Highlights from GBAF 2018

Global Brain Alliance Forum (GBAF) 2018, the annual Meetup event for “global startups” and “enterprize companies”, was held at Tokyo Midtown on December 7.

At GBAF this year, we introduced “Blockchain”, “Robotics”, “The form of next-generation CVC” and “The Shape of The New Economy”. And of course, there was “Startup Pitch Battle” performed by 10 startups which was exclusively selected by GB. About 600 people gathered for this event. Among them were people responsible for management planning and new business development in big companies, startup owners, and many people involved in startups and related businesses from overseas.

Agenda

1. The future of Global Brain
   Yasuhiko Yurimoto – Global Brain

2. Fusion of Apparel and Robotics
   Rich Mahoney – Seismic

3. The beginning of real-world adoption of blockchain technology
   Jun Hasegawa – Omise Holdings
   Masaharu Uno – BUIDL
   Dorjee Sun – Perlin.net
   Kenta Iwasaki – Perlin.net

4. Sony Financial Group's challenge of creating new lifestyles driven by Fintech
   Akira Sugawara – Mitsui Fudosan
   Kazuhiko Chuman –KDDI
   Makoto Takano – Forbes JAPAN
   Yoshiaki Tsuda – ANA Holdings

5. Sony Financial Group's challenge of creating new lifestyles driven by Fintech
   Shigeru Ishii – Sony Financial Ventures

6. The shape of the new economy
   Kazuma Ieiri – CAMPFIRE
   Kohei Ogawa – VALU
   Yoshinori Fukushima – LayerX
   Yuta Tsuruoka – BASE

7. Open Innovation Cases – Axelspace × Mitsui Fudosan
   Tomoya Nakamura – Axelspace

8. Open Innovation Cases – Unabiz × SORACOM
   Henri Bong – Unabiz

9. Startup Pitch Battle
   Sonas
   AlpacaDB
   Embrace
   Source Defence
   Allganize
   Okan
   exiii
   StradVision
   Ginco
   FERMENSTATION

＜Judges＞
Kiyotaka Kobayashi
Kotaro Chiba
Masanori Sugiyama
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Yusuke Asakura

Highlights