Basic knowledge on blockchain in one day: Azerbaijan to host the first Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Baku

Blockchain is spreading along the planet: Smile-Expo, the organizer of forty successful events from the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference series, will hold the first conference in Baku.

According to the organizers, their goal is not only to popularize blockchain, cryptocurrencies and ICO in Azerbaijan, but also to provide businesspeople, lawyers, managers and marketers working in this field with useful tools to start with.

The conference will feature speakers from Azerbaijan, the CIS countries and Europe. Participation has already been confirmed by four experts:

• Elnur Guliyev, Kriptoinvest.az;
• Orkhan Ahmad, Waves Platform;
• Sergey Lukashkin, VTB Bank;
• Maryam Taghiyeva, Centre for Citizenship Enterprise and Governance.

Elnur Guliyev is a founder of the Kritpoinvest.az portal. The expert will tell about the digital technology market in Azerbaijan, as well as about cryptocurrency crowdfunding in the country.

Orkhan Ahmadov is a Waves Ambassador and Local Community Manager. Co-founder of Azerbaijan Blockchain Center and founder of CryptoAZE – Azerbaijan Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Community. During the event, Orkhan will show examples of blockchain introduction in Azerbaijan.

Maryam Taghiyeva is a Chief Systems Architect at the Centre for Citizenship Enterprise and Governance. The speaker will explain how to find professional consultants on blockchain issues for business.

Sergey Lukashkin is a Digital Transformation Project Management Director at VTB Bank. In his report, Sergey will cover bitcoin and ethereum operation, smart contracts and other decentralized technologies.

Smile-Expo notes that the conference program will be regularly updated. To keep the track of the latest updates is as easy as ABC: every day the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Baku website publishes announcements of new speakers, interviews, articles about the blockchain industry in the world. Simplify the process of receiving news via a subscription – it's really convenient.