New Internet Business Born for Open Innovation
The Future of Smartphones.
With smartphones as the backdrop, this event examined the potential of internet business through the lens of open innovation. Case studies in cloud, IoT, and e-commerce were introduced, highlighting how open technologies and global collaboration generate new value. Entrepreneurs, researchers, and enterprise leaders gathered to envision the future shape of internet infrastructure as technology and business models evolve.
Global IT History
- Global smartphone sales hit 700 million units (+44% YoY), pushing global penetration to 41% and 30% in Japan, signaling a full mobile-centric shift
- App downloads exceed 46 billion, driving explosive growth in entertainment, SNS, and gaming; tablets emerge as the “third device” replacing PCs
- LINE reaches 36 million users in Japan and 70 million worldwide in just one year
- Facebook surpasses 1 billion users and acquires Instagram for $1 billion, integrating social and visual communication
Transformation Through Mobile Payments and the Sharing Economy
- Square processes $8 billion annually, accelerating mobile POS adoption
- Airbnb reached 10 million total stays by June, creating a new market in the hospitality industry
- Uber reaches $140 million in gross bookings, advancing on-demand mobility
Expansion of the API Economy and Developer Ecosystem
- Twitter API 1.1 enhances app control and monetization
- Facebook Open Graph evolves into a “social graph economy”
- Google strengthens Maps and YouTube APIs, expanding developer use
- The ecosystem reaches 900 thousand developers and 900 thousand released apps, underscoring the rapid rise of the API-driven app economy
Speakers
Eric Ries
Author of “The Lean Startup” / General Partner, New Context
Kiyoyuki Tsujimura
President & CEO, NTT Docomo Engineering, Inc.
Jun Murai
Dean & Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Nicholas Wang
Co-Founder, Makible.com
Mitsuhiro Suwa
CEO, Loftwork Inc.
Bunnie Huang
Owner, Bunnie Studios / Visiting Researcher, MIT Media Lab
Takayuki Miyauchi
Co-Founder, Sassor Inc.
Liam Casey
Founder & CEO, PCH International
Leonardo Bonanni
Founder & CEO, Sourcemap
Pieter Franken
CTO & Executive Managing Director, Monex Securities, Inc.
Teddy Zmrhal
Practice Lead/Client Lead, IDEO Singapore
Jan Michael Hess
Founder & CEO, Ecosummit
Ian McFarland
President & Chief Strategy Officer, New Context
Shigeru Kobayashi
Associate Professor, Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS)
Cyril Ebersweiler
Founder, HAXLR8R
Kinya Yoshikawa
Founder, Miselu
Kellan Elliott-McCrea
CTO, Etsy
Takashi Okita
CEO, VeriTrans Inc.
Tomoya Hayashi
Director, e-Money Division, IT & Suica Business Headquarters, JR East
Toshihiro Isobe
Executive Officer, Head of e-Money Development, Seven Card Service Co., Ltd.
Masamichi Ueyama
Head of Group e-Money Business, AEON Co., Ltd.
Kazumasa Miyazawa
Executive Officer, CSO, and Head of Public Affairs & Planning, Rakuten Edy, Inc.
Jun Iwasaki
Editor-in-Chief, “CardWave,” iResearch Japan
Stephen Wang
GM of Asia Business / VP of iResearch Japan
Isaac Chan
Global Director of eCommerce, Kimberly-Clark
Daisuke Takahashi
Manager, International Business Division, Baidu Japan
Kentaro Iemoto
President & CEO, Clara Online, Inc.
Kosuke Okame
Director, Cast Consulting
Fumihiko Ishimaru
Director & CIO, Domestic Investment, DG Incubation
Ryu Kawano Suliawan
CEO, Midtrans
William Tanuwijaya
Co-Founder & CEO, Tokopedia
Danny Oei Wirianto
Co-Founder, Mindtalk
Teruhide Sato
President & Group CEO, Netprice.com
Shingo Yuuki
Director & Head of Shopping Division, Kakaku.com
Akiko Shirai
Assistant Manager, Advertising/CRM Promotion, Lawson Inc.
Katsuro Miyagi
Senior Executive Officer, Digital Garage / Company President, econtext Company
Evan Henshaw-Plath
CTO, New Context
Kaoru Hayashi
Representative Director & Group CEO, Digital Garage
Joichi Ito
Director, MIT Media Lab / Co-Founder & Board Member, Digital Garage
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