TechCrunch joins Asia’s largest innovation conference in Tokyo with a major startup competition
The event is the largest innovation meeting in Asia. More than 60,000 people from many countries will come to see new ideas and meet new people. This year there will be 750 startup companies showing their work. Many big companies like Sony, Google, and Microsoft will be there too.
TechCrunch will bring its Startup Battlefield program to help choose the best new companies. The judge will be Isabelle Johannessen from TechCrunch. She will help pick the winner of a big competition.
The winner of this competition will get ten million yen. They will also get to join a special group for TechCrunch Disrupt. This can help them become one of the top new companies in the world.
There will be many exciting things to see at this event. People can watch robots move around. They can learn about computers that can think. They can hear about new ways to help the planet. There will be talks about cars that drive by themselves.
City leaders from many places like Los Angeles, Nairobi, and Singapore will also come to Tokyo. They want to learn how to make their cities better and cleaner. There will be meetings to make plans together.
The event will have fun things after work time too. There will be music shows and boat trips in Tokyo Bay. People can meet and talk in special networking events.
To help people enjoy the event, there will be a special phone app. The app will help people find the companies and people they want to meet. It will show maps of the big building. It will also send messages about what is happening.
The first two days are for business people. The last day is free for anyone who wants to come and learn about new technology.