


Date: March 6, 2025
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Venue: Fukutake Learning Theater
Fukutake Hall B2F @UTokyo, Hongo Campus.
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.