QU, TASMU and MCIT organise blockchain adoption workshop – The Peninsula

QU, TASMU and MCIT organise blockchain adoption workshop – The Peninsula

Doha: Qatar University’s (QU) College of Engineering (CENG) and TASMU Innovation Lab (i-Lab) held a second industrial stakeholders’ workshop at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) headquarters, titled Blockchain Technology in Supply Chains Stakeholders Workshop, gathering executives from majors technology provider organisations as well as information technology and business academics.

The workshop focused on showcasing the recent developments on blockchain research frameworks and its applications in the context of industry supply chains.

The workshop was inaugurated by Eman Al Kuwari, MCIT Acting Section Head of Emerging Technology, and Dr. Khalid Kamal Naji, QU Dean of CENG.

They emphasised during their speeches the importance of collaboration between higher education institutions, industry sector and government. They also highlighted the growing needs of exploitation/commercialisation of the research findings by the relevant stakeholders, including technology services providers, end-users, regulators and policy makers.

Dr. Munir Tag, MCIT Adviser delivered the welcome speech, highlighting the contribution of the TASMU Innovation Lab in the digital transformation of the society in Qatar by partnership between academia, industry and government in different sectors. He also presented the TASMU programme that comprises five use cases: health, logistics, transport, environment and sport.

During the keynote session, Adnan Al Banna, Milaha Manager Support Services, talked