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Opening Plenary Session
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Keynote Speaker Sovereign AI Localising the power of technology
Technology is impacting how businesses create and deliver value. Artificial Intelligence and other advanced technologies are reshaping industries, redefining work processes and providing business unique opportunities to unlock enhanced competitive advantage and new value. In his address, Andile will be tackling the implications of modernisation on business leaders and the requirement to strategically position their organisations to thrive in the new artificial intelligent and data-driven world.
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Welcome Address Intelligent, connected, and responsible leadership in the new business era
The rise of advanced technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) marks a transformative era with its ability to mimic – and surpass – human intellect. AI is transforming industries, economies and societies at an unprecedented pace. It is reshaping government operations and innovation, compelling leaders everywhere to harness its potential for the wellbeing and prosperity of people and communities. Business leaders have a responsibility to contribute to this technological revolution, acting decisively to seize the opportunities that these technologies present for transformation, economic growth, efficiencies, engagement and human development.
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Guest Speakers
Innovative intelligence: The power of a technology-driven customer experience
Innovative intelligence: The power of a technology-driven customer experience
Technology has played a critical role in creating new customer experiences at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, widely considered to be one of the most technologically advanced football stadiums in the world. The conversation between Sanjeev Katwa, Technology Director at Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, and President Ntuli, Managing Director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise South Africa, will focus on how innovative technology has overcome complex challenges in sports and entertainment, and changed stadiums and customer experiences forever.
CIO Panel discussion
The development and implementation of cutting-edge technologies is accelerating change around the world. Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, redefining work processes and offering new opportunities to enhance competitiveness and unlock value. Cloud computing, through its scalability and flexibility, continues to streamline operations, foster innovation and deliver improved customer experiences. In Africa, businesses are leveraging the new opportunities presented by technological progress to drive growth, innovation and sustainability. In the face of navigating the new business era, it is imperative for business leaders to understand the opportunities and pitfalls of digitalisation and strategically position their organisations to thrive in the artificially intelligent, data-driven world. The CIO panel will explore some of South Africa’s top CIOs’ opinions on these issues.
Duncan McLeod
Facilitator Respected publisher and editor of TechCentral Bio >> |
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Guest Speaker
The impact of digitalisation on South Africa's economic growth
The impact of digitalisation on South Africa's economic growth
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In his address, Dr Azar Jammine, director and chief economist of Econometrix, will reflect on South Africa’s economic forecast, emphasise the role of our business leaders in achieving collective priorities and aspirations, and the significance of resilience and adaptation as hallmarks of South Africa’s economic narrative.
Master of Ceremonies
Claire Mawisa
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Movies@Montecasino
Theatre Presentations
Accelerating Enterprise AI Success
Proudly sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Diamond Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Diamond Sponsor
The conversation with Matt Shore, AI & HPC Solutions Business Manager UKIMEA at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Mandy Duncan, Country Manager, South Africa at HPE Aruba Networking, will focus on creating sustainable business operations and repeatable success using advanced technology. Learn more about overcoming the AI data challenge, the AI expertise challenge and the AI scale challenge to ensure that the business meets its business transformation, governance, sovereignty and growth goals.
Intelligent Automation: AI Networking for faster, smarter work
Proudly sponsored by HPE Aruba Networking, Diamond Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by HPE Aruba Networking, Diamond Sponsor
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) networking is a game changer. It is revolutionising how wired, wireless, and wide area networks (WAN) are managed and providing businesses with significant advantages in efficiency and customer experience. As a subset of AI for IT Operations (AIOps), it integrates performance and service management; and leveraging big data and machine learning, it automates IT processes. Join the discussion on why decision makers cannot ignore using AI networking to gain competitive edge.
HP Business Personal Systems: Positioned to Win
Proudly sponsored by HP Inc, Platinum Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by HP Inc, Platinum Sponsor
Empower your modern workforce with world-class IT solutions and services, delivering AI-driven insights to optimise across PC, print, collaboration, and security. Join this session to discover the many ways that IT can help protect your investments, solve business challenges, and keep you focused on reinventing your business.
HP Wolf Security: Tame Cyber Beasts with a Pack of High-tech Defences
Proudly sponsored by HP Inc, Platinum Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by HP Inc, Platinum Sponsor
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Organisations do not need to compromise between security and productivity. HP Wolf keeps employees and their work secure from breaches, interruptions and ever-evolving cyber threats. Join this discussion to discover HP’s a proactive approach to tackling security threats and ensuring that organisations are fully prepared to figh back.
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Lenovo Company Direction and Strategy Proudly sponsored by Lenovo, Platinum Sponsor
Join the discussion for an overview on the 3 S strategy and how Lenovo assists in driving the digital transformational journey.
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Lenovo as a leader in infrastructure modernisation and industry relevant solutions Proudly sponsored by Lenovo, Platinum Sponsor
Join the discussion for an overview of the Lenovo Infrastructure and Solutions Group strategy focusing on our industry relevant solutions and infrastructure modernisation initiatives to address the outcomes expected by clients.
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Cisco's AI Strategy
Proudly sponsored by Cisco, Gold Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by Cisco, Gold Sponsor
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Few transformational technologies have generated the kind of interest as AI and, most recently, Generative AI (GenAI). Organisations around the world are finding exciting new ways to collaborate, manage applications, enhance their digital security and reimagine customer experiences. However, each of these elevate concerns over moving and accessing data, accuracy, privacy, and the ethical and responsible use of AI. At Cisco, we’re excited about the role we play. We have the infrastructure to power AI, the portfolio optimised to secure it, the visibility and tools to ensure the best user experience and the expertise to help our customers get the outcomes they need – in a way that no one else can. Cisco already harnesses AI-powered capabilities across its product and customer service portfolio and is leading innovation for AI-ready infrastructure. Cisco is making strategic investments in Cohere, Mistral AI and Scale AI among others to advance customers’ AI readiness and complement Cisco’s AI innovation strategy. With differentiated AI capabilities responsibly integrated across the portfolio, Cisco is helping customers to secure their AI stack and data, manage costs and deliver trustworthy AI outcomes.
Your Data can be Useful, Cheap or Complete - Pick Two
Proudly sponsored by Elastic, Gold Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by Elastic, Gold Sponsor
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Most data solutions, whether Security or Observability, carry a large opportunity cost, which organisations need to weigh and judge carefully. With AI and LLMs requiring larger and larger datasets, how can organisations ensure that they have useful, comprehensive and cost-effective data available to leverage, enabling the delivery of optimal value from modern decision-making tools and improving business processes.
ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage: Comprehensive Security with Ransomware Recovery
Proudly sponsored by ExaGrid, Gold Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by ExaGrid, Gold Sponsor
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Traditionally, backup applications have strong security, but backup storage typically has little to none. ExaGrid is unique in its approach to backup storage security. In addition to our comprehensive security with ransomware recovery, ExaGrid is the only solution with a non-network-facing tier (tiered air gap), a delayed delete policy, and immutable data objects. Learn about all ExaGrid’s security features, the benefits of our Tiered Backup Storage, and how we can help you recover after a ransomware attack.
Flexible Unified Data Ecosystem for a Sustainable Future
Proudly sponsored by Hitachi Vantara, Gold Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by Hitachi Vantara, Gold Sponsor
Marike Wepener
Interim Sale Leader Hitachi Vantara, Commercial Territory Account Manager Africa Bio >> |
To evolve business flexibility, simplicity is a must. With a focus on addressing challenges related to data fragmentation, security concerns, and potential reputation damage, VSP One introduces a robust Data Foundation that serves as the bedrock for building a more intelligent, efficient, and competitive organisation.
Huawei ICT Accelerates Industrial Intelligence
Proudly sponsored by Huawei, Gold Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by Huawei, Gold Sponsor
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A new chapter of intelligent transformation – industrial intelligence – is being written. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its technologies have ushered in an inflection point, moving from perception and comprehension to content generation, and from single-modal to multi-modal, from dedicated to universal. The application of AI has also ushered in a singularity, accelerating convergence with industrial production systems to foster digital industry. Join this discussion on Huawei’s provision of trusted cloud infrastructure, innovative cloud service abilities and extensive industry know-how to help government and enterprise customers in Africa accelerate cloud adoption.
Elevating Africa’s Potential: Information management powered by AI, cloud and advanced technologies
Proudly sponsored by OpenText, Gold Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by OpenText, Gold Sponsor
Data is an organisation’s most strategic asset – it’s how insights are gained, opportunities are seized, and success is achieved. The real challenge for the modern leader is harnessing huge volumes of diverse data across the enterprise and using it for a competitive advantage. AI plays a critical role in doing so. For most businesses, AI has introduced a new mindset, a new way to think, a new appreciation for trust and data, and a new outlook on how to unleash human potential. This discussion will showcase how technology can enable organisations to build for growth, experience, sustainability, trust, and efficiency. Enjoy a demonstration of how OpenText’s next generation information management, edge, AI, and security solutions are solving tomorrow’s most complex problems.
The New Way to Virtualise
Proudly sponsored by Scale Computing, Gold Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by Scale Computing, Gold Sponsor
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Imagine highly-automated edge infrastructure, a virtualisation platform and hyperconverged solutions that can handle all your IT infrastructure needs. This discussion will focus on the business benefits of innovative virtualisation solutions from Scale Computing, encompassing seamless maintenance and patching, reduced costs, and exponentially less downtime than you might be used to. Join this discussion to enjoy special Showcase promotions and to learn about the benefits of modern virtualisation. We’ll help you to focus on your work rather than on your infrastructure.
Datacentrix, powered by Teraco
Proudly sponsored by Teraco, Gold Sponsor
Proudly sponsored by Teraco, Gold Sponsor
Don’t miss this discussion on the AI, cloud-first and data-driven technology platform that is enabling enterprises to grow.
From Megabytes to Megaflops: The evolution of your Data's AI-dentity
Proudly brought to you by Datacentrix
Proudly brought to you by Datacentrix
Join us for an enlightening session where we will explore the transformative journey of data in the AI era. Discover how Datacentrix leverages cutting-edge AI technologies to unlock the true potential of your data, driving innovation and efficiency. Learn about our comprehensive approach to integrating successful AI solutions, from data collection to real-time processing and decision making. This talk will showcase our proven expertise in delivering AI projects that redefine business capabilities. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights on harnessing AI to create a compelling and measurable impact on your organization's digital transformation.
Intelligent Connectivity: Harnessing the power behind the new business era
Proudly brought to you by Datacentrix
Proudly brought to you by Datacentrix
Jaap Scholten
Chief Operations Officer at eNetworks and Head: Group Hybrid ICT Strategy at Datacentrix Bio >> |
Intelligent connectivity is critical in an increasingly fragmented world that is full of extreme disruptions. This discussion will centre on the new components of modern connectivity and how leveraging these will bolster competitive vitality and organisational adaptability. We’ll be offering insights into digital ways of improving cross-regional and cross-border resilience for successful digital transformation (centricity) in the new business era. Connectivity gets you there!
Cyber Resilience and Digital Extortion
Proudly brought to you by Datacentrix
Proudly brought to you by Datacentrix
Threat actors are exploring ways to use artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to automate and accelerate cyber attacks. This discussion will explore threat intel, trends and AI-driven security solutions to predict risk and improve organisational security confidence across operational and information environments. Datacentrix is helping organisations maximise their visibility, protection and control, advancing the defence of companies, communities and the country.
Panel: Goodbye cloud-first approach, hello deliberately hybrid ICT strategy
Proudly brought to you by Datacentrix
Proudly brought to you by Datacentrix
The unexpected results of adopting a cloud-first approach are haunting many early cloud adopters. The technology and infrastructure investment savings have quickly been absorbed by fluctuating and escalating costs for cloud services. Added to this, companies have realised that not all applications belong in the cloud and that data and digital sovereignty regulations, security and compliance pose real business risks.
This panel discussion will provide valuable guidance from Datacentrix’s top management on:
This panel discussion will provide valuable guidance from Datacentrix’s top management on:
- The factors for successful digital transformation,
- The significance of a data-first approach,
- Mastering cloud strategy, data management, data security, and
- The merits of adopting a deliberately hybrid strategy for technology investment and cloud adoption.