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Blockchain conferences, summits, formus, etc. – why we need it, pro and contra, approx. costs and return.  

WHAT FOR:

To raise funds for ICO is main and central aim of each ICO project. Any event, conference, forum, summit or meetp. For sure.

HOW TO DO:

1) ICO Pitch
Great opportunity. You need only 10 to 20 minutes to present your project to 100+ or sometimes 1000+ people from all around the world. Plus, your presentation can be broadcasted live on tv, facebook, youtube or some event-media to thousands people worldwide. If Team will be professional and convincing, then potential investors can contact them ASAP on the conference.

2) To show the professional level of Team
If the Team will be represented on the “Big Stage” with own speech to some very concrete Blockchain theme that could show how high is professional level of the team members and of ICO project. Thats help to create more trust to the project and team.

3) Useful contacts
During any big international Blockchain summit you can meet very useful people for you project: investors, advisers, subcontractors, cryptoenthusiasts, entrepreneurs etc. You can create the necessary infrastructure for your project on the highest level.  

4) Networking evenings
Amazing opportunity to meet face to face the leading professionals of Blockchain industry. Especial in the evening, after the big long conference day, everyone can relax with some drink or so. Such atmosphere allows very comfortable communication. And best meetings ever. One evening can change the fate of the project.

5) Local meeting in conference days
ICO Teams can use the conference days to organize some local meetings with potential investors, crypto foundations, journalists, TV, online media. The conference is interesting to media, and teams should use it to represent themselves.

6) Tourism & Relax
Some pleasure should be as well. Everyone knows that leading Blockchain events often are organized in amazing places like Singapore, Cancun, Cyprus, London, CA, Puerto Rico etc. Why not use this amazing opportunity and not to spend 1-2 days more?

7) After ICO
Teams SHOULD participate in leading Blockchain events worldwide after the ICO. To show that the project is alive, that team is working (and what they actually do!), tell more about the project, invite testers, users and so on.
Such activity is very useful for Token courses. Tokenholders see that the project in rising, that team is active. They feel safe, and that is very good for token price.

Aprox. prices:
- ICO Pitch: 3K+ USD
- Exhibition: 2K+USD
- Tickets: 250 to 1200 USD
Some professional agency can help to book services or sponsor packets with discount.

Time is money
Teams should start planning and organizing their roadshows as early as possible. For this activity time is everything. You get best “early bird” prices, you get speaker sports, get sponsor packets, get best exhibition places etc. Project reserve and buy everything very fast. You can do it themselves if team has special manager, or let some professional agency organize all for you.

If you do all correct, your roadshow will be successful and bring good funds for ICO.

The most interesting Blockchain events in February 2018

4-6 Feb.
LAT Blockchain Economic Forum
https://bef.latoken.com
Singapore

5-6 Feb.
Blockchain in Energy Conference
https://www.blockchain2business.eu
Amsterdam

7 Feb.
Fintech World. Blockchain & Tokenomics 101 "Blue-Chip ICO's Showcase
https://2020fintech.com
New York

8 Feb.
Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Gibraltar
https://gibraltar.bc.events/
Gibraltar

13 Feb.
Cryptoassets Conference
https://cryptoassets.attendease.com/
Vancouver

13-14 Feb.
Blockchain, IoT & Machine Learning in Oil & Gas Canada
https://www.iotinoilandgas-canada18.com/
Calgary

15-18 Feb.
d10e Exploring the Future of FinTech, ICOs, Blockchain, Sharing Economy, Future of Work & Disruptive Culture
http://d10e.biz/
Silicon Valley

16-18 Feb.
DUBAI Fx and Cryptocurrency & ICO Show
http://arabcomgroup.com/DubaiCryptoexpo.com/
Dubai

16-18 Feb.
The Bitcoin, Ethereum, & Blockchain SuperConference
https://www.bitcoinsuperconference.com/
Dallas

23-24 Feb.
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Con 2018
https://blockchain-conf.com/
Dallas

28 Feb.
Forbes Russia Blockchain Conference
http://www.forbes.ru/konferencii/blockchain/
Moscow

28 Feb. - 1 Mar.
Gibraltar International FinTech Forum 2018
https://gibfin.com/
Gibraltar

As I see, many of events are not in Europe. A lot of US and Asia in list.
Is it usual, or the situation is so only in February?
I'd like to know more about russian events. Russian ICOs are very active worldwide.

I think these forums, meets and conferences are a great idea. A realtime interaction and exchange of guided information is greatly needed as people are still new to this community, with very little awareness of its working. Thank you for that List and an interesting debate.

It is just in February. If you look on March, that the picture will be different.
But always there are some most active locations. Like London, Singapore, Zurich... Moscow as well. There are special schedule sites for russian event. Should be easy to find them online.
But blockchain is international. And we like that people come together. fly thousands miles to meet face2face and talk. Thats great))

Thank you for good words. I will try to update this list on the regular base.

I am curious: do you fly a lot after the ico phase? Or only during the ICO?

I agree that teams should fly as possible more and more. Before and after.
It is very important for investrors.
Do you organize conferences?

Only some meetups or investors related dinners & meetings.
We mostly help projects to be presented on big conferences, where they can build good contacts with people they need. Usual we organize turn key roadshow for the project. Visas, tickets, pitsh, presentation etc. And help to create new connections.
No magic :))) Just good planning and dealing :)))   

You have russian site. Are you working only with russian ICOs?
I know, they are very active in this field. But Nr. 1 is i guess US, istn't it?
At least, raised funds statistic shows that.

I think that these conferences is a good and almost unique opportunity to learn about the project and its team. It is difficult to make a decision about investing without meeting the ICO team.

Worldwide.
We like blockchain, it is international, borderless business area.

Absolutely.
Modern crypto investor wants to meet ICO-teams face to face. To be sure that this people will accomplich all what is promissed, to discuss the future and to safe his (her) investment.

Can you please share some experience and results with the projects?
I would like to see if it could be used for our ICO.
PM is ok.

It is very interesting how this space has grown, attending some of these conference is very good especially for big investors, to have opportunity to meet these developers and ask them questions one on  one, what we get most of the time is just a sales pitch and video describing the project which most of the time proof to be a nothing they are selling

I think, everyone should use this opportunities to talk to people and share the new ideas, that help make things easier, and the world better. So it should work.
Good intention first. The profit will follow. I believe, it is the Law.

Shameless advertising, smh.

Would like to know more about the latest events.
March, April and later.
I usual use some opes resources to follow it. Asia is very interesting. A lot of things happened there right now. 

UPDATE

EVENTS MARCH 2018

4 March
World Blockchain & Token Summit Dubai 2018
http://www.worldblockchaintokensummit.com/
Dubai, OAE

5 March
Fintech World 2nd Annual Online Funding West Summit
https://2020fintech.com/
Los Angeles, USA

5-9 March
Blockchain Spring School 2018
http://blockchain.hs-mittweida.de/springschool_en.html
Mittweida, Germany

6-9 March
Finovate Europe 2018
https://finance.knect365.com/finovateeurope/
London, UK

7-8 March
Blockchain Summit Zürich
http://conferences.unicom.co.uk/blockchain-zurich-2018/
Zürich, Switzerland

8-9 March
DC Blockchain Summit 2018
https://digitalchamber.org/dc-blockchain-summit-2018/
Washington, USA

8-9 March
Blockchain Africa Conference 2018
http://blockchainafrica.co/
Johannesburg, South Africa

10 March
Crypto Investor Show 2018
https://www.cryptoinvestor.show/
London, UK

10 March
Cryptocurrency Investor Summit 2018
http://cryptocurrencysummitsg.com/
Singapore

15-16 March
Token Fest
www.tokenfest.io
California, USA

15-16 March
4th Annual Blockchain Finance & Fin-tech China 2018
http://www.bcftchina.com/index.php/en/index.html
Shanghai, China

19 March
Crypto World Investment Conference
New York, USA

19-21 March
Disruption, Innovation and InsurTech Summit
https://finance.knect365.com/riskminds-insurance/disruption-innovation-and-insurtech-summit?vip_code=FKN2547CD&utm_source=Coindesk%20weblisting&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=FKN2547%20Coindesk%20weblisting&utm_content=FKN2547CD&tracker_id=FKN2547CD
Amsterdam, Netherland

20-21 March
Token 2049
https://www.token2049.com/
Hong Kong

21-22 March
Crypto Currency World Expo 2018
https://cryptocurrencyworldexpo.com
Berlin, Germany

22 March
TechNOVA: Blockchain Summit
https://new.marketforce.eu.com/technova/events/blockchain-summit/?utm_source=Coindesk&utm_medium=Event%20Listing&utm_content=SSM07_coindesk
London, UK

24 March
Fintech World 6th Annual Silicon Valley Fintech Expo
https://2020fintech.com/
San Francisco, USA

26 March
North American Digital Commodities Summit
https://www.platts.com/events/americas/north-american-digital-commodities/index
New York, USA

29 March
Kiev Blockchain Conference
https://kiev.bc.events/en
Kiev, Ukraine

Thanks for sharing.

Any further info in April & May?

We would like to meet the crypto community out there in person.

Thanks in advance.

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I heard about some conference in Estonia for today, something devoted to token economy and development. Tokenastics it calls or something like that

I think that these conferences seem like a great and unusual opportunity to learn about the ICO projects and their teams. It is hard to determine a good investment by a website alone.

These meetings are very helpful to the development of the community. I hope there will be more meetings on ICO in the future.

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