• 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

      • US$5,000 worth of Ether
      • Certificate of winning the hackathon on uPort

       

      Blockchain EXE Prize

      • A right to participate in Blockchain EXE's main events (Blockchain EXE's monthly event, Blockchain EXE Legal and Blockchain EXE Code) for free in the next one year.

    • Schedule

      1

      7/20: 17:30 - 22:00

      Day1: Opening, Ideathon

      2

      7/21: 09:00 - 22:00

      Day2: Development

      3

      7/22: 09:00 - 21:00

      Day3: Development, Pitch, Networking

    • Judges

      To be updated

      Rouven Heck

      Co-founder @ uPort

      Takuya Sawada

      GM of Product and Service Strategy Department @ KDDI Corporation

      Keiichiro Inaba

      Director of Open Innovation Department @ Hitachi, Ltd.

    • Supporters

      To be updated

      Andreas Wallendahl

      Co-founder @ Kauri

      Jim Maricondo

      Japan Business Development Lead @ ConsenSys

      Kames Cox-Geraghty

      Fullstack Developer @ uPort

      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

      Kazuaki Ishiguro

      Lead Blockchain Engineer @ Couger

      Kojiro Hirate

      Lead Project Manager @ Couger

    • Hosts

      Couger Inc.

      ConsenSys

    • Sponsors

      KDDI Corporation

      Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

      Centaurus Works Inc.

      Trident Arts Co., Ltd.

    • Overview

      Date

      2018/7/20 - 2018/7/22

       

      Venue

      Speee, Inc.

      4-1-4 5F, 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

        1. If you apply as a team, you need to have at least one developer who has an experience in blockchain development.
        2. At least one team member should always be at the venue during the program.
        3. Each member should be at least 18 years old.
        4. If a member is below 20 years old, they will have to submit the letter of consent signed by their parent.
        Rules
        1. You must use Ethereum and uPort for your prototype.
        2. You cannot work on your project before the event begins.
        3. You cannot steal another team's source code.
        4. All codes required to run your prototype must be submitted.
         
        Others
        1. You can apply either as an individual or a team.
        2. Individual participants will be required to attend the team forming session on the first day.
        3. If you apply as a team, only the representative should fill-out the application form.
        4. Lunch and dinner will be provided.
         
        Exclusion of Anti-Social Forces
         
        Applicants should not, current or in the future, be in association of any crime syndicate, crime syndicate members or former members within five years, crime syndicate quasi-members, crime syndicate related companies, corporate racketeers, forces disguising themselves as social or political movements, special intellectual violent organizations, terrorists, or a person who is designated by Japanese or foreign government as subject to economic sanctions.

      1. Due Date: 2018/06/30

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