How can I get to Lugano?

If you’re traveling by plane, please visit luganoregion.com for details on the nearest airports and the best ways to reach Lugano.Lugano is also well connected by train to major European cities — making it easily accessible from across the continent.For flights and hotels, book with our official travel partner, Travala.com .

Will the event only be in English?

The event will be conducted in English but real time translations in Italian will be provided for the main keynotes and panels. Headsets will be provided on premise.

Plan ₿ Forum Speakers | Lugano's Plan ₿

Confirmed Speakers

Paolo Ardoino

CEO at Tether, CTO at Bitfinex, CSO at Holepunch

Elizabeth Stark

CEO & Co-Founder at Lightning Labs

Michele Foletti

Mayor of City of Lugano

Adam Back

CEO of Blockstream

Samson Mow

CEO at JAN3

Pietro Poretti

Head of Economic Development, City of Lugano

Jack Mallers

Co-Founder and CEO, Twenty One & Founder and CEO, Strike

Brandon Lutnick

Chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald

Giacomo Zucco

Bitcoin Consultant and Educator

Jimmy Song

Bitcoin Educator | Open-Source-Programmer | Author

Ivan Soto-Wright

CEO & Co-founder MoonPay

Chris Pavlovski

Founder and CEO of Rumble

Jameson Lopp

CTO at CASA

David Marcus

Co-founder & CEO Lightspark

Gabriel Shipton

Film Producer at Shipton House, Brother and Advocate of Julian Assange

Peter Todd

Cryptochronomancer

Luke Dashjr

Chairman & CTO at OCEAN

Carla Bitcoin

Creator-in-Chief

ODELL

Partner at Ten31, CoFounder of OpenSats

Olaoluwa Osuntokun

CTO and Co-Founder Lightning Labs

Walker America

Host of The Bitcoin Podcast

Saifedean Ammous

Economist, Author and Bitcoin Educator

Bo Hines

Strategic Advisor for Digital Assets and U.S. Strategy at Tether

Rockstar Dev

Bitcoin Uncle

Peter McCormack

Chairman of Real Bedford and host of Mr Obnoxious

Mathias Buus

CEO Holepunch

Zhaslan Madiyev

Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Sebastian Kurz

Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Austria, Co-Founder Dream

Joe Nakamoto

Independent Bitcoin Journalist | Content Creator | MC

Winston Marshall

Host of The Winston Marshall Show

Marcus Gerhardt

CEO & Co-founder Blackrock Neurotech

Brad Mills

Bitcoin angel investor building a Citadel Mind & Body through Proof of Work Nostr

Roy Sheinfeld

CEO at Breez

Giw Zanganeh

VP of Energy and Mining at Tether

Gabor Gurbacs

Strategy Advisor at Tether

Bitcoin Mechanic

Chief Boiling Officer at OCEAN

Preston Pysh

GP Ego Death Capital & Founder at The Investor’s Podcast Network

Hermann Vivier

Chairman - Bitcoin Ekasi

Mike Peterson

Director of Bitcoin Beach

Lisa Tscherry

Founder of SatoShe | Board Member at Bitcoin Association Switzerland

John Carvalho

CEO Synonym

Davis Hui

VP, Canaan Inc

Efrat Fenigson

Journalist & Podcast Host "You're The Voice"

Oleg Mikhalsky

Partner Fulgur Ventures

Mir Liponi

Plan B Network advisor

Samuel Kullmann

Member of Parliament, Canton Berne / MA Political Science

Dom Bei

Founder at Proof of Workforce & Lead Coordinator of Santa Monica Bitcoin Office

Jonathan Bier

Author, Blocksize War

Yellow

Puppet - Member of the Meme Factory

Viva Frei

Legal Analyst & Commentator

Massimo Musumeci

Development at Denali Sarl

Stephan Livera

Bitcoin Podcaster

Rocelo Lopes

Founder and CEO at SmartPay

Roman Martinez

Community leader at Bitcoinbeach

Knut Svanholm

Author and Educator

Philip Walton

CTO Gridless

Prince Filip Karađorđević

CSO at JAN3

Kevin Loaec

CEO at Wizardsardine

Sean Bill

Chief Investment Officer at Blockstream

Peter Chen

Bitcoin course coordinator at NTUT

Christian Decker

Blockstream, Lead Engineer

Subash

VP of Engineering at Tether

Andrew Osheroff

CTO at Holepunch

Max Kei

CEO at Debifi

Joe Bryan

Entrepreneur & Educator

Mauricio di Bartolomeo

Co-founder & CSO at Ledn

Brindon Mwiine

Founder Bitcoin Kampala Uganda

Gabriele Varrasi, Ph.D

Prof. Lawyer - GV International Consulting

Sunna Aevarsdottir

Global Director of Courage International

Sergej Kotliar

CEO Bitrefill

Jesse Knutson

Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities

Allen Farrington

General Partner, Axiom

Alex Recouso

CEO of CitizenX

Paolo Bortolin

Head of Business Attraction – Corporate & High-Profile Individuals (HNWI)

Jeff Gardner

Creator of Marmot protocol and White Noise

Federico Tenga

R&D at Bitfinex

Kristian Csepcsar

Miner, mining book author & Chief of Propaganda at Braiins

Antonia Roupell

Bitcoin Lead, Save the Children

Kukks

CTO Ark Labs, BTCPay Server Maintainer

Kilian Rausch

CEO of Boltz

Aurore Galves

Twice Bitcoin candidate to the French legislative council & Entrepreneur

Jonathan Krane

CEO Krane Shares

Alexander Neumüller

Research Associate

Stefania Barbaglio

Cassiopeia | Financial Fox Founder

Ben Kaufman

Bitcoin Keeper

Serge Kaulitz

Head DLT / Blockchain & Digital Assets at Luzerner Kantonalbank

Nico Moran

Host of Simply Bitcoin

RD_BTC

Bitcoin Meme Dealer / Member of the Meme Factory

Arsh Molu

Operations Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Rahim Taghizadegan

CEO at Deedsats

Nick Anthony

Fellow with the Human Rights Foundation, Policy Analyst Cato Institute

André Loja

Founder of FREE Madeira

Santosh V

Student of Bitcoin & Co-founder of Bringin

Anuja C

Founder of Travel with Bitcoin

Max Hillebrand

Cypherpunk

Gustavo Lopes

Developer at SmartPay Digital Services

Edoardo Beretta

Adjunct Professor at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)

Darko Gasic

Co-founder of Holding SA