I also sensed he was unconsciously America-centric as he tried to fit BTC into his understanding of the world. Easy to do, especially for an American "data storage analyst" reporter attending an American conference and reporting on global currency developments. Possibly dangerous in terms of making accurate predictions though.
A strongly USA-centric viewpoint was prevalent just about everywhere and in all presentations, with very few exceptions. The underlying assumption was that US business interests are paramount, and should have the strongest say in Bitcoin's evolution. Which was unfortunate given that Bitcoin's virtues are much more evident and necessary to people living in 3rd world countries than to John Doe in Kansas, who is already subsidized by the world's reserve currency and has widespread access to relatively cheap transmission mechanisms like credit cards and PayPal.
Anyway, China keeps topping the list of number of downloaded clients, and Russia is not far behind. It will be interesting to see what happens when those countries start demanding a more proportional say in Bitcoin's future.
