Cryptocurrency Essentials (Malaysia)

This session brings you real world literacy on emerging FinTech platforms such as the Blockchain and Crypto assets.

18:00-19:00

Summary

FinTech has indeed become a major disruptor for the accounting and finance sector. Technologies with embedded digitization and digitalization at its core are proving to be adding greater value to the profession. This session brings to you real world literacy on emerging FinTech platforms such as the Blockchain and Crypto assets. The aspects of the technology and practical use cases will be discussed with real world examples to enhance knowledge of participants.

This session will also emphasize on knowledge of structure, functionality and underlying technologies that concurrently make this relevant for the digital economy. Participants will also be able to evaluate benefits, potential risks and value of the technology.

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Speakers

Prof Ts Dr Saravanan Muthaiyah

Dr Muthaiyah is currently a full Professor in Multimedia University, Cyberjaya Malaysia, where teaches and conducts research in the area of predictive analytics, FinTech, Ontologies, Blockchain, and Web 4.0 algorithms. Dr Muthaiyah holds 30 IPs and has won multiple research awards. In 2020, he was awarded the International CGMA Academic Champions Research Award by CIMA on his work in the area of Blockchain Provenance and Trust. He was the first from Malaysia to win in this category. 

Dr Muthaiyah has published over 150 academic papers and has produced 20 doctoral students. He has secured multiple national and international grants as PI and is also a frequent keynote speaker at research summits, conferences and workshops worldwide. Prior to academia, he had worked in IBM for and was also an auditor for a short period.