SpeakerBenjamin Koji Watanabe

Benjamin Koji Watanabe
555 Comic
ceo
Ben Watanabe got his start weaving social stories for professional skateboarders, top reality TV shows, and 50 Cent. From there he worked at Cookpad in design and growth hacking, co-founded a Bluetooth startup that was acquired by part of the SMBC Group, and then found his way back into storytelling and his childhood love of comics and anime, with @CRC_Luna the world's largest anime TikTok, her roleplaying community on X and more universes. Now he's open sourcing their universes to help make getting started in storytelling accessible to everyone.

Sessions

2024/08/28
1:35PM - 2:05PM
EchoX Stage
EN
Balancing Innovation and Protection in AI, Web3

This panel will explore the delicate equilibrium between pushing technological boundaries and ensuring user safety in the realms of Intellectual Property (IP) and Web3. The speakers, representing prominent NFT projects (Azuki), decentralized autonomous organizations (ApeCoin DAO), and digital content creators (555 Comics), will discuss strategies for fostering innovation while implementing robust protection measures. The panel will likely cover topics such as IP ethics, IP privacy and protection in Web3,  and the role of community governance in shaping protective policies.