AI Tools Certified Course

Comprehensive Learning: Gain the foundational knowledge needed to identify and build AI tools tailored to your business use case.
Hands-On Implementation: Get practical experience by creating an AI-enabled tool and implementing it within your organisation.
Resource Optimization: Discover building blocks and resources that facilitate AI tool development and deployment.

Challenges & Solutions

Identify Requirements: Understand what is necessary to successfully implement an AI solution.
Overcome Obstacles: Learn about key challenges and the resources available to navigate them effectively.
Design & Prototype: Develop a system architecture and build a prototype tool quickly, ensuring it meets your business needs.

Who Should Attend?

Senior Leaders: CTOs, Heads of Data/Analytics, Division Heads, and Innovation Leaders responsible for AI strategy.
Technical Professionals: IT Managers, Data Scientists, and Developers focused on building AI tools.
Entrepreneurs: Individuals interested in launching AI-driven solutions.

Key Takeaways

Actionable Insights: Frame a high-level plan for your AI application and implement it successfully.
Contextual Understanding: Gain a deeper understanding of how AI tools can integrate with and enhance your business processes.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with industry leaders and peers who are equally invested in AI transformation.

Join us for this transformative course to harness the power of AI in your organisation, from foundational concepts to practical implementation!

Language: English

Dates and Time: 12 & 19 May 2025, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm (two full days)

Participants who successfully finish the entire course will receive a certificate issued by Prof Joon Nak Choi (JC).

Participation is limited to a maximum of 20 persons per course.

Agenda

Day 1 - Monday, 12th May 2025

9.00-12.30 Introduction to AI Tools

12.30-13.30 Lunch Break

13.30-17.00 Building Blocks of AI Solutions

Day 2 - Monday, 19th May 2025

9.00-12.30 Prototyping Your AI Tool

12.30-13.30 Lunch Break

13.30-17.00 Implementing and Iterating Your Tool

Trainer

Prof. Joon Nak Choi

Adjunct Associate Professor at HKUST Business School

Prof. Joon Nak Choi

Adjunct Associate Professor at HKUST Business School

Joon Nak CHOI (JC) is Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Management; Advisor to the MSc in Business Analytics Program, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management; and Faculty Associate, Institute for Emerging Market Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In addition to his academic appointments at HKUST, Professor Choi has also held professorships at Stanford University and NYU Shanghai. He is a member of HKUST’s Task Force on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence and formerly was a member of the Task Force on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, heading the Subcommittee on Incubation and Funding; he is also an Expert Delegate in Artificial Intelligence to the Digital Education Council, representing HKUST. He graduated from Brown with an AB in International Relations, Urban Studies, and Economics and from Stanford with an MA and a PhD in Sociology.

Professor Choi’s current work focuses on the intersection of business and technology, encompassing AI, data science, business analytics, management consulting, innovation, and business ethics; he is co-teaching HKUST's new undergraduate common core course on understanding and leveraging AI. His research has been published in academic outlets including Stanford University Press, Routledge, and the American Journal of Sociology as well as newspapers of record including the South China Morning Post and Maeil Kyungjae Daily; his work has also been cited in the MIT Technology Review and Sina.com in addition to the South China Morning Post. He serves as a member of the Urban Land Institute Hong Kong Technology and Innovation Committee, a board member of the Brown University Alumni Association of Hong Kong, a steering committee member of the Asia Technology Entrepreneurship Conference, and has been an invited speaker at events hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce, the British Chamber of Commerce, the German Chamber of Commerce, the HK Institute of Human Resource Management, and various other corporate and industry entities.

Professor Choi has been involved with several startups. He was Chief Data Scientist for AssertID, which was spun out from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and co-founded Zectr, which applied machine learning to automate survey-driven market research. More recently, he founded Learnovate, a HKUST spinoff that is applying AI to education. He also advises several AI startups.

Registration

Member Ticket

HKD 7,200

Non-Member Ticket

HKD 8,100

Organising Partners

From Foundation to Implementation

Prof. Joon Nak Choi

Adjunct Associate Professor at HKUST Business School

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