# Funding the Commons Tokyo 2024

Conference · United Nations University, Tokyo · 24–25 July 2024

Two days at UN University exploring organisations and research projects revitalising communities by defining new forms of support for public goods.

- Watch all recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3C6eF-zu5AYohNL1ZgOBqlwwJ29x-lTO
- Watch the reel: https://x.com/FundingCommons/status/1850842192455065649
- Read the 2024 impact report: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGbu1HUz9I/f7rE0igDIawmFO0vs3AIjw/view
- Photo album: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RCXZM-u2OxtOzcYjcGl6dYXph7Zkjzdz

## Wednesday 24 July 2024

- time not listed **Visual Analytics for R&D Intelligence インテリジェンスのためのビジュアル分析 日本語**: Takayoshi Hayashi, VALUENEX Japan Inc. (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- time not listed **Natural Resources as Commons Based on the Japanese Satoyama Concept**: Eri Kawai, Paramita, Inc. (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- time not listed **How to "Regenerate" Social Common Capital by Philanthropy and the Theory of Constraints**: Fumitaka Watanabe, Kyoto University, Beyond2050 Design Office (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- time not listed **#SavetheOvaries with AthenaDAO: Advancing Women's Health Through DeSci** (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 10:00–10:05 **Opening Words**: David Casey, Funding the Commons; Hiro Hamada, Araya Inc., DeSci Tokyo (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hilCKQAtD-U)
- 10:05–10:10 **Greeting from Surprise Guest** (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH1flLLI3SU)
- 10:10–10:20 **Greeting from DeSciTokyo** (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzQNzntQd_c)
- 10:20–10:40 **Introducing the United Nations University**: Kiki Bowman, United Nations University; Tshilidzi Marwala, United Nations University (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkUzgqLwkv4)
- 10:40–11:00 **Morning Workshop Introductions** (Workshop · Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOUFxXoqQL0)
- 11:00–11:30 **Funding Deeptech and Decentralized Science**: Riho Kawaguchi, ANRI; Estefano Pinilla, AthenaDAO; Gus Domel, Boost VC (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_wcWQFrGw)
- 11:40–12:00 **Democratization of AI and social implementation using Web3 の非中央集権化 日本語**: Kazuya Saginawa, bitgrit (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt-X_YqAdx8)
- 12:00–12:20 **Innovation Implemented by Public-Private Co-Creation 官民共創によるイノベーションの実践 日本語**: Yoko Ikeda, New Form of Capitalism Realization Headquarters (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6CjTgWoaWM)
- 12:20–12:40 **Laboratory Automation and Robotic Crowd Biology: Decentralized Efficient Research by Centralization of Experiments 実験の自動化とロボット群衆生物学：実験の一元化による研究の分散効率化 日本語**: Genki Kanda, RIKEN (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw69CMR2Nfw)
- 12:40–13:00 **Afternoon Workshop Introductions** (Workshop · Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_5nydwgIKU)
- 12:40–13:00 **Quantum-Proof System with a Quantum Blockchain**: Sho Sugiura, Blocq, Inc. (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 14:00–14:20 **The Role of Emerging Technologies in Japan's National Economic Strategy 日本の国家経済戦略における新興技術の役割 日本語**: Masaaki Taira, Head web3 Project Team, House of Representatives (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86kFloyfDtY)
- 14:00–15:00 **What is Needed to Increase the Liquidity of Intellectual Property (IP)?/知財（IP）の流動性を高めるには何が必要ですか？ 日本語**: Ryo Arai, Chizaizukan (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 14:20–14:40 **Fireside Chat** (Fireside · Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDL3YR27biI)
- 14:40–15:00 **Accepting Goodhart's Law in Academia - How Token Rewards Can Improve Upon Bibliometrics**: Patrick Joyce, ResearchHub (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Qf4Ft-1nQ)
- 15:00–15:20 **Japan's Preprint Server: Jxiv 日本のプレプリントサーバー「Jxiv」 日本語**: Ritsuko Nakajima, Japan Science and Technology Agency (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brlnkpkpjek)
- 15:20–15:40 **Science, technology, and Citizenship / 科学技術と市民権（シチズンシップ 日本語**: Miley Takesada, Code for Japan (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku6GjwE1JxM)
- 15:20–16:00 **Web3 Beyond Business: Tracing the Roots of the Open Source Philosophy and Individual Freedom ビジネスを超えたWeb3： オープンソース哲学と個人の自由のルーツを辿る 日本語**: Yusuke Obinata, Web3 Foundation, SovAge (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 15:40–16:00 **Decentralizing Research Towards "Open Academia" ~ 10 years of "academist" and beyond ~**: Ryosuke Shibato, academist, Inc. (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdV1yPGU-pA)
- 16:10–16:50 **Plurality in Japan 日本におけるPlurality 日本語**: Nishio Hirokazu, Cybozu Labs Inc. Research Director (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 16:30–16:50 **Academic Incubation for Humanities & Social Science 人文社会科学分野のためのアカデミック・インキュベーション 日本語**: Kotaro Okada, De-Silo, B-Side Incubator (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csOAwohg-fw)
- 16:50–17:10 **DeSci DAO Architecture Design and Roadmapping**: Mark Melnykowycz, CerebrumDAO (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6e53Z7ZbkY)
- 16:50–17:10 **Exploring Decentralized Science in Japan**: Shuma Kudo, Kanazawa University/DeSci Tokyo; Sakuya Shirosaki, DeSci Contributor @ DeSci Tokyo / Kanazawa University (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 17:10–17:30 **Accelerating Science with On-Chain Liquidity & Incentives**: Kiba Gateaux, Software Engineer at Molecule (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXn4bYjcYK4)
- 17:10–17:30 **Making Science Cool and Fun: Everyone Can Be a Scientist**: Frank Liu, Desci Sino, Open Biobank (Workshops - GEOC 2)

## Thursday 25 July 2024

- time not listed **Digital Public Goods Accelerator Guide**: Cheryl Ng, UNICEF Office of Innovation (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfuFXraqphk)
- time not listed **Institutional Innovations in Public Goods Resource Distribution**: Aya Miyaguchi, Ethereum Foundation; Christopher Szymczak, UNICEF Office of Innovation; Kusunoki Masanori, Digital Agency in Japan (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE-Li7MR9MI)
- time not listed **Open problems toward realization of Nameraka (Smooth) Society**: Ken Suzuki, University of Tokyo, SmartNews, Inc. (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHKE1rTPfPk)
- time not listed **Tackling East Asia's Population Decline Issues with Local Coop's Subsystem for Local Governance**: Atsushi Hayashi, Paramita (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kURvQJQpt8M)
- time not listed **Social Common Capital and the Future – For Building Regenerative Communities**: Mari Uzawa Urabe, Uzawa Kokusai Gakkan (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTUZYA5-D_M)
- time not listed **Civic community fund and ecosystem, Korea and Japan**: Hal Seki, Code for Japan; Wanseob Lim, PSE, Ethereum Foundation & Ethcon Korea (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSFCmLOBG9g)
- time not listed **Aligning AI with AI-Commerce**: Don Gossen, Co-Founder & CEO Nevermined (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HglwEL9Dtc)
- time not listed **Broad Listening in Practice**: Takahiro Anno, Japan SF club (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- time not listed **Quadratic Funding Workshop with DigDAO によるQFワークショップ 日本語** (Workshop · Workshops - GEOC 2)
- time not listed **ONGAESHI Workshop: Hands-On NFT Experience to Support Talent**: Taro Shirakawa, ONGAESHI (Workshop · Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 10:00–10:20 **Greetings from FtC & Plurality Tokyo**: Beth McCarthy, Funding the Commons; Shunsuke Takagi, Plurality Tokyo (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aaS1YgUQmI)
- 10:40–10:50 **Quadratic Funding Experiment in Japan** (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 10:50–11:00 **Philanthropy Funding the Commons: Evoking the Potential of Philanthropy in Japan**: Yuko Koshiba, Philanthropy Advisors (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 11:00–11:10 **Support OSS as the Japanese Government**: Kenji Hiramoto, IT Promotion Agency (IPA), Japan (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 11:10–11:20 **Impact Economy - Impact at the Heart of Every Decision**: Michiru Toda, SIIF & GSG Impact Japan (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 11:20–11:30 **Building Digital Commons: How Civic Tech Drives Public Innovation** (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 11:40–13:00 **Drawing with Code**: Toshi Takase, NEORT (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 12:00–12:30 **Digital Public Goods Quadratic Funding Experiments in the Government**: Audrey Tang, Plurality.net; Yoshiro Tasaka, Shibuya Startup Support (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgQ3JNiFCDo)
- 12:30–13:00 **Nouns Cares – A Better World On-Chain**: Chris Carella, Head of Product at CharmVerse; Will Wheeler, Nouns DAO, Nouns Cares, and Problem Media; Frankie Colamarino, Co-Founder of Problem Media and Nouns Cares (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgsAE3K21xs)
- 14:20–14:27 **"ONGAESHI" - The Future of Education Funding Mechanism**: Masahiro Fukuhara, ONGAESHI (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 14:27–14:34 **Introducing Pagoda**: Noah Yeh, da0x, g0v (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 14:34–14:40 **d/acc Chat** (Workshops - GEOC 2)
- 14:40–15:10 **Key for a Better Artificial System: from Gov to AI**: Ryota Kanai, Araya Inc., AI Alignment Network; Cui Jia Wei, g0v & vTaiwan; Gimmy Chang, FAB DAO (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14B6Gg0ik0Y)
- 15:10–15:40 **Roads and Bridges: Funding Our Digital Infrastructure**: Cheeky Gorilla, Protocol Guild; Scott Moore, Public Works; Shinya Mori, Fracton Ventures (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3FsdAjypU)
- 16:50–17:20 **Designing for Plurality**: Glen Weyl, Plurality Institute, Plurality Book and RxC (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjwyCt9LZvI)
- 17:20–17:30 **Closing Words** (Main Stage - Annex Space) [recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ynDb9v2LgA)

## Recordings

- Opening Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hilCKQAtD-U
- Greetings from DeSci Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzQNzntQd_c
- Greetings From a Surprise Guest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH1flLLI3SU
- Introducing the United Nations University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkUzgqLwkv4
- Morning Workshop Introductions #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOUFxXoqQL0
- Funding Deeptech and Decentralized Science (Panel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_wcWQFrGw
- Democratization of AI and social implementation using Web3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt-X_YqAdx8
- Innovation Implemented by Public-Private Co-Creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6CjTgWoaWM
- Laboratory Automation & Robotic Crowd Biology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw69CMR2Nfw
- Afternoon Workshop Introductions #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_5nydwgIKU
- The Role of Emerging Technologies in Japan’s National Economic Strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86kFloyfDtY
- Web3 Innovation in Japan (Fireside Chat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDL3YR27biI
- Accepting Goodhart’s Law in Academia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Qf4Ft-1nQ
- Japan’s Preprint Server: Jxiv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brlnkpkpjek
- Science, Technology, and Citizenship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku6GjwE1JxM
- Decentralizing Research Towards “Open Academia”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdV1yPGU-pA
- Academic Incubation for Humanities & Social Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csOAwohg-fw
- DeSci DAO Architecture Design and Roadmapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6e53Z7ZbkY
- Accelerating Science with On-Chain Liquidity & Incentives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXn4bYjcYK4
- Greetings from FtC & Plurality Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aaS1YgUQmI
- Morning Workshop Introductions #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-aM6JenVC8
- Digital Public Goods Accelerator Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfuFXraqphk
- Institutional Innovations in Public Goods Resource Distribution (Panel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE-Li7MR9MI
- Open Problems Toward Realization of Nameraka (Smooth) Society: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHKE1rTPfPk
- Digital Public Goods QF Experiments in the Government (Panel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgQ3JNiFCDo
- Nouns Cares - A Better World On-Chain (Panel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgsAE3K21xs
- Afternoon Workshop Introductions #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI5I2XSicls
- Tackling East Asia’s Population Decline Issues with Local Coop’s Subsystem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kURvQJQpt8M
- Key for a Better Artificial System: From Gov to AI (Panel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14B6Gg0ik0Y
- Roads and Bridges: Funding Our Digital Infrastructure (Panel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3FsdAjypU
- Social Common Capital and the Future for Building Regenerative Communities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTUZYA5-D_M
- Civic Community Fund and Ecosystem, Korea & Japan (Fireside Chat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSFCmLOBG9g
- Aligning AI with AI-Commerce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HglwEL9Dtc
- Design for Plurality (Panel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjwyCt9LZvI
- Closing Words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ynDb9v2LgA