Introduction to Design Thinking

Global Tech Challenge

A full day, value packed, hands-on workshop to get yourself started on design thinking

Lifelong Learning Institute Level 2 Event Hall 2-1

The earliest creativity and design concepts dates back to 1950s to 1960s. Design Thinking was coined in 1959 and is used to define and understand problems, create a human-centric and innovative solution to resolve the problems.In this interactive, hands-on and theoreotical workshop, we look at how design thinking can be apply to blockchain by going through the 5 stages of Design Thinking: <ol><li>Empathy </li><li>Define</li><li>Ideate</li><li>Prototype </li><li>Test</li></ol>

FAQsWhy is the event complimentary?This is part of a grassroot effort to contribute to the community as industry players and blockchain enthusiasts. This workshop is part of the <a href="http://www.globaltechchallenge.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">National Blockchain Challenge</a> supported by <a href="https://www.lli.sg/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lifelong Learning Institute</a>, which includes a blockchain hackathon, panel discussions and workshops. Are there food provided?Yes, refreshments will be provided during the workshops.Can I just walk in?We have limited seatings available. In order to prevent disappointment, it is better to sign up for this event. Similarly, not turning up for the event means that the slot is wasted, so we sincerely hope that you will register and turn up for the event.

About the trainerMr Alvin Chua has a total working experience of 13 years, he is a former
 civil servant with the Ministry of Defence, Singapore for 10 years (with
 three years stint in Taiwan). He has over eight years of personal
 investment experience and three years of experience in corporate
 training, blockchain and cryptocurrency.
He is the current Founding President of Institute of Blockchain® (IBS), a
 not-for-profit blockchain school focusing on blockchain &amp; cryptocurrency
 education, certification and research. He is a Certified WSQ ACTA
 Trainer and Design Thinking Coach and has trained more than 1000
 participants in blockchain &amp; cryptocurrency at Singapore and Hong
 Kong. He also oversees IBS's blockchain community of more than 600
 individuals across the globe. In 2018, he made it to the Singapore
 Fintech Champions List published by Lightbulb Capital and won the
 Golden Block Awards' Best Blockchain CEO (Male).
He is involved in more than 20 blockchain &amp; cryptocurrency events
 across Asia, speaking &amp; sharing about blockchain &amp; cryptocurrency.
 Including SUSS's Global Inclusive Blockchain Conference, Numoney's
 Blockchain &amp; ICO Seminar, Ninecoin (Hong Kong)'s Opening Ceremony,
 Fern Software's User Group Meeting 2018, Livesone’s World
 Conference, Bcoin's Securing Your Digital Assets Seminar, GMGC's
 World Blockchain Conference, Singapore Customs's Talk, Malaysia
 Blockchain Association’s Bloconomic 2018 (KL), Changi-Simei
 Community Club's Community Learning Day 2018, SAFRA
 Entrepreneurship Club's Blockchain Seminar, SAFRA Tech Club &amp;
 DIFY’s Unchained, Singapore Polytechnic’s Blockchain &amp;
 Cryptocurrency Talk, UCIM and World Blockchain Summit. He
 moderated the panel discussions in Indonesia Blockchain Association’s
 xBlockchain 2018 (Bali), Block Asia's Blockchain Innovation Tour &amp;
 BCoin's Token Economies in Korea. He also served as a Judge during
 the Citi-SMU Financial Literacy Challenge 2018 Theme: Cryptocurrency.

About the training provider Institute of Blockchain® (IBS), UEN: 201901394N was founded on Jan 2018 and based in Singapore. We are a non-profit blockchain school with the primary focus on advancement &amp; delivering blockchain education, certification and blockchain research. Til date, IBS has trained more than 1000 participants in Singapore, Hong Kong &amp; Dubai.The Institute is a SkillsFuture Singapore’s, NTUC e2i’s and People’s Association approved Training Organisation, a registered Singapore Government’s Gebiz supplier and graduated from the Alibaba Cloud-SUSS Entrepreneurship Programme. IBS is a member of ACE Startups &amp; World Blockchain Association.As part of our CSR efforts, we joined the NVPC’s Company of Good and adopted Singapore Children’s Society as our official charity. Our strategic partners are SUSS, Edufied, IBM Academic Initiative, DIFY, Justicius Law Corporation &amp; CryptoProfile. Our past corporate clients include Deloitte Touche, GCOX, Sainmaco, Ninecoin (Hongkong), Tuandai (Guangzhou), Singapore Customs &amp; Singapore Polytechnic.Interesting Facts:– Crunchbase’s Top 1500 schools in the world.– 1st blockchain school in Singapore.– 1st school to accept cryptocurrency as a mode of payment in Singapore.

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