Kyoto University
Blockchain Research Center
Scope
The International Conference on Blockchains and their Applications aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners from various communities of science and technology working on areas related to FinTech, Crypto-asset, and Blockchain.
Contributors are encouraged to submit theoretical and/or applied articles on their research related to Blockchains in general.
Topics of the conference include but are not limited to the followings:
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Crypto-asset, cryptocurrency
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Blockchain technologies
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B2B and B2C solutions
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Regulatory issues
- Anomaly detection, cybersecurity
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Digital assets market, credit network, smart contract, remittance, digital ID
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Application to energy and environmental issues
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Financial inclusion
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Innovation policy
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Network science
BCK21
Date
February 17th (Wed) - 18th (Thu) 2021
Venue
Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University
International Conference Room I
Hybrid conference. Those who wish to come to the conference are welcome to above venue.
On-line presentations and discussions are also welcome.
Speakers
■ Keynote Speaker
David SCHWARTZ
CTO, Ripple, USA
"Under the Hood: Introduction to the XRP Ledger"
■ Invited Speakers (Japanese session)
Emi YOSHIKAWA
VP of Corporate Strategy & Operations, Ripple, USA
"Sustainability Strategies for Decarbonizing the Financial System"
Naoki SAKAI
Electric Power Sharing Co., Ltd.
"The Future of Energy and SDGs Using Blockchain"
Mamoru FUJIMOTO
SBI Holdings, Inc.
"How can blockchain technology help revitalize local communities and small and medium-sized businesses?"
■ Invited Speakers (in alphabetical order)
Kensuke FUKUDA
National Institute of Informatics
"Characterizing money laundering activities on Bitcoin ecosystem"
Taisei KAIZOJI
International Christian University (ICU)
"Market Efficiency and Information Transmission in Cryptocurrency Markets"
Anjum KHURSHID
Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
"Empowering patients in the US healthcare system using blockchain applications"
Daniel KONDOR
MIT USA
"The complex network structure of cryptocurrencies"
Raffaella MULAS
The Alan Turing Institute, London, and University of Southampton, UK
"Hypergraph Spectral Theory and Applications"
Kenichi UEDA
University of Tokyo
"Digital Currency and Banking"
Organizing Committee
Yuichi Ikeda
Kyoto University
Kazuhi Ohta
Kyoto University Academic Research Support Office
Hideaki Aoyama
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, RIKEN Mathematical Creativity Program
Tetsuo Hatsuda
RIKEN Mathematical Creativity Program
Yoshihisa Fujiwara
University of Hyogo
Emi Yoshikawa
Ripple Labs Inc.
Final Program
2021.02.18
What happened on the day
On February 17th (Wed) and February 18th (Thur) 2021, the Social Innovation Center of the Graduate School of Integrated Human Studies hold the hybrid international conference Blockchain in Kyoto 2021 (BCK21).
This international conference focused on blockchain and its applications, including fintech, crypto assets, it brought together researchers and practitioners from various fields who are active in blockchain-related fields.
We invited One keynote speaker from the United States and nine invited speakers (six from Japan, one from US and two from Europe).
Together with 13 other public speakers and many online participants, we discussed various research topics related to blockchain in general, including academic issues as well as current achievements and future prospects in practice.
For example, in the morning of February 17th, we invited people active in the corporate world to hold a "Social Communication Session in Japanese."
In the morning of February 18th, we invited David Schwartz, CTO of Ripple, the US company known for the cryptocurrency XRP, to give a lecture on the basic philosophy and future prospects of the cryptocurrency XRP.
Opening remarks at the Kyoto University Clock Tower on the morning of Feb17th
Number of participants (Total: 206)
126 university students (41 domestic, 83 overseas)
79 people from companies (16 domestic, 63 from overseas)
Many of the participants from both universities and companies were from overseas, accounting for approximately 70% of the total. We were able to reaffirm the high level of interest in this field overseas, but at the same time, we believe that revitalizing domestic trends is a future challenge that the Social Innovation Center must address. For this reason, we believe it is necessary to continue holding the second international conference, BCK22, next year. We would appreciate your cooperation.
We would like to thank all the speakers at BCK21.
All members of the BCK21 Organizing Committee
Yuichi Ikeda (Kyoto University)
Kazuaki Ohta (Kyoto University Academic Research Support Office)
Hideaki Aoyama (RIETI; RIKEN iTHEMS)
Tetsuo Hatsuda (RIKEN iTHEMS)
Yoshihisa Fujiwara (University of Hyogo)
Emi Yoshikawa (Ripple Labs Inc.)