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Aki Anastasiou

Welcome & Local Keynote

Powering Africa's Digital Future: A New Era of Growth with OpenText
Explore how OpenText's new go-to-market strategy is enabling organisations across Africa to accelerate innovation, unlock value from information, and drive sustainable business growth.

 
Tsepa Ramoriting, Head of OpenText - Africa

Beyond the Hype: Unlocking Africa's Intelligence Advantage with Enterprise AI
AI is no longer about experimentation—it's about results. In this keynote, Harald Adams explores how African organisations can unlock the intelligence hidden within their enterprise information, activate AI with confidence, and transform trusted data into measurable business outcomes. Discover how leading organisations are improving efficiency, strengthening resilience, and creating sustainable competitive advantage in the AI era.

 
Harald Adams, President, APJ, Middle East & Africa, OpenText

Building Trust in the Age of AI: Strengthening Canada-Africa Partnerships for Digital Innovation
Join James Christoff, High Commissioner for Canada in South Africa, as he opens OT Summit Africa 2026 with reflections on the importance of trusted information, responsible AI, and international collaboration. Discover how strong partnerships, secure information management, and innovation are helping organisations unlock the full potential of AI while driving economic growth and digital transformation.

 
James Christoff, High Commissioner for Canada in South Africa 

A Conversation on the transformative power of AI
Discover how trusted data, governance, and secure information management are shaping the future of enterprise AI. This executive keynote explores practical approaches to AI readiness, intelligent agents, and AI-driven business transformation, helping organisations unlock value while maintaining security, compliance, and trust.

  
Thabiso Hlatshwayo, Senior Manager Solutions Consulting, Africa and Turkey, OpenText 
Subin Kesavan, Lead Solutions Architect, OpenText 

Mid-morning tea break; AI Expo Experience; Aviator Playground

Managing Complexity in Large Scale Digitisation Projects
Public Sector Case Study: Digitisation of Civics Records - Department of Home Affairs, South Africa

Join Noedine Isaacs-Mpulo, Programme Manager at Phetogo, as she shares insights from one of South Africa’s largest public sector digitisation initiatives. This session explores the Department of Home Affairs’ civics records digitisation programme, highlighting practical lessons in governance, stakeholder management, technology selection, integrated planning, and the use of AI and automation to successfully manage complexity at scale.

  
Tsepa Ramoriting, Head of OpenText - Africa
Noedine Isaacs-Mpulo, Phetogo Programme Manager, Faranani DocTec

Q&A with Department of Home Affairs 
Khudu Matlala, Director: Document Management, Department of Home Affairs 

Client Panel - The AI Reality Check: From Experimentation to Enterprise Impact
Artificial Intelligence has moved beyond pilots and proofs of concept. Join leaders from Nedbank, SANRAL, Groote Schuur Hospital, and University of Pretoria, as they share candid insights from their AI journeys—exploring what’s delivering measurable business value, the challenges of scaling AI responsibly, and the lessons learned when moving from experimentation to enterprise-wide impact. Discover how leading organisations are balancing innovation, governance, and business outcomes to unlock the full potential of AI.

Moderator
 
Shankar Moorthy, Head of Sales Specialists & Solutions Consulting, OpenText – APJ/MEA

Panelists:
    
Ismail Mohamed, Programme Executive, Nedbank
Dan Mabuza, General Manager Infrastructure & Applications Modernisation, SANRAL
Charl Joubert, Senior Manager: Enterprise Service Management, University of Pretoria
Dr Shrikant Peters, Head of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Technology & Innovation, Groote Schuur Hospital
Shakeel Jhazbhay, General Manager Digital Business Solutions, Datacentrix

Lunch; AI Expo Experience; Aviator Playground
 

IT Operations Management

Titanium Experience Partner

Go beyond ITOps limits
Wondering what the future of IT operations looks like in an era of agentic AI, increasingly complex environments, and cost-cutting demands? Wonder no more. We're here to go beyond ITOps limits with OpenText™ Observability and Service Management. It’s not just about monitoring and tickets—it’s about connecting everything with composable flexibility, automating intelligently with AI that builds trust, and getting ahead of problems proactively. In this session, you’ll learn how to escape platform management and focus on outcomes, while delivering answers to users and agents faster without any loss of quality. We’ll show how to turn configuration limits into clarity—because you can’t manage what you don’t know—and how to reduce incidents before they happen. You’ll also see how service can expand across the enterprise to deliver more value in more places. It’s time to stop managing the madness and start leading with confidence. Say goodbye to chaos and hello to limitless IT operations.  


Alvin Barnard, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText

Content Management

 Titanium Experience Partner

Beyond Chatbots: Agentic AI that Understands Your Content
Chatbots are just the beginning. The next wave of AI is agentic AI—systems that can reason, orchestrate tasks, and take action based on your business content and context. Join this keynote to see how OpenText™ Content Cloud turns fragmented information into an AI-ready, trusted content fabric. Learn how agentic AI, AI-to-AI orchestration, and intelligent automation work together to:

1. Make every interaction and decision content-aware.
2. Connect siloed systems and processes end-to-end.
3. Scale AI safely across regulated and complex environments.

You’ll get a first look at new capabilities and real-world examples of organisations moving from simple chat experiences to powerful, content-driven agentic AI. 


Patson Ndhlovu, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText

Cyber Security

AI governance, identity, access control, data security, and runtime monitoring for AI agents
AI agents are quickly becoming trusted digital workers, making decisions, accessing data, and taking action across the enterprise. But how do you ensure they remain secure, compliant, and accountable? In this session, we'll explore the foundations of responsible AI governance—from identity and access controls to sensitive data protection, human oversight, continuous auditing, and Zero Trust security. Learn how to protect your organisation while confidently scaling AI across people, processes, and content. Key takeaway: Secure the entire AI ecosystem and enable trusted, governed AI at scale.


Paul Meyer, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText

Fireside Chat - From Visibility to Velocity: How SANRAL Is Strengthening Digital Road Operations with OpenText OpsBridge
SANRAL’s CIO shares how the organisation is leveraging OpenText OpsBridge to improve visibility, reduce alert noise and strengthen proactive service assurance across its IT environment. Learn how SANRAL is evolving from infrastructure monitoring toward business-service-focused operations that support resilience, faster resolution and reliable digital services.

  
Vuyokazi Menye, CIO, SANRAL
Alvin Barnard, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText
Sandile Maseko, Premium Support Account Manager, OpenText

Fireside Chat - From Potential to Impact: The Intern Journey Behind Sanlam’s InfoArchive Success
How empowering young talent through hands-on experience helped drive innovation, skills development, and business outcomes. 

Moderator:

Grant Hitchings, Director Professional Services, OpenText

 
Ulandi Greyling, Senior Project Manager, Sanlam

Fireside Chat: Trust, Data & AI – Securing the Future of Financial Services
As financial institutions accelerate their adoption of AI, how do they balance innovation with the need to protect sensitive information and maintain trust? This fireside chat will explore the real-world challenges, priorities and opportunities facing financial services leaders as they navigate AI, data security and governance—sharing perspectives on how organisations can innovate with confidence while building a secure foundation for the future.

 
Erik Du Toit, Client Executive, OpenText
Craig Main, Information Security Operations Head, First National Bank

Utilising Unified Enterprise Service Management to enrich and visualise the University of Pretoria's facilities’ digital twin
The University of Pretoria is transitioning from static facility management to a dynamic, data-driven ecosystem. By utilising Unified Enterprise Service Management as the "brain" of the campus, the university enriches its Digital Twin, a virtual replica of its physical assets with real-time service data, spatial analytics, and automated workflows. This symbiosis moves beyond simple 3D modelling into Digital Innovation, where every physical meter, building, and utility is represented and managed in a unified digital environment.


Charl Joubert, Senior Manager: Enterprise Service Management, University of Pretoria

SAP and OpenText: AI-Powered Business Transformation
Every enterprise holds a wealth of knowledge locked inside its documents — yet most AI systems can only access a fraction of it.  In this session, SAP and OpenText show how combining enterprise content management with AI unlocks that hidden value, turning documents into actionable intelligence embedded directly in your business processes.  Through an industry demonstration, see how AI can analyse content, surface insights, recommend decisions, and trigger end-to-end workflows — all in real time, through a single conversational interface. The scenario is industry-specific, but the value is universal.  Whether you are in manufacturing, energy, financial services or beyond, this session will show you what AI-powered business transformation looks like in practice — and what it means for your organisation.  


Eshaanan Gounden,  BTP Solution Advisor  - Integration & Automation, SAP Africa
 

Fireside Chat Securing Innovation at Scale: Application Security Journey with OpenText Fortify
Telco's operate in an environment where digital innovation and cybersecurity must go hand in hand. In this session, Maclaud shares how MTN leverages OpenText Fortify is used to strengthen application security across the software development lifecycle, helping teams identify vulnerabilities earlier, improve security posture, and support the delivery of trusted digital services at scale.

 
Maclaud Mafaiti, SM Technology Security Architect, MTN 
Dumisani Mukansi, President & CEO, Dugson
 

From IT Complexity to Operational Clarity
Discover how unified IT Operations Management helps organisations gain visibility, automate critical processes, and deliver more reliable digital services.


Mohamed Ben Ayed, Managing Director, Confoline

From Paper to Patient-Centric Care: Groote Schuur Hospital's Electronic Patient Record Journey
As one of Africa's leading academic hospitals, Groote Schuur Hospital is leveraging Electronic Patient Records to modernise how healthcare information is captured, accessed, and managed. In this session, learn how the hospital is transforming patient care through digitised records, enabling clinicians to access critical information faster, improve collaboration across departments, and lay the foundation for a more connected healthcare ecosystem. Hear firsthand insights into the challenges, lessons learned, and benefits realised on the journey toward a digital-first patient experience.

 
Dr Shrikant Peters, Head of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Technology & Innovation, Groote Schuur Hospital
Ashraf Davids, Solutions Consulting Manager, Datacentrix
  

Fireside Chat Unlocking Business Value with AWS, iOCO and OpenText
Organisations are looking for faster ways to modernise, innovate, and extract value from their information. Discover how OpenText solutions available through AWS Marketplace, combined with iOCO's cloud expertise, enable organisations to simplify procurement, accelerate cloud adoption, and harness the power of AI and automation to drive business transformation at scale.

  
Rian Van Greunen, IOCO Cluster Executive, iOCO
Chris van Wyk, Senior Partner Development Manager, AWS
Mubeen Bassa, iOCO AWS Modernisation Practice Lead, iOCO
 

Closing & Networking