LIKE us on FacebookSteve Stockman Representative, Congressman, Advocate for Cryptocurrency Steve Stockman Rep.Steve Stockman is considered to be one of the leading advocates for cryptocurrency, championing free market and libertarian ideas and causes in Congress.Congressman Stockman was twice elected to the U.S.House of Representatives from the state of Texas, once in 1994 and again in 2012.He has consistently fought for less government and restoration of Constitutional liberties.Stockman serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Science, Space and Technology Committee.The congressman has been described as a futurist in the areas of nanotubes, 3-D printing, and cryptocurrencies.His intellect and humor make him a popular speaker around the world.× John Allen Chairman of the Protector Committee for the HOPE Gold Coin Charitable Trust, and Senior advisor for the Festival of HOPE John Allen Previously, Mr.Allen has served as Co-Chairman along with the late Bob Hope for the Westmoreland Scholar Foundation, now located at the Texas Tech University Vietnam Center and Archive.

Allen served in the White House as Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan.He has served as an advisor for six US Presidents and has extensive experience working with the US Congress, as well as many Foreign Ministers, and Heads of State.After leaving the White House, he founded the Washington, D.C.consulting firm of John Allen & Associates International, Ltd.Allen’s firm was involved in a wide range of projects in over 42 countries.Allen currently serves as a senior advisor on international trade to the current US Secretary of Commerce and US Trade Representative.He has over thirty-seven years of experience negotiating political and economic issues between foreign governments and the US.He remains active as an advisor not only to the US and foreign governments, but also to small, medium, and large multi-national companies in the areas of procurement, trade, government relations, security, and international business relations.He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal; Inc.Magazine; Bloomberg Financial Markets and Commodities News; as well as many local newspapers and journals.

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Gilder is the author of several books, including Life after Television, Microcosm, The Spirit of Enterprise, Wealth and Poverty and Telecosm; contributing editor to Forbes Magazine.His 1981 bestseller Wealth and Poverty advanced a practical and moral case for capitalism during the early months of the Reagan Administration.In 1986, President Reagan gave George Gilder the White House Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence.Four years later, Mr.Gilder published Microcosm, his acclaimed history and prophecy of microchips.His latest book, the influential Israel Test, last year introduced Gilad Garon and ASOCS to Gilder’s readers.He is also a contributing writer at Wired and Forbes and a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal.He is a recipient of White House award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from President Reagan.He is Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute where he directs Discovery’s program on high technology and public policy.Gilder attended Exeter Academy and Harvard University.

× Toni Lane Casserly Apart from her role at the largest media group in Bitcoin, Miss Casserly advises several companies at the intersection of the internet of finance and the next gen web and is working with ZeroG Colony on a galactic music experience.Toni Lane is an an artist practicing in performance art, writing (poetry), photography and dance.× Paul Puey Paul is CEO and Co-Founder of Airbitz Paul Puey Paul is CEO and Co-Founder of Airbitz, a company with a vision of Bitcoin mass adoption through ease of use and ease of security.Airbitz delivers a mobile bitcoin wallet with the familiarity of mobile banking but with true bitcoin decentralization, autonomy, and privacy.Paul is an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate of UC Berkeley with a wide range of technical skills from low-level 3D graphics engineering to front end user interfaces.He held lead engineering positions with Nvidia Corp and Chromatic Research.Most recently he owned and operated several non-technical small businesses where he implemented solutions to streamline the intersection of people, business, and technology.

× Samuel Kovac Bitcoin Evangelist, Consultant, Trader and Blogger Samuel Kovac Samuel Kovac was in Slovakia.He currently lives in Mexico.He studied mathematics, programming and holds university degree in economics, banking and trade.He is passionate about the latest inventions and technologies, that have potential to change and improve the life of people around the world.He is an active member of Mexican and Slovak Bitcoin communities.He gives lectures and writes on subject of Bitcoin for almost two years.× Melanie Swan Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies Melanie Swan Melanie Swan is the Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies, a non-profit organization articulating the philosophical and societal research agenda for blockchain technology (Bitcoin Protocols 1.0 and 2.0 Explained: http://www.slideshare.net/lablogga/presentations).She is a contemporary philosophy graduate student at Kingston University London and Université Paris 8 focusing on information theory and technology philosophy.

Her research interests include an ethics of perception of nanocognition, the philosophy of big data, the ideology of the biocitizen and the quantified self, the future of personal identity, and the case for cognitive enhancement.She has a traditional markets background with an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and work experience at Fidelity and JP Morgan.She is a quantitative methods and prediction markets instructor at Singularity University.× Verengal Mabika Verengai is a young leader in technology, social innovation and sustainable development, with keen interest in youth actions towards a better world.An Ashoka Global Fellow, a Mandela Washington Fellow and a member of the BMW Foundation Young Leaders Forum.He is the Founder and Director of Development Reality Institute (DRI).He is passionate about ICT based solutions for Climate Change.With sound knowledge on social innovation, technology and capacity building, Verengai has started a Bitcoin Exchange in Zimbabwe (http://bitcoinexchange.co.zw) and is now working on the Crypto Counter - A Smart, Next Generation ATM (http://cryptocounter.co.zw).

× Helena Margarido Partner at HMO Law - eAdvisor, co-founder of Fundação Bitcoin Brasil and mentor of Bitcoin-related companies Helena Margarido Expert in project financing, structuring and implementing investments and different businesses models for internet & new technologies market.Provides legal assistance to Banks, VC funds, angel investors and Startups on cross-border structuring & transactions, compliance, and regulatory matters.× Bruce Fenton Founder, Bitcoin Association - Founder and Managing Director, Atlantic Financial Bruce Fenton ) a new industry trade group focused on education and advocacy for Bitcoin and related technologies with individuals, governments, businesses and charities.Bruce is also founder and Managing Director of Atlantic Financial, which, in 1994, became the first full service investment firm to use the Internet.For over 22 years Bruce has focused on emerging markets and emerging technologies and has completed over $4.5 billion in investment sales.

Bruce spends about half the year traveling internationally to locations such as Asia and the Middle East and serves as an advisor to some of the largest investors in the world.Bruce has been quoted in the New York Times, Bloomberg, Investor’s Business Daily, Fortune Magazine and many other publications × Erik Voorhees Erik Voorhees is among the top-recognized serial Bitcoin advocates and entrepreneurs, understanding Bitcoin as one of the most important inventions ever created by humanity.Having been a featured guest on Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNBC, BBC Radio, The Peter Schiff Show, and numerous Bitcoin and industry conferences, Erik humbly suggests that there is no such thing as a “free market” when the institution of money itself is centrally planned and controlled.× Perianne M. Boring President and Founder Chamber of Digital Commerce Perianne M. Boring The Chamber of Digital Commerce is a Washington, DC-based trade association representing the interests of the digital asset community.

The Digital Chamber’s mission is to educate policymakers in shaping regulation and advocate for the acceptance and use of digital assets.Boring is a frequent speaker at FinTech conferences, and has also testified to governments around the world.Boring the top woman in Bitcoin for her efforts in public policy, promoting a pro-growth legal framework for digital assets.Boring is also the author of the “Boring Bitcoin Report,” a leading industry news blog.Prior to forming the Digital Chamber, Ms.Boring was a television host and anchor of “Prime Interest,” an international finance program that aired in over 100 countries to over 650 million viewers.Boring was also a contributor at Forbes, and authored the column “Boring Economics.” Ms.Boring began her career as a legislative analyst in the US House of Representatives, advising on finance, economics, tax and healthcare policy.× Nicholas Courtois Senior Lecturer at University College Nicholas Courtois Nicolas T. Courtois is a cryptologist and a Senior Lecturer at University College.

He has received his PhD from the Paris 6 University.Then he worked as a cryptographic engineer for the French smart card firm Gemalto.He has 8 patents on applied cryptography and smart cards.He is a highly influential code-breaker with more than 100 regular publications and more than 5800 citations.His H-index is 32.He is responsible for the cryptanalysis of many real-life cryptographic systems used by hundreds of hundreds of millions of people every day, such as the Bluetooth cipher E0, the automobile cipher KeeLoq and the MiFare Classic Crypto-1 system which is widely used in public transportation and building access control.Recipient of the UK University Cipher Champion 2013 award.At UCL he teaches about the following topics: Computer Security, Applied Cryptography, Cryptanalysis.He is a bitcoin activist and runs a regular bitcoin research seminar every week in central London.He has authored several research papers on bitcoin.× Adam Hayes Researcher in Finance & Economics Adam Hayes Adam graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science, and is currently working towards his Masters in Economics in New York City and is also a CFA Level III candidate.

An early Bitcoin adopter, he has taken up the study of digital currencies and the Bitcoin ecosystem from a finance and economics viewpoint.Adam has over a dozen years of professional experience in the financial markets and enjoys writing about finance, economics, technology, and of course Bitcoin.× Alma Sommer Editor of the Under Employed and Hungry Newsletter Alma Sommer Creator of Agorist Marketplace, Founder of the Jackalope Freedom Festival, and Editor of the Under Employed and Hungry Newsletter.× Eric Lombrozo Co-Founder, Co-CEO and CTO of Ciphrex Corporation Eric Lombrozo Eric Lombrozo is founder, Co-CEO, and Chief Technology Officer at Ciphrex Corporation, a software company providing security tools, account management applications, and application development platforms and libraries for peer-to-peer payment networks.With a background in computer science and mathematics, Lombrozo has worked at several software startups and has years of industry experience in the areas of security and software architecture.

He is the architect and author of the first scalable multisignature cryptocoin account management system.Lombrozo has participated in several projects related to decentralized consensus protocols, contributing source code and ideas to various open source projects including Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum.× Michael Perklin President of CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium Michael Perklin Michael is a well-respected Bitcoin expert who has launched the first Bitcoin consulting firm in Canada.Michael enjoys delivering high-level “What is Bitcoin?” presentations tailored to specific audiences as well as low-level Bitcoin technical assistance for developers and technical experts.From pure geekspeak to plain English, Michael brings clarity and confidence to the emerging world of Bitcoin.Michael is a certified information security professional with over a decade of experience in the computing and security industries.An accomplished cyber-crime investigator and public speaker, Michael has been invited to speak at leading computer security conferences both locally and internationally.

Michael’s career began in the banking industry as a computer programmer.His interest in security drove him into more specialized roles in cryptography, cyber security, digital forensics, electronic discovery, and cyber-crime investigations.Michael holds degrees in information assurance and security theory, as well as certifications in the fields of digital forensics and information security.Michael has taught classes in digital forensics, information systems security auditing, and computer security.Michael’s interest in security lead to an active role in the emerging Bitcoin community.Michael has contributed new features and code changes to one of the leading alternative Bitcoin clients and has been a vocal proponent of new security features that will enhance the security of this online decentralized cryptocurrency.Michael has been invited to speak about cyber-crime issues surrounding Bitcoin to various legal, regulatory, and law enforcement audiences, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, and will be assisting in the Bitcoin Incubator program at Bitcoin Decentral in Toronto, Canada.