Hedera Hashgraph Team in Tokyo

For those following the rapid evolution of blockchain technology, this is the event you have been waiting for! The Hedera Hashgraph team is visiting Tokyo and unveiling their technology, a fundamentally new type of distributed ledger technology/consensus algorithm. Hashgraph is developed by the US-based company Swirlds, that is faster, fairer, and more secure than blockchain.

"The Hedera Hashgraph platform provides a new form of distributed consensus; a way for people who don't know or trust each other to securely collaborate and transact online without the need for a trusted intermediary. The platform is lightning fast, secure, and fair, and, unlike some blockchain-based platforms, doesn’t require compute-heavy proof-of-work. Hedera enables and empowers developers to build an entirely new class of distributed applications never before possible."

The event is proudly brought to you by Diginex & Collabogate

Date: March 29th（Thu） 19:00-21:30
Venue: MTI Boardroom, Tokyo Opera City Tower 52F, Nishi-Shinjuku 3-20-2, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Google Map: http://urx.red/J6SF

Time table（Provisional）
19:00 - Reception
19:30 - Hashgraph Presentation
20:00 - Q&A
20:30 - Networking
21:30 - End

MC's: Kohei Kurihara (Collabogate) Liam Bussell (Diginex)

Speakers:

Mance Harmon
CEO/Co-founder @ Swirlds

Mance Harmon is an experienced technology executive and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of strategic leadership experience in multi-national corporations, government agencies and high-tech startups, and is Co-founder and CEO of Swirlds Inc. Prior experience includes serving as the Head of Architecture and Labs at Ping Identity, Founder / CEO of two tech startups (one exit to a Fortune 500 company, another to a private equity firm), the senior executive for product security at a $1.7B revenue organization, Program Manager for a very-large-scale software program for the Missile Defense gency, the Course Director for Cybersecurity at US Air Force Academy, and research scientist in Machine Learning at Wright Laboratory. Mance received a MS in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, and a BS in Computer Science from Mississippi State University.

Edgar Seah
Head of Asia Pacific Region @ Swirlds

Edgar Seah is the Head of Asia Pacific Region for Swirlds. Edgar was formerly Head of Asset Backed Trading & Syndication and Co-Head of Asset Backed Originations at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for Asia. He left the finance industry in mid-2010 and travelled extensively for 2 years before moving to Ghana to launch Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Africa, a revenue generating nonprofit leadership development program for young Africans. Edgar has been an angel investor and advisor to early-stage tech companies since 2012, with an interest in blockchain, AI and VR/AR related companies. Edgar was born and raised in Singapore and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Carnegie Mellon University with a double degree in business and economics.

3月29日（木）にDiginexと共同でHashgraphという新しいブロックチェーン技術を開発しているSwirldsをアメリカからお呼びして、ミートアップを行います。

"Hadera Hashgraphは新しい分散型のコンセンサスシステムを採用し、お互いに出会ったことがなく、信頼関係もない状態であったとしても第三者の信頼を必要とせずにコンセンサスに結びつけることができる技術です。他のブロックチェーン技術と違い、Proof of Workの仕組みを必要としないため今まで実現できなかったアプリケーションの実装などでも活用できます"

日程: 3月29日（木） 19:30-21:30（19:00受付）
場所: Tokyo Opera City Tower 25階 MTI　〒160-0023 東京都新宿区西新宿３丁目２０−２
Google Map: http://urx.red/J6SF

スケジュール（予定）
19:00 - 受付
19:30 - Hashgraph プレゼンテーション
20:00 - Q&A
20:30 - ネットワーキング
21:30 - 終了

Mance Harmon
CEO/Co-founder @ Swirlds

プロフィール
CEO and Founder　Swirlds
Head of Lab　Ping Identity
Program Manager　Missile Defense Agency
マサチューセッツ大学アマースト校 コンピューターサイエンス修士
ミシシッピ州立大学　コンピューターサイエンス学士

Edgar Seah
Head of Asia Pacific Region @ Swirlds

プロフィール
Head of Asia Pacific Region　Swirlds
Head of Asset Backed Trading & Syndication for Asia-Pacific Region　Bank of America Merrill Lynch
カーネギーメロン大学　ビジネス、経済学士