Blockchain EXE x ConsenSys presents
Ethereum Hackathon for Japan's Inbound Tourism
Background
For the New Travel Ecosystem
Owning to the deregulation and the rise of Asian economies, Japan's inbound tourism market is growing rapidly.
The number of foreign visitors to Japan has increased from 10.4 million in 2013 to 28.7 million in 2017. The Japanese government aims to increase the number to 40 million in the year of Tokyo Olympics, 2020. However, there are several problems that needs to be solved.
The first is infrastructure-level preparation for foreign tourist. For instance, hotel and transportation in Japan does not have enough multilingual staff, wifi, and multilingual guides, and these lead to dissatisfaction of the foreign tourist.
Also, the country does not have enough local travel programs that foreign tourists can enjoy. It is necessary to increase the number of high-quality sports, entertainment, and cultural programs for them to improve their overall experience.
Finally, travel data has been siloed. It is owned by each service provider and has not been integrated or efficiently utilized.
We have decided to host this hackathon to solve these problems and improve traveller’s experience with the power of Ethereum.
This hackathon will be hosted by blockchain experts and top Japanese companies in various fields. We aim to ideate a new type of seamless travel experience for each foreign tourist and launch a new blockchain-based service by 2020.
Themes
Please pick up one of the themes below for your prototype.
1. Travel infrastructure
A service that improves travel infrastructure and ensures foreign tourist’s safety.
2. Travel program
A service that improves the number of high-quality travel programs.
3. Data marketing
A service that utilizes foreign tourist’s data and creates a new value.
Technology
Ethereum
uPort
Prize
Grand Prize
Blockchain EXE Prize
Schedule
7/20: 17:30 - 22:00
Day1: Opening, Ideathon
7/21: 09:00 - 22:00
Day2: Development
7/22: 09:00 - 21:00
Day3: Development, Pitch, Networking
Judges
Aya Miyaguchi
Executive Director @ Ethereum Foundation
Kames Cox-Geraghty
Fullstack Developer @ uPort
Danny Zuckerman
Strategy & Operations @ uPort
Takuya Sawada
GM of Product and Service Strategy Department @ KDDI Corporation
Keiichiro Inaba
Director of Open Innovation Department @ Hitachi, Ltd.
Yutaka Sawamoto
Producer @ J&J Corporation
Kazuaki Ishiguro
Director @ EEA Japan
Supporters
Andreas Wallendahl
Co-founder @ Kauri
Jim Maricondo
Japan Business Development Lead @ ConsenSys
Amanda Dominguez
Asia-Pacific Stakeholder Relations Lead @ ConsenSys
Atsushi Ishii
CEO @ Couger
Yasunori Motani
Blockchain Project Lead @ KDDI Corporation
Ken Naganuma
Researcher of Social System Department @ Hitachi, Ltd.
Hikaru Takahashi
CTO @ Couger
Kojiro Hirate
Lead Project Manager @ Couger
Hosts
Couger
ConsenSys
Sponsors
KDDI Corporation
Ethereum Foundation
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Hakuhodo
Centaurus Works
Trident Arts
Ocean Protocol
J&J Group
Backers
JTB
JCB
Overview
Date
2018/7/20 - 2018/7/22
Venue
Speee, Inc.
4-1-4 4F, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0032
Number of Teams
15 teams (around 2 - 5 people per team)
*There will be a selection process if many apply.
Fee
Free
*Transportation and accommodation expense should be covered by participants.
IP
The IP of the deliverable will belong to participants.
Requirements
Application is closed.
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