ENVISIONING AFRICA’S FUTURE
Chairman: Ntsiki Mkhize, Founder and Chief Social Entrepreneur at MentHer, South Africa
13:30 – 13:45 pm Opening remarks from the chairman: Making cities for youth and our future generations:
Ntsiki Mkhize, Founder and Chief Social Entrepreneur at MentHer, South Africa
13:45 – 14:15 pm An African Journey through a continent littered with Smart City visions
Mapping out a city and starting to build houses in the middle of nothing is rarely a good thing. Designing a Smart City is more than just drawing up plans and starting to build, and even more than designing a five or six-year roadmap. Are we using the adjective smart too loosely? This session will take and in-depth look into the Smart Cities across the African continent.
Henning Rasmuss, Founding Director, Paragon Group, South Africa
14:15 – 15:15 pm Skills development: New foundational skills in smart cities
In recent decades, communities across the globe have been transformed by the spread of technology to all corners of life. This transformation has extended to the world of work and has disrupted the skills that workers must develop to remain competitive. This session will examine how we can develop the professionals of the future since smart cities are home to disruptive innovations and emerging industries.
Speakers:
• Professor Barry Dwolatzky, Director, Joburg Centre for Software Engineering, School of Electrical & Information
Engineering, Wits, South Africa
• Jabu Makhubu, Lecturer, Architecture & Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• David Olatunji, President & Founder, African Smart Cities Innovation Foundation
• Trevor Rammitlwa, Chief Executive Officer, National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA), South Africa
• Malani Padayachee-Samaan, Chief Executive Officer, MPAMOT Group, South Africa
15:15 – 15:30 MATCHMAKING BREAK
15:30 – 16:30 pm Practical examples of global and local smart city solutions and implementations
This session will look at practical case studies from local and international smart and sustainable city initiatives to discover how innovative solutions and technologies can help African cities overcome challenges and become better.
Moderator: Mr Mpho Moerane, Member of Mayoral Committee for Environment, Infrastructure & Services, City of Joburg, South Africa*
Panellists:
• Dominic Papa, Vice President: Smart State Initiatives, Arizona Commerce Authority, USA
• Kabir Muhammad Mansur, Surveyors Council of Nigeria, Nigeria Smart City Initiatives (NSCI), Nigeria
• Eng. John Tanui, Chief Executive Officer, Konza Technopolis Development Authority, Kenya
• Willie Vos, Chief Executive Officer, Waterfall Management Company, South Africa
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