Timetable
※ Agenda and timetable are tentative and subject to change.
Day 1
21 Sep, 2024
Japanese Track
Opening Remarks
Koji Higashi, Co-Founder & CEO, Diamond Hands
Congratulatory address
Junichi Kanda, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
Keynote Speech: Japan's Economy - Undergoing a Paradigm Shift
Yukio Noguchi, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University
Koji Higashi, Co-Founder & CEO, Diamond Hands
Navigating Through Economic Turbulence - Can Bitcoin Protect You and Your Wealth?
Teruko Neriki, Fulgur Ventures Japan
Umi Miyahara, Business Development Lead, Breez
Bitcoin ETF, a Game-Changer in the Global Investment Landscape
Koichi Kano, CEO, SBI Zodia Custody
Hideaki Kudo, Representative Director, Laser Digital Japan
Yoichiro Sato, President, Wisteria House Tokyo
Lunch Time
Bitcoin in Japan: Galapagos Syndrome?
Shin'ichiro Matsuo, Research Professor, Georgetown University / Virginia Tech
Koji Higashi, Co-Founder & CEO, Diamond Hands
Bitcoin Mining Revolutionizing the Global Energy Industry
Kenji Tateiwa, Founder & CEO, Agile Energy X, Inc.
Tomoatsu Onishi, Deputy General Manager, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Hiroyuki Mihara, CEO, Cygnos Capital
Japan's Bitcoin Market: the Past, Present, and Future
Noriyuki Hirosue, CEO, bitbank, Inc.
Keita Nakamura, CEO, Mercoin, Inc.
Bradley Loewen, Podcaster, Beyond The Price
Evolving Bitcoin - the Solid, Secure Foundation to Build Your Business on
Tadge Dryja, Co-author of Lightning Network / Author of DLCs and Utreexo
Shigeyuki Azuchi, CTO, Chaintope
Yuya Ogawa, Co-Founder/CTO, Diamond Hands
Joe Miyamoto, Programmer, bitFlyer
What You Can Build on Bitcoin: Business Applications Around the World
Christian Moss, Co-founder & Head of R&D, ZBD
Kishin Kato, CEO, Trustless Services
Umi Miyahara, Business Development Lead, Breez
Bitcoin and Geopolitics: the Bitcoin Playbook for Nation-States and Municipalities
Mario Flamenco, The Bitcoin Office El Salvador
Giacomo Zucco, Director, PlanB Network
Samson Mow, CEO, Jan3
Closing Remarks
Teruko Neriki, Fulgur Ventures Japan
English Track
Networking over Coffee
Japan's Unique Bitcoin Ecosystem
Kishin Kato, CEO, Trustless Services
Joe Miyamoto, Programmer, bitFlyer
Bradley Loewen, Podcaster, Beyond The Price
Bitcoin-Dollar without Tokens
Nicolas Dorier, DG Lab/BTCPay Server
Room Closed
Networking over Coffee
Is this a Taxable Event? Bitcoin Taxes in Japan
Amin Azmoudeh, Co-Founder & CEO, Cryptact/pafin
Japan's Crypto Regulation - Barrier or Opportunity?
Yuya Hara, Attorney at Law, AZX Professionals Group/AZX Law Offices
Bitcoin L2 Protocols Faceoff
Adam Back, CEO, Blockstream (Liquid)
Federico Tenga, R&D strategist, Bitfinex (RGB)
Olaoluwa Osuntokun, CTO, Lightning Labs (Taproot)
Kishin Kato, CEO, Trustless Services
Lightning Protocol Devs AMA
Olaoluwa Osuntokun, CTO, Lightning Labs
Christian Decker, Core Tech Engineer / Greenlight lead, Blockstream
Bradley Loewen, Podcaster, Beyond The Price
Day 2
22 Sep, 2024
Tech Track
Opening Remarks
Koji Higashi, Co-Founder & CEO, Diamond Hands
Keynote Speech: Bitcoin: from Cypherpunk Movement to the Future of Global Finance
Adam Back, CEO, Blockstream
Martti Malmi, Developer, Nostr / Iris
Shin'ichiro Matsuo, Research Professor, Georgetown University / Virginia Tech
Evolution or Distraction: Bringing NFTs and Tokens to Bitcoin
Casey Rodarmor, Creator of Ordinals
Christian Moss, Co-founder & Head of R&D, ZBD
Making Bitcoin Mining Decentralized Again
Luke Dashjr, Bitcoin Knots, Bitcoin Core, OCEAN
Giacomo Zucco, Director, PlanB Network
On Bitcoin, DeFi Can be Secure and Truly Decentralized
Tadge Dryja, Tadge Dryja, Co-author of Lightning Network / Author of DLCs and Utreexo
Thibaut Le Guilly, Senior Technical Researcher, Crypto Garage
Joe Miyamoto, Programmer, bitFlyer
Self Custodial Lightning for All
Umi Miyahara, Business Development Lead, Breez
Building on Liquid and Lightning. Intersection of the two technologies.
Yusuke Shimizu, Engineer, PeerSwap/Elements PJs
The Reality of Lightning : Discussing the Limitations and Challenges
Michael, Co-founder, Boltz
Kishin Kato, CEO, Trustless Services
How Not to Lose your Bitcoin: Dos & Don'ts of Key Management
Anant Tapadia, CEO, BitHyve
Igor Korsakov, Co-Founder/Lead Developer, BlueWallet
Jonathan Underwood, Chief Bitcoin Officer, bitbank
How to Make a Living as a FOSS Developer
Calvin Kim, Utreexo/Opensats grantee
Teruko Neriki, Fulgur Ventures Japan
Covenants, OP_CAT… Proposals to Improve Bitcoin and Use Cases They Enable.
Shigeyuki Azuchi, CTO, Chaintope
Bitcoin Layer 2: Characteristics and Tradeoffs
Kishin Kato, CEO, Trustless Services
Koji Higashi, Co-Founder & CEO, Diamond Hands
Closing Remarks
Teruko Neriki, Fulgur Ventures Japan
Biz Track
The latest Bitcoin trends for exhanges -Custody and Lightning
Jonathan Underwood, Chief Bitcoin Officer, bitbank
Koji Higashi, Co-Founder & CEO, Diamond Hands
Adopting Bitcoin as a Corporate Treasury - Why and How
Batara Eto, Founding Partner, East Ventures
Justin Dhingra, Chief Strategy Officer, Crypto Garage, Inc.
Teruko Neriki, Fulgur Ventures Japan
How should Bitcoiners and Bitcoin startups collaborate with the FSA?
Keisuke Hayashi, Deputy Director, Japan Financial Services Agency
Koji Higashi, Co-Founder & CEO, Diamond Hands
Neutral, Programmable Money for the Age of AI
Michael Levin, Head of Product Growth, Lightning Labs
Case Studies: Tokenized Securities on Bitcoin and Liquid
Jesse Knutson, Bitfinex
Bitcoin Venture Capital: Why Specialize in Bitcoin?
Batara Eto, Founding Partner, East Ventures
Jack Lee, Founder/Managing Partner, HCM
Shunichi Kimuro, Venture Partner, DG Daiwa Ventures Capital
Oleg Mikhalsky, Partner, Fulgur Ventures
Surviving the 2021 Myanmar Coup: How the Military Orange-Pilled Me
Teruko Neriki, Fulgur Ventures Japan
Win Ko Ko Ang, Oppressions Associate, Human Rights Foundation
Pitch: Bitcoin Adoption Strategy Targeting GenZ
Givers
The Global Regulatory Environment for Stablecoins
Timothy Aron, Compliance Officer, Bitfinex Securities AIFC
Advantages of Issuing Stablecoins, Assets,Tokens on Bitcoin
Federico Tenga, R&D strategist, Bitfinex
Bitcoin is a Means of Exchange - If you don't get it, I don't have time to convince you, sorry
Daniel Alexis, CEO, Wallet of Satoshi
