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Shibuya Web3 University 26th Event "Freewill's Social Impact Promoted by Web3"

A project emergence community from Shibuya specializing in Web3

A very popular real-life event. *Please note that this is not online.
This is the 26th event of "Shibuya Web3 University".
Shibuya Web3 University Homepage

Web3 beginners are also welcome!!
This is a great gathering for those who are interested in Web3 or feel something about it!

Event content
"Freewill's Social Impact with Web3"
- About the PoCs that Freewill has been accumulating, which continue to prove the potential of Web3
・Transforming the fundamental systems of society: Web3 projects in action
What you can do to change the world starting today

https://www.free-will.co/
https://spin-project.org/?noscroll=true
https://tells-market.com/

Date and time
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Doors open at 5pm
Start time: 18:00 End time: 20:30
The reception closes at 7:30 p.m. (no entry after that time)

place
SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE 39th floor WeWork event space
1-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku (directly connected to Shibuya Station / underground B6 exit)

What to bring: 1 business card

conditions
Free registration required (maximum 130 people)
An email with admission instructions will be sent to the email address you entered when registering for the event starting one week before the event.
Please be careful not to enter the wrong email address, as you may not be able to enter the building.
If your email does not arrive, we may contact you via Peatix message.
If you need to cancel, please contact us via Peatix message.

Drinks available (6 types of craft beer, coffee, tea)
*Drinks are self-service. No food is provided.

time schedule
17:00    　Doors open
18:00-18:10 Opening
18:10-18:20 Opening Special
18:20-19:10 Guest appearance
19:10-19:30 Guest × Shibuya Web3 University
19:30-19:35 Commemorative photo
19:35-19:40 Ending
19:40-20:30 Networking
*Time schedule is subject to change without notice.

■ Speakers
Toshi Asaba
Freewill, Inc.
Founder & CEO
At the age of 15, he went to the United States to study high school alone. At the age of 19, he backpacked around the world, visiting about 45 countries. At the age of 24, he started a trading business in Europe. After working mainly in North America, Asia, and the EU, he experienced various industries, and returned to Japan at the age of 28, where he worked as a system engineer for both Japanese and foreign companies. After working as an IT consultant for about 7 years at a domestic IT company, he founded "Freewill, Inc." with 1 million yen of his own money in order to realize a vision he had been nurturing since he was 19. The title "FREEWILL" contains his desire to enable everyone to live a life that they can freely choose with their own free will. Currently, the organization has grown to a scale of 170 people based on ICT business, and is made up of a global team of employees from all over the world. This organization places emphasis on social impact, and has been advocating for 10 years that the benefit of society as a whole and the preservation of the global environment are essential elements for the future of society, and has made "social contribution" its number one priority. In order to realize what people want to do, the company shares profits and resources with all stakeholders and achieves "mutually beneficial symbiosis." He believes that this challenge, which no one has done before, will become the "model" of a new business that will become a representative in the not-too-distant future. ICT is essential to expand business while maintaining the environment of the entire planet. It is possible to create a society where people can realize what they want to do with "free will." That is why he has become the creator of various services. With the ideal of "people living like humans," he has broken away from the traditional capitalist model of working for shareholders, and has always been conscious of the future of organizations since his founding in 2013. To date, he has proposed multiple original services such as tell's market, crowdfunding, and Vibes.media. He also works as a creator, producing videos and videos, and is in charge of executive production and direction, as well as writing scripts and stories. In the writing field, he is active as a reporter/editor-in-chief.

＜SNS＞
Facebook：https://www.facebook.com/toshi.asaba
Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/t_asaba/

Met Ciftci
Freewill, Inc.
CDO
Originally from Turkey. Majored in Japanese language and cognitive linguistics at Ankara University and the University of Tokyo Graduate School. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he joined Freewill to take on new challenges in a more social and new field. Despite having no experience in IT, he started his career as a UI designer after working with software such as Photoshop and Illustrator as a hobby. A few months after joining the company, he was selected as the development manager for the company's services, including SPIN. Currently, as CDO, he is in charge of the design, planning, and development of various applications both inside and outside the company, utilizing his experience in agile development, mainly design sprints and scrums. As a designer/illustrator, he pursues "unfinished beauty" and is interested in Japanese aesthetics, including wabi-sabi.

Opening Special
"What the new Kuni no Miyatsuko of Suzu can do now"

Chieko Watanabe
Shibuya Web3 University Create Course Members
Representative Director of Circular Cotton Factory
Founder of Avanti Co., Ltd. Established Avanti Co., Ltd. in 1985. Since 1990, he has been working to raise awareness of organic cotton in Japan and is a pioneer in the manufacture of organic cotton products in Japan. In addition to corporate activities, he established the NPO Japan Organic Cotton Association as an organization to raise awareness of organic cotton and certify it. He is also involved in creating global standards. In 2016, he became the representative director of the general incorporated foundation From Forests to the Sea. In 2017, he began working as a founder of the general incorporated foundation What to Leave in the 22nd Century. In 2021, he launched a project to turn textile waste into resources, and began activities as the Circular Cotton Project, which turns textile waste into paper and textiles into boards. In September 2023, he felt the potential of Web3 and joined the Shibuya Web3 University Create course at the age of 72. He believes that now is the time to use the Japanese spirit for world peace and is working on it.

CCF (Circular Cotton Factory):
https://www.circularcottonfactory.jp/

【Notes】
*Application deadline is 9pm the day before the event.
*If there are a large number of applications, the application period may close midway.
*If you have applied but have not received an invitation email or instructions on how to enter the museum by the day before, please contact us via Peatix message.
*Please be careful not to enter your email address incorrectly.
*If you need to cancel, please contact us by message at least one day before.

Photography and video recording is permitted during the event.
In addition, photos and videos may be taken by staff and media at the venue. Some guests at the venue may be photographed. Please note that the images may be used on social media on the day of the event, and may be published or posted in advertising materials, television, newspapers, magazines, websites, etc. after the event.

Shibuya Web3 University
https://www.shibuyaweb3univ.com/

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