{"id":3637,"date":"2009-05-21T01:20:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T16:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=3637"},"modified":"2009-05-21T01:20:31","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T16:20:31","slug":"this-weekends-three-tech-events-you-must-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/this-weekends-three-tech-events-you-must-see\/","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend&#8217;s Three Tech Events You Must See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this weekend, here we can get a chance to witness three great tech events in a row.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3638\" title=\"TEDxTokyo's Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/tedxtokyo.gif\" alt=\"TEDxTokyo's Logo\" width=\"330\" height=\"68\" \/><br \/>\nAs first of all, a Tokyo-based social entrepreneur Todd Porter, the co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokyois.com\/\">Tokyo International School<\/a> Patrick Newell and their companions will have the first event of TedxTokyo on this coming Friday at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miraikan.jst.go.jp\/en\/\">Miraikan<\/a>, which is located in Tokyo&#8217;s waterfront.\u00a0 The event&#8217;s official site is <a href=\"http:\/\/tedxtokyo.com\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 And for those who have no chance to attend, the organizers will bring you a livecast streaming <a href=\"http:\/\/tedxtokyo.com\/live\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The livecast will probably start in Friday morning in J.S.T., meaning around Friday midnight in U.T.C.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3644\" title=\"Infinity Ventures Summit 2009 Spring\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/ivs2009spring.jpg\" alt=\"Infinity Ventures Summit 2009 Spring\" width=\"208\" height=\"91\" \/><br \/>\nSecondary, an independent venture capital unit founded by three Japanese tech-finance experts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinityventures.com\/\">Infinity Venture Partners[J]<\/a> intends to have a bi-annual presentation event for Japanese tech start-ups, which is titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinityventures.com\/ivs\/\">Infinity Ventures Summit (IVS)<\/a> 2009 Spring, in Japan&#8217;s nothern city of Sapporo, Hokkaido.\u00a0\u00a0 We have not confirmed if they bring a livestream on the event.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Basically the event is opened only for invited attendees, and not all the event scenes have been disclosed for the previous editions.)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3639\" title=\"Make Tokyo's Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/maketokyo_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Make Tokyo's Logo\" width=\"172\" height=\"105\" \/><br \/>\nThirdly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oreilly.co.jp\">O&#8217;reilly Japan[J]<\/a> will hold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oreilly.co.jp\/mtm\/03\/\">Make: Tokyo 03[J]<\/a> on this coming Saturday and Sunday in association with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tamabi.ac.jp\/english\/\">Tama Art University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhw.ac.jp\/en\/\">Digital Hollywood University<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.t-kougei.ac.jp\/e\/index.html\"> Tokyo Polytechnic University<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Many gadget developers and inventors come together in a place and use this opportunity to proudly exhibit their works to the public.<br \/>\nFollowing Japanese mobile carriers&#8217; presentations on their brand new products and services for summer 2009, a number of tech events are scheduled in this season, which may make us a little bit busier. \u00a0 But we Asiajin will try out best to cover these events as much as possible.\u00a0\u00a0 Don&#8217;t miss it.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n<strong>May 26th update:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/serkan-toto\">Serkan Toto<\/a>, who is an Asiajin contributor as well as a TechCrunch writer, covered\u00a0 Infinity Ventures Summit 2009 Spring on his blog post on TechCrunch.\u00a0\u00a0 Here for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/05\/22\/infinity-ventures-summit-in-sapporo-12-japanese-startups-set-out-their-pitches-part-1-the-five-winners\/\">Day1<\/a>, and here for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/05\/23\/infinity-ventures-summit-launch-pad-in-japan-part-2-the-best-of-the-rest\/\">Day 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this weekend, here we can get a chance to witness three great tech events in a row. 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