About

Coin Congress will return to San Francisco for our 3rd event with a radically original experience for attendees, sponsors, networkers and partners. We are not a traditional conference, but a festival of disruption celebrating the future of the digital currency and innovative tech sectors.

This open forum for collaboration will inspire attendees, speakers and sponsors to participate in networking competitions and legendary, original parties — think TED meets TechCrunch Disrupt meets Burning Man. Sponsorship entitles you to network closely with fellow sponsors and hundreds of like-minded attendees interested in your vision and message. Share your inspiration, experience and knowledge. Celebrate disruptive ideas. We invite you all to join us.

Brock Pierce, Co-Founder, and Twan Vrints, Co-Founder and CEO

WHAT WE DO: Coin Congress unites the brightest minds and innovators in the most disruptive sectors: digital currency and tech. In two days, our partners and presenters will showcase the latest developments and unpredictable trajectories molding the future of business, education, communication, and society.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Entrepreneurs, angel and VC investors, hedge fund professionals, evangelists, enthusiastists and start-ups from the partner worlds of cryptocurrency, 3D printing, biohacking, start-up culture, tech media, virtual reality technology, gaming, space exploration, and more.

THE EXPERIENCE: Coin Congress Events will create a radically original experience for attendees, sponsors and partners. We will not just focus on discussing the latest developments of these sectors, but through this create an ecosystem involving local businesses, charities, artists and activists changing the world. With an open forum for collaboration, real-time exhibits and product presentations, networking competitions and legendary, original parties — think TED meets Burning Man meets TechCrunch Disrupt.

CONNECT: Networking at conferences is rarely easy. Our custom event app, MeetMatch, uses a unique algorithm to suggest your optimal connections with other attendees in real-time. Using your LinkedIn profile, MeetMatch intuitively suggests your most optimal connections every three minutes right on your mobile device. Networking is ten times more efficient and connections are more meaningful.
GET GAMING: The best events create fun experiences for all! The days of passive audiences are over. Our event platform integrates gaming and networking features. Attendees endlessly choose from hundreds of challenges while earning rewards in the process.
- Share your event experience on Twitter or Facebook, live stream via Periscope, connect with fellow attendees, attend presentations, and more — all while earning rewards in the process!
- Compete and collaborate to solve-real world cultural, political and global community issues and challenges — and earn points, climb levels and share your stats on our leaderboard.
- Sponsored prizes, gifts, and rewards include everything from Bitcoin, charity donations, gift cards, raffle rewards and access to our VIP party.
ENGAGE: The old conference model is dead. No longer are attendees and presenters content with flat presentations that limit audience engagement. We bring you the future of event experiences. Speak up, ask your questions and interact!
- Our presenters share their insights and knowledge in a short-form presentation style known as Pecha Kucha. With 20 slides at 20 seconds each, presenters will share the most important information in the most efficient and engaging way possible. An interactive 8 minute audience Q/A immediately follows.
- 8 startups from the disruptive tech and gaming sectors will present their unique concepts using Pecha Kucha format.
- In-depth round table discussions explore the future of Bitcoin, the virtues of startup failures, the future of disruptive technology investments, and more.
CELEBRATE: Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime dance party hosted by Tom and Gary’s Distributed Dance Party on Thursday night and two sponsored VIP parties Friday night.