so why the hell is adam back attending and noted as the main guy... oh wait..
i forgot,
adam back wants to direct the direction bitcoin takes because he needs to commercialise it to make returns of ......
all fully paid for by blockstream.
rant over
Adam is one of 100 participants-- he is listed prominent because he is well known and well respected, is one of only a few people who's work is referenced in the Satoshi Whitepaper and his company is important to Bitcoin because it has solid relations to Bitcoin core dev (including employing more devs than anyone else)
No...blockstream is not paying for the event in any way
Who would you suggest for the list?