Blockchain × Education. The Working Group is also launching.
For our first session, we’ll be joined by Mr. Hikaru Kusaka, CEO of Blockhive and a government technology advisor in Estonia—a country at the forefront of IT—to hear his insights and engage in discussion.
Both the presentation and the working group sessions will be open to the public. The agenda for the day, the working group members, and Mr. Kusaka’s profile are listed below. We hope you’ll join us. https://www.facebook.com/events/244516286215617/

[Part 1] Open Working Group (WG)
■ Discussion on the WG’s operational guidelines
■ Presentation by Mr. Hikaru Kusaka, CEO of Blockhive (Technology Advisor to the Estonian Government)
・Estonia’s innovation leadership
・Estonia’s approach to blockchain adoption
・Blockhive’s business as a concrete example

[Part 2] Public Symposium
■ Mr. Yasuki Kihara, CFO of Standage (dApps Development)
・What Blockchain Can Do
■ Mr. Norio Nakamura, CTO of PITTO INC. (IT Consulting)
・Simplifying Business Operations for Enterprises Using Blockchain
■ Mr. Hikaru Kusaka, CEO of Blockhive
・Blockchain Regulation and Rule-Making in Estonia
・The Feasibility of Sandboxes in Estonia

★Profile of Hikaru Kusaka
Co-Founder, Business Design and Strategy Lead, Blockhive
Born in 1988.In 2012, he spoke at “TED meets NHK,” an event organized by Digital Garage. He founded a company to conduct a proof-of-concept experiment for the “Reward Economy System,” the topic of his speech. In 2013, he was introduced to Bitcoin and blockchain technology while working on a project utilizing Ripple.Since then, he has been involved in the planning and development of various blockchain-related projects both in Japan and abroad, including the development of a system utilizing Stellar. In 2017, he relocated to Estonia and founded blockhive OÜ. He has developed a unique fundraising model called ILP and launched a mining business at a state-owned power plant in Estonia.Together with the eResidency team, he serves as a government technology advisor in Estonia—a leader in IT—as a member of the Estcoin Project Review Committee and the Estonian ICO Sandbox Formulation Team.

★ Members of the Learning of Tomorrow Blockchain Working Group (in no particular order; titles omitted)
・Masaaki Isozu, President and CEO, Sony Global Education Inc.
・Junichi Kishigami, Professor, Muroran Institute of Technology; Visiting Professor, Keio SFC
・Yasuki Kihara, CFO, Standage Inc.; NEO dApps Developer
・Rieko Komiyama, Director, Recruit Next-Generation Education Research Institute
・Kenji Saito, Keio SFC Research Institute
・Tsuyoshi Sahara, General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, Land Computer Co., Ltd.
・Hiroto Watanabe, General Manager, Business Incubation Promotion Department, Land Computer Co., Ltd.
・Tetsuro Takemoto, CEO of INEEZA, Inc., and ETH/NEO Blockchain Developer
・Hiroki Tsuchiya, Manager, NEC First Government and Public Sector Solutions Division
・Shinji Terada, Senior Researcher, Japan Association for the Promotion of Information and Communications Technology (JAPIC)
・Norio Nakamura, CTO, PITTO, Inc.
・Miki Hayama, Representative, NEO Japan
・Hiroaki Murase, Representative Director, Sōtsū Co., Ltd.
・Nanako Ishido, Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow
and others