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CoinFest 2016 has been announced for April 5-10:

http://www.coinfest.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/289/2014/07/CoinFest-2016-Map-5-1024x514.jpg


CoinFest continues to spread. We've finally crossed the Pacific, landing in East Asia for the first time. The current number of confirmed participating cities is 17, and still growing. Coinfest.org (http://www.coinfest.org) has been updated with a full list on the 2016 page--reach out if you want to join.

Oooh The Netherlands....at least it's coming closer to where I live :)

We're coming for you.  8)

Our latest partnerships bring us to 23 participating cities for CoinFest 2016, and it's not even 2016, yet. With the added support of Venezuela Bitcoin (http://www.bitcoinvenezuela.net/) and Bitcoin Wednesday (http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/), we fully intend to blanket the Earth with cryptocurrency. Check out the new map:

http://www.coinfest.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/289/2014/07/CoinFest-2016-Map-6-1024x529.jpg

I'll see you all in Amsterdam.... Anyone making plans yet for their trip?

You should visit the Arnhem one while you're at it :P The CoinFest founder will unfortunately be stuck somewhere else (either Vancouver, Nigeria or Mumbai, not sure yet) or else I'd be all over that libertarian paradise you have going on in the Netherlands.

Im actually from Canada but I'll visit amsterdam for this.

I would do that if I had the time/money, haha. I wonder what the Bitcoin Wednesday guy is cooking up...

Any plan for India ?

I'll be visiting India fairly soon, so I hope to convince an organizer to take up the cause. Nobody has stepped up, yet, though.

We already have some bitcoin meetup groups in India and held a few conferences in different region. Given the huge size and different dialects that constitutes the whole India, it is difficult to gain attention from all parts by having conference at any certain zone.

By the way, where are you from ?

Well, that's the idea. This is a decentralized convention. It's better for it to be held simultaneously in different Indian cities, where the majority language is different.

I'm originally from Washington DC, but I help the Bitcoin Co-op in Canada.

i wondered if i can create a local coinfest in hong kong?
because i am planning about the coinfest, what should i do?
plus should i promote you?

You promote decentralization, not me. :) It would be easy for you to bring CoinFest to Hong Kong. Just organize a free gathering at a restaurant, bar or lounge which accepts Bitcoin. If someone wants to sponsor your event, then you can think about adding prizes and other cool stuff. It doesn't have to be a huge conference, though.

this will be cool, I have yet to meet ANYONE IRL that uses or even knows about cryptocurrency.

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CoinFest UK??

One person said he'll bring CoinFest to the UK if he sees sufficient interest. Would you attend?  ;)

Yeah, where in the UK?

He appeared to be considering Birmingham.

Midlands may be the best place, I was thinking Manchester I have a few places up here I have used before with events we also have a couple of BTC ATMs near us aswell.

What does it take to start up a event?

It sounds like you might have what you need; someone just has to find the will to organize. Choose a Bitcoin venue--like a cafe or pub that accepts Bitcoin payments, or an event venue that lets you book it with Bitcoin--and host a free-to-attend event April 5-10. If there's a Bitcoin ATM there, all the better for public outreach. Use any sponsor/donation money you get on cool activities, prizes, freebies, etc. People have also held CoinFest events at places like universities when the fee for booking the venue was waived. We just don't wield fiat when acting as CoinFest organizers.

Thanks! I am looking at starting my own Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency events so have made a few contacts but my events will be more towards educating people about crypto-currencies in a formatted way, beginning with very basic stuff. I will put some plans down for CoinFest next year I do have plans to travel a bit so will work around it.

Next year as in CoinFest 2016, April 5-10? If you're certain to do that, we have to add you to the map on http://www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016/ :) Formatted things are OK--CoinFest events have taken many forms, including lectures, presentations, workshops, etc. This is an open source initiative with few protocols to adhere to.

Yeah next year, let me know the protocols and any other information required and I'll try to get things reserved

Cool, I'll add you to the CoinFest 2016 map in the next coinfest.org update.  ;D There are 3 main protocols:

• CoinFest is free to attend for all guests and held in a non-profit manner
• Host the event at a place that supports cryptocurrency, preferably by accepting it for goods, services or rental fees
• Host it along with the rest of us April 5-10, 2016

PM me if you have more questions.

Thank you. I will start to plan now and build up some material, I have another event coming up in the next few months so will see how that goes and may work on my content from there.

Thanks again.

I might me able to go in Vancouver. I live downtown and your location is not far from my building. I definitely want to check it out.

What all places in the US are the meetups being planned for ? Would definitely come in one of them if I can take a few days off .

Also is there any website for this ?

Cool! A location's actually not been decided, yet, but it's likely to be Decentral Vancouver. Details appear on the Bitcoin Co-op's website (http://bitcoincoop.org/) closer to the event date.


The CoinFest website is here (http://www.coinfest.org/). You can see a list of cities where CoinFest will occur here (http://www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016/).

Lots of new updates from CoinFest (http://www.coinfest.org):

• CoinKite's donation button messed with our transparency system, so we had to get rid of it. It did receive 3 small tips, though, so we gained several cents when we managed to return all funds to the primary address.
• The anonymized funds were in another multisig wallet generated by our HD seed, so to return all funds, we had to initiate our first transaction. We're happy to say we succeeded in getting the 12 signatures required.
• With the addition of Anaheim, Tampa Bay, Manchester, Jijel and Bou Saada, there are now 28 cities planning to participate in CoinFest. You can see the full map posted below.

http://www.coinfest.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/289/2014/07/CoinFest-2016-Map-7-1024x496.jpg

We just got 1 BTC from www.newsbtc.com! Now they are a Global Sponsor in addition to a Media Partner. All hail!

CoinFest's multisig wallet has been successfully upgraded! It is now 10-of-15. We are now in the process of moving funds from the old multisig wallet; the Transparency System will not function correctly in the meantime.

New address: 3KTsr5rdH1wQu12AtiCsqwxUYVwuAPhSEZ

Arnhem and Amsterdam. Sweet!

hello,
i am talking about ours, yet we want some funds to hold it in hong kong.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1126554.0

(i will prove that we are not begging for money. information are planning.)

The thing is, 10 bitcoins is a lofty goal. Except for CoinFest Vancouver, I don't think any city-node has never managed to raise that much money. Vancouver was only able to pull it off because CoinFest was founded there, and it took 3 years of operation to achieve that success.

What I do is start small and expand the scope of operations as more resources are acquired. CoinFest in Hong Kong could be as simple as a gathering of enthusiasts at a cafe or bar that accepts Bitcoin--that's what the first CoinFest was.

To be added to the world map on www.coinfest.org, you must be committed to hosting an event, even if you do not meet your original fundraising goals. Can you make this promise?

got them, i will try to make this promise.
it is ~20000 HKD. it holds for at least 4 days with everything needed.

You can't "try" to make a promise. Promises are binary declarations--you make them or you don't. :P

Listen, just remember not to shoot for the Moon. You can't just pick a number and hope to meet it. You must look around for sponsors and fundraising opportunities, and plan your expenses based upon the estimate you come up with. The first CoinFest event had a budget of $100 USD (worth of bitcoins), and it went fine. I got a free venue and cut costs as much as possible.

i am not trying to shoot it for the moon, mate.
nowadays in hong kong, renting a venue is ridiculously expensive.
originally, we decided to rent a small theatre in somewhere, however, after a round of calculation, i found that renting a small theatre is more expensive than renting a soccer ground. i don't wanna use the small venues because it does not comfortable to people when crowded. we decided to rent soccer ground as preliminary, as it is more affordable and more possible visitors/audiences. and originally we had venue that we always use, but it is not avaliable for us that period. we have no choice, if we got that venue, we would not need to spend such a lot of money. for our one, we have to accept general audiences of admission in order to have better popularity. more importantly, we need to grant children friendly, and legitimately promoting bitcoin even though the past incident affected the popularity.
coinfest uses to help promoting bitcoin, if we make this event but cannot attract a certain popularity, then we won't call it successful.
hope you understand.  :(

If even ten people get together, it is a success--we've had CoinFest events that small before in a couple cities. This decentralized convention is open source, however, so how you handle it locally is up to you so long as you follow the basic protocols: no using fiat (the venue must let you pay in Bitcoin), it must be free to attend, and no making any profit. Keep me informed, and if it looks like you'll meet your goal in line with those protocols, I'll add you to the map.

we do not use fiat, and we make it free admission, protocol is gonna be granted, explicitly. :l
(only expect for the venue renting the venue belongs to the government and they are not yet accepts bitcoin.  :'()

So you have to pay the venue in fiat? that's not cool--then you have to use fiat

and that is the only expectation.  :'(
we are gonna follow all of the rules as we can.

It's basically the most important tradition of CoinFest. :-\ You can do whatever you want, of course, but for listing on www.coinfest.org, you cannot pay a venue using fiat money. The venue must either be free or accept cryptocurrency. Even in Russia--where use of Bitcoin is illegal--they managed to find a Bitcoin venue without getting in trouble.

we have no choice, if they accepted that, we would pay it in bitcoin.  :'(

You could choose to host CoinFest at another venue.

but bitcoin-accepted venues are either too small or too expensive.
i can only apologise that the venue renting is the only expectation.
maybe if we held coinfest, the government would accept bitcoin?

Why do you think restaurants, bars, cafes, and other event venues accept Bitcoin? They do it for customers. If CoinFest goes to places that accept fiat, the Bitcoin venues will think there is no point in accepting Bitcoin. We will be betraying them.

This method of operation has already convinced multiple venues to accept Bitcoin--it's an ultimatum. You must go to this venue in Hong Kong and say you are looking for a place to host CoinFest, but that CoinFest cannot use "regular" money. If they agree, they will get free business and publicity--if not, they don't deserve it.

the bold place said what i need.
we need to come with the fiat first before they actually accepts bitcoin. (since they didn't even know what that exactly is, we need to teach them before we gain ability)
i can only apologize for that matter, otherwise i would not need to

Small is fine, man. We've had CoinFest events as small as 10 people, before. It sounds like you just want to be famous, so I'm not going to add you to the map.

then, i am contacting the government to apply bitcoin payment, i must get it to the larger places.
this time i will grant the standard to pay the rent in bitcoin.

If you succeed in convincing them to accept Bitcoin, I will make sure you appear on NewsBTC, and you will probably appear on other outlets, maybe even CoinDesk and local mainstream news channels in your area. :)

I am in New York, thinking I'm definitely attending CoinFest 2016. I recently have begun working from home, so I have the ability to travel freely. I want to help out in some way, and I certainly want to attend with possibly a few friends.

Trying to find the most exciting event near me, to convince the car-full of people I bring with me to begin using Bitcoin for the first time.

too few places in asia. whereas miners and users in ASIA amount to quite a lot. very unfortunate..

Unfortunately, there are not yet any CoinFest events all that close to New York. Maybe you could try to convince the Bitcoin Center there to host one?

Yeah, it's mostly just Korea so far. This is an open source movement, so people in Asia have to decide to make it happen.

I was actually planning on Road-tripping to the largest one "near" me. Meaning I would drive anywhere in USA or Canada for the largest event held within those two countries :)

So my questions is , which is the biggest/most-exciting event held in U.S.A./Canada? and how can I help out?

Well, if that's your definition of near, you have quite a few options. :P CoinFests are planned in Tampa Bay, Orange Country/Los Angeles (exact location undecided), Niagara, Toronto and Vancouver. It's hard to say which one will be biggest at this point, though. It used to be that Vancouver always stole the show, but this stopped being the case at the last CoinFest. Vancouver was still the biggest in North America, but might be less grand this year.

TLDR: I suggest waiting a bit before deciding which one you want to attend. You can see the list as it evolves here: http://www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016/

As for helping out: help spread the word as much as possible so people come and celebrate, and every CoinFest event is bigger. Many of them also require volunteers to operate.

The CoinFest movement continues to grow around the world. With the addition of Nakuru, Kenya and Il-Imier, Switzerland, there are now 31 cities scheduled to participate in CoinFest 2016. We've almost doubled our record, but still have time to spread to at least a dozen more--see the map below for details.

The Transparency Page has also been updated to account for our new 10-of-15 multisig address. All bitcoins have been successfully moved, thereby fixing our Transparency System. See: http://www.coinfest.org/transparency/

http://www.coinfest.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/289/2014/07/CoinFest-2016-Map-9-1024x499.jpg

Where can I read about the Amsterdam CoinFest 2016 event?

Before 2015 is over, www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016 will be updated with more details. Each participating city will have a couple sentences about what's going on there, and link to its Facebook/G+ event, Meet Up, EventBrite or dedicated webpage/website. Most of the cities haven't started planning, yet, although Amsterdam will be a lot like Bitcoin Wednesday there usually is.

A round of applause for eMunie, CoinFest Global's latest sponsor. This brings our Bitcoin balance to 3.02672241--more will come, soon!

http://emunie.com/

I'm defenetly going. Would love to hear what local "experts" have to say about bitcoin.

Anybody out there involved in the Kansas City Coinfest? Would be interested in attending that one for sure...

The guy behind it is a pretty passionate fellow. I recommend visiting if you're close by at all. :)

I am located in Pittsburgh, PA.  I am a show promoter and would like to know if there is anything I can do to help organize in my area!!  We typically organize larger shows that have 10,000 to 15,000 customers walk through the doors.  Let me know if there is anything I can do to assist.

I see Chicago is not on the list. If you wish to expand to Chicago, then I would be interested in helping organize a local Coinfest  :)

A venue like yours could be useful for CoinFest, since I'm assuming you accept Bitcoin. It might be good to put out the word about the idea and see if anybody wants to help organize a CoinFest event there.


We just require a dedicated organizer. If you or anybody you know can bring CoinFest to Chicago, let's talk.

PM sent  :)

sadly it is not in my areas, i will wait till 2017!

Luckily for you, the list is still growing. I'm about to add Chicago and Washington DC.

still waiting in ASEAN...

prob asia nd portugal will go netx but being a small country and dealocated from tech the lisbon or portugal will come only for next year

site is down.

Site works fine, for me! As for the ASEAN region, we lack manpower, there. Let me know if you're interested in helping the cause.

then, i am contacting the government to apply bitcoin payment, i must get it to the larger places.
this time i will grant the standard to pay the rent in bitcoin.

I think that's an awesome idea, of course, but I have no idea what you are referencing or to whom you are responding.  :P

Did not even know CoinFest existed until now.  I am looking forward to the upcoming Fest.  Anyone go last year?

Good news: we have a new global sponsor! Gamerholic (http://www.gamerholic.com) has a cryptocurrency--GamerholicCoin--which can be used to play games on their website, as well as order mainstream PC and console games at a discount. You can buy some at Bittrex if you want to get in before we take it to the Moon.

Also, there's a new article out about CoinFest on NewsBTC. You can read and discuss it in this thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1342227.msg13688368#msg13688368).

Excellent news! and great article

So it will be in different places on the map simultaneously? I'm curious how many will there be in Europe.

Amsterdam, Arnhem, Manchester, Copenhagen, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tallinn...

Quite a long way from where I'm at. I should get busy and get some BTC if I want to get there. :)

You should get some BTC, anyways! ;D Whereabouts are you located?

CoinFest might have an app on the way. ;) Please reach out if you want to help with development.

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/t31.0-8/q82/s960x960/12658033_10207059170811756_7548033300839434750_o.jpg

Lots of updates to coinfest.org (http://www.coinfest.org/). The 2016 page (http://www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016/) now details the speakers and times for the International Hangout, information about the decentralized games, and links to local events. Updates are currently ongoing... we just need event postings from all the local event organizers to add them. Super excited to have speakers like Andreas Antonopoulos, Paul Snow and Susanne Tempelhof on board.

glad to know this.
where the conference will be held?
if I have more money, it will give me a chance to go there, I hope

Hey,

The UK conference will be held at MadLab in Manchester, more information on CoinFest UK can be found here: CoinFestUK.org (http://CoinFestUK.org)

RSVPs are now open for CoinFest Kansas City, Omaha, Orange County and Washington DC, as well as Manchester and Vancouver. A couple cities dropped out of the running, however, so the map was updated. More details are being added as they are confirmed... keep informed at http://www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016/

More details have been added for CoinFest Washington D.C., and Kumasi, Ghana and Amsterdam are now listed... keep in the loop, as it updates fast: http://www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016/

Prizes are being announced for the decentralized games, lasting the duration of CoinFest. The Huntercoin (http://huntercoin.org/) community has put down 30K HUC--currently worth around 0.75 BTC--as prize money reserved for players who can stay alive. CoinFest Global will also contribute 1 BTC to the prize pools for Grabbit (https://www.gamerholic.com/#/dashboard) games held throughout April 5-10.

More awesome announcements on the way.

Airbitz (https://airbitz.co/) has become our latest Global Sponsor and the official wallet of CoinFest 2016. With their help, we will give .005 BTC to first-time Bitcoin users at events around the world. Stay tuned for a lengthy post with lots of details about all kinds of cool stuff.

Still working on some plans and coinfest.org updates to announce. For now, check out this article Coin Telegraph just published about us: http://cointelegraph.com/news/coinfest-2016-uniting-the-worlds-bitcoiners  8)

Announcing CoinFestPDX2016 1 day only April 9th from 1 to 5 PM:
800-C NE Tenney Road
Vancouver, WA  (just north of PDX/ Portland, OR) where I-5 and I-205 merge
Open to the Public. RSVP to this forum PM of "wingspan" or the forum.emunie.com PM of "wingspan".
Will be showing "Bitcoin: the end of money as we know it" at 1:30-2:30 PM
Bitcoin and eMunie will be discussed afterwards with an eMunie debit card demonstration.
This event is being held at no cost thanks to the library providing the large meeting room.  The Library requires no selling/trading or commercial activity onsite.  Our purpose meeting will be to enjoy the movie, meet brothers/sisters interested in cryptocurrency, and learn about bitcoin and eMunie (I am not a programmer but am a beta tester for eMunie since 2013).  If you wish to present on any cryptocurrency topic, please let me know and I'll update this post.  If you can spread the word, please do.  This is the only CoinFest location on the West Coast of the US other than in Southern California, AFAIK.  Please come.  :)

Do you have a Meet Up/Facebook event link? Will add to coinfest.org :)

I will refer people to the this link, if that works:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1025564.msg14360894#msg14360894
(which is the msg 2 posts up thread here.)  I am not sure I'll have time to do a website justice...unfortunately.

That could be fine... I'll list it, then

GameCredits is now a Global Sponsor in addition to being a CoinFest UK sponsor. Their game TurboCharged will be part of the Decentralized Arcade, and they'll be on the Gaming on the Blockchain panel that was just added to the International Hangout--please see the new Hangout schedule. You'll also notice that we have another activity called the Wheel of Bitcoin, where Tim Tayshun shows up on the projector screen at events around the world and spins the wheel for a lucky guest. The guest wins whatever prize the Wheel lands on, which includes novelties like a BitNation hardware wallet and 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollars.

http://www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016/

Synereo will be broadcasting the International Hangout via Twitch at this link (https://www.twitch.tv/synereo), allowing anyone in the world to tune in at one place. They will also be organizing their own CoinFest event in Tampa Bay, which you can RSVP for here (https://www.facebook.com/events/1174384365928141/) or here (https://www.facebook.com/events/968380383243552/). Organizers, make sure to get your Hangouts included.

The map has been updated, some dots removed, some dots added. The first day of CoinFest begins on April 5 in Amsterdam and St. Imiers, with Bitcoin4Beginners (http://bitcoinference.com/CoinFest/Amsterdam/Beurs-van-Berlage/2016/April/5/Tuesday.html) and CoinFest Switzerland (http://www.coinfest.ch). The latter will last for 6 days (until the end), making it the longest CoinFest event ever held.

More details have also been posted about CoinFest in Niagara (http://niagarabitcoin.org/?page_id=161), Canada, Bangalore (https://www.facebook.com/events/653126684826814/), India, Tampa Bay (https://www.facebook.com/CoinFestTampaBay2016/), Florida, and other cities across the United States. Bitcoins are being dispatched from the 10-of-15 multisig wallet to fund prizes and giveaways; don't miss the action tomorrow and stay tuned for more announcements.

Website: http://www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016/

Happy CoinFest, everyone! Tomorrow will be the first Grabbit games, a product of Gamerholic & GamerholicCoin. We've put .1 each in two prize pools for Europe and East Asia to participate in; events will occur in Vancouver, Tampa Bay, Switzerland, Amsterdam and Korea. Please check the schedule so you don't miss Andreas Antonopoulos (20:00 UTC).

More last-minute changes have been made to the global map, as well. Some planned events were lost, but Korea and Niagara were added, and a surprise is brewing in Shanghai. More news tomorrow!

Awesome! Happy CoinFest :)

Antonopoulos at CoinFest 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QI2Ah_f4II&feature=youtu.be

EDIT: I don't know why that video went down. I'm investigating

Hey,

I know your a busy man but just wondering if you can post the International Hangout times (From around 19:00 GMT to 22:00 GMT on the 8th) on the CoinFest UK thread just so I can confirm all the times we have are correct.

 

Piotr Piasecki, who completed his master's degree in Bitcoin, speaks about its future on the 2nd day of CoinFest. At the end, I ask him about his role as an /r/bitcoin moderator, and if it's true what they say about bias and censorship. His answer might surprise you.

https://youtu.be/Vdmb5uLHtwI

CoinFest Ghana has been postponed until next week because the organizer's daughter is in the hospital; we're making an exception to the rule due to the circumstances.

In better news, CoinFest Shanghai is confirmed thanks to BTCC, making them the first to bring CoinFest to China. Please RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Shanghai/events/230167933/

Awesome presentations streaming to Vancouver and Manchester, today! Watch live or later at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucZDDh2ljBw

Also, don't forget to join the Grabbit matches, there's another one later at 6 PM PST

Here are the rest of the presentations streamed from CoinFest Vancouver yesterday. We all had a great time, and got drunk & distracted for a little bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giz-7WXE7ao

CoinFest UK and Switzerland had an awesome time, and the latter is still ongoing. Today features events in the American Midwest and California, with the CoinFest Orange County organizer squaring off in a debate against a Onecoin scam artist. You can watch that, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeEaI7nklsw&feature=youtu.be

Since we had to delay CoinFest Ghana to this Friday due to medical emergency, some activities are still going on. If you boot up your Grabbit app and scroll through the prizes available to fight over, you'll see the CoinFest prize of .2 BTC and also a CoinCard from coincards.ca if you're Canadian.

We also have a Huntercoin challenge today for 20K HUC. The prize goes to the first Hunter to bring the Crown of Fortune to the top-right corner of the map... I'm sure it'll be a heated contest with the equivalent of over $100 US ~ .27 BTC up for grabs.

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Real dissapointed i didnt make it i am sorry :( i wis i could ave

Amsterdam ;) Need I say more?  ;)

There's always next year  ;)

CoinFest 2016 was quite eventful, indeed. As predicted, CoinFest UK was the epicenter, with Amsterdam also generating a lot of buzz. Other hotspots included Ghana, Shanghai and Bangalore, Washington DC and Switzerland, and eMunie (http://emunie.com/) was our greatest sponsor. Due to CoinKite's untimely shutdown and other unforeseen circumstances, however, some of the global activities were reduced in scale.

The silver lining is that this lack of liquidity caused us to have around 2.7 BTC left over, a great starting point from which to fundraise for next year's events. Unfortunately, our short-term Copay wallet comes with a mandatory feature that creates a new HD address for every transaction... this disrupted our Transparency System, but it is now fixed along with other updates to coinfest.org (http://www.coinfest.org/transparency).

Once the Previous Events page is updated and CoinFest 2017 page made live, it will be announced in a new thread ("CoinFest 2017") in this forum. CoinFest also now has a forum of its own so that organizers around the world can have structured conversation and share details about how CoinFest operates and their own local events... check it out at forum.coinfest.org (http://forum.coinfest.org) for the most comprehensive information

Awesome! I loved the spirit of CoinFest and am really looking forward to CoinFest 2017! Plans are grand and I hope we can make it an amazing festival.

I want to promote more inter-event activities in 2017 and hoping to get some amazing collaboration happening.

We'll definitely have more inter-event programs... we're at the cutting edge of event management theory, here, so a lot of this hasn't been done before, but I think 2016 was the year we started to get the hang of it. Under optimal conditions (no untimely wallet shutdown or new organizers putting stuff together at the last minute), and with that experience and even more funding, I expect we'll have some amazing decentralized activities

Finally found the video of Andreas Antonopoulos presenting at CoinFest 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwjyRAuw6zQ

This'll be the last official post ITT. Onward and upward to CoinFest 2017: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1483163.0

It was amazing to have Andreas presenting at CoinFest, thanks for posting the video. I hope we can have him presenting at CoinFestUK next year  ;D

it seem quite late for this year !

Any more update for next event ?

Plans for CoinFest 2017 are already underway. See the new thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1483163.0