Program

10:15～10:20

5min

Opening

Speaker

Shota Iwasaki

Pacific Meta Inc.

Representative Director and President

10:20～10:35

15min

Keynote

Speaker

Masaaki Taira

Member of the House of Representatives (Former Minister for Digital Transformation)

Acting Head, Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society, Liberal Democratic Party / Deputy Chair, Project Team on Next-Generation AI and Onchain Finance

10:35～11:15

40min

Japanese

SMBC × Pacific Meta
The Future of Onchain Finance

Speaker

Akio Isowa

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer, Group CDIO

Speaker

Hiromitsu Shimoirisa

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Director, Digital Strategy Department

Speaker

Shota Iwasaki

Pacific Meta Inc.

Representative Director and President

Moderator

Kousei Sho

Pacific Meta Inc.

Co-Founder and CBDO

11:15～11:25

10min

Keynote

Speaker

Juntaro Iwase

Optimism / OP Labs

Managing Director, Japan and Southeast Asia

11:35～12:15

40min

Japanese

Toward Infrastructure People and AI Take for Granted
Onchain Payments at Full Scale and Beyond

Speaker

Tomoaki Yamaguchi

JCB Co., Ltd.

General Manager, Innovation Division

Speaker

Tomohiko Kondo

SBI VC Trade Co., Ltd.

Representative Director and President

Speaker

Yasufumi Fuke

DCP Co., Ltd.

Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Sales Strategy Division

Moderator

Masato Nunome

Komlock lab Inc.

Representative Director and President

12:55～13:35

40min

Japanese

From Payments to Asset Management
The Expanding Use of Stablecoins

Speaker

Michihiko Kasai

au Coincheck Digital Assets Inc.

Representative Director and President

Speaker

Hideki Ikeda

Japan Financial Elan Technologies Inc.

Executive Officer and CTO

Speaker

Noritaka Okabe

JPYC Inc.

Representative Director

Moderator

Hideyuki Akagawa

Kirifuda Inc.

Representative Director and President

13:35～13:45

10min

Keynote

Speaker

Natsuki Yamaguchi

Komlock lab Inc.

CTO

13:50～14:30

40min

English (machine translation available)

The Global AI Economy
Where Japan Fits In

Speaker

Robbie Petersen

a16z crypto

Investment Partner

Speaker

Avery Ching

Aptos Labs

CEO

Speaker

Logan Allin

Fin Capital

Founder & Managing Partner

Moderator

Andy Hung

Pacific Meta Inc.

Head of Alliances

14:35～15:15

40min

Japanese

Bringing Japan’s Real-Economy Assets Onchain
Major Corporations and the Wave of Finance

Speaker

Kazuhito Hadano

Sony Group Corporation

Senior General Manager, Onchain Business Strategy Division, Business Incubation Platform

Speaker

Shinsuke Waka

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Executive Coordinator

Speaker

Naohiko Ueno

Toyota Blockchain Lab

Analyst

Speaker

Juntaro Iwase

Optimism / OP Labs

Managing Director, Japan and Southeast Asia

Moderator

Keisuke Kimura

Onigiri Capital

Venture Partner

15:15～15:25

10min

Keynote

Speaker

Hideyuki Akagawa

Kirifuda Inc.

Representative Director and President

15:30～16:10

40min

Japanese

Bringing Government Bonds, the Core of Finance, Onchain
Major Financial Institutions on the Road to Commercial Use

Speaker

Takashi Hioki

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

General Manager, Payment Business Department

Speaker

Toshinori Sasaki

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Head of Digital Asset Strategy Department

Speaker

Shinichiro Itozaki

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.

Senior Deputy General Manager, Markets Engineering Office, Markets Planning Department, Global Markets Division

Moderator

Shohei Matsumoto

Pacific Meta Inc.

Executive Officer, Head of Blockchain Lab

16:15～16:55

40min

Japanese

Crypto ETFs in Practice
Challenges and Issues on the Road to Approval

Speaker

Daiki Mukai

Franklin Templeton Japan Co., Ltd.

Head of Wealth Retail, Sales Division / Head of ETF Business

Speaker

Soichiro Tokuriki

Coincheck, Inc.

Executive Officer / Head of Institutional Sales / General Manager, Financial Institutions Strategy Department

Speaker

Isao Uesaki

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Head of Investment Department

Moderator

Tomoki Yamaguchi

Kirifuda Inc.

Director, Head of Blockchain Intelligence

16:55～17:00

5min

Closing

Speaker

Kousei Sho

Pacific Meta Inc.

Co-Founder and CBDO

17:30～19:30

Networking Party

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