This workshop is included in QATAF PASSES ONLY (Certificates of Completion will be provided to the attendees.)

Technical Track 1: (Detailed description at can be found under the agenda tables below)

Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence in Finance 

Date: December 4, 2024

Technical Track  2:

Blockchain Technology and Decentralized Finance

Date: December 5, 2024

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Technical Track 1

GT-BI-101: Transforming Finance with Business Intelligence: Elevating Reporting and Insights

• Understand the principal Business Intelligence Components such as data warehouse, data mining, OLAP, reporting, and BI dashboards.
• Hands on training with the popular BI Tools in the field of Fintech such as Power BI, Tableau, and SAP BusinessObjects.
• Identify financial data sources, assess forms and quality of financial data, and transform financial data to address needs.
• Learn how to create reports and the best techniques to visualize financial data.

GT-BI-102: Data Mining and Predictive Analytics: Driving Innovation in Finance

• Grasp the critical role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques to identify patterns in data and predict future trends or events.
• RegTech with AI for fraud detection and prevention.
• Predicting loan defaults and customer churns.
• Prescriptive analytics for portfolio optimization and wealth management.
• Hands on experience with key analytics tools such as Python and RapidMiner on financial data.

GT-AI-201: AI and Machine Learning for Smarter Financial Services

• Understand the fundamental concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), including key definitions, algorithms, and models.
• Explore the transformative impact of AI and ML on the financial sector, focusing on automation, efficiency, and innovation.
• Analyze and implement Case Study 1: Leveraging Machine Learning for Fraud Detection, examining real-world data, techniques, and outcomes.
• Analyze and implement Case Study 2: Utilizing Machine Learning for Customer Clustering, understanding customer segmentation and personalization strategies.
• Learn to evaluate and interpret the results of AI and ML applications, ensuring ethical considerations and compliance with financial regulations.

GT-AI-202: FinanceGPT: AI-Powered Robo Advisors for Wealth and Asset Management

• Understand the concept, architecture, and functionality of Robo Advisors, and how they are transforming the financial advisory landscape.
• Learn the fundamentals of Prompt Engineering, including crafting effective prompts for AI models to achieve desired outcomes in financial contexts.
• Explore the significant impact of AI on Wealth and Asset Management, focusing on efficiency, personalization, and accessibility.
• Hands-on training with AI-powered Robo Advisor tools and platforms, such as ChatGPT and GPT-4, tailored for financial services.

Technical Track 2

GT-BD-501: Blockchain Mastery: Building, Managing, and Securing Private Nodes for Financial Innovation

• Learn how to create and set up a private blockchain node, understanding its architecture and deployment.
• Master the techniques to interact with a private blockchain node, including node communication and data retrieval.
• Understand the process of creating new blockchain accounts, managing keys, and ensuring security.
• Gain hands-on experience in sending transactions to a private blockchain node, including transaction creation, signing, and broadcasting.

GT-BD-502: Smart Contracts Unleashed: Developing, Deploying, and Interacting with Blockchain Contracts

• Understand the syntax, structure, and components of smart contracts, focusing on programming languages like Solidity.
• Get introduced to the Remix IDE for smart contract development, learning its features and functionalities for efficient coding.
• Learn to compile and deploy a greeting smart contract to a private blockchain node, covering the end-to-end development process.
• Gain hands-on experience in interacting with deployed smart contracts, including executing functions and handling contract data.

GT-BD-503: Tokenization & Digital Assets: Creating, Launching, and Managing NFTs and ICOs on Blockchain

• Learn how to create a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) smart contract, understanding the ERC-721 standard and its implementation.
• Develop skills to create an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) smart contract, focusing on the ERC-20 standard and fundraising mechanisms.
• Master the process of compiling and deploying various types of smart contracts to a private blockchain node, ensuring proper configuration and execution.
• Gain practical experience in interacting with deployed smart contracts, including token transactions, minting, and contract management.

GT-BD-504: Fintech App Development: Building Web Interfaces with Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Wallet Integration

• Gain an introduction to web development fundamentals, covering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Learn how to run an initial web application, including setting up development environments and basic server configurations.
• Understand how to connect the web application to a cryptocurrency wallet, focusing on popular wallets like MetaMask and their integration methods.
• Develop skills to integrate web applications with a smart contract, including deploying contracts and handling blockchain interactions within the web interface.
• Gain hands-on experience with frameworks and libraries such as React and Web3.js for building interactive and blockchain-enabled web applications.