Deputy Minister, Michael Masutha of the Department of Science and Technology to address delegates next month at the IT Leaders Africa Summit

Kinetic is delighted to announce that Deputy Minister Michael Masutha of the Department of Science and Technology will address delegates in his opening keynote at the 2014 IT Leaders Africa Summit next month.

In addition to the Deputy Minister, confirmed speakers at this event include Mandla Mkhwanazi the CIO of Transnet, Julius Segole the Director of BIO for Standard Bank and Franz Hirschberg the IT Director of Pernod Ricard for Sub Saharan Africa. Franz has signed up to take part in a panel discussion on The Power of Unified Communications with guest speakers Chandima Miyanadeniya the CIO of Aon SA and Deon Myburgh the Manager of IT Operations at Medi-Clinic.

Mandla and Julius will be joined by Gavin Kandier the Head of Technology at Zurich South Africa on a panel that will discuss The emerging role of the Chief Data Officer or CDO. Our panellists will expand on how information management is no longer recognized exclusively as an IT responsibility and the other departments that are making their way into the IT landscape. Find out how CIOs can establish good working relationships with chief data officers, chief digital officers or equivalent roles introduced to support the digital strategy.

Join us to hear the experts at the 5^th edition of IT Leaders Africa Summit on the 18-19 March 2014 in Johannesburg.

In addition to speaker sessions, the 2 day IT Leaders Africa Summit will play host to a number of workshops to be delivered by SAP, Wipro, British Telecommunications (BT) and Airwatch amongst others. Lead sponsor, Wipro will present a workshop on Social, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC) + Technologies powering business transformation in addition to a workshop entitled Digital IT Operations. Attendees can select workshops with the solution provider of their choice and these sessions are designed to maximise Q&A time with the audience and give attendees the opportunity to raise their questions with IT experts and peers alike.

Attendees will also be able to discover and compare the latest IT developments available for all scopes of business needs in the innovation display area.  Providers such as Trustwave, NetIQ, Kofax and Inobits will be showcasing their solutions and will have industry experts on hand to discuss and exchange ideas with attendees.

Sign up to become a delegate and join 2014’s most important discussion on IT leadership. The 2014 IT Leaders Africa Summit is taking place in Johannesburg at the Maslow Hotel, Sandton on the 18 -19 March 2014.

For the latest ITLA Summit news on speakers, industry providers and content, visit http://itleaders.co.za/ or contact Marcia van Jaarsveld on +27 21 555 0866 or marcia@kineticevents.net  Follow @ITLeadersAfrica and @KineticEventsSA on Twitter for daily updates.