Information technology is best understood as the newest set of tools for producing, processing, storing and moving information as digital data, but that undersells it. IT carries its own dynamic of constant innovation tied to computing and communications, covering everything humans have historically done with information: storing it, retrieving it, manipulating it, sharing it. The term gets used loosely as shorthand for computers and networks, but it stretches further, into television, telephones, and the whole economy built around computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors, the internet, telecom equipment and e-commerce.

We are living through arguably the most developed era humanity has experienced, stretching from the second half of the twentieth century to today, a period where societies lean on information for development, exploiting IT and the opportunities it opens up to turn information into technology-driven knowledge. That knowledge now gets produced through an almost intangible mechanism: the constant interplay between remote communication and computing.

Arab British Fellowship Training Academy presents this training course on the effects of using information technology across several angles, weighing both its upsides and its downsides.

What participants will recognize:

• The positive effects of information technology across scientific, commercial and cultural fields, and its role in e-commerce and getting goods to large numbers of people.
• The negative effects of information technology, particularly around social, health and security concerns.

Who should attend:

• Technology company employees and workers, alongside developers of modern scientific concepts.
• Social researchers.

Module 1: How IT Reshapes Trade and Society

• The effect of information technology on trade.
• The effect of information technology on society.

Module 2: Defining IT and Its Link to Research

• What information technology actually means.
• How information technology relates to scientific research.

Course Locations: Sessions run in Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Turkey, England, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria and Denmark, as well as Australia and the United States, always at a time and place that fits your schedule.

Delivery Formats:

• Group training at Academy centres.
• One-to-one training.
• Field and practical training following an advanced curriculum.
• Theory-based training in dedicated Academy halls.

What You Walk Away With: Once the course wraps up, participants receive an accredited certificate from Arab British Fellowship Training Academy for attending the programme.

Note:

• We can deliver this course at the time and place that works best for you.
• A high-level version of this course is available for senior figures, contact the Academy team for details.