The current development of science and technology is changing with each passing day; technological innovation emerges in an endless stream. This not only brings vitality, efficiency, and competitiveness to the company, but also brings crises and challenges. It not only provides new ideas, tools, and channels for managers at all levels, but also puts tremendous pressure and challenges on management personnel. How to deal with the “strategic” scientific and technological innovation, change from passive to active, take precautions, firmly stand at the forefront of science and technology? All managers need to understand some of the existing new fields of science and technology and innovation. This course provides essential scientific and technological knowledge for managers at all levels and in all fields.

This course introduces the most important current technological developments and innovations: cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, etc. The keynote speaker Dr. Zhang will explain the ins and outs of each science and technology from the principles, applications and future trends, the principle characteristics, the relationship, the application scope, the impact. The trainees not only can learn new knowledge in a coherent manner, but also can be integrated things they learnt apply in the real world through examples.

Managers should not be the icon of blindness in science and technology or empiricism, they should be pioneers who have a technological vision and are forward-looking.

This course is divided into 10 units:

  1. Cloud computing
  2. Big data
  3. Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
  4. Internet
  5. Internet of Things
  6. Industry 4.0
  7. E-commerce
  8. Blockchain
  9. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
  10. Smart City

This course is the essence of series course taught by Chinese technology elites and experts in the Los Angeles area for visiting Chinese entrepreneurs from China. The course is 3 hours per unit, and can be completed for 5 consecutive days, or completed in phases through several weeks. This course will utilizes distance learning multimedia to connect American experts and scholars to students. There will be video clips covering the relevant technologies and products from the United States in recent years.

This course is suitable for government staff and cadres, CEO or upper-middle-level leaders of a company, and teachers and students of universities and colleges. A certificate will be issued to those who have completed the entired course.