08:00 – 09:00

Registration and coffee

09:00 – 09:15

Opening remarks and greetings

Pamir Gelenbe, st-ART

09:15 – 09:35

Some thoughts on Bitcoin and money

Tuur Demeester, Macrotrends

09:35 - 9.55

A tour through the strange and wonderful world of decentralized finance

Stefan Thomas, Ripple

9.55 - 10.55

Panel Discussion: The rising stars of the Bitcoin start-up ecosystem

Erik Vorhees, Coinapult, Nejc Kodric, Bitstamp, Jeremias Kangas, Localbitcoins.com, Jered Kenna, Tradehill, Pelle Braendgaard, Co-founder, Kipochi

Moderated by Isaac Kato, Co-founder, Verne Global

10.55-11:15

Networking and coffee break

11:15 - 12:15

Panel session: regulatory and legal challenges

Patrick Murck, General Counsel, Bitcoin Foundation, Constance Choi, General Counsel, Payward, Danny Friedberg, Attorney, Graham Dunn, Stuart Hoegner, General Counsel, Gaming Counsel

Moderated by Stefan Greiner, Xenion Legal

12:15 - 13:00

Start-up Pitches

Zach Harvey, Lamassu, Yurii Rashkovskii, Bex.io, Tamas Blummer, Bits of proof, Jonathan Rouach, Bitsofgold, Tom Robinson, Bitprice, Ron Gross, bitBlu

13:05 - 14:00

Lunch and networking

14:00 - 14:50

VC panel - investment opportunities in the Bitcoin space

Nick Shalek, Ribbit Capital, Michael Jackson, Mangrove, Stefan Glaenzer, Passion Capital

Moderated by Stephanie Baker, Bloomberg

14:50 - 15:10

Why Iceland should adopt Bitcoin as its national currency

Sveinn Valfells, Bitcoin Investor

15:10-16:00

Fireside chat with Shakil Khan, Angel Investor and founder of Coindesk, Charlie Shrem, Founder and CEO , BitInstant, and Peter Vessenes, Founder and CEO of Coinlab and Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation

Moderated by Pamir Gelenbe, Co-founder, st-art

16:00-16:20

Networking and coffee break

16.20-17.10

Bitcoin as an asset class?

Yoni Assia, eToro, Luzius Meisser, Bitcoinfund.ch, Gatis Eglitis, Exante, Jaron Lukasiewicz, Coinsetter

Moderated by Garrick Hileman, LSE

17.10-18.00

Merchant opportunities in the Bitcoin Space

Pierre Noizat, Paymium, Aleksandr Lossenko, 9Flats, Grzegorz Luczywo, SecurityKiss

Moderated by Patrice Touboulie, Zipzap

18:00 - 18:10

Closing Remarks

Pamir Gelenbe, st-ART

18:10- 20:30

Networking cocktail