“The Future of Programming Education” and “Unlocking the Power of Japanese Content in Worldwide Markets.”
Location
San Francisco, USA
Date
5-6 November, 2014
Held to mark the launch of a startup incubator, this event focused on the future of education and the content industry. The programming education segment compared the state of ICT instruction in Japan and the U.S., exploring challenges and outlooks for K–12 adoption. The latter half presented strategies—such as collaboration with Wikia—for distributing Japanese content like manga and anime globally, examining new possibilities for community-driven content ecosystems.
Global IT History
- ¥40 billion invested in the Cool Japan Initiative to promote Japanese culture globally
- Japan’s content market reaches ¥12 trillion, with $14.1 billion in overseas sales
Advances in Development Infrastructure
- Apple introduced Swift, which became the most watched language on GitHub that year
- Facebook releases Hack, enhancing large-scale web development efficiency and safety
Speakers
Andrew McLaughlin
Partner, Betaworks / CEO, Digg & Instapaper
Taro Matsumura
Journalist, Author
Craig Palmer
CEO, Wikiar
Tadashi Fukuda
COO, KADOKAWA Research Laboratories
Kaoru Hayashi
President and Group CEO,
Digital Garage, Inc.
Joichi Ito
Director, MIT Media Lab
Co-Founder and Board Director,
Digital Garage, Inc.
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