PROGRAMME - DAY 2 – 23rd
October 2009
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09:00 to 09:30
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The
CIO and Governance: Can it Really Work?
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Dr
Michael Twum-Darko
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CIPRO
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Revd. Dr. Michael Twum-Darko has spent twenty-three
(23) years as a Computer Science Lecturer, Project Management, Software
Development consultancy and ICT Executive in Ghana, Botswana and South
Africa. While in Botswana, he was a member of the IT advisory Board from
1990 to 1994 to advise the Presidency on issues relating to ICT strategy
and its impact on national development. In South Africa, he worked as a
project management consultant for SA Top Data/Faritec in the City of Cape
Town, Sanlam, and SARS before joining Safmarine Computer services as
Application Development Director and later IBM SA. Dr Michael is currently
the CIO of Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO).
He was ordained a Priest in 1999 in the Anglican Church in South Africa
after three years part-time seminary and theological education.
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09:30 to 10:00
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The
CIO and Getting Business Involved
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Mr
Greg Groenmeyer
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Sanlam
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Greg has over 30 years experience in the IT industry.
In his varied career he has worked in many different roles - including
application developer, architect/designer, and project management and as a
consultant. The last ten years, Greg has operated mainly at the senior
executive level as CIO or IT Executive. Currently, Greg is the Head of
Application Development at Sanlam Personal Finance where he leads a division
of over 270 people. Greg has a BCom Honours in Information Systems from
UCT. His areas of focus and interest are: IT Leadership, IT-Business
alignment, Enterprise Architecture and Organizational Change.
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10:00 to 10:30
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Enterprise
Agility through Process Automation
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Mr
Ronnie Schmitz
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Biamic
ICT Solutions
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Ronnie Schmitz started my career in 1979 with the
SAPT where he completed his technical training through the Natal Technikon
and the Post Office College and was posted from Durban to Cape Town to work
in the recently established Saponet division which was run by Alan
Knott-Craig at the time. During this time an opportunity arose with Mobil
(became Engen) to help run the network infrastructure. In 2001 he took an
opportunity to work with DD in New York and arrived there 6 weeks before
9/11 happened and saw the world change, but had opportunity to work with
almost all of the Fortune 100 companies based in New York. He returned to
Cape Town in 2003 and after a brief time with Square One Solutions he
started his own business at the end of 2004. BIAMIC’s primary objective is
to help companies improve productivity and profitability through
consulting, project services and business solutions.
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10:30 to 11:00
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Businesses
Moving to Hosted Applications and Software as a Service
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Mr
Peter Flynn
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White
Wall Web
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Peter Flynn is a successful web entrepreneur,
co-founder and currently Managing Director of award winning Web Application
Development company White Wall Web. Peter has successfully taken White Wall
Web from its position as a start-up venture to an established business with
3 offices in 2 countries, servicing large multi-national and international
clients (such as RE/MAX, Louis Group & Schwartzkopf) across various
industries. Peter is a thought leader on the subject of Software as a
Service and is the author of the blog/e-book SaaSPert (www.saaspert.com).
Peter is also a non-executive director of several other tech companies.
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11:00 to 11:30
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Coffee
and Tea
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11:00 to 11:30
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Understanding Organisational Innovation as a Social Process
Enabled by Technology
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Dr
Kosheek Sewchurran
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University
of Cape Town
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Dr Kosheek Sewchurran is a Senior Lecturer in the
department of Information Systems at the University of Cape Town. Prior to
academia he was a systems engineer who functioned in various technical,
management and leadership roles on large industrial expansion and
automation projects. He performed a number of roles which included:
software developer, enterprise architect, business analyst, project
manager, programme manager and planning specialist. Dr Sewchurran has a BSc
with majors in Software Engineering and Operations Research from UNISA; BSc
Hons in Computer Science; and MSc in IT from University of Natal. He
graduated with a PhD from the UCT, his thesis was titled “Toward a regional
ontology for Information Systems project management”.
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11:30 to 12:00
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Knowledge
Management Becomes a CIO Agenda
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Dr
Grafton Whyte
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University
of the Western Cape
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Dr. Grafton A Whyte, BA(HONS) MBA PhD, is Operations
& Finance Director for Zimele Technologies (PTY) Ltd. Dr. Whyte has
worked for Zimele since relocating to South Africa in 2007. He has also
worked as a research consultant and business analyst in the IT industry for
over fifteen years. In 1995 he obtained his PhD at Cranfield. The
application of a qualitative research method, Repertory Grid was the
subject of a published article. His expertise in demonstrating the business
benefits in measuring and managing customer perceptions of service led to
the development of the Service Metrics Facility (SMF) customer survey
method. SMF has been successfully introduced within major blue chip
companies such as AXA, Barclays, Centrica and Lloyd’s Register. Currently
he is Extraordinary Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Knowledge
Management at the University of the Western Cape.
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12:00 to 12:30
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Information
and Quality: Do We Still Need to Talk About it?
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Dr
Retha de la Harpe
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Cape
Peninsula University of Technology
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12:30 to 13:15
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Lunch
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13:15 to 13:45
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Getting
CIOs Ready for Cybercrime Incidents
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Mr
Adrie Stander
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University
of Cape Town
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13:45 to 14:15
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How
do we Manage Mobility?
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Dr
David Hislop
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Korwe
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14:15 to 14:45
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(Special Guest Speaker) Mobility and Social Media: Friend or Foe?
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Mr
Alex Benay
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OpenText.com
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Alex Benay, Enterprise Customer Enablement, Canadian
Public Sector, Open Text Corporation
Mr. Benay has close to nine years federal government
experience in the Information Management (IM) domain. From managing
enterprise implementations of IM systems to implementing policy programs,
he has a wide range of IM knowledge and practical experience. He was
employed with various departments such as Library and Archives Canada,
Natural Resources Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade and lastly the Canadian International Development
Agency as Director, Information Management where he led the charge for a
federal government ECM 2.0 visioning exercise. Mr. Benay has joined the
private sector working for small firms in setting up their ECM practice and
joined Open text responsible for delivery a team of Enterprise Customer
Enablement, where he is accountable for enterprise deployments,
professional services, support and solutions development for the Canadian
Public Sector.
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14:45 to 15:00
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Closing
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All
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The Academic CIO Forum SA
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The Faculty of Informatics and
Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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 CONTACT: Bridgetti Lim Banda, bridgetti@cioforum.co.za, 082 530
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