What are Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies? How do they work, and what determines their price? Are they the future of currency? This seminar will separate fact from fiction to answer many other digital currency questions. The sudden rise in the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and its subsequent decline, focused the worldβs attention on cryptocurrencies as a means of payment. Blockchain technology has been hyped as the next new, transformative technology. Our expert panel will guide you by developing a framework for understanding Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin.
At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:
a. Investigate how digital currencies work.
b. Discuss the technical underpinnings of blockchain and review key concepts such as decentralization and consensus algorithms.
c. Explore blockchain as a business solution, focusing on understanding business cases in which blockchain does and does not make sense.
4. GETTING TO KNOW Sary Qasim
β’ 15+ years of experience in enterprise management on a Middle East regional
scale.
β’ GBA Middle East and North Africa Lead.
β’ General Manager for an industrial equipment trading and service business
based in Bahrain and Jordan, which involves working with international
suppliers and customers while providing industrial solutions and services
support to major clients in the region.
β’ He has been involved with startups as a co-founder, business development
manager, and executive partner, working with industrial blockchain
development, OEMs, dealers, sub-dealers supply chain, and smart contracts.
β’ Sary is a Certified Blockchain Consultant through the Linux Foundation and a
Certified Smart Communities Leader with the Pepperdine School of Public
Policy of Davenport Institute.
Keynote speaker in Global Blockchain Events such as GBA (Future of Money Governance and Law, JAN. 2022-
Washington DC), (Blockchain & Financial Innovation Summit March 2022-Dead Sea Jordan)
A native Jordanian citizen, Mr. Qasim was born and raised in Aqaba city. He joined the GBA Kuwait Chapter in
2018, while living abroad.
6. At the end of this seminar,
participants will be able to:
β’ have a high-level understanding of blockchain
β’ be familiar with key concepts
β’ become familiar with digital currencies
β’ understand blockchain as a business solution
7. What is
blockchain?
A data base that is shared, distributed in
a predefined method, where data
exchange is secure, and transparency.
Blockchain data base is a decentralized
ledger of all transactions across a peer-
to-peer network are predefined, where
participants can confirm transactions
without a need for a central clearing
authority.
17. The Fifth Wave Blockchain Hackathon event is open to Innovators
and developers at all levels who can help build decentralized apps
that will address local issues and impact globally. The gathering of
ideas to develop innovation and manufacture products and services
to build a sustainable economy.
24. Blockchain use
cases
BLOCKCHAIN BENEFITS:
Blockchain increases trust, security,
transparency, and the traceability of
data shared across a business
network β and delivers cost savings
with new efficiencies. Blockchain for
business uses a shared and immutable
ledger that can only be accessed by
members with permission.