Bitcoin Badgers Onward toward St Petersburg Bitcoin Conference
Contrary to fears that Russia’s hostility toward Bitcoin would inhibit its growth and adoption, the St Petersburg Bitcoin Conference will take place on December 4th, 2014.
The St Petersburg Bitcoin Conference is spurred on by the success of last fall’s Cryptoforum Conference also held in St Petersburg. The event will host some of the brightest industry minds, experts, and thought-leaders from the world of cryptocurrency as well as legal and foreign experts, who will share their vision of cryptocurrency’s development in Russia and the world on December.
The St Petersburg Bitcoin Conference is an education and informational networking event. Topics will include market analysis, Russian legal changes, features of Bitcoin business, the technical aspects of cryptocurrency, and investment strategies.
The speakers’ list includes:
Alex Fork, Bitcoin evangelist
Pavel Shust, Electronic Money Association
Michael Chobanian, Founder of Kuna Bitcoin Agency (Ukraine)
Matthew Kenahan, Founder & CEO of The Bitcoin Society (USA)
Martin Albert, CEO at Bitalo AG (Finland)
William Ross, Bitcoin evangelist, Editor at BitcoinPriceLive.com (USA/Estonia)
Christian Ander, Founder and CEO of Goobit АВ, Founder of the Swedish Bitcoin Party (Sweden)
Pavel Rassudov, Russian Pirate Party
Artem Tolkachev, Managing partner at Tolkachev & Partners Law firm
The St Petersburg Bitcoin Conference hopes to attract developers, entrepreneurs, finance experts, lawyers, startups – anyone wanting to associate with this stage of Bitcoin or its future.
A full speaker list may be found here .
The cost of admission is 10,000 RUB (~$200 USD), and more information may be found on the St. Petersburg Bitcoin Conference website.
The event will be held at the Ambassador Hotel, Conference hall 5-7, Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Do you plan to attend the conference? What do you think of the state and prospect of Bitcoin in Russia?
Images from St Petersburg Bitcoin Conference and Wikimedia Commons.
