Events

Adam Meister

Bitcoin Evangelist

Adam has been preaching his long-term buy and hold Bitcoin strategy on his BitcoinMeister Youtube channel since 2013. He travels the world talking about Bitcoin. He likes to report from countries that get a lot of third-hand Bitcoin press mentions like Zimbabwe, South Korea, and Australia so his viewers can learn about what is really taking place on the ground. Adam coined the term "crypto-dividend" and was the first person to predict the friendly fork phenomenon that the space experienced in late 2017. He posts at least one new show every day of the year.

Blake Anderson

Bitcoin Evangelist

Blake Anderson is a computer and information scientist turned economist with a specialization in crypto-currency and the global debt bubble collapse. An early adopter, Blake got his start working in math based security project management for a Fortune 50 bank, spending his free time reading about the philosophy of rights and the digital instantiation thereof. A strong proponent of Bitcoin being a paradigm shift not only for computer science theory, but for multiple sciences and studies including sociology, economics and ethics. He believes the value propositions which inform Bitcoin are the same which describe the mutual exclusivity of liberties and entitlements and govern the fundamental principles of human interaction.

Keynote Speaker: Jared Tate

Founder and Creator of Digibyte

We are pleased to announce Jared Tate as one of our Keynote speakers for Digital Currency Con. Jared Tate is the founder and creator of the DigiByte blockchain. DigiByte is a public, rapidly growing and highly decentralized 4.5 year-old blockchain. DigiBytes are digital assets that cannot be destroyed, counterfeited or hacked, making them ideal for protecting objects of value like currency, information, property or important digital data. DigiByte is currently the longest, fastest and most secure UTXO blockchain in the world today. Dozens of other leading blockchains now use technology pioneered by DigiByte.

Lawrence Lerner

CEO of Pithia

Lawrence Lerner is a blockchain pioneer who has worked in the cryptocurrency and digital payments spaces since the late 90’s. He has a history of success in innovation, both within large corporate and startup structures. Lerner is the CEO of Pithia, a venture capital company for businesses developing in the blockchain 3.0 ecosystem and driving enterprise adoption through strategic investments in identity, storage, supply chain, payment, and governance solutions.

Linda Goetze

President of Blockchain Chamber of Commerce

Some people talk about cutting-edge technology, others actively engage in it. Linda Goetze, MEd., has been actively engaged in blockchain technology for over six years and currently serves as President of the Blockchain Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber’s mission is to raise awareness and facilitate adoption of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies through education and improvements in the consumer experience. Mensan and mother of twins, Linda enjoys golf, pickleball and volleyball when she’s not busy connecting with blockchain businesses around the world or sharing her passion for BloomInTheDark.org - her favorite charity.

Ron Bienvenu

CEO – The OIX

Ron Bienvenu, CEO - The OIX As CEO of The OIX, Ron is leading the transformation of the relationship between governments and businesses on a global basis. The OIX provides an enterprise SaaS platform for managing, analyzing and monetizing tax credits and incentives issued by governments to businesses to promote economic development. These complex financial instruments pose a challenge for corporations as they grow in size and become material to the operations of the largest companies in the world. That's why companies like CBS and Tyson Foods and many other name-brand firms rely on OIX technology around the globe. As part of the continued evolution of this rapidly expanding asset class, Ron leads the company's efforts to establish blockchain standards and smart contracts across the economy to facilitate the entire industry. The OIX is based in Silicon Beach in Los Angeles and affords access to some of the best and brightest minds tackling the challenges and opportunities in blockchain and cryptocurrencies. In addition to The OIX, Ron is also Managing Director of Spear Point Capital Management, LLC, which is a special situation and buyout fund headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a lifelong technology entrepreneur and financier, his career has spanned 30 years and has included founding and selling two successful enterprise technology businesses as well raising over $500 million for various investments. Ron's operational and industry experience includes serving as CEO of numerous software and technology companies, and he sits on the board of directors of several public and private companies. He is the author of The Fourth Shock which explores the impact of information technology on the balance of power between governments and businesses. Mr. Bienvenu lectures at LSU Law School and Baylor University Hankamer School of Business on corporate governance issues and is also an adjunct professor at Tulane University where he co-leads a course on hedge funds. He has also been named 100 people that matter in the technology industry by Knowledge World magazine and was a finalist for E&Y's entrepreneur of the year.

Anthony Pompliano

Founder at Morgan Creek Digital

Breanne Madigan

Head of Institutional Sales and Strategy at Blockchain

Henry Liu

CIO at Yeoman\'s Capital

Hester Peirce

Commissioner at SEC

Kyle Samani

Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital

Marcos Veremis

Managing Director at Cambridge Associates

Dr. Katharina Lasota Heller

CEO at Law LEXcellence

Attorney at law admitted in Poland and in Kanton Zug / Nationality: PL & CH gets things done on time, thinker, visionary, author of numerous publications and articles, recently an active blogger, as well as plain speaker and a tough negotiator Specialties: FinTech, Blockchain, cryptocurrency, international posting of workers, management of all-over legal issues, risk management, compliance, public policy, regulatory and governmental affairs, liability related digital business models, electronic payments, intellectual property, private data protection, e-commerce, patents, big data-based business models, e-payments, consumers, M&A, due diligence, transactions

Markus Dold

Founder at eCharge.work

Markus Dold (51) is now the investor and founder of echarge.work AG, the smart eCharging solution for electric cars set to install 50,000 eCharging Stations in 2018 worldwide. Previously, Markus Dold was the CEO of meXchange AG, a full-service provider for operational procurement for large corporate customers, municipal utilities, utilities and clinics that use consulting services, e-procurement solutions and invoice management. As part of his role as a member of the Executive Board, Markus Dold and his team have developed the smartgrid.work initiative as a joint solution by Stadtwerke GmbH for tailor-made Smartgrid Services. Markus Dold studied Business Informatics at the University of Mannheim and has already founded several start-ups, developed software and IT-based solutions for a wide variety of industries. Markus Dold, born in Haslach in the Kinzig Valley, worked for the hotel and tourism industry for several years and is regarded as a first-mover in the industry, since he was still in the 90’s Internet-based reservation systems, virtual hotel tours. For example, for the Maritim hotel group and e-commerce platforms, content management systems and booking tools developed, which was then ultimately implemented in booking.com as an electronic hotel booking engine.

Ransu Salovaara

CEO at TokenMarket

CEO of TokenMarket: Digital asset marketplace for investors & growth companies. Creator of BitcoinETI, the first bitcoin-backed exchange traded instrument. BitcoinETI founder, professional trader in Urram Investments, formerly EpicTV.

Robert Etches

CEO at Exfluency GmbH

A dynamic actor in the language industry for 30 years, achieving particular success as CIO at TextMinded (2012-2017). Always active in the community, Robert was the co-founder of the Word Management Group (1996-2006), the TextMinded Group (2007-2013), and the Nordic CAT Group (2011-2013). He served four years (2013-2016) on the Board of GALA (two as Chairman), and four on the Board of LT-Innovate (2015-2018). A known industry speaker on trends and the need to embrace innovation and change. He strongly believes in a universal access to multilingual communication - the idea that stands behind his newest project - blockchain driven marketplace for selling and buying language resources.

Sven-Roger von Schilling

Managing Partner at svs CAPITAL PARTNERS

Sven von Schilling is founder and Managing Partner of svs Capital Partners. He advises German and international SMEs, start-ups, entrepreneurs and financial investors, foremost on strategy, finance and M&A. Sven started his professional career in the early 90-ies as a management consultant at McKinsey and CSC Index, both in Europe and the US. From 2000 until 2010 he was the CFO of a number of PE-owned (syzygy, Petrotec, Leybold Optics) as well as listed tech companies (Gauss Interprise, FJH). In 2010 Sven founded and was the CEO of European CleanTech I, Germany’s second SPAC. Sven was always at the forefront of capital raising, he prepared and managed 4 Prime Standard IPOs (syzygy, Petrotec, ECT I, deSPACing of ECT I) and advised Helicoentris on a segment change from the General Standard to the Prime Standard. He structured and coordinated two of Germany’s largest 6 crowdfundings (Volocopter, Freygeist) and currently advises a dozen of companies on preparing ICOs. Sven holds a MBA of Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) as well as a Diplom-Betriebswirt/BBA of DHBW Mannheim (Baden Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University).

ARVIE DE VERA

Head of Fintech Business Group at Unionbank of the Philippines

BRUCE JEONG

Fundshing DEPUTY CEO

I am a Lawyer and a Deputy CEO of VC and a korea Representative of IDACB. www.fundshing.com. I am a Lawyer and a Deputy CEO of VC and a korea Representative of IDACB. www.fundshing.com. I work with Roger Ver and Jack Mar and also work for korea Dubai vitenam Swiss Japan Singapore and Russia China government to build up the SMART CRYPTO CITY with Blockchain. I am looking for the some good ICO companies and startups to invest during my speaking. I work with Roger Ver and Jack Mar and also work for korea Dubai vitenam Swiss Japan Singapore and Russia China government to build up the SMART CRYPTO CITY with Blockchain. I am looking for the some good ICO companies and startups to invest during my speaking.

JAMES FLORENTINO

CEO at MergeCommit

MIGUEL CUNETA

Co-Founder, Chief Community Officer at Satoshi Citadel Industries

RAFAEL PADILLA

Co-Founder, Blockchain Association of the Philippines

YULIYA SPORYSH

Co-Founder, CEO at CoinIndex.agency

Angeleen Wilson

Georgia Blockchain Coalition

Daniel Gouldman

Ternio

Dawn Code

James Tylee

CyberFM / MFTU

Shannon Code

Emblem Vault

Tim Barbir

North Georgia Data