BGIN will hold the 12th general meeting, Block#12, in Shibuya, Tokyo, from March 2 to 3 during the Japan Fintech Week.

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Admission Type	Ticket Type	Price
General Admission (In-person)	whole event	USD100
	One day	USD60
Remote Admission (online)	whole event	USD20
	for students/academia (ID is needed on-site)	Free

Participants in BGIN Block#12 who attend on-site will receive a code for free FINSUM participation.

Venue

Shibuya Parco DG Bldg., 15-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0042, Japan

Agenda (Tentative)

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Background

The Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN) is a multi-stakeholder discussion body / distributed think tank, which plays the same role as what ISOC/IETF/ICANN/IGF is doing for the Internet ecosystem for the blockchain ecosystem. BGIN was established following the G20 2019 communique.
BGIN Block #12, the BGIN's twelfth general meeting, will be held on March 2 and 3, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan, **during the Japan Fintech Week

Goals of Block 12

The first is to bring voice to individuals focused on governance for digital economic networks, digital identity, and more applications based on blockchain technology. Major themes to include are (not limited to):

• governance of blockchain technology, applications, and
• digital identity
• stable coin
• cybersecurity
• social-economic design
• financial stability
• ethics and
• BGIN community growth for all stakeholders

The second is to promote multi-stakeholder dialogue to find alignment and explore solutions to key challenges in blockchain governance.

The third is to collaborate in working groups and produce documentation to maintain discourse on core topics nominated by the network of participants. Share learnings and create conversation with a diversity of stakeholders and geographies.

All sessions are not one-sided. We welcome all attendees to join the discussion with the main discussants

Who should attend?

• Developers
• Regulators
• Business entities
• Consumers
• Civil society
• Academia
• And anyone interested in blockchain ecosystems!

Main Discussion Topics

• Security Assessment and Development of ST/PP
• The Mutual Impact and Improved Outcomes of Blockchain & AI
• Cybersecurity Education
• Layer2 Governance
• ZKP and its Viable Use Cases
• Cyber Security Information Sharing Framework
• Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography /  Crypto Agility
• Tokenization Initiatives’ Technical Requirements
• Stablecoin Challenges
• Blockchain Analysis and Forensic Analysis
• Wallet Governance and Credential Management
• Financial Stability of Decentralized Finance

All sessions are not one sided. We welcome all attendees to join the discussion with main discusstants

Past block meeting

• BGIN Block #1: Mumbai, India (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #2: Paris, France (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #3: Washington DC, NY, USA (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #4: Africa (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #5: Tokyo, Japan (Virtual)

• BGIN Block #6: Zurich, Switzerland (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #7: Vancouver, Canada (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #8: Bol, Croatia (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #9: Sydney, Australia (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #10: Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid)

• BGIN Block #11: Washington DC, US (Hybrid)

• YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bgin

BGIN Co-Chairs

• Shin'ichiro Matsuo
• Amanda Wick

Identity Key Management and Privacy (IKP) Working Group Co-Chairs

• Nat Sakimura
• Mitchell Travers

Financial Application & Social Economics Working Group Co-Chairs

• Leon Molchanovsky
• Chloe White

Cybersecurity Working Group Co-Chairs

• Tomofumi Okubo

Experts

Local Hosts

• Jumpei Miwa

Administration

• Takaya Sugino
• Masato Tsutsumi