Initie

Learn from the past. Make the first move.

Based in Tokyo, initie works across events, engineering, design and data — helping turn concepts into their first working move.

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[ 002 ] ORIGIN — WHAT IS INITIE?3 SENSES

SENSE 01 / INITIATOR

Initiator — one who begins. Turns a concept into its first working move.

SENSE 02 / INISHIE

Ancient wisdom — “inishie” (いにしえ) is Japanese for the distant past. Learn from what came before — code, data, history.

SENSE 03 / INIT

Process ID 1 — every system starts from init. The origin of engineering.

[ 003 ] SERVICES — WHAT WE DO3 UNITS

U-01

event / design

Global M&E

Production, strategy and staffing for meetings & events — MICE above all. Registration, venue tech and remote-speaker operations, plus the creative: invitations and collateral. In Japan and worldwide.

U-02

engineer

Software Development

A purpose-built check-in & registration system, developed in-house and deployed at medical conferences across the field. Design, implementation, show-day operation.

U-03

data

Data Analysis & Research

Statistical analysis and visualization that turn accumulated records into material for decisions — delivered as reports.

[ 004 ] OPERATOR — BACKGROUND1 PERSON

Economics at Temple University (US), then an MSc in Science and Technology in Society at the University of Edinburgh (UK), with Distinction — including a stint as a design-history research assistant. Since then: medical conferences on the ground and global projects as a PM, handling the code, the data and the design first-hand.

Ren MakishimaGlobal Event Strategist / Principal of initie

IPA Applied Information Technology Engineer / Statistics Certification Grade 2 / Tableau Desktop Specialist

[ 005 ] PROFILE — BUSINESS DETAILSREGISTRY

TRADE NAME / 屋号: initie
LOCATION / 所在地: Yokohama, Kanagawa, JP
SINCE / 開業: 2018
CONTACT / 連絡先: init@initie.tokyo

[ 006 ] CONTACT — GET IN TOUCHOPEN

init@
initie.tokyo

For consultations and inquiries, email us anytime. Past work and case studies are available on request.