Final Agenda:

Time	Session
13:00 – 13:30	Registration and networking
13:30 – 13:45	Introductions and Welcome Speech: Prof. Soichiro Takagi – UTokyo Tshilidzi Marwala – Rector of UN University Rector of UN University & Under-Secretary-General of the UN
13:45 – 14:45	Session 1: DLT mass adoption case studies (Moderator: Juan Du)
Speakers:	Yen-Lin (Mashbean) Huang – TW-DIW Project, Taiwan Miho Hirashita – Crypto Garage Tsuyoshi Hirayama – IBM Juan Du – University of Sydney
14:45 – 15:00	Break
15:00 – 15:45	Session 2: Digital Currencies – Stablecoins, CBDCs (Moderator: Prof. Takagi Soichiro)
Speakers:	Kazumasa Miyazawa – President @ Soramitsu Takaya Sugino – Financial Services Agency Javier Garcia Nonay – Global Lead of Digital Assets and Tokentization @ Kaleido
15:45 – 16:00	Break
16:00 – 16:45	Session 3: Blockchain Scaling (Moderator: Oguz Genc)
Speakers:	Arnaud Schenk – Executive Director @ Aztec Foundation (hybrid) Luca Donnoh – L2Beat (hybrid) Ekrem Bal – Cofounder & Chief Scientist @ Citrea (hybrid)
16:45 – 17:00	Closing Remarks: Prof. Noboru Koshizuka – UTokyo
17:00 – 17:30	Networking

DAO UTokyo 2025 is an international conference that will be held as the succeeding event of last year’s DAO UTokyo 2024.

This year’s event will be a single day event, hosted as a part of the Japan Fintech Week.

The focus themes will be case-studies on mass adoption, digital currencies, and cutting edge developments on scaling solutions of blockchain systems.

You may register for the event here.

Note: This is a non-profit event. Attendance is free and open to public.

DAO UTokyo was successfully held on February 6-7 with the contribution of approximately 70 participants from Asia, North America, and Australia.

As Blockchain Research Initiative, we would like to convey our sincere gratitude to all parties that contributed to this event.

Below, we include an event report drafted by Hashed Open Research (HOR) Team, an official Conference Joint Statement, and some social media posts by our co-organizers.

Event report:

You may reach the event report prepared by HOR through this link.

Official joint statement:

We, the participants of DAO UTokyo 2024, propose:

1. Intercultural comparisons among countries about DAOs and decentralization.

2. Interdisciplinary collaborations among scholars to study DAOs and co-create new knowledge.

3. Continued education of policymakers and legislators on the beneficial use cases of DAOs.

4. Clarification between confidentiality of private data and application of cryptography.

5. Support for and emphasis of diversity and equity in our communities and circles of influence.

Social media links:

2日間のDAO UTokyoカンファレンスが終了しました。
日本、アメリカ、韓国、台湾などたくさんの地域から参加して頂き、起業家、研究者、ディベロッパー、政策関係者などたくさんの人たちと繋がることができ、大変有意義な機会となりました。またこのような機会を作れればと思います。#DAOUTokyo pic.twitter.com/6U4yrAp5mk

— 高木聡一郎, Soichiro Takagi | Deframing Strategy (@soichirotakagi) February 7, 2024

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Following our events at Harvard, Stanford and the University of Toronto, we co-hosted the DAO UTokyo Summit at the University of Tokyo.

Summary of last week’s event as we look towards our next US summit👇 pic.twitter.com/59yYUcVuGW

— Decentralization Research Center (@TheDRC_) February 13, 2024