The Summit: 1st annual Asian Metaverse Summit

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• ​​8:00 - 9:00  Teas, Coffees and Conversations​​
  

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• ​​9:10 - 9:30 Welcome Comments by Thom Barnhardt
  • Organizer of Asian, European, and American Metaverse Summits & Awards

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• 9:30 - 9:55  Digital-Twins.
  • From Industrial to consumer Metaverse: The future of digital twins.​
  • Masato Higuchi, Producer, Pocket RD 

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• ​10:00 - 10:25  "What's happening in the Immersive Web and Metaverse space in Europe and United States"
  • Conclusions from the recent "American Metaverse Awards" (Miami) and "European Metaverse Awards" (Berlin)
    
  • Thom Barnhardt, CEE Business Media Europe (and Organizer)

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• 10:30 - 11:00  Teas, Coffees and Conversations​​​

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• ​11:00 - 11:30 Keynote #2:  Anatomy of a Brand Partnership: ZEPETO 
  • How brands are utilizing platforms like ZEPETO to engage young global consumers and expand cultural relevance. 
  • Heesuk Ricky Kang, Head of Business Development, Naver Z

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• 11:30 - 12:00  "Conquering Asia. " Case-studies of Metaverse/Web3 companies that have successfully-expanded into major new markets.​
  • ​BtoB Web3/XR based geosocial community engagement between physical and virtual by Naoko Okada, Japan Chief Communication Officer, Continuum.Social ​​
    

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• ​12:00 - 12:30  Keynote #3:  The Sandbox Japan
  • How Virtual Worlds are moving beyond Gaming to engage a broader range of consumers.
  • Yuki Endo, Country Director, The Sandbox Japan​

• ​​​12:30 - 13:30 VIP Luncheon and Conversations​

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• 13:30 - 13:55  Top Nominations Showcases (10)
  • A deeper look at 10 of the Top Nominations submitted for Awards.
    

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• ​14:00 - 14:25 From TikTok to the Metaverse
  • How The World's Largest Anime TikTok Account Gives Fans New Identities
  • Ben Watanabe, CEO and Founder, 555 Comic​

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• ​​14:30 - 14:55  Coffees and Teas Break. Conversations and Networking.
  

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• 15:00 - 15:30 "Digital Identity and IP in the metaverse and Web3 world.
  
  • The importance of IP and digital identity in the Web3 world,  and a few case studies of Japanese domain names in manga and anime.
    
  • Hinza Asif, Founder, NFT Studio24.com,  一般社団法人ASIA WEB3 ALLIANCE JAPAN

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• ​15:30 - 15:55 Closing Panel: Spatial Computing "Exec Briefing", and live-demo of Apple Vision Pro.
  

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• ​​16:00 - 16:45 Summit Closing, Conversations, and more 1-on-1 Meetings.

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​The Awards: 1st annual Asian Metaverse Awards

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• 18:30 - 19:00  Cocktails Reception and VIP Networking
  
• 19:00 - 20:30  Asian Metaverse Awards Gala 
  
• 20:30 - 22:00  Celebrations, networking
  

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