Tutorial 1: Open Discussion
Theme:  Digital Society: Dealing with Downsides of the Progress
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Petre Dini, IARIA, USA

List of themes under discussion

• Smart-phones as a Linear Adoption: Our Near-by IoT Spies
• Pollution via Electric Cars: Migrating the Source
• Drones Dynasty: Pros and Cons of Flying Engines
• Robots, you are Welcome! Not quite! Unplug them, if Nasty!
• Digital Waste Management; Batteries, as a Case Study
• Social/Society Issues: Aloofness and Loss of Personality
• Information/knowledge: Artificial Intelligence versus Natural Stupidity
• Fake or True News: Education and Awareness
• Digital Assistants:  Liability/Rights/Ethics/Empathy/Trust

Tutorial 2
Theme: Blockchain Definition, Implications, and Potentials: A Hands-on Approach
Tutorial Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ahmed Gomaa, University of Scranton, USA

The Tutorial presents an overview of blockchain technology and why it is viewed as an important shift in the digital economy.  With a hands-on approach, It presents how to install a digital wallet, interact on the blockchain, create digital currencies, and validate transactions. It then addresses when should a blockchain solution be considered when considering business models and the supply chain value creation. A number of use cases are presented to show the potentials of Blockchain in different domains. The tutorial agenda is below. it takes 1:30 hours.

• Outlook
• What does a blockchain solve?
• When to use it?
• How does it work?
• Tutorial: Install a wallet, interact with the blockchain, Create a currency, Validate transactions
• How the industry defines it?
• Showcases : The University of Scranton cryptocurrency experiment for Students Engagement
• Food Supply Chain
• Existing Challenges
• Wrap-up