The Value This Programme Delivers To You:

A comprehensive understanding of blockchain and AI through a unique framework analyzing the technologies and assessing economic, legal and regulatory implications.

How to guide your organisation through adoption and deployment of distributed technologies like blockchain and other emerging technologies such as AI and how to overcome obstacles and hindrances.

The ability to assess the opportunities and threats that blockchains and AI may generate for your industry.

Outstanding executive collaboration and networking experience with a community of highly regarded academics, guest speakers and interested peers.

Access to the UCL CBT and their associates, including the latest research, newsletters and events, both during and after the programme.

UCL Certificate of Participation.

What you will Learn:

This course is designed to provide you with a framework for evaluating blockchains, both through use of technology and business applications and from a legal and regulatory perspective.

The following outlines the main areas of teaching spread over three days:

Day 1 (Blockchain/DLTs and FinTech Applications):

Learn from the experts regarding different DLT frameworks (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Corda, Hyperledger Fabric, Ripple, Stellar), low-level architecture of a Blockchain and its cryptographic related parts and discuss legal and regulatory aspects and challenges behind Blockchain, DLTs and Smart-Contracts. In addition, discuss how to use tokenisation as an alternative method for financing and discuss different methods of crowdfunding such as ICO, IEO, STO etc.

Day 2 (Data Science and FinTech Applications):

Learn from the experts regarding the value of data, best data governance practices and state-of-the-art data science techniques for analysis of data based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). In addition, learn how AI and ML can foster a data-driven culture within an FinTech organisation and ultimately transform the financial services industry.

During the afternoon session of each day the experts will work with the participants on consulting assignments to help them understand through examples and use-cases how to derive value from the technologies discussed and how to properly apply within the the FinTech ecosystem.

Introducing the Summer School:

Instruction by global thought leaders and academics

Unique executive collaboration and networking experience