ITWeb in conjunction with Brainier Capital are hosting the IT Confidence 2005 Conference in Johannesburg late next month.
It is a one-day event featuring analysts, economists and corportate executives, who will offer their projections regarding the South African ICT sector for the next year.
The conference will be held at Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg, on February 23.
Brian Rainier, of Brainier Capital commented, “It was interesting to see that the consensus views coming out of last year’s event proved to be largely correct. This year’s views will be further illuminating as we gain insights into expectations and views around such issues as the rand/dollar situation, black economic empowerment (once again), as well as the effect of the telecoms deregulations.”
Speakers include Gordon Fraser, Managing Director of Microsoft South Africa who will present on “Building a Strong Knowledge Economy – The Next Steps”.
Other speakers at this years event are Chris Hart, senior treasury economist at Absa; Brett Dawson, group CEO of Dimension Data; Mavuso Msimang, CEO of SITA; Mark Walker, director at BMI-TechKnowledge; Franca Disilvestro, director at HSBC; Steuart Pennington, CEO of SA: The Good News; and Brian Rainier, MD of Brainier Capital & Consulting.
You can register for the event here.
The full event schedule is as follows:
IT Confidence 2005 Programme
08:00: Registration
08:20: Welcome and introduction
Khaya Dlukulu – conference chairman
Managing partner, PLK Capital Management Partners
08:30: South Africa in the international context
Keynote speaker to be announced
09:15: Leveraging advantage in a transforming SA economy
Chris Hart, senior treasury economist, ABSA
10:00: Refreshment break
10:30: Building a Strong Knowledge Economy – The Next Steps
Gordon Fraser, MD, Microsoft South Africa
11:15: Prospects of doing business in SA in 2005 – from the country’s largest system integration company
Brett Dawson, group CEO, DiData SA
12:00: Government’s ICT spending priorities and business opportunities via SITA for 2005
Mavuso Msimang, CEO, SITA
12:45: Lunch
13:45: SA: 2014 the story of our future
Steuart Pennington, SA: The Good News
14:30: SA’s IT spending outlook for 2005
Mark Walker, Director, BMI-T
15:15: Refreshment break
15:45: An analyst’s perspective: SA large cap listed IT sector
Franca Disilvestro, Director, HSBC
16:30: An analyst’s perspective: SA mid & small cap listed IT sector
Brian Rainier, MD, Brainier Capital & Consulting
17:15: Cocktails and networking
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