UBRI Connect 2022
Professor Yuichi Ikeda participated in a panel discussion at UBRI Connect 2022 (September 21, 2022). UBRI Connect is an international conference that aims to foster future research and collaboration by bringing together the world's top scholars, researchers, and thinkers to introduce blockchain initiatives and share academic knowledge. This year (2022), it was held on September 21st and 22nd at the University College London Business School.
Topics on the conference agenda include decentralized finance (DeFi), smart contracts, blockchain-based applications for social good, blockchain security and governance, and central bank digital currencies (CBDC).
Professor Yuichi Ikeda discussed the blockchain-based energy trading system at the Sustainability panel. This panel discussion was the result of the EDISON PoC project conducted by the Social Innovation Center Blockchain Research Area, which included 17 students from GSAIS, Kyoto University.