Bitcoin EU Convention 2013 (Amsterdam, Netherlands September 26th~28th)

[Rassah]

Bitcoin convention in Amsterdam, on the weekend of September 26th to 28th.
Tickets are now for sale. More info available here

http://theconference.eu

Convention is run by Moe Levin, with finances handled by me. The brains (or drive, or ideas) behind it are Matthew N. W's and Moe's, but, Matthew, understanding his established reputation, he has left all control of the convention to Moe and myself. Tickets are €150.  We have a few speakers lined up, and plenty of attendees buying tickets already, so it should be a fun conference.

I'll post more info once I get some free time, and more as I get it. Any questions can be directed to me or Matthew. I'll try to be more polite in answering them though  

EDIT: The multiple other threads related to this have been locked, since we were in the process of finding a venue, and they didn't have correct information.

[Rassah]

Speaker list:

Johann Gevers, Entrepreneur (Monetas)
Leszek Rychlewski, Developer (PicoStocks)
Mike Hearn, Developer (Google)
Celso Cardoso Pitta, Entrepreneur (BTCJAM)
Jeff Garzik, Developer (Bitcoin)
Danny Brewster, Correspondent (Cyprus)
Kris Henriksen, Entrepreneur (BIPS)
Tuur Demeester, Editor at Macrotrends
Tamas Blummer, Founder (Bits of Proof)
Willem van Rooyen, Skilled Gaming SC2BTC
Peter Šurda, Economics of Bitcoin
Stefan Thomas, Developer (Ripple)
Mirko Sprengnether, German Attorney (Winheller)
Eli Sklar, Entrepreneur (SafeBit)
Joseph Perling, Founder (New Liberty Dollar)
Charles Lee, Developer (Litecoin)
Ron Gross, Founder (Bitblu)
Chris Odom, Developer (Open Transactions)
Nejc Kodrič, Entrepreneur (Bitstamp)
Mihai Alisie, Editor (Bitcoin Magazine)
Willem Van Oort, eGaming Consultant


And we're still adding more.


We have a few discussion panels, too:

• Decentralized Exchange Discussion Panel
• Mainstream Acceptance of Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Enterprise Solutions
• Bitcoin Alternatives Discussion Panel (Alt-coins)
• Bitcoin Development Discussion Panel
• Security and Innovation Discussion Panel
• E-Gaming Discussion Panel
• Economic Neutrality Discussion Panel
• Borderless Solutions Discussion Panel

If you would would like to add some other topic, please feel free to suggest it.

P.S. Matthew can't really participate on this thread, because theymos made him go sit in a time-out again  

[ripper234]

Happy to see your efforts starting to consolidate, and I'll be happy to see new and old friends there.

P.S. Matthew can't really participate on this thread, because theymos made him go sit in a time-out again  

Oh? What happened this time? Link please?

[Rassah]

Happy to see your efforts starting to consolidate, and I'll be happy to see new and old friends there.

P.S. Matthew can't really participate on this thread, because theymos made him go sit in a time-out again  

Oh? What happened this time? Link please?

I have zero clues, and zero fucks to give. sorry 

[Min€r]

2 of our Investment Company will attend your conference too 

Should be a nice trip, event & meeting with interesting people. Just had contact with another guy what will be there too so hope a lot of European guest will be the honor for the work.
Just found a nice 5 star hotel in Amsterdam Center here: http://www.hotels-comparison.net/ - booked the cheapest offer at their hotel comparison.

Good luck, happy mining & we will see us!

[amonymous]

2 of our Investment Company will attend your conference too 

Should be a nice trip, event & meeting with interesting people. Just had contact with another guy what will be there too so hope a lot of European guest will be the honor for the work.
Just found a nice 5 star hotel in Amsterdam Center here: http://www.hotels-comparison.net/ - booked the cheapest offer at their hotel comparison.

Good luck, happy mining & we will see us!

Looking forward to seeing you there! Let me know if you have questions about where to eat or what to see!

[Min€r]

2 of our Investment Company will attend your conference too  

Should be a nice trip, event & meeting with interesting people. Just had contact with another guy what will be there too so hope a lot of European guest will be the honor for the work.
Just found a nice 5 star hotel in Amsterdam Center here: http://www.hotels-comparison.net/ - booked the cheapest offer at their hotel comparison.

Good luck, happy mining & we will see us!

Looking forward to seeing you there! Let me know if you have questions about where to eat or what to see!

Thanks - I am an Amsterdam fan... visiting the city 2-3 times a year (business plus private) & I am thinking to invest there too. But any recommendations for some new good restaurants and places are welcome!

[amonymous]

Happy to add Hardbtc (hardbtc.com), Bex.io http://www.bex.io, and AnonymousAds to our list of vendors at the event!

[arsenische]

There are so many threads about this conference, all with different dates. Even though they are locked, it took some time for me to find this one. Maybe it is a good idea to edit dates in their titles and to put links to this thread.

[Rassah]

There are so many threads about this conference, all with different dates. Even though they are locked, it took some time for me to find this one. Maybe it is a good idea to edit dates in their titles and to put links to this thread.

Sorry about that. The person managing communications for this conference kept starting threads with dates before we even had a venue pinned down, so the dates kept changing as we kept negotiating the where and when, and then he got banned from the forum for arguing with a mod... Of something... So the most we could do is ask those threads to be locked. I don't think he'll be doing any more communications for this any time soon

[amonymous]

Updated speaker list, including members of the bitcoin foundation.

Also, Germany has recognized the use of Bitcoin as legal currency, so we're bringing in the lawyers that have helped make it happen from Winheller Law Firm.

Moe

[tinus42]

Don't have the cash to attend but it would be fun if there was a side "Satoshi square" type meeting. Unfortunately the regular Bitcoin Wednesday organizers stick to the first Wednesday of September which is too early (and the first Wednesday of October is too late).  

[amonymous]

Don't have the cash to attend but it would be fun if there was a side "Satoshi square" type meeting. Unfortunately the regular Bitcoin Wednesday organizers stick to the first Wednesday of September which is too early (and the first Wednesday of October is too late).  

If you're interested in helping to organize a satoshi square meeting I'm willing to help with venue space and/or as much as I can.

Message me.

[tinus42]

Don't have the cash to attend but it would be fun if there was a side "Satoshi square" type meeting. Unfortunately the regular Bitcoin Wednesday organizers stick to the first Wednesday of September which is too early (and the first Wednesday of October is too late).  

If you're interested in helping to organize a satoshi square meeting I'm willing to help with venue space and/or as much as I can.

Message me.

The organizer of the Dutch Satoshi Square (Bitcoin Wednesday) is Pikapay.

Dutch thread: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236367.0

I haven't been in Amsterdam for years. Would be nice to go there again for a Bitcoin meeting though.

[Rassah]

it would be fun if there was a side "Satoshi square" type meeting.

I'd love to see that happen! Or even a bitcoin marketplace, where people can come and buy/sell random stuff for bitcoin. I'll definitely have lots of coins with me on hand.

[LukasP33]

what about sunny king from PPcoin? would love to get more info about that

plus, is there something like a time schedule for the 3 days?
like, at which time do the first speakers start, when does it end in the evenings, who speaks on which day etc?

[amonymous]

what about sunny king from PPcoin? would love to get more info about that

plus, is there something like a time schedule for the 3 days?
like, at which time do the first speakers start, when does it end in the evenings, who speaks on which day etc?

We'd love to have Sunny King. We'll reach out this week.

Right now, we have about 40 speakers and 6 panels. Today we confirmed Roger Ver from Memorydealers, Aaron Koenig from the Berlin Bitcoin Exchange, Jacob Boersma from Innopay, and Robert Nederhoed from Bitmymoney.

As you can imagine, some of these speakers have some time limitations, so we are still creating the ideal schedule which can have adequate times for networking, drinks (obviously), and business. For now, our schedule is 9am-6pm for each day, divided into sections for networking, speeches, panels, and lunch. I promise to give you the full details soon.

If you have any other suggestions, feel free to contact me, would love to hear all your ideas!

Moe

[amonymous]

Updated site, now taking ticket sales via twitter through PikaPay, as well as BIPS.

[Mitchell]

750 euro? Damn. I wish I had the money to be a vendor, but I can't even pay for an Attendee ticket.

[amonymous]

750 euro? Damn. I wish I had the money to be a vendor, but I can't even pay for an Attendee ticket.

If you're interested but can't afford it, send me a message. I'm sure we can work something out so you can come and not have to break the bank.