Blockchain for Small Businesses

How to build new business collaborations on blockchain

Learn how smart enterprises are using blockchain to unlock new business opportunities

The advent of blockchain-based technologies is revolutionizing business opportunities. That's why more and more industries are gradually introducing this innovative technology to reduce costs, improve efficiency and exploit new business opportunities.

"Blockchain for Small Businesses" aims to introduce the applicability of blockchain for small businesses in a practical and understandable way - without the need for any technical background. In the SME4DD project, we will offer additional, blockchain courses with a focus on project management, IT design and development and systems engineering aspects.

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What We Offer

During the course, we will review the basics of blockchains and show which typical services can be blockchainified best, with particular attention to the proven small business cases, whether it is about implementing your blockchain application or integrating it into a larger system.
The course presents a range of blockchain-based solutions, processes and concepts through one-on-one training and group activities, including:

  • Blockchain and distributed ledgers - beyond cryptocurrency and without cryptocurrency
  • Applications for SMEs: from data authentication and process tracking to tokenisation
  • Upcoming regulations – business governance
  • Bring Your Own Problem: analysis of ideas and case studies brought by participants

*A short questionnaire survey will be carried out before the course, based on which we will choose a presented "blockchain story" from our previous work (inter-organisational processes, smart utility meter data management, IPR management, ...).

After completing the training...

After the course, you will be able to:

  • Understand the main potential of blockchain technology
  • Assess potential in your own business environment: efficiency gains and new business opportunities
  • Formulate project ideas and identify the main benefits of blockchain

The course is for

We recommend the course to anyone who wants to secure their career over time:

  • Product and service managers
  • Project managers
  • Business analysts
  • Business professionals interested in digitization and innovative IT solutions

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Lecturers

BME trainers leading the courses are Dr. Imre Kocsis and Dr. László Gönczy, members of the Critical Systems Research Group of the Department of Measurement and Information Systems. The research group has an international track record in blockchain research and development; the university is an active member of the Hyperledger project established by the Linux Foundation and the Hungarian Blockchain Coalition.

Imre Kocsis   

Senior Lecturer
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) 

Biography

Dr Imre Kocsis is an Associate Professor at the Department of  Artificial Intelligence and Systems Engineering of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), and the head of the blockchain laboratory at the Critical Systems Research Group. His key research areas are the systems engineering and end-to-end resilience assurance of blockchain-based applications.

He is leading the participation of BME in the  Linux Foundation's Distributed Trust Foundation and leads the Education Workgroup of the Hungarian Blockchain Coalition.

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László Gönczy

Senior Lecturer
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)

Biography

Dr László Gönczy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Systems Engineering of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). He has experience in business modelling, industry-oriented R&D projects as well as teaching at executive courses for professionals and is the development lead of the EDGE-Skills EU project for large-scale experimentation for trusted data sharing.

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Co-Funded by the European Union