A NEO community meetup and workshop will be held in Tokyo on April 12th. Developers who are interested in understanding the architecture of NEO are encouraged to attend. The workshop will involve practical coding activities and is for developers only.

The meet up will feature presentations from Malcom Lerider, senior R&D manager of NEO, and O3 Labs, along with opening remarks from Miki Hayama, head of NEO Japan operations.

Interested participants should register through the following form:
https://goo.gl/forms/tYg37wkE3HX4GiCm1

Full details can be found below:

Workshop

Date – Doors open 13:00, Workshop 13:30 – 18:00, April 12th, 2018
Cost – Free
Venue – Hotel Kizankan, 4-37-20, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 113-0033 (Updated 10/04 due to venue capacity)

Tutor: Chris Chen, NEO developer

Participants will be required to bring their own laptop and set up their a private net before the commencement of the workshop – https://github.com/CityOfZion/neo-privatenet-docker

Meetup

Date – 19:00 – 21:00, April 12th, 2018
Cost – Free
Venue – Hotel Kizankan, 4-37-20, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 113-0033 (Updated 10/04 due to venue capacity)

Agenda

  • 19:00 – Doors open
  • 19:30 – Opening Remarks by Miki
  • 19:40 – Presentation by Malcolm
  • 20:00 – Presentation by O3 (TBD)
  • 20:20 – Networking
  • 21:00 – Close of the event

Speakers

Malcolm Lerider, NEO senior R&D manager
Malcolm has long served key positions such as Java software engineer, distributed software development manager and R&D manager with extensive experience in project development, management and implementation.

Miki Hayama, head of NEO Japan operations
Spending a decade in London and being in charge of overseas marketing in the automobile industry with experience from 15 countries, Miki has been engaged in bridging the parties across the countries which naturally brought her to be an interpreter for top managers within the blockchain industry. She became the first full time team member out of China for NEO covering Japan Operations including community building and all activities for the Japanese market.

O3 Labs
O3 Labs is a studio focused on development of tools and products for the NEO blockchain. Their first product the O3 wallet is the most popular mobile wallet for NEO, available on Android and iOS. Located in Japan, they’re also helping to build out the Japanese developer community providing workshops and education materials.