Japan, Tokyo Weekly Tech Event Digest [`24 Dec 16 - Dec 22]

Hello, tech enthusiasts! Hope you’re having a great week. Here’s a list of upcoming tech events in Japan for the week of December 16 to December 22.

Events

Monday, December 16

• Try Apple Vision Pro or Meta Quest 3 | 🕐 11:45 | Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: TechBrunch hosts a VR experience event. Try Apple Vision Pro or Meta Quest 3. Geared towards first-time and experienced VR users, developers, and tech enthusiasts. Includes brunch, VR demo, and networking. First-time attendees RSVPing on Meetup.com eat free.

• Talk by Prof. Dario Floreano on “Learning to fly” | 🕐 13:30 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Prof. Dario Floreano discusses the impact of drones, their limitations compared to flying animals, and research inspired by insects and birds for designing neuromorphic sensors, bodies, and brains of flying machines. He also presents adaptive Body-Machine Interfaces for intuitive robot teleoperation and highlights challenges in modeling and control that benefit from data-driven and learning methods.

• Generative AI Era Startup Principles | 🕐 19:00 | Toryumon Office Shibuya, Tokyo | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: This event discusses the “Build Later” principle in the generative AI era, challenging the conventional wisdom of rapid product development for startups. It explores how delaying development strategically can enhance growth, covering the rationale and practical steps. Networking with refreshments follows the session.

Tuesday, December 17

• Symposium on AI and Culture: Standardization Trend | 🕐 09:30 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Symposium on AI and culture, focusing on AI standardization trends, quality management, and cultural/human aspects. Experts will discuss topics like ISO/IEC 42001, AI quality guidelines, and software quality. The event aims to explore how to utilize standards in handling AI technology.

• Tokyo Startup Lunch Club | 🕦 11:30 | Marunouchi, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Casual lunch meetup for startup founders, investors, and enthusiasts to connect and network in an informal setting.

• Neo4j Live: Demystifying the Mahabharata Chatbot with GraphRAG | 🕐 18:00 | Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: This session explores the Mahabharata chatbot using GraphRAG, demonstrating its ability to navigate characters, events, and relationships within the epic. It fosters interactive learning and exploration of this timeless tale.

• LF Decentralized Trust Tokyo Meetup | 🕐 18:30 | Wework Shinagawa, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: LF Decentralized Trust Tokyo Meetup, covering a report from the LFDT event in San Francisco, a case study by Japan Securities Clearing Corporation, and open discussion. Topics include enterprise blockchain, digital identity, and open source community initiatives.

• Connect & Co Launch: Crafting Connections | 🕐 19:00 | Amphora Burger, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Connect & Co Launch event, crafting connections in Tokyo. Burgers, networking, and conversations for expats, entrepreneurs, and travel enthusiasts. Introductions, casual English conversation, burger ranking activity, and optional after-event drinks.

• Tokyo Hackerspace Weekly Tuesday Meetup | 🕐 19:30 | Tokyo Hackerspace, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Weekly open house at Tokyo Hackerspace, 7:30-10 PM. Come and see what we’re about. Tools available, but open house may not be ideal for lengthy projects like 3D printing.

Wednesday, December 18

• Shibuya Public Event Brunch | 🕕 16:00 | Shibuya Startup Support Space | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Networking brunch hosted by Shibuya Startup Support, providing tools and connections for startups to grow.

• TAI AAI #06 - Bio x AI | 🕐 18:00 | Minato City, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Tokyo AI’s Advanced AI subgroup hosts Bio x AI session. Experts discuss AI’s impact on biology, covering drug discovery, biomanufacturing, and systems biology. The event includes presentations, networking, and food.

• Data Intelligence Tokyo | 🕐 18:00 | Wework Shinagawa, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Data Intelligence Tokyo is an international community focused on data. The group discusses data strategies, DX, data organizations, data management, governance, platforms, products, and AI governance. This meetup, hosted by Quollio Technologies, features a lightning talk by Jer Wei Yeoh on implementing a data mesh strategy, followed by networking.

• Tokyo Hackerspace Nihongo Open House | 🕐 19:30 | Tokyo Hackerspace, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Regular Japanese open house at Tokyo Hackerspace. Meet members, learn about the space, discuss hacks, and use tools.

Thursday, December 19

• Venture Cafe Thursday Gathering | 🕐 16:00 | Cic Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Thursday Gathering #318 at CIC Tokyo. Sessions include pre-registration, enjoying the gathering, English pitch methods, careers in the space industry, regenerative tourism dialogue, and financial literacy. Open until 8:30 pm.

• Pixiv App Night | 🕢 19:30 | Online | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: A free event for mobile app developers (iOS & Android) to share insights. Includes two talks from Pixiv engineers on testing, refactoring, and concurrency control in Android apps using Kotlin Coroutines.

• Youth Exchange Meeting | 🕐 21:00 | Toryumon Office Shibuya, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: A casual networking event for young people, held as a side event of the OASIS year-end party.

Friday, December 20

• Data Science & Analytics Meetup | 🕐 15:30 | Irish Pub Man In The Moon Tokyo, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Socialize and connect with other data professionals. Share knowledge and relax after work.

• TAI AMAJ #04 - Voice AI | 🕐 18:30 | Kyobashi Edogrand, Chuo City, Tokyo | 🇯🇵🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Tokyo AI’s 4th Applied AI and ML seminar in Japanese. Focuses on Voice AI basics and applications. Speakers include experts in voice conversion, building voice apps, and conversational AI.

• Takeoff Tokyo x TORYUMON: Startup to Global | 🕐 19:00 | Shibuya Parco, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Event for young entrepreneurs interested in startups and global ambitions. Co-organized by TORYUMON and Takeoff Tokyo. Networking and pitches. Primarily for under 25s. Food and drinks available for purchase.

• JJUG Night Seminar Overseas Conference Report | 🕐 19:00 | Microsoft Japan, Tokyo | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: JJUG Night Seminar featuring reports from various overseas conferences. Discussions about JVM Language Summit, JavaZone, JCConf Taiwan, and Devoxx Belgium.

• Design for Survival | 🕖 19:00 | Online | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: A book club discussing Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek. Explore the responsibilities of designers through discussions and presentations. Ideal for UX/UI designers, product managers, and marketers.

Saturday, December 21

• Coffee and Code | 🕐 10:00 | Starbucks In Roppongi Hills Lobby, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Relaxed coding event for coders, beginners, and IT professionals. Bring a laptop, discuss projects, get help, and share tips. All nationalities and ages welcome. RSVP limited to 20, but waitlisted attendees can still come.

• Marunouchi Morning Code | 🕐 10:00 | Dean & Deluca カフェ 丸の内, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Meetup for those interested in code, web development, design, cloud, blockchain, or AI. All levels welcome. Discuss projects, share ideas. Free, but purchase at venue may be required.

• TORYUMON TOKYO IGNITE | 🕐 12:15 | Bellesalle Shibuya First, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: U25 startup event with talks, pitch contest, and networking. Speakers include successful entrepreneurs, VCs, and investors. Free entry.

• MDN Translation Meetup | 🕐 13:00 | Online | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Monthly online MDN Web Docs translation event. Focuses on translating web technology documentation into Japanese. Beginners welcome, experienced translators offer support. Uses Slack and GitHub for collaboration and workflow.

• PHP Conference 2024: Preparation Event | 🕒 15:00 | Venue TBD | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Help prepare attendee materials for PHP Conference 2024 by assembling over 1,500 sets. A fun way to meet others before the main event. No additional perks, but great for those with free time!

Sunday, December 22

• Digital Nomads Morning Activity | 🕐 09:00 | Dean & Deluca Cafe Tokyo College Of Music Nakameguro・daikanyama Campus | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Morning activity event for digital nomads and expats in Nakameguro. Breakfast, networking, and international connections. Limited to 20 people. Photos and videos will be taken.

• TechBrunch: Animation Edition | 🕐 11:45 | Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: TechBrunch explores animation creation using Sora, ElevenLabs, and ChatGPT. Attendees can learn about producing animations, generating voiceovers, and drafting scripts. The event targets animators, voice artists, screenwriters, and tech enthusiasts. First-time attendees who RSVP on meetup.com get free meals.

Disclaimer

Events above are collected from a variety of online open sources. There might be changes or cancellations. Please check the event page for the most up-to-date information.

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