On April 14, TEAMZ Summit was successfully concluded in Tokyo, Japan. The conference was hosted by TEAMZ, co-hosted by DFG, Jsquare, Emurgo, Taisu, TV A asahi, C² Ventures, supported by Mori Bulding, Japan Cryptocurrency Exchange Association JVCEA, Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association JCB, Japan Blockchain Association JBA, and supported by the Minato City Government of Japan. 85 sponsors, including Sony, Animoca Brands, Ton, Telegram, Circle, Tron, Polkadot, Aptos, Filecoin, Internet Computer, 32 excellent VC institutions with a total AUM value of 10B USD, 100 communities, 100 media, and nearly 50 peripheral activities, TEAMZ Summit was held for two days on April 13 and 14, with a total of more than 5,200 participants. This summit also opened a wonderful prelude to various benefits and developments in Japan's 2024 Web3 industry.
The highlights of the two-day conference are summarized as follows
(April 13, Day 1)
Opening Remarks
TEAMZ CEO Yang Tianyu
TEAMZ CEO Yang Tianyu gave an opening speech for the TEAMZ Summit. He pointed out that the Japanese government will introduce an official yen stablecoin in 2024, the Japanese government will reform the digital cryptocurrency tax system, the world's largest number of institutions will participate in the construction of Japan's Web3 industry, a large number of high-quality Japanese IPs and Web3 are combined, the world's largest number of licensed digital cryptocurrency exchanges, and a huge Web3 community foundation, which are undoubtedly Japan's unique advantages in the future development of Web3. The slogan of this conference is also to connect Japan and the world through Web3. It is hoped that the conference can help more high-quality overseas projects land in Japan, and it is also hoped that high-quality Japanese local projects can better connect to the international market through the platform of the conference.
Welcome message from the Japanese government
Member of the House of Representatives, Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office of Japan, Minister of Web3PT of the Japan Digital Society Promotion Headquarters Masaaki Taira
Masaaki Taira, Member of the House of Representatives, Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office, and Web3PT of the Digital Society Promotion Headquarters of the Government of Japan, delivered a welcome speech to the conference. He pointed out that the Japanese government had just released a white paper on Web3 and AI on April 12, 2024, the day before the opening of the conference, which is expected to become the basis for the Japanese government to develop Web3 and AI in the future. The Kishida administration positioned Web3 as part of the national growth strategy and worked to address issues such as the market value assessment tax on its own tokens. In addition, the Japanese government is also dealing with legal issues of blockchain-based DAOs and has proposed bills to include crypto assets in investment portfolios. In terms of AI, the Japanese government has taken a flexible approach to deal with the strict regulations of the European Union while formulating regulations on the latest technologies to promote innovation. In the future, discussions on policies in the field of Web3 and AI will continue, such as capital gains tax, and more outstanding overseas Web3 entrepreneurs are welcome to enter the Japanese market in the future to jointly build a new ecology of emerging industries Web3 and AI.
Roundtable Forum: Stablecoins, digital cryptocurrencies, and how to define future payment issues
TEAMZ CEO Yang Tianyu
SBI VC Trade CEO Tomohiko Kondo
Web3 author and serial entrepreneur Alex Tapscott
Genki Oda, Chairman of the Japan Cryptocurrency Exchange Association
Roundtable Forum: Investment Strategies of Top Web3 VCs in 2024
DFG CEO James Wo
NGC Managing Partner Tony Gu
Ciara Sun, Founder, C² Ventures
Benjamin Tsai, Co-founder of Wave Digital Assets
Keynote Speech: Partisia
Kurt Nielsen, founder of Partisia Blockchain
Keynote Speech: Emurgo's role in the blockchain industry
Emurgo Group CEO Kodama Takeshi
Keynote Speech: Ton Foundation x Telegram
Ton President Steve Yun
Telegram Chief Investment Officer John Hyman
Roundtable Forum: How can institutions participate in Web3 and the new wave of AI?
Lenovo GM,Head of Software&Managed Services Terence Ng
KDDI Web3 Promotion Director Junpei Tatebayashi
JCV VP Hongche Liu
Blochchain Analyst Jack Jia
Roundtable Forum: Insights from Top Web3 Investments: Which is More Important in Investment Decisions: People or Models
GSG Head of Ventures Sophia
Jsquare CEO Joanna Liang
Deeps De Silva, Founder, Saadi Ventures
Hyperithm CEO Lloyd Lee
IVC Partner Akio Tanaka
Bitcoin Frontier Fund Advising Partner Kyle Ellicott
Roundtable: Possibilities of Web3 and AI
Alibaba Cloud Business Development Director Shin Nizuma
Professor Kenzo Fujisue, University of Tokyo
Waseda University Professor, IEEE President Hiroki Washizaki
Founder of bitgret Xiang Sheng Jia Lu Zai
Keynote Speech: Intersect, a User-centric Example in the Cardano Ecosystem
Jack Briggs, Marketing Director, Intersect
Keynote Speech: Web3/AI Data Solution Platform Echox
Echox CEO Neil Lee
Keynote Speech: DeepBrainChain = AI + DePIN, Deeplink = AI + 3AGame + DePin
DeepBrain Chain Chief Advisor Felix HU
Roundtable: IP and Web3
Animoca Brands Japan COO Amano Kinsuke
TV Asahi Manager Masazawa Akira
DMM Executive Officer Tatsuya Sato
GREE Web3 General Manager Takuyu Murata
Keynote Speech: Xana, the gathering place of dreams and reality
XANA founder XANARIO
Keynote Speech: Relance
Relance Business Division Manager Kenta Saito
Keynote Speech: Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Chief Solution Architect and Yosano Masayu
Roundtable Forum: The key to success of an accelerated incubator
Animoca Brands COO Minh Do
Artifact Labs CCO Zaf ChowBFG Investing Director Max Zheng
Vlad Svitanko, Founder of Cryptorsy
Yu Jianing, founder of Uweb
Roundtable Forum: The Secret to Success in Bull and Bear Markets
Emurgo Africa CEO Yosuke Yoshida
Cointelegram founder Alexander BelovSeedphoto co-founder Alex Atashkar
Avenue Z SVP Ivan Kan
IQ.wiki Director of Business Development Andy Cho
Greg Krzeszowski, founder of Eaas.gobal
Roundtable: The Latest Narrative of Web3
KEKKAI CEO Toma
Jessie Dai, Co-Founder of CESS
SubWallet Research Lead DJ Ha TrangTalisman CEO AgyleCommunities ID Co-founder Slein Lyu
Roundtable Forum: How Web3 Entrepreneurs Connect Japan and the World Sanpo CEO Koji Machi
Frame00 CEO Mayumi Hara
Sushi Top Marketing CEO Daisuke Tokunaga
Miraise founding partner Shinichi Iwata
(April 14th Day 2)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government welcome speech on the second day of the summit
Tokyo Assembly member Nobuko Irie
Nobuko Irie, a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and deputy representative of Tokyo Citizens First, delivered an opening speech and welcome speech on the second day of the conference. She pointed out that Tokyo is comprehensively promoting the growth of the Fintech and financial fields. At the same time, Tokyo is also providing a better landing environment to attract more high-quality overseas companies, entrepreneurs, and investors.
Keynote: How Web3 will change the world Alex Tapscott
Web3 author and serial entrepreneur Alex Tapscott
Roundtable Forum: Future Value Exchange
Fintech chief executive of the Bank of Japan's final accounting agency Hatogai
Progmat founder Tatsuya Saito
ODX founder Renxiong
Coindesk Japan CEO Yuuki Kammoto
Keynote: 2024 Web3 and AI Tron
Justin Sun, founder of Tron
Keynote Speech: BCG successfully conducted the first IEO in China, and the vision pursued by "THE LAND: Forest of Elves" HashPalette
Hashpalettec founder Yoshida Seibo
Roundtable Forum: How do VCs view the current and future markets?
Kevin Ren, Partner at CGV; Xiaohang Yuan, General Partner at Skyland Ventures
Wintermute Co-founder Yoann.T
Mario Altenburger, Co-founder of Habour Industrial Capital
Shawn Tan, Partner at R3D3 Ventures
Trive Managing Partner Daryl Lim
Jonathan Tanemori, Primal Partner
Keynote Speech: Brighter Blockchain Solar
Solar CMO Jacek Studzinski
Roundtable Forum: Layer1 Trends and New Changes
Aptos Institutional Strategy, Head of Asia Alexandre Tang
Onchain President Max Kordek
Astounding COO Shun Ishikawa
Zetachain Partnership Leow
Mickael Canu, Founder of Ternoa
Emurgo Chief of Staff: Shunsuke Murasaki
Keynote Speech: New Leaders in Blockchain and AI Industry Meet48
Meet48 COO Kai Xu
Keynote Speech: World Tokenization INX
Shy Datika, Founder of INX
Keynote: Filecoin’s role in artificial intelligence
Filecoin Developer Advocate Jenks Guo
Roundtable Forum: Latest Trends in Web3 APP
Henry Zhang, founder of Difift
GamerBoom Product Marketing Lead T-RO
John Fung, co-founder of Gemie
Composable CEO Henry Love
Reach CEO Max Zhang
FSL CRO Mable Jiang
Roundtable Forum: Web3 Market Prediction Hyperithm CSO Yoshikazu Abe
Taisu Managing Partner Takashi Hayashida
SBI VC Trade Cryptocurrency Analyst Nishi
Secured Finance Head of Markets Kenji Mitsusada
Satoshi Shinada, Co-founder of Kepple Africa Ventures
Roundtable: Navigating the Web3 Startup Ecosystem
Max Rebol, Co-founder, Habour Industrial Capital
Nexus One CEO Sungku Kim
Neoclassic co-founder Steve Lee
Keynote: Pulse, your next generation social network
Pulse COO Stella Chan
Keynote Speech: WebseaWebsea COO Herbert Sim
Keynote Speech: James, CEO of Web3shuzi, asset management and traffic aggregation platform L7L7
Roundtable Forum: Prospects for Digital Cryptocurrency after 2025 Astar Founder Sota Watanabe
James Wo, Founder of DFG
Jsquare CEO Assistant Betty Wang
Roundtable Forum: Japanese and global Web3 industry issues and prospects Mizuho Bank CEO Tatsuto Fujii
Japan Open Chain founder Kondo Hidekazu
SBI VC Trade CTO Hideki Ikeda
Standage CEO Akinori Adachi
JPYC CEO Noriyoshi Okabe
Roundtable Forum: New Applications of Institutions in the Web3 Field
Hakuhodo Chief Business Producer Koichi Kishii
Japan Airlines new business development Sho Takahashi
Takuji Ushijima, General Manager of JR Japan NFT Project
Hakuhodo Key3 CEO Toshinori Shigematsu
Summary of the highlights of the second conference venue
TEAMZ held a Startup Pitch presentation at the second venue of the conference on the 13th, including representatives from DigiFT, Magic Circle, Jasmy, Thxnet, BytomDAO, Crossvalue Chain, AIBOT, elven, Magstream, Unicorn Ultra, and Cointel. At the same time, a VIP closed-door meeting was held on the 13th with the participation of Taisu, Helix, BlockPI, AID:Tech, CSPRO, and Alibaba Cloud.
On the 14th, TEAMZ held a Filecoin Japan meetup, a meeting with sponsoring companies and media partners, an Astar hackathon Demo Day, and a VIP closed-door meeting attended by Senate member and Liberal Democratic Party Minister Masaaki Taira, Web3 writer and serial entrepreneur Alex Tapscott, and JVCEA Chairman Genki Oda at the second venue of the conference.
Closing speech by TEAMZ CEO Yang Tianyu
At the closing ceremony of the conference, TEAMZ pointed out that they would like to thank the co-organizers, sponsors, community and media partners of this conference, and all the speakers and supporters who helped organize the conference. TEAMZ Summit will continue to do a good job in the conference and continue to provide everyone with the best conference resources. While the TEAMZ conference has come to a successful conclusion, we also hope that everyone will gather in Tokyo in 2025.
