Closing Words - Tokyo 2024

Now okay Going Passit off to David Fing the com HERO [Applause] [Music] and all right since our Japanese did J Well I thought about it for a bit and thought I'd go with Japanese. More than anything, I hope everyone enjoyed it. I felt like I really gave it my all and it was fun. As I said at the beginning, I'm allowed to run conferences mainly for my own enjoyment, so I think it was pretty good that we were able to create this event with all the speakers, sponsors and such. As I said at the beginning, I hope you all take home some kind of pressure, but maybe you can't speak English at all and you take a picture with a famous person, take a selfie and get an autograph, but you think, "I'm not good at networking, so it's fine," or you talk to someone you know next to you and try to make yourself seem less out of place.

I think that kind of thing happens quite often. When I first went to the Devcon conference, I was like, "What are these people?" and I couldn't join the conversation at all, and when someone asked me "What's your name?" I said "Ah, kind" and it just went on and on I used to be really frustrated when I was only using words that were meant to be drawn out and couldn't get to the point at all. But because of those experiences, I've come to realize that I wasn't really capable of doing things I thought I was good at, and that was incredibly frustrating.

When I actually went out into the world, I realized there were people like that. To be honest, I've always thought of English as something to study, and it's a matter of when to do it. It's not about whether you can speak English or not, but ultimately about how far you want to go, how far you want to raise your standards. To be honest, just being in this community means you're incredibly motivated people who have dedicated your time and money to come here. And I think that if those people go home feeling truly frustrated, that's what will really help this community grow.

I know you all have different thoughts, but even if you don't achieve anything here, it's about what you can do from now on, so let's put in some effort and do our best. Thank you. speakENGengishThank youcomm toisjointlyby fing and ST byanyCouldBe ablehaveandanypeopleATTUSUSjustknowBEGINWhatwantDobebetaketimefounderDoandcouldComeOutfromisIhaveeachONEsOnestCouldMaybeGuysUSyouGuysPleaseDoWorkThatIsThatIsContributeCommThankyou [Applause] [Music] arehave [Music] Excuse me, I'm not used to it, my English is weak, and I've been using it non-stop for the past two weeks to communicate with the Funding the Commons team at talk sessions and panels, so my brain isn't working very well, so please let me speak in Japanese. First of all, I said a little bit in English, but thank you to everyone who came, and also to the staff who have made the live string a reality while I was speaking, and also to the people who are doing extremely high-quality [Applause] translations that don't waste any time, and also to the people who are doing extremely high-quality translations that don't waste any time, and also to the people who are doing extremely high-quality translations that don't waste any time, and also to the people who are doing extremely high-quality translations that don't leave much room for error we understand very well But, um, to make this event happen in this form, I'd like to thank Mr. Morishita from the United Nations University, who worked the hardest to make it happen.

Thank you very much. [Music] Mr. Mori, are you listening? Mr. Mori, it's quitting time so you might have already gone home.

No, that's not true. I'd like to ask you to speak last, but let me just say a little about myself. My background is in crypto, loose blockchain, I don't really like to say it this way, but I'm from the industry, things like Web3. But this event is meant to be a place for people in the crypto world to connect with the knowledge they have and non-crypto people, people who don't make a living from crypto, or rather, a place for interaction. Mr.

Mori, you're here. I'd like to ask you to speak last. Ah, Mori. [ Applause] Mr. Mori, um, let me just say a little about myself last.

Mr. Mori, um, is it okay if you have time? Well, I'll just say a little, and then you can take over last. Ah, but please do. Ah, then please go ahead.

Mr. Mori, um, sorry, Mr. Mori, please speak. Let's all end with this. Yes, Ozzy.

orENG Boss, Okay, let me say a bit. Yes, I do n't know where I left off. Yes, that's right, it was meant to be a place for interaction between crypto people and non-crypto people. Even if it's just crypto people, there might be a bit of a hype or something like that, but actually it's not like that, and I wanted to create an event where people who are active in the public sector and others could exchange opinions and create some kind of chemical reaction. Fadicommon was originally an event born from crypto, so that's true in terms of its purpose, but I wanted this to be an opportunity to bring crypto itself further outside of the crypto world, so I organized this event, or rather, helped out with it.

I would be happy if even one chemical reaction occurred within myself, if crypto people could have some kind of chemical reaction by interacting with people outside of crypto, and if people outside of crypto could be inspired by hearing some of the crypto-related jargon that they don't really understand. I would be really happy if there was something I could contribute And lastly, this overlaps a bit with what Taka said, but when I went to Debukonboko, I had so much fun I thought, "There are people in the world thinking about things like this," and I had a great time, but at the same time I felt really frustrated I felt like I couldn't do anything even though I was saying it was so open and free so anyone can participate and anyone can meet, so I felt really frustrated and regretful about why I couldn't do anything So from then on I thought that if I was going to use some kind of incomprehensible katakana word, I should lower the bar a bit, and at the same time I thought that I myself should actually get involved in a product or something and do something, and leave some results or make an effort to leave some results, otherwise I wouldn't be able to stand on equal footing with the people who were here at Debukonboko, so from then on I was working hard on things that were a bit enlightening or something like training for myself But at the same time, we would be very happy if everyone who came to this event felt that it was really fun, but at the same time, we would also be very happy if you felt a little frustrated so that when you come to Funding the Commons next time, you can do more to educate yourself, or become stronger, and come back when there is another event like this, so let's all do our best again. That's all. Lastly, thank you, Mr. Morishita.

Mr. Morishita, who we had the opportunity to talk with about the venue at the United Nations University, is here. Thank you very much. It's nothing, I'm Morishita from the United Nations University. Well, I'm really happy that we were able to collaborate with them this time, or rather, that they used this venue.

Because this is the United Nations building, there are various restrictions, and it was quite difficult, but their enthusiasm and, well, I don't really understand much about these things, but they are working with UNICEF and so on, and there are application forms and so on, and it was quite a lot of work. It was tough because of the restrictions, but I'm really happy that they allowed us to use this venue, and I feel like the United Nations University, or rather, the UN agencies, have become a bit more like publications or something. The International Confederations that I usually attend at Orca are very rigid UN conferences, basically just meetings with government ministries like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and UN agencies, so in a way they're not boring, but how should I put it, they're a little boring you know. But everyone was so casual in various ways, yet very educational, and it was great to be able to hold a conference here that explored various possibilities for the future, looking for different paths. We, and my superiors, or rather, my managers, were very happy that we were able to do something like this.

And I was also invited to give a speech, and I thought it was a really wonderful conference, and I wondered what various things the United Nations University and UN agencies are doing. Everyone was very interested, so I think that alone made holding this event here incredibly worthwhile. And it wasn't just young people, but people from all sorts of fields came and gathered here, and in a way, I thought it really symbolized the United Nations. It was like everyone in the world became one, and I think it was great that we had contributors Hanada and Hamada. I really hope everyone enjoyed these two days, and if there's another opportunity, I hope you'll visit the United Nations University.

I also hope that we can continue with a second, third, and fourth installment, and I look forward to seeing Hamada and the others. Thank you very much. [Applause] I think that need to be has been except Thank you thank you to you thank you for all of your work and the work of your team for making this such an easy event for us to have up Thank you thank you David thank you thank you thank you for all thespeakersthatthat flewfromaroundthe worldorfromaround thecountryorfrom Aroundthecityand Thankyoutoeachofyou asparticipantsWho camehereandtookTime OutOfYourbusylives tobeaPartofthis MOVEMENTbecause withoutyouthereis thisMOVEMENTthanyou allandToSee youand By [applause] thanThank [music] youJA