the annual institutional agenda capturing what is ready to scale, what remains unresolved, and what to build next.

  • Money
  • Markets
  • Infrastructure
  • Rules

The rails are being built now.

Be in the room where they are defined.

4–5 November 2026

Dubai, UAE

A closed-door gathering of 250 curated decision-makers shaping the infrastructure of the next financial system.