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Past Events
CIO Colloquium 2011
Our CIO Research Colloquium at CPUT on the 10th and 11th of March 2011 was held to showcase and
discuss research issues. It was an ideal opportunity for collaboration with Masters and Doctorate
students and researchers.
At the start of 2010, we began a collaborative relationship with the Cape IT Initiative (CITi) to help
revitalize the ICT Cluster in the Western Cape with a series of round table conversations called the CITiCafes.
At the end of the CIO Conference in 2009, we committed to collaborating with other communities and helped
in the preparation of the 3rd Cape Software Engineering Colloquium with the IEEE.
Cape Town hosted ICSE, the leading international conference in software engineering in 2010.
It provided an opportunity to showcase Cape Town software innovation to leading international academics in the
field.
The World Bank Innovation Fair with the theme of "Moving Beyond Conflict" kicked off in Cape Town.
It provided the opportunity to interact with social entrepreneurs on the use of mobile and internet based
technologies to assist communities deal with issues threatening stability and security.
Len de Villiers provided some insights on IT strategy and planning, communicating with board members and
developing an medium to long term IT budget worth billions in funding complex strategic and operational
programs.
John Zachman's 2 visits to South Africa in 2010 provided an opportunity to increase research and
collaboration on Enterprise Architecture. We had the opportunity to host an evening with the
father of EA. Workshops on EA continued in 2010 with conversations on EA theory and agile EA.
The Cape Higher Education Consortium of the 4 universities in the Western Cape shared their programs
and research focus. Organized by the Cape IT Initiative and in cooperation with the City of Cape Town,
it is hoped that the universities will continue to share research insights.
1st CIO Conference on Research in Africa 2009. Creating Agility: The CIO Conundrum.
Find out who spoke at the conference and why one delegate said "the quality of IP in the room was overwhelming".
Dr Mangena on technology leadership.
The late Prof Dewald Roode honored for Research Contribution.
Len de Villiers, CIO of ABSA received the Most Admired CIO award.
The forum is open to Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Academics, Professionals, Industry, Corporates, Government, Graduates, Students and other stakeholders.
The forum provides CIOs with insight into the academic program, research and initiatives being undertaken by participating universities.
It also enables academics to share, learn and engage with key decision makers in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
Our desire is to connect people and breakdown barriers.
We build relationships with those who are active on the ground and passionate about making a difference.
The online forum and events are managed through social networks.
Social networks avoid bureaucracies, remove impediments and build bridges that connect individuals directly.
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