This document provides information about Slush Asia 2016, a tech conference to be held on May 13-14, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Slush Asia is aimed at promoting the coexistence of technology and humans. The 2015 conference saw over 3,000 participants from 37 countries. Slush Asia 2016 is expected to have around 4,000 attendees, including 2,000 general attendees, 400 students, 300 startups, 150 investors, and 400 media. It will feature keynote speeches, a pitching stage, startup booths, and dedicated areas for meetings and networking. Volunteer teams will assist with preparation, programming, startups/investors, visitor attendance, media, and side events.

1. SLUSHASIA2016May 13-14, in Tokyo, Japan

2. ”SUPER-SIZED”
-TECHCRUNCH

4. Back to 2008
in Helsinki, Finland

5. Slushy
No international

6. Students start running Slush in 2011

7. Prime Minister of Finland

9. SLUSH 2015 IN NUMBERS
15,000
PARTICIPANTS
1,700
STARTUPS
800
INVESTORS
100
630
JOURNALISTS
200
SPEAKERS
3,800
PRE-BOOKED
PRIVATE MEETING
COUNTRIES
VOLUNTEERS
STAFF
1,500

11. Global
Open
Cool

13. SLUSH ASIA 2015 IN NUMBERS
3,217
PARTICIPANTS
257
STARTUPS
97
INVESTORS
37
342
JOURNALISTS
31
SPEAKERS
270
Students
COUNTRIES
VOLUNTEERS
STAFF
320

15. May 13-14 2016 at Makuhari Messe

16. THEME OF 2016
COEXISTENCE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANS
Slush Asia is the ultimate power of promoting human-tech-coexistence
and the critical mind behind a choice

17. 2016ATTENDEEESTIMATE–4000PEOPLE
2000GENERAL
400STUDENTS
300STARTUPS
150INVESTORS
400MEDIA
600PARTNERS

18. CONTENTS
KEYNOTE
STAGE
PITCHING
STAGE
BOOTH
SLUSH
CAFE
MEETING
AREA

21. SPEAKERS2016
GEOFF LEWIS
Partner of Founders Fund
TOMOKO NAMBA
Founder of DeNA
KOTARO CHIBA
Co-founder of Colopl
TAAVET HINRIKUS
Co-founder of Transferwise
AKIKO NAKA
CEO of Wantedly
NIKESH ARORA,
President of SoftBank
ATSUGIRI JASON
Comedian, SVP Global Operations at
TerraSky Inc.

22. VOLUNTEER TEAMS
1. PREPARATION
2. PROGRAM/SPEAKER
3. STARTUPS/INVESTOR
4. VISITOR ATTENDANCE
5. MEDIA
6. SIDE EVENTS

23. PRE-REGISTRATION
CONSTRUCTION
1. PREPARATION

24. 2. PROGRAM/SPEAKER
KEYNOTE STAGE
VIP SUPPORT
SLUSH CAFE

25. 3. STARTUP/INVESTOR
PITCH STAGE
MEETING AREA
STARTUP BOOTHS

26. 4. VISITOR ATTENDANCE
INFO DESK
REGISTRATION

27. 5. MEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA
INTERVIEW AREA

28. 6. SIDE EVENTS
PARTY
HACKATHON

29. SCHEDULES for volunteers
KICK OFF : SUN, APRIL 17TH
TRAINING : TUES, APRIL 26TH
INFO LECTURE : MON, MAY 9TH
VENUE EXCURSION : THURS, MAY 12TH
VOLUNTEER’S PARTY : THURS, MAY 12TH
SLUSH ASIA : FRI & SATUR, MAY 13-14TH
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