January 2nd Call

  • Programming 
  • OLD ACTION: Connor to ask Eric Alston to join panel
  • Done
  • OLD ACTION: Connor to contact Ken and ask Aya about Q&A
  • Done — Aya is down with Q&A; Ken is still looking for a location — Chiyoda City?
  • ACTION: Confirm location with Ken

  • Seating
  • Steve is working on seating
  • Done
  • ACTION: Before conference print out with table info

 

  • Speakers (+ next round of speaker asks)
  • Last month we we’re going to hold off and see who asks — do we want to add anyone?
  • We could add Anja Von Rosenstiel— keep her as a backup

  • Emails
  • What emails are left?
  • January 12th — send email with agenda, event location, reception location, list of attendees, and additional ask for slides
  • February 5th — reminder of key details
  • ACTION: Connor and Steve to send/draft

  • Slide deck
  • Have lightning speakers sent in slides?
  • DRC’s task?
  • ACTION: Connor to build slide deck

  • Other Logistics
  • VOLUNTEERS
  • How are we doing here?
  • Oguz has five in total and his wife has agreed to help in case
  • OLD ACTION: Oguz to look after that
  • FOOD
  • How are we doing here?
  • OLD ACTION: Oguz and Hiro to look after this
  • Breakfast — super slow to respond to Oguz but he has a backup.  
  • There’s a cafeteria right at the entrance of Fukutake Hall - Oguz is going to ask what they can offer
  • Should be 1000 Y per person per day
  • Lunch — we’re good to go says Oguz.
  • Snacks — Oguz to
  • Should have coffee available throughout and snacks. Can we bring it down? Oguz is going to see what he can do to make it happen. Should be able to bring our own snacks
  • PRINT OUT AND NAMETAGS
  • ACTION: Oguz to check into nametags

  • Other Invitees?

December 5th Call

  • Programming 
  • ACTION: Connor to ask Eric Alston to join panel
  • ACTION: Connor to contact Ken and ask Aya about Q&A

  • Seating (questionnaire deadline is Nov 30)
  • Steve is working on seating

 

  • Speakers (+ next round of speaker asks)
  • We’re going to hold off and see who asks

  • Emails
  • We should send one out before December 15th
  • Agenda
  • Hotel recommendations
  • ACTION: Steve to oversee this
  • ACTION: Connor to beautify the agenda

  • Other Logistics
  • VOLUNTEERS
  • ACTION: Oguz to look after that
  • FOOD
  • ACTION: Oguz and Hiro to look after this
  • Breakfast
  • There’s a cafeteria right at the entrance of Fukutake Hall - Oguz is going to ask what they can offer
  • Should be 1000 Y per person per day
  • Lunch
  • Oguz can pick up 70 bento boxes and bring them back to the hall for people to eat + can get drinks too
  • Should be 1500 Y per person per day
  • Snacks
  • Should have coffee available throughout and snacks. Can we bring it down? Oguz is going to see what he can do to make it happen. Should be able to bring our own snacks
  • Hotel recommendations
  • Hotel options
  • closest options:
  • Walkable but one station away:

  • Other Invitees
  • Steve thinks we’re good

November 21 Call

  • Programming 
  • Day 1 — Policy panel with the three former/current policymakers in attendance
  • Connor could possibly moderate
  • Day 1 — Two people who want to be on a panel are a bit more private sector/academia
  • Day 2 — We’ll have enough speakers for one panel on the research side
  • Day 2 —

  • Seating (questionnaire deadline is Nov 30)
  • ACTION: Steve will continue to organize

 

  • Speakers (+ next round of speaker asks)
  • ~15 responded affirmatively so far
  • Good distribution of lighting talks and panels
  • 8 mins total for lightning talk speakers, if there is extra time at the end of their session they can take questions
  • Other Logistics
  • Food (does it cover reception?), reception, recommended hotel, and other logistics e.g. volunteers (9am-10am breakfast/registration?)
  • Catering is not included in the fees we paid
  • VOLUNTEERS
  • ACTION: Oguz and Hiro to look into getting someone some help
  • FOOD
  • Breakfast, lunch, and snacks catering for Days 1 + 2
  • ACTION: Oguz to look into it
  • For reception, whether we can do it in Fukutake Hall or adjacent restaurant Oguz mentioned
  • ACTION: Oguz to look into it
  • Hotel recommendations
  • ACTION: Oguz and Hiro to provide a few
  • Other Invitees
  • Anyone on any of these attendees lists?

  • Form from attendees
  • https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17EU2xdQLIo7XZXVo0ggfjN9Mc6kOrwjzNMwWMgnZqoU/edit?ts=654c1158

DAY 1

9:00 - 10:00am - Breakfast and Registration

10:00 - 10:30am - Welcome & Introduction to Concept

10:30 - 11:15am - Panel

11:10 - 11:45am - Small group intro/discussion

11:45 - 1:00pm - Lunch

1:00 - 1:40pm - Lightning Talks

1:40 - 2:15pm - Small group intro/discussion

2:15 - 2:30pm - Break

2:30 - 3:10pm - Lightning Talks

3:10 - 3:50pm - Panel

3:50 - 4:00pm - Concluding Remarks

4:00 - 5:00pm - Reception

DAY 2

Email Title:  Invitation to Speak at the February 6-7 DAO UTokyo Conference

Dear [Initial Speaker List name],

Thank you for confirming your attendance at DAO UTokyo.  We look forward to welcoming you on the campus of the University of Tokyo at Fukutake Hall, February 6-7.  The conference is close to capacity with 60+ confirmed attendees.

We’re now scheduling talks and forming panels on Days 1 and 2 based on their Policy or Research Focus, as below:  

Day 1: Policy Focus. Web3 policy efforts, successes, and challenges throughout the Asia-Pacific.

Day 2: Research Focus. The role cooperatives, open-source communities, and DAOs are playing in enabling equitable ownership, in addition to the hurdles (legal and otherwise) they are facing. Non-DAO Web3 research is also welcome.

We’d like to invite you to be a speaker to share your expertise with our audience. Please respond by November 16 with your preference:

  • (1) Lightning Talk:  5-minute talk on any of the topics listed above.  Your talk title and optional slides can be provided later, but please let us know if you’d like to speak on Day 1 (Policy Focus) or Day 2 (Research Focus).
  • (2) Panel:  A 30-minute panel on any of the topics listed above.  Please propose to us your panel idea(s), and we’ll match you with the most appropriate panel.  
  • (3) Attend without speaking.

Thank you and all the best,

The DAO UTokyo Organizing Team

________

Invite List - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1saO26v0XKJUGcQwPV6GoAKnLUmzNcIjE5AXJPZ4_oQM/edit#gid=0

________

[Banner image of Todai campus]

 

2024 DAO UTokyo Conference

February 6-7, 2024

Fukutake Hall at The University of Tokyo

Overview

DAO UTokyo is a two-day conference that will bring together practitioners, policymakers, and academics to engage in conversation regarding the research, legal, and policy considerations of DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) as well as the greater Web3 space in the Asia-Pacific. DAO UTokyo is modeled after the 2023 DAO Harvard Summit and co-hosted by some of the same organizers.

  • Day 1: Policy Focus. Day 1 will feature lightning talks and short panels by participants from a range of institutions to discuss Web3 policy efforts, successes, and challenges throughout the Asia-Pacific.
  • Day 2: Research Focus. Day 2 will feature lightning talks and short panels on the role that organizations such as cooperatives, open-source communities, and DAOs are playing in enabling equitable ownership, in addition to the hurdles (legal and otherwise) they are facing.  Talks on non-DAO Web3 research are also welcome.

Call For Papers (Optional)

Attendees have the opportunity to submit English-language papers of up to 10,000 words on their topic of choice related to the theme of Web3's Evolution: DAOs, Other Innovations and Adjacent Technologies for publication in the Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law & Policy.  In case of interest, please prepare to speak briefly on your abstract during your DAO UTokyo talk.

Deadline for Final Submissions: September 1, 2024

Host Organizations

The conference is co-hosted by The University of Tokyo, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies’s Blockchain Research Initiative, the Stanford Cyber Policy Center’s Program on Governance of Emerging Technologies, and the DAO Research Collective.

Programming Committee

If you have any questions, please contact Steve Nam at snam@codex.stanford.edu and Connor Spelliscy at connor@statlerlabs.com.

Agenda

Coming soon.

[Invite Email]

Dear Colleagues,

 

We are pleased to invite you to DAO UTokyo at The University of Tokyo, a conference focused on the various research, legal, and policy questions raised by Web3 and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. This conference is co-hosted by The University of Tokyo’s Blockchain Research Initiative, the Stanford Cyber Policy Center’s Program on Governance of Emerging Technologies, and the Decentralization Research Center.

DAO UTokyo is scheduled for Tuesday, February 6th, 2024, to Wednesday, February 7th, 2024, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, at The University of Tokyo.  All sessions will be conducted in English.

Please visit our conference website for a rough outline of the two-day event. The final agendas for each day will be added to our site and sent out soon.

 

We hope that this gathering will stimulate dialogue and strengthen the community around these topics.

 

The event is in-person and by invitation only; invitations are non-transferable.

 

As space is very limited, we would appreciate it if you could RSVP by October 1st, 2023. Please send your confirmation, with your current title/organization, to snam@codex.stanford.edu.

 

Best regards,

The DAO UTokyo Organizing Team

[Invite Email 日本語]

みなさま

突然のメール失礼致します。

この度、東京大学で開催されるDAO UTokyoにお招きし、Web3と分散型自律組織が提起する様々な研究、法律、政策上の問題に焦点を当てたカンファレンスを開催する運びとなりました。このカンファレンスは、東京大学ブロックチェーン研究機構、スタンフォード大学サイバーポリシーセンター、分散化研究センターの共催で開催されます。

DAO UTokyoは2024年2月6日（火）～7日（水）9:00～17:00に東京大学で開催されます。 すべてのセッションは英語で行われます。

2日間の大まかな開催概要は、大会ウェブサイトをご覧ください。

各日の最終アジェンダは、近日中に当サイトに追加され、配信される予定です。

我々は、この集まりが、これらのトピックをめぐる対話を促し、コミュニティを強化することを願っています。

 

なお、このイベントは招待者のみ参加可能で、招待状の譲渡はできません。

スペースに限りがございますので、2023年10月1日までに参加表明をいただけると幸いです。

現在の肩書き／所属を明記の上

snam@codex.stanford.edu

まで確認メールお送りいただけると幸いです。。

 

よろしくお願いいたします。

DAO UTokyo組織チーム