Thanks Cloon, taken on board.




Please register and state your position of whether you are only interested without the hotel so we can get a count on serious attendees. 

You can register here: http://conference.bitgroups.org

Thanks for the feedback.

It's very nice to hear some positive feedback from the community, will try and reply to all the constructive criticism, suggestions and feedback every day.
There has been some mention of of not bundling the hotel in with the conference package.  We have taken this onboard and at this stage we will be offering this to Czech Residents only.
There are some reasons behind this due to logistics in regards to distribution of welcome packs, possibility of moving the conference location to cater for larger numbers and revenue needed to
make the conference work. 

Putting on a great conference is first priority we will then try and please as many people as possible.




Thanks for the feedback BlockHash, If anyone has a groundbreaking announcement please get in touch.
I've had some discussion about things in the works and I'm sure there will be a lot to showcase in November.


We like this idea a lot, if anyone wants to suggest likely candidates for us to get in touch with please do.





Hi Meni, will add this to our to do list.
Thanks for the feedback.



Submissions are open for talks, please email or PM

Here is our policy:

We are looking for new technologies, concepts in bitcoin that the community and those outside will find interesting.  We are going to stay away from advertisements, or people just discussing their business in the talks section.  If you have something that you think fits this format please submit your idea for a talk.



Thanks for the suggestions, first 2 points are a given, the 3rd is added to our suggestions list.




PM coming soon, we will be accepting bitcoin as payment.

If anyone has suggestions on the conference we are very flexible this early on. As we move further down the track we will not be able to take on as many suggestions so if you have something to add please get in early.

Mitch

http://bitgroups.org/pdf/official_program.pdf

UPDATE 09/11/2011

Thanks to a major sponsor coming on board ticket prices are 75€

UPDATE 08/10/2011

We have a great lineup and program just about complete, here is the preliminary program.

http://conference.bitgroups.org/officialprogram.pdf

More speakers, activities and entertainment to come.

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UPDATE: 16/09/2011

Just over a week left for early bird registrations, please register to take advantage of the discount.  We need to get an idea of numbers so we can make some reservations for an appropriate venue.
  
Payment is not due, just register yourself to lock in the price, 150 Euros is the early bird price 165 Euros after that.
conference.bitgroups.org


UPDATE: 13/09/2011

Keynote Speakers:

Amir Taaki (Confirmed)
Rickard Falkvinge (Confirmed)
Vladimir Marchenko (Confirmed)


Offer:

Hotel is now unbundled from the package, we won't be offering accommodation at all but will recommend some hotels where participants can book to stay in the same place as others.

Conference Price:
150 Euro early bird price for registrations up till 24th of September.
165 Euro after this date.

Limit of 280 people.

Still awaiting confirmation on the venue but it looks like it will be at The Prague Conference Centre.

Sponsorship is still 10 bitcoins for all registrations up till the 16/09/2011 and then 15 bitcoins.

Due to logistics we are able to offer lower prices for anyone registering or sponsoring early.  So jump online, payment is not due at the time of registration.


Mitch
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We are glad to announce after weeks of planning we will be holding a European Bitcoin Conference in Prague, hosted by Mitchell Bourne in association with the Bitcoin Consultancy.

My name is Mitchell Bourne, the Organiser.  You can find more about me at gplus.to/mitchellbourne/about .  Like everyone here, I have a passion for bitcoin.  I have been involved in various businesses and entrepreneurial activities for a long time.  This is my introduction to the forums and what I plan to bring is a conference and hub for European bitcoiners to learn, meet, do business and share ideas.  The specifics of the conference are well organised and detailed in this post and on the site.  However, if the community wants to change something, we will be as flexible as possible.  Planning first started for this event back in late July.  We have tried to fill in as many details as possible before making this announcement to the community.  The venture is being held in association with the Bitcoin Consultancy who have been long-term active and reliable members of the bitcoin community.  They have been good enough to lend their expertise and support in order to make it a great event.

I have the resources and organisational background to properly execute the function.  There are 4 people on this fulltime from now till the event.  We also have a professional event organiser on the team.

We want to make something for all parts of the community by having very in depth talks from experts about Bitcoin in the following areas;
•   development
•   mining
•   law
•   economics
•   finance
•   Plus more

We want it to be a place to share ideas where people already involved can learn at a high level.  We want to include merchants and focus on merchants who are doing novel things that play on the strengths of bitcoin.  Instead of a merchant who sells a good or a commodity like one would sell for dollars, a merchant who is using the microtransaction capacity, a merchant whose business could not survive without irreversible electronic and fast payments as is only possible in bitcoin... and ideas... what can we do with this new technology that is not just cheaper but fundamentally different (new markets).

Prior to this announcement, I have been in touch with as many guys in the community as I could to get their feedback and incorporate it into the plan.

We know that there has been some controversy surrounding Bruce Wagner. We have been delaying our announcement of this Conference but as we do not know how/when this might die down we are forced to announce in the middle of the storm.

The most important part of making this conference a success is the community getting behind it.  If you would like to show your support, this is what I ask of the community;

•   Provide feedback in what you would like to see at the conference, we love ideas.
•   Constructive criticism welcome
•   If you have something interesting in the works and would like to do a talk on, please submit your ideas.
•   If you have some interesting technology you would like to assist in any aspect of the conference please get in touch.
•   Any other assistance you would like to offer that doesn’t fit into the above points please let us know.
•   Register on the site as early as you can so we have more time to organise logistics.

If we can get community support on the above points then we can focus on marketing the conference to a wider audience.  Our aim is to bring in Business People, Entrepreneurs and Media that bitcoin needs for public adoption.  

Why Prague?
Prague is a beautiful city, in a Central European location which is cost effective.  It’s safe and a great place to visit so we think it’s the perfect place to hold the first European Conference.  There has been some discussion about holding the conference in a major financial hub which we think is a really good idea.   We have to take into account the costs of putting on such a conference in these early days of bitcoin and how that would reflect in ticket prices.  These are the reasons we have selected Prague as the host city.

The Venue
There are some very nice hotels in Prague to hold the conference at and we think we have secured one of the better ones, our current plans are for http://www.panoramahotelprague.com/home where we have confirmed our booking.  There will be a second hotel of equal quality which will be confirmed before payments are taken.

The Package
2 nights accommodation, free internet, breakfast, fitness centre and business room included.
3 day entry to the conference.

Price
310 Euro payable in Bitcoins
CZ residents that don't want hotel package 150 Euro
If you are not interested in the hotel package, please register and mention it.  We will make a decision on availability of this soon.

You can download the overview here: http://conference.bitgroups.org/program.pdf and visit the site here: http://conference.bitgroups.org/ Payments will be collected and held by Bitcoinconsultancy.com and refunds available up till the 24th of October with a limit of 300 people to attend.
We will keep everyone updated with Twitter (http://twitter.com/bitgroups and Blog posts (http://conference.bitgroups.org/blog/).

Looking forward to seeing you in Prague,

Mitchell Bourne and Team
Organisers of the European Bitcoin Conference, Prague 2011
Twitter: @bitgroups
Hashtag: #eurobit
Conference.bitgroups.org

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I've spent plenty of time in Thailand, have visited Pattaya.

No matter how many write ups you read, it will shock even the hardest core sex fiend into how much of a sex tourist place this is.

Sex tourism exists all over Thailand, Pattaya attracts the worst of them.

Its simply not known for anything else and Im pretty sure if one had been to Pattaya they would be saying that there are better places to hold a bitcoin conference.

bump, friend of mine having the same problem

Use as many accounts as you like, i think you will get plenty of warning about being cutoff...they are banning business names thats about it.

I Like the idea of starting up a site that helps bitcoiners get in touch, provides tools to get shops involved and joins the bitcoin community together to create real buying power.

I like the idea so much im starting a site to do it...its kind of like meetup but specifically for bitcoiners and it will have some tools to help spread bitcoin aceptance.

here is my rough draft:
1.Meetups - gather bitcoin users by geographical locations.
2.We want to target as many businesses as possible, especially food and other essential type shops.
3.We want to contact businesses and present the idea
4.We need a measurement for the sale (how many bitcoiners and proportionally how much buying power/area) - the meetups will discuss and choose targets, the site will cater for this so its all open.  Create possibly a light crm where members can post progress, contacts etc
5.Directory where clients and shops meet.....and a status for each shop...'accepting', 'thinking'','needs more prompting'
6.Shop setup section and sales-training material for meetup groups and the hardware/software they need to implement.

Im an australian in romania so I have access to the big brains and things are cheap to get started here.
Unfortunately im spending all my money on mining rigs so its going to take a bit longer than right now.

The site will be located at bitgroups.org I have the staff to contact shops and push it, Im employing a coder soon but im not sure when.

If anyone has some good coding skills or has a code library that we can tailor to make a meetup type clone with any of the features listed above let me know.....Lets get in touch my google plus account is https://plus.google.com/100003850557805960555/posts

Mitch

Lets share stuff about bitcoins

Add me on google plus:

https://plus.google.com/100003850557805960555/posts

Post your address in here after you add me so I know who you are and to put you in the bitcoin circle.

Mitch

i Like the idea of starting up a site that helps bitcoiners get in touch, provides tools to get shops involved and joins the bitcoin community together to create real buying power.

I like the idea so much im starting a site to do it...its kind of like meetup but specifically for bitcoiners and it will have some tools to help spread bitcoin aceptance.

here is my rough draft:
1.Meetups - gather bitcoin users by geographical locations.
2.We want to target as many businesses as possible, especially food and other essential type shops.
3.We want to contact businesses and present the idea
4.We need a measurement for the sale (how many bitcoiners and proportionally how much buying power/area) - the meetups will discuss and choose targets, the site will cater for this so its all open.  Create possibly a light crm where members can post progress, contacts etc
5.Directory where clients and shops meet.....and a status for each shop...'accepting', 'thinking'','needs more prompting'
6.Shop setup section and sales-training material for meetup groups and the hardware/software they need to implement.

Im an australian in romania so I have access to the big brains and things are cheap to get started here.
Unfortunately im spending all my money on mining rigs so its going to take a bit longer than right now. 

The site will be located at bitgroups.org I have the staff to contact shops and push it, Im employing a coder soon but im not sure when.

If anyone has some good coding skills or has a code library that we can tailor to make a meetup type clone with any of the features listed above let me know.....Let get in touch my google plus account is https://plus.google.com/100003850557805960555/posts

I want to start a case study where a whole town accepts bitcoins as a social experiment. I'm an Aussie in Romania and I think I can get some traction on the idea here.

I've also started accepting bitcoins in my business for virtual assistants as of today and my first rig with 3x radeon hd 6990 is currently in transit

Hi,

I'm new to bit coin and I am accepting bitcoins  in my business which is virtual assistant agency.
http://Http://bigiqs.com

Im also planning on getting some group buying stuff going on to encourage small business to adopt bitcoins in locations.

My first rig arrives next week.

I can't see the value in point 2. Buyer pays for goods and receives them then reverses the payment, where is the sellers security?

No idea about q1 I think you may be in the wrong thread.

OK, found the thread.

A place to register would be a good idea, and an information pack for dummies.
As a business guy im pretty busy and finding this stuff out for oneself wont be top priority for regular joes.

Hi,

Just came across this concept and Im an advocate.

Accepting bitcoins here

http://BigIQs.com

Im not going to post a link due to fear of being banned but can anyone tell me where the best places to notify people about this is?
Surely this is the key to getting bitcoins widely adopted, I didn't see an option on the trade page and I cant post in most of the threads as a newbie.
If you look at bartercard, this is a good corporate style example of how to get widespread involvement.

Im not that technically savvy and im a pretty busy guy, but how is Joe Bloggs grocery shop supposed to get involved?

The Trade page has lots of information but im guessing its no longer accepting submissions due to spam levels etc.
I guess this is the issue with open source projects, nobody gets paid to run it like a business.

Im very interested in promoting the cause.

Mitch

wow, im trying to track down these right now.
looking forward to the link.