Exploring Open Source Technology: Insights from Experts
Leveraging open source is becoming more important for companies in software development. As intellectual property (IP) professionals, you are likely to encounter inquiries from engineers seeking guidance on the management of open source IP. To address this, we are excited to introduce a two-part seminar series on Open Source with a focus on both technological and IP aspects.
In this first Open Source CHIZAI (IP) seminar, our primary emphasis is on the technological aspects. We are delighted to welcome distinguished guest speakers, Christina Qi from Databento, Harper Reed, Technologist and Entrepreneur, Kunihiro Nishimura from Xcoo, and Masato Endo from Toyota. These experts will underscore the significance of Open Source within their respective domains, which encompass fintech, genome analysis, and the automotive industry. This presents a unique opportunity to gain insights directly from experts in these fields and explore the realm of open source technology.
Please join us! This is a free online event.
* Our online webinar is held via Zoom.
Date
Friday, December 1, 2023 from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm (Pacific Time)
*Saturday, December 2, 2023 from 9:00 am – 10:30 am (Japan Time)
Schedule
4:00-4:05 pm (PST): Opening
4:05-5:15 pm: Presentations by Masato, Christina, Kunihiro, and Harper
5:15-5:25 pm: Discussion and QA
5:25-5:30 pm: Closing
5:30-6:00 pm: Virtual Networking*
*Optional. You are welcome to remain online to have discussions with other participants.
Speakers:
Christina Qi, CEO, Databento
Harper Reed, Technologist, Entrepreneur, Former CEO of General Galactic Corporation
Kunihiro Nishimura, CEO, Xcoo, Inc.
Masato Endo, Group Manager, Value Chain Service and Technology Development, Technical Project Field of Advanced R&D and Engineering Company, Toyota Motor Corporation
Profile of Speakers:
Christina Qi
CEO, Databento
Christina Qi is the CEO of Databento, an on-demand market data platform. She formerly founded Domeyard LP, a hedge fund focused on high frequency trading (HFT) that traded up to $7.1 billion USD per day. Failing to earn a job offer after a Wall Street internship, Christina started Domeyard from her dorm room with $1000 in savings, in 2012. Her fund was a tiny minnow amongst the tigers of the hedge fund world, but after Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys came out in 2014 and HFT firms hid from the spotlight, Domeyard accidentally found itself in the center of the ring. Over the next decade, her company’s story was featured on the front page of Forbes and Nikkei, and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, NBC, and the Financial Times as a result of the controversy and fascination with HFT. By a series of accidents, Christina became a voice in her industry, contributing to the World Economic Forum’s research on AI in finance, guest lecturing at dozens of universities, and teaching Domeyard’s case study at Harvard Business School.
Christina is also dedicated to non-profit volunteer work. She is a member of the MIT Corporation Development Committee, a standing committee of the MIT Corporation (the board of trustees), charged with raising critical financial resources to uphold the Institute's academic rigor, promote student life, and advance global initiatives. From 2018 to 2023, she co-chaired the Development Committee and eventually became Co-Chair of the Board of Invest in Girls, bringing financial literacy education to underserved populations across the US. Christina also sits on the Board of Directors of The Financial Executives Alliance (FEA) Hedge Fund Group, drove entrepreneurship efforts at the MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association (MIT SBAA), and served on the U.S. Non-Profit Boards Committee of 100 Women in Finance. Although "X Under X" lists are a gimmick, she’ll admit that Forbes 30 Under 30 made a positive impact on her life by giving her a community - friends who dragged her out of bed during the lowest days of her life. Christina holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Science from MIT and is a CAIA Charterholder.
Harper Reed
Technologist, Entrepreneur, Former CEO of General Galactic Corporation
Harper Reed is a technologist that predicts the future for a living. He spends his life traveling around the world showing people the possibilities of tech and sharing his experiences to propel the greater good, all while raising the level of fun in the room.
Harper knows his incredible luck has led him to achieve many wonderful things. At PayPal, his roles as Head of Commerce and as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence allowed him to guide teams into the thrilling future of e-commerce. The technology he developed as co-founder at startup Modest Inc. had initially garnered the attention of PayPal, which led them to acquire Modest only a few years after launch.
Harper also believes the talent of a great bunch of humans can transform an organization like nothing else and he uses that belief to strengthen, deploy, and inspire every team he works with. Previously, Harper was CTO of the Obama 2012 campaign, where he was the first to bring the mentality and connective capabilities of tech to the political stage. He was also the CTO of Threadless.com, where he pioneered crowdsourcing and grew the company from a 12 person startup to a multi-million dollar enterprise. Harper is an MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, sits on the advisory boards for IIT Computer Science and the Royal United Service Institute, and is on the Cornell College Board of Trustees.
Kunihiro Nishimura
CEO, Xcoo, Inc.
Dr. Kunihiro Nishimura is an entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Xcoo, Inc. which has become the leading precision medicine company in Japan. He has focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and data intelligence in medical and clinical fields, especially for curing cancer with genomic information, collaboration with oncologists and hospitals. He and Xcoo have been chosen winner of the MEXT Minister’s Award under the Award for Academic Startups 2019 Program. Previously, he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2001, in 2003, in 2006 respectively. He has expertise in technology especially for information visualization, human interface, bioinformatics, and genome medicine.
About Xcoo https://xcoo.jp/
GitHub https://github.com/xcoo/, https://github.com/chrovis
Masato Endo
Group Manager, Value Chain Service and Technology Development, Technical Project Field of Advanced R&D and Engineering Company, Toyota Motor Corporation
Masato Endo is a Group Manager of TOYOTA. He focuses also on building the Open Source governance structure within Toyota and developing relationships with the Open Source community, through projects such as AGL and OIN. From 2017, he began to work with the OpenChain Project as a board member and set up OpenChain JP WG with Hitachi and Sony. In 2019, he launched OpenChain Automotive WG to promote Open Source Software Supply Chain Management (OSS SCM) and standardization in Automotive industry. In 2023, he became a fellow of United States Japan Leadership Program. Originally, he was a patent engineer working with various technologies such as MaaS, Autonomous Vehicle, Navigation Systems, Intelligent Transport Systems, Smart Grid, and so on. His experience includes work in New Delhi to study Indian IP and External Affairs. In 2017, he worked for an IP project of the Japan Automotive Manufacturers Association and gave a technical lectures for examiners of each government of India, Thai, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
