Shogo Omori, CEO of CAEN Inc., was invited by team "Beginners Luck" — developers of the product "Nursery School Map" — at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government-hosted "Tokyo Governor's Cup Open Data Hackathon 2024," and served as the finalist presenter at the Final Stage (final judging) in the Service Development Division.
■ About the Hackathon (Overview)
- The "Tokyo Governor's Cup Open Data Hackathon" is one of Japan's largest open data utilization events hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Its purpose is to create innovative digital services and ideas that leverage Tokyo's publicly available open data to solve local issues and improve public services.
- Key features are as follows.
- Organizer: Tokyo Metropolitan Government
- Theme: Promoting the utilization of open data published by the metropolitan government; solving social issues
- Division Structure: Three divisions — Service Development, Idea Proposal, and Visualization
- Judging Process:
- First Stage (Preliminary Judging)
Teams are selected from all submitted works through document and recorded-video screening
- Final Stage (Final Judging)
Selected finalist teams deliver live presentations, and final judging is conducted
- Scale: In 2024, 106 works were submitted from across Japan, of which 24 advanced to the Final Stage
- Awards: Multiple special awards are given in addition to the top prize (Governor's Cup), including a special audience-vote award via live stream
■ Participation Overview
- Participation format: Shogo Omori (individual / presenter) *Joined from Final Stage
- Team name: Beginners Luck
- Product name: "Nursery School Map"
- Division: Service Development
- Result: Final Stage presentation (Finalist)
■ About the Product "Nursery School Map"
A web application that allows users to search for nursery schools on a map, based on information from Tokyo's open data on childcare facilities. Tapping a pin displays details such as facility name, capacity, address, and phone number. The app also supports "move to current location" and location search by station name. The goal was to help parents find the right nursery school quickly and easily.
■ Related Links
- Submission page (within the 2024 Submissions Collection)
- Final Stage presentation video (archive)
■ Company Overview
- Company Name: CAEN Inc. (formerly: Soudanbako Inc.)
- Location: Miyamasuzaka Building 609, 2-19-15 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- Founded: November 2021
- URL: https://caen.co.jp/
- CEO: Shogo Omori
- Business: Planning, development, and operation of web services and applications
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