2nd Bitcoin Day - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2nd Bitcoin Day – Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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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.

You can follow the event in streaming through this web
In social networks we use the hashtag #bitcoinUPF

Follow us on twitter: @BTCBarcelona
or facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barcelona.btc

Admission is free, but registration is required at:

http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-barcelona/events/228727641/

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