Registration, Welcome & Light Breakfast

Executive Welcome and Keynote
Navigating the future: Pioneering Generative AI strategies for enterprise growth
Gain a comprehensive understanding of Africa’s AI agenda with insights into its economic and technological growth forecasts. Discover the transformative potential of Generative AI for the future of business and work, and learn how OpenText's AI-driven solutions can help you stay competitive and thrive in the dynamic business landscape of the Africa.

Harald Adams, SVP International Sales, OpenText
Tsepa Ramoriting, VP Sales Africa, OpenText

The Human Condition in the Age of AI
For decades now, we have been facing many existential challenges that are redefining our lives, how we work and how we interact. AI has emerged as a technology that can flip the conversation and provide us with new capabilities to solve these critical challenges we all face. In this inspiring keynote, Karim Rizkallah will talk about some of the pertinent AI trends and for the first time, introduce a local demonstration of the OpenText Aviator.


Karim Rizkallah, Regional Vice President, Solution Consulting Emerging Markets, OpenText

Innovation showcase

Karim Rizkallah, Regional Vice President, Solution Consulting Emerging Markets, OpenText
Rob Renna, Senior Principal Solutions Consultant, OpenText

Keynote: Navigating turbulence and stepping into authentic power

Major Mandisa Mfeka, South African Air Force Pilot | Inspirational Trailblazer | STEAM Advocate

Lighting Talks & Tea / Coffee & Networking Break, Show Floor Open at start and closes again after the break

Panel Discussion: Breaking barriers: Elevating human potential for business transformation

     

Moderator: Shanaaz Moosa, Sales Director, Public Sector and Cybersecurity, OpenText
Panellists:
Danie Gordon, Partner Sales, Google Cloud
Phil Anderson, National Sales Manager, Digital Business Solutions, Datacentrix
Makitle Sekgololo, DMS Team Lead, DSV A/S
Frans Mare, Senior Software Solutions Architect, Faranani DocTec

Sediba Digital Academy and SMME Graduate Programme Unveiled

Allyson Towle, Senior Marketing Manager & SMME Operations Manager, OpenText

Fireside Chat: Cyber Resilience in Action: Shaping the Africa's Digital Future
   

Moderator: Thabiso Hlatshwayo, Senior Manager, Solutions Consulting, OpenText
Panellists:
Erik du Toit, Sales Specialist, OpenText
Kobus Robinson, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText
Craig Main, Information Security Operations Head, First National Bank

The OpenText AI story + Business Value Consulting

Garen Yacoubian, Regional Vice President, Business Value Consulting, OpenText
Subin Kesavan, Lead Value Engineer, OpenText 

Lunch, Lightning Talks, and opening of Show Floor for the afternoon

Knowledge Reimagined: Transform information chaos into knowledge

    
Juliana Khrizman, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText  
Mookho Kabi, Region Director, Proceed Group
Shaid Greeff, SAP Expert Presales Specialist, SAP
Tatek Shewandagne, Head of Information Management Systems, African Union Development Agency

    

Engineering Reimagined: Discover the true impact of AI on Application Development

    
Nomsa Samsodien, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText
Tala Gxoyiya, General Manager - PMO, MTN
Uresh Gopaul, DevSecOps Solution Executive, iOCO
Mduduzi Mkhonto, Lead: IT Tools Engineer, Standard Bank

    

5 Minutes Movement Break

Conversations Reimagined: Boost loyalty and drive growth with AI-powered customer and employee experience

    
Thabo Kokoali, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText
Andre Sankar, Executive: Foundations, Nedbank
Shakeel Jhazbhay, General Manager Digital Business Solutions, Datacentrix

    

Security Reimagined: Redefining Cybersecurity - Understand the impact of a secure Testing Life Cycle

   
Kobus Robinson, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText
Maclaud Mafaiti, SM Technology Security Architect, MTN 
Jacques Vermeulen, VP Technical: Application Delivery DevSecOps Portfolio, Dugson
Erik du Toit, Sales Specialist, OpenText 


 

5 Minutes Movement Break

Knowledge Reimagined: Advanced information management & governance lifecycle

 
Thabiso Hlatshwayo, Senior Manager Solutions Consulting, OpenText
Calvin Marapjane, EIM Consultant, Faranani DocTec
Nomcebo Dlamini, Acting Chief Information Officer, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
 

Observability and Service Management Reimagined: A cost-effective platform approach to simplify ITOps complexity


Alvin Barnard, Principal Solutions Consultant, OpenText

5 Minutes Movement Break

Analytics Reimagined: Leverage AI to discover and monetize insights from unstructured data at scale

 
Lesedi Nchabeleng, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText
Marvin Ngobeni, Customer Engineer, Google Cloud

Security Reimagined: Redefining Cybersecurity - Key Innovations to stay ahead of evolving threats

  
Paul Meyer, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText
Prischal Bahgoo, General Manager, v-Ciso, CISO, ViC IT Consulting

    

Mega raffle draw

Cocktail Function & Networking