ITNewsAfrica, The Innovation Hub partner for Tech Demo Africa

22 Mar 2013

ITNewsAfrica, Africa's technology news provider, has partnered with The Innovation Hub, Africa's first internationally accredited Science Park, to host the continent's premier technology-focused demo conference, Tech Demo Africa Conference scheduled to take place on 21-22 May 2103 at The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa.

ITNewsAfrica, The Innovation Hub partner for Tech Demo Africa

Following last year's event, a number of priority issues were raised by solution providers, IT leaders and strategic partners alike. Tech Demo Africa 2013 will address a number of these key themes. The conference will facilitate panel discussions on topical issues in the industry such as enterprise mobility, BYOD, security, big data and cloud, with solution providers showcasing practical solutions to IT's most complex challenges.

Established in 2001, The Innovation Hub is the knowledge-intensive business cluster in Africa. Its intelligent community has become a regional centre of innovation and knowledge creation linked to the fast-moving world of global interconnectivity.

Panelists

Confirmed panelists for this year's event include:

Dr. Gaurav Pradhan, group CIO, TimeTunnel Consulting Pty Ltd.

Rabelani Dagada, president of the Computer Society of South Africa

Rodney de Koch, CIO, South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation

McLean Sibanda, CEO, Innovation Hub- South Africa

Hugh Dalton, CEO, Edulabs Global

James Saulez, CIO and head of Online Trading , Purple Capital

Julian Pienaar, technical solutions advocate, Lenovo South Africa

Khanyisa Malabi, CEO, New Leaf Partners

Kevin Dherman, product development manager, Syspro

Stafford Masie, CEO of Thumbzup and former CEO of Google South Africa

Liam Terblanche, CIO of Accsys

Muyiwa Omosa, CEO of Nigerian startup company The Me-Naissance Group (MRG)

Last year Tech Demo Africa established a firm following amongst ICT industry leaders with the likes of Adobe, Britehouse, inMobi, Interactive Intelligence, Mobile Monday, Motorola, Samsung and Telkom SA all participating.

Numerous sponsors have also confirmed their commitment to this year's event, including Aria Technologies, Lenovo, Samsung, SAP and Syspro.

To register your place at the event, email moc.acirfaswenti@inalihp or go to www.techdemoafrica.com.