Hey, I'm Arsh.

✏️ Your opening story goes here. Guille opens with one specific moment — the comedian, the standing ovation. Yours could be: the moment a Lofoten dinner you orchestrated turned into a pivotal relationship, the call you got at 2am in Costa Rica, why you said no to $230k. One real story that shows how you work.

I've spent five years at the Human Rights Foundation building the events infrastructure behind freedom tech's most important gatherings — from private retreats in the Norwegian Arctic to invitation-only summits that shape where Bitcoin and human rights intersect. I manage $10M+ in budget, produce 80+ events a year across 25+ countries, and lead a team of five.

Before that I co-founded two organizations — Generation Bitcoin and the Bitcoin Student Network — because the best way to understand a community is to build it yourself. BSN now spans 400 universities globally.

Take a look around. I'd love to tell you the rest.

Budget managed
$10M+
Events produced end-to-end
15+
Countries
25+
Your portrait
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Flagship Events
Photo: Oslo Freedom Forum
Flagship · 2022–2026
Oslo Freedom Forum
One of the world's most prestigious human rights conferences — 17+ annual editions produced by HRF since 2009. Dissidents, Nobel laureates, heads of state, journalists, and technologists convening in Oslo.
✏️ Add your role + a result (e.g. "500 attendees · 60 countries · $Xk budget")
Photo: Global Bitcoin Summit
Private Summit · 2023–2026
Global Bitcoin Summit
HRF's annual by-invitation summit — 125+ human rights activists, developers, and civil society leaders from 70+ countries. The world's foremost freedom tech gathering. Three days at Bitcoin Park, Nashville.
✏️ Add your role + a result
Photo: HRF AI Summit
Summit · 2025–2026
HRF AI Summit
HRF's flagship annual gathering at the intersection of AI and individual rights. Top AI researchers, technologists, human rights defenders, and civil society leaders. Invitation only. Sausalito, CA.
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Private Retreats
Photo: Lofoten Retreat
Private Retreat · 2022–2026
Lofoten Retreat
Off-the-record gathering of ~60 senior HRF advisors, board members, and major donors immediately following Oslo Freedom Forum. Hattvika Lodge, Norwegian Arctic. The most important dinner of the year.
✏️ Add your role + a result
Photo: Freedom Tech Retreat
Retreat · 2022–2026
Freedom Tech Retreat
Annual private retreat uniting HRF's core freedom tech community — Bitcoin developers, grantees, and civil society partners. Deep collaboration outside the conference circuit. Costa Rica.
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Field Programs & Community
Photo: HRF Trek
Field Program
HRF Trek
On-the-ground delegations to countries under financial repression — Bitcoin education workshops, civil society visits, developer-activist exchanges across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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Photo: AI Hackathons
Series · Multi-City
AI Hackathons
Hands-on developer events across four U.S. cities prototyping AI tools for civil society — censorship circumvention, secure comms, and financial privacy. Austin, Nashville, DC, San Francisco.
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Photo: Bitcoin Student Network
Co-founder · 2024–Present
Bitcoin Student Network
Co-founded BSN with a single goal: spread Bitcoin across college campuses globally. Started as Generation Bitcoin in 2021, rebranded and scaled to 400 universities worldwide by 2024.
400 universities · Global
External Activations
Photo: Bitcoin Conference
External · 2023–2026
Bitcoin Conference
HRF presence, speaking engagements, and side event activations at the world's largest annual Bitcoin conference. Tens of thousands of attendees across Nashville and Las Vegas editions.
✏️ Add your specific role
Photo: SXSW
External · 2025–2026
SXSW
HRF activations at South by Southwest, positioning freedom tech to a mainstream tech, media, and policy audience. 300,000+ annual attendees. Austin, TX.
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Event Operations
  • Airtable
  • Google Workspace
  • Notion
  • Registration & ticketing platforms
Communications & CRM
  • ✏️ Add your CRM / comms tools
AI & Productivity
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Google Suite