Izertis and the Barcelona School of Management create blockchain faculty

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

The technology consultancy Izertis and the Barcelona School of Management (BSM), business school of the Pompeu Fabra University, have launched a specialized blockchain faculty whose objective is to generate systematized knowledge about this technology and extract learning for strategic decision making within The different business sectors.

The birth of this chair, called Izertis, is a strategic commitment of the consultant and the business school for the blockchain to reinforce the team dedicated to this technology in Catalonia.

The consultant will grant scholarships to people who wish to pursue the BSM blockchain postgraduate course and will welcome trainees to complete their training. Likewise, three prizes will be awarded to the best postgraduate final projects and they will organize informative activities such as hackatons, congresses and conferences.

The BSM also undertakes to allocate teaching and research staff to generate research and knowledge transfer around blockchain technology and all its possible applications.

The chair contemplates the development of research activities in business and consumer models with blockchain technology and in the needs of society and the products and services that it may need.

It will also carry out knowledge transfer activities through conferences and conferences in collaboration with Alastria, an association with more than 400 members that drives the blockchain in Spain.

The Izertis Chair will last three years and its director will be Dr. Luz Parrondo, Director of the postgraduate degree in blockchain and other DLT technologies (distributed ledger technology).

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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