Blockchain and other Emerging Technologies

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
09 Aug 2026 Abu Dhabi, UAE $ 3,900 Register
18 Oct 2026 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register
13 Dec 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register

Blockchain and other Emerging Technologies

Introduction

This Blockchain and other Emerging Technology training course will teach you everything you need to know to provide your management team with high-level strategic representation on digital issues for the next 12 months. It will give you enough information to understand the importance, and future impact, of a range of emerging technologies and to feel confident discussing the impact of those technologies with anyone in your organisation. You will understand the commercial, organisational, managerial, and indeed personal opportunities that these new technologies represent. You will leave with an understanding of the challenges and opportunities that these technologies bring without getting lost in their often bewildering jargon and technical detail. After completing this course you will feel confident taking part in conversations about Blockchain and other Emerging Technology with everyone from your CEO to your most advanced technologists - and maybe even impress your friends and family with your newly acquired knowledge.

This training course will highlight:

  • Blockchain (crypto-currencies)
  • Blockchain (smart contracts)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automation
  • Social Media

Objectives

    At the end of this training course, you will learn to:

    • Understand in broad terms how each technology works
    • Apply this understanding in the context of your business
    • Explain the impact of new technologies to colleagues
    • Analyse the likely future impact of digital technologies
    • Develop this understanding as change continues

Training Methodology

This Blockchain and Other Emerging Technology training course will contain an engaging mix of core content, inspiring case studies, and group work affording the opportunity to relate the content to your own business and also to learn from other course participants.

Who Should Attend?

This training course will greatly benefit:

  • Developers working in IT sector
  • Anyone in work whose future will be affected by digital technologies – which means anyone!
  • Those who have a responsibility to their organisations to identify the opportunities and threats represented by digital technology

In addition, this training course will be of great interest to those people involve on: 

  • HR
  • Marketing
  • Technology
  • Line Management
  • Communications
  • Finance

Course Outline

Day 1: The Changing Technology Landscape

  • Increasing Speed of Change and How to Respond to It

  • Vastly Expanded Range of Possibilities – How to choose?

  • The Core Technologies – An Overview

  • Case Studies of their Effective Application

  • Group Work Discussing Where You and Your Organization are Currently

Day 2: Digging into the Technologies and their Impact

  • Blockchain - The Principles

  • Blockchain - Cryptocurrencies

  • Blockchain – Smart Contracts

  • Automation

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Social Media

  • Big Data

Day 3: The Challenges – Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence

  • Managing an Organization Transitioning to Automation

  • The Decentralizing Potential of Blockchain

  • Blockchain meets the Real World

  • Legislating Blockchain and Ensuring its Effectiveness

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in a Corporate Setting

  • Choose Your Patterns Carefully

  • Black Box AI and Problematic Futures

Day 4: The Challenges – Social Media and Big Data

  • How to Harness the Power of Networks for Business

  • Getting Your Story Across to both Staff and Customers

  • Using Social Tools to Get Smarter Faster and to Stay Ahead of the Robots!

  • Big Data and Patterns – What to look out for?

  • Working out - What Big data is telling you?

  • Deciding What to Do About It

Day 5: The Future

  • Anticipating a Future Driven by Technology

  • Working out Your Place in that Future

  • Adapting Your Business to Survive and Thrive

  • The Ideology of Algorithms

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