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.

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:

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 the course, you will be able to:

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

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.

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). 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 Hyperledger Foundation and leads the Education Workgroup of the Hungarian Blockchain Coalition.

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.