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Submitted by TDimpe on Thu, 09/07/2017 - 10:04

Item:

The modernisation of mining

Speakers:

Dr Edwin Ritchken

Day:

Day 1

Session:

Maximising South Africa's mineral endowment

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Time:

11:30

Dr Paul Jourdan

Acting CEO: Mining Equipment Manufacturing of South Africa

Biography

Jourdan is an African integrated development expert specialising in resource-based and spatial development strategies. He has wide experience working on economic growth and development in the Southern African Development Community, West and East Africa. He spent 16 years in Mozambique and Zimbabwe during the struggle against apartheid, working as a geologist, geophysicist and minerals economist, before returning to South Africa in 1991. Subsequently, he worked for the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African government in various positions including as the ANC’s Minerals and Energy Policy Coordinator, President of Mintek, and Deputy Director-General in the Department of Trade and Industry. He was a major contributor to the African Union’s “Africa Mining Vision” (2009) and “Country Mining Vision” (2014). He currently chairs or sits on the board of three economic development agencies, and participates in tertiary education through short lecture series and post-grad supervision. Currently he mostly advises on resource-based equitable growth and mineral value chains. He has a BSc (Geology), a BA (African government), a PGDip (Geophysics), two MSc’s (Mineral Economics) and a PhD (Politics).

Paul Strauss

Chief Information Risk Officer, Standard Bank

Biography

Strauss started his career in 1975 as a signaller in the South African National Defence Force where he developed his interest in technology. He progressed through the ranks to become the senior staff officer responsible for information system security in 1991.

In 1999, he joined the National Traffic Information System as information security officer and after 17 months joined ABSA as information security manager. Strauss was responsible for the drive to elevate information security from a pure technology point of view to a more strategic function. He created the Information Risk Steering Committee and trained 47 local security coordinators to extend information protection initiatives in the lines of business. After a short break as an independent consultant, between 2009 and 2010, he was approached by Standard Bank where he fulfilled the role of Head of Information Security Operations, Head of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics, Head of Group Information Risk and ultimately Chief Information Risk Officer. Strauss currently performs a second-line function, responsible for control assurance, governance, insights and analytics, research and awareness. He is also a firm believer that, no matter the technology, the focus needs to be on information as an asset and protection of the entire information lifecycle, regardless of location, whether in motion or at rest. Strauss also acted as a council representative of the South African chapter for the Information Security Forum for two years and chairperson of the cyber security steering committee at the South African Banking Risk Information Centre for three years.

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Submitted by TDimpe on Thu, 09/07/2017 - 10:07

Item:

Maximising the developmental impacts of South Africa's mineral endowment

Speakers:

Dr Paul Jourdan

Day:

Day 1

Session:

Maximising South Africa's mineral endowment

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Time:

12:00

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Submitted by TDimpe on Tue, 08/08/2017 - 10:31

Item:

Banking sector threats and response

Speakers:

Paul Strauss

Day:

Day 2

Session:

Cybersecurity threats to the growth of the South African industry

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Time:

10:50

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Submitted by TDimpe on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 11:23

Item:

Overview of the CSIR Product Lifecycle Management Centre of Technology

Speakers:

Garth Strachan

Riaan Coetzee

Joost G.A. van Gemert

Rentia Barnard

Day:

Day 1

Session:

Product lifecycle management in the context of industrial development

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Time:

14:30

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Submitted by TDimpe on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 11:26

Item:

Industry 4.0: The next industrial revolution

Speakers:

Martin Sanne

Day:

Day 1

Session:

Product lifecycle management in the context of industrial development

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Time:

15:10

Darshan Lakha

Head: Vodacom Group Technology Security

Biography

Lakha started at Vodacom in 1996 and has held key positions with Vodacom Technology in the Enterprise Business and Mobile Network Engineering groups. He has experience in various technologies including SDN, NFV, 4G, Cloud, Internet of Things and cyber security. He has 20 years of telecommunications experience and managed the design and build of Vodacom’s IP/MPLS Network and Security Services. Lakha has also been part of the broader technology security team in the planning and execution of technology security in Vodacom SA. He is responsible for the strategy and tactical capability of Vodacom Group’s Technology Security, including the operations of Vodacom’s Cyber Intelligence Centre. He holds a BSc in electrical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and an MBA in strategic management from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is also the recipient of the Vodacom Managing Director’s Roll of Honour Award and group winner of the Vodacom Advanced Executive Programme VII.