An article related to “Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA)” was posted on May 23rd daily newspaper of “The Nikkei”. We have taken up about what our company has joined. ＜The Nikkei website＞ http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLZO16715830S7A520C1EE9000/
We are proud to announce that Smart Contract Japan has joined EEA and also has become the official secretariat of EEA in Japan on May 22 2017. This announcement includes six first Japanese companies to join the EEA, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Couger Inc. and others. ＜EEA Release＞ https://entethalliance.org/enterprise-ethereum-alliance-release-05-19-2017.pdf ＜EEA Member List＞ https://entethalliance.org/members/
“Ethereum Asia Tour Japan – Enterprise Ethereum Alliance briefing session -” organized by Smart Contract Japan appeared on the web media “DIGIDAY” ▼DIGIDAY http://digiday.jp/platforms/enterprise-ethereum-alliance-in-tokyo/
“Ethereum Asia Tour Japan – Enterprise Ethereum Alliance meet up” was held by Smart Contract Japan, Inc. and ConsenSys at Amazon Web Services, Inc. Japan (ARCO TOWER 19F 1-8-1 Shimomeguro Meguro-ku Tokyo) on May 9, 2017 (Tue) Approximately 100 people from large companies participated. http://ethereum-asiatour.tokyo/ (Event LP) http://ethereum-asiatour-en.tokyo/ (Event LP English version) In this event, the following sessions were held to distribute the idea and challenges of the Ethereum Blockchain in inter-company use, focusing on Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA). · Keynote (Ms. Nozomi Maruyama / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) · EEA Overview (Andrew Keys / ConsenSys) · Use case- Quorum Technical Overview – (Naveen Mallela / JP Morgan Chase) · About AWS’s approach to Blockchain (Mr. Tetsuo Iida & Mr. Akihiro Tsukada / Amazon Web Services) · Special session (John Lilic / ConsenSys)
We cooperated in the interview of Mr. Vitalical Buterin published in Forbes Japan April issue of 2017 issue. http: //forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/15457
We are pleased to inform you that Mr. John Lilic, who belongs to ConsenSys, Inc., the world’s largest Ethereum Blockchain company, began working as our adviser. ■ Profile John Lilic Born in 1982 in Toronto. Since July 2015 he has worked as a member of the “ConsenSys” company in the United States, engaged mainly in energy projects using the Etherium block chain and supporting business operations. He is involved in the Brooklyn Microgrid project started by TransatctiveGrid, a joint venture between LO 3 Energy and ConsenSys. As a co-founder of the nonprofit organization “Code to Inspire”, he educates female students in Afghanistan, contributing to job creation and improvement of technical literacy as a programmer.
Toyo Keizai Inc. and Smart Contract Japan, Inc. held Japan’s first Ethereum Blockchain & smart contract event “SMART CONTRACT CONFERENCE 2016” on July 26th, 2016 at Toranomon Hills forum. Blockchain experts from around the world gathered and introduced the latest case studies of smart contracts in financial and other fields such as IoT. This event became an invaluable networking opportunity for developers and participants to create new business. http://smartcon2016.jp/ http://toyokeizai.net/sp/scc2016/