Agenda
09:00
Welcome & setting the scene from the MC
Peter Ndoro, Broadcast Journalist | News Anchor SABC Channel Africa | Conference Facilitator | Panel Moderator
09:30
Ministerial opening keynote address
Honourable Mmoba Soloman Malatsi, Minister of communications and digital technologies, South African Government
10:00
Welcome from Patron of the Chartered CIO Council, C-CIO(SA)
Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Minister, Department of Small Business Development of South Africa
10:15
Digital trust and sustainable innovation
Garith Peck, Managing executive: cybersecurity and cloud, BCX
Building trust, transparency, and sustainability in technology deployment.
11:45
Modernising for Agility: Cloud, Connectivity, and Core Infrastructure
Sabine Holl, VP Sales Engineering & CTO, IBM Middle East and Africa (MEA)
12:30
Welcome address from Honourable Minister Buti Manamela on the SAQA NQF and strategic partnership between the department and the CCIOC.
14:30
Cyber Resilience in a Digitally Interconnected Economy
Steve Jump, Founder & Director, Custodiet Advisory Services
15:30
AI Will Not Transform the Enterprise. People Will. The CIO’s Leadership Mandate for Work, Trust and Accountability in the Age of AI
Lungile Mginqi, Digital transformation strategist, futurist and former group CIO
AI transformation cannot be treated as another technology deployment. It changes how work is done, how decisions are made, how accountability is assigned, how talent is augmented, and how trust is built. In many South African organisations, the CIO and AI leadership mandates are currently converging, which means CIOs must now think explicitly about work redesign, AI governance, cyber resilience, measurable value and inclusive capability building.
16:30
Awards
Peter Ndoro, Broadcast Journalist | News Anchor SABC Channel Africa | Conference Facilitator | Panel Moderator
17:30
Wrap-up and close from the MC
Peter Ndoro, Broadcast Journalist | News Anchor SABC Channel Africa | Conference Facilitator | Panel Moderator
