IOST provides Free Blockchain Education Program with ZeLo Law Firm and EverSystem in Japan

Contributing to blockchain education and developer training for educational institutions at Regional

The law firm ZeLo, a group of legal experts in the blockchain business, and foreign law joint ventures (including 14 lawyers, US lawyers and Indonesian lawyers), Eversystem Co., Ltd., which conducts multi-platform research and development (Representative: Takao Wada (Ph.D.) and IOST / IOS Foundation (Japan region) agree to provide education development programs for educational institutions in Japan.

In 2018, the IOST has focused on understanding blockchain technology in local areas and developing potential developers since the beginning of activities in the Japanese region, and workshops, programming hands-on at universities and educational institutions.

Since last year, more than 250 students and over six educational institutions including the National Institute of Technology, participated in learning the concept of blockchain technology and actually experiencing smart contract programming.

1 Day workshop & hands-on at Yamaguchi University
(August 10, 2019) 50 students participated

Contents of Blockchain Educational Program

About ZeLo Law Firm
12 years combined at one of Japan’s largest law firms, the founders developed a firm belief that the inefficient “hourly billing model” would be fundamentally challenged by the advent of new technologies. The founders have leveraged artificial intelligence (through the LegalForce Platform) to automatically and instantly perform repetitive tasks — allowing its lawyers to focus on high-value services.

About EeverSystem
In order to make effective use of digital assets, our research and development focus on blockchain technology. Our research and development focus on issuing new tokens that utilize Smart Contracts (ICO support) and block chain technology (Distributed ledger technology / DLT).

Contact
Makoto Ota, Japan Growth Lead — IOST