http://bitgroups.org/pdf/official_program.pdfUPDATE 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.pdfMore 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.orgUPDATE: 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 VenueThere 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 Package2 nights accommodation, free internet, breakfast, fitness centre and business room included.
3 day entry to the conference.
Price310 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
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