The Future of UI in Living and Working Spaces

The Future of UI in Living and Working Spaces

This is our 19th event, and we're thrilled to introduce Kaz Oki of mui based in Boston. We'll hear from Kaz and his team about creating a HaaS (Hardware as a service) product as well as managing bi-cultural (Kyoto-Boston) teams. See you all there!

This is a fantastic opportunity for cross-cultural learning with entrepreneurs in our greater community. We'd like to invite new founders, established startup leaders, and people thinking of starting their own company here in NYC to join us to share wisdom and information across borders. Join us and hang out afterward at a bar nearby!

Agenda:

• 6:30 pm Door opens/ Networking
• 7:00 pm Opening Remarks
• 7:15 pm Speaker: Kaz Oki - Co-Founder and Producer of mui lab
• 8:00 pm Announcements & Open Networking

About mui
"mui" originates from a Japanese word "無為" (pronounced mui). It represents a relaxed, natural sense of mind, inactivity, and idleness. The concept of "mui" to focus on providing the user a sense of relaxation - the information on the wooden surface stays out of sight until utilized. As though it is a wooden object integrated onto a wall, "mui" acts as a wall display or an aesthetically pleasing piece of furniture. "mui" can be used in private homes, office, hospitality spaces to public spaces. "mui" is a versatile user interface platform that interacts between object and space, design and software. Via multiple APIs and cloud-connected, mui allows you to have infinite applications specifically designed for your needs. Learn more at www.mui.jp (http://www.mui.jp/)

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About Kaz Oki

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Background: He studied International Relationship Management at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. He has 10+ years as a Project Manager, a Marketing Manager and also a User Interface Producer across different industries as the key design-driven product supplier.

Huge thanks to our awesome sponsors:

Tasty GREEN TEA will be provided by ItoEn (http://www.itoen.com/) ( http://www.itoen.com/ ), (https://nulab-inc.com/),) so come early and enjoy it!

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eBay NYC (http://ebaynyc.com/) (ebaynyc.com (http://ebaynyc.com/)) is providing space!

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We hope that this event will be a place where Japan & NY people can come collaborate. Looking forward to seeing you all!

Japan NYC Startups Team