The United Nations 2030 Agenda emphasizes the role that innovation plays in support of sustainable development. An important, emerging innovation is blockchain/distributed ledger technology.
Originally, the primary use of blockchain technology was to store and track cryptocurrency transactions (e.g. Bitcoin). However, other uses have emerged in recent years, some of which can be used to advance the implementation of the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs): for example, by reducing food waste (SDG 12), supporting creation of new environmental conversation sites (SDG 13), and providing legal identities and financial services to refugees and the poor (SDG 2).
The goal of this event is to explore how blockchain technology can be used to solve some of the challenges embodied in the 17 SDGs and address both global and Japan-specific social challenges.
