Vrijdag 25 mei – Toch een beetje spijt dat ik niet naar de conferentie ‘Flying Money: investigating illicit financial flows in the city’ ben geweest.

The City of Amsterdam is delighted to announce the Flying Money Conference – Investigating illicit financial flows in the city, which will be held on 22 and 23 May in Amsterdam. The conference is organised in partnership with the research group Network Cultures of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Global developments in digital currencies and monetary flows are taking place at breakneck speed. Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, the emergence of parallel banking systems and the decentralization of monetary transactions impact ideas about the future of money and the banking system, but they also expand the playing field for criminals…

…To address these themes more than 40 speakers will be giving keynote lectures and will debate with each other on stage. The speakers include Bill Browder, Eric Smit, Francesca Bria, Bastian Obermayer, Klaas Knot, Misha Glenny, Joris Luyendijk, Saskia Sassen and Galia Benartzi.

Met name het verhaal van Bill Browder schijnt erg indrukwekkend te zijn geweest. Over de corruptie bij Russische ambtenaren en de noodzaak die mensen en cultuur uit onze maatschappij te verbannen. De Volkskrant schreef er gisteren over.