DAO UTokyo 2025: A Conference on Blockchain Technology

Date: March 6, 2025

Time: 13:00 – 17:00

Venue: Fukutake Learning Theater
Fukutake Hall B2F @UTokyo, Hongo Campus.

Final Agenda:

TimeSession
13:00 – 13:30Registration and networking
13:30 – 13:45Introductions 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 – 14:45Session 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 – 15:00Break
15:00 – 15:45Session 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 – 16:00Break
16:00 – 16:45Session 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 – 17:00Closing Remarks:
Prof. Noboru Koshizuka – UTokyo
17:00 – 17:30Networking

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.