On February 21, for the first time ever Geneva will host Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Switzerland dedicated to cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects. Participants will discuss topical trends and challenges in the industry: development, investments, implementation, and regulation.

The event is organized by Smile-Expo, organizer of major events in the industry. Among invited speakers are leading specialists in finance, investment, and IT from Switzerland and other countries. They include representatives of CERN, founders of the Swiss Crypto Valley, lawyers, economists, investors, and top executives of successful blockchain startups.

Manuel Martin Marquez is the Big Data Project Leader and Blockchain Evangelist at the European Laboratory for Nuclear Research (CERN). He is a member of several workgroups and participates in interagency projects. The topic of his presentation is “Open and transparent science powered by the blockchain”. The expert will also tell about the revolutionary blockchain project, where he is engaged together with the NASA specialists.

Gavin Smith is an expert in financial services. He has been working in the field for more than 20 years. Currently, he is a CEO at international companies First Global Credit and AICoin. Over the last four years, the speaker has been engaged in the field of the distributed ledger technologies and successfully integrates blockchain in his business. That is why Global Credit is the world’s first financial company working with cryptocurrency.