2nd Bitcoin Day – Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Wednesday 24 February 2016
Local currencies, Bitcoin and virtual currencies – Economics, law and politics of the new monetary instruments
Summary of the event and related video:
11:00 – 13:00
Round table discussion: The death of traditional cash?
Welcome and Moderation: Walter García-Fontes – Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University Pompeu Fabra
Speakers:
Marcel Coderch – Telecommunications Engineer, PhD from MIT. Professor at the UPC and BGSE (Barcelona Graduate School of Economics). He has been a director of Grupo Anaya, Auna Retevisión and Techfoundries.
Susana Martín – Economist and contributor to the association New Social Innovation, author of Nothing is lost which proposes alternative to existing monetary arrangements.
Xavier Foz – Roca Junyent lawyer and Associate Professor at the UPF.
Carlos Barbero Steinblock – CEO & co-founder of BTC-Guardian. Member of the Bitcoin community of Barcelona.
14:00-16:00
Hands on Bitcoin
Thanks to the collaboration of the company ATM Bitcoin Bitcoin Exchange and Investors Trust will be able to practice in a real way with a small amount of euros in Bitcoins, by Miquel J Pavon.
18:30 a 20:00
Building a local currency in Catalonia: The case of Santa Coloma de Gramenet
The European project Digipay 4 Growth (2014-16) proposes the launch of a SantaColoma local currency in order to stimulate the local economy. This roundtable will show the goals and challenges that this project is raising a legal, technological, economic and political level.
Welcome: Angel Lozano, ViceRector for Research and PhD, UPF.
Moderator: Ester Oliveras, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business of the UPF.
Speakers:
Montserrat Ballarin, Professor, department of Law – UPF Barcelona, and councilor, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona.
Jaume Catarineu. CEO Ubiquat.
Luis Muns, Head DGP4G project, Learning-by-Doing.
Speaker to be confirmed, City of Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
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