Agenda

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Wednesday, 01 September 2010

Times Schedule
07:30 - 09:30
Delegate Registration
Certified Partners for Learning Solutions Roundtable (By Invitation Only)
(CPLS)

Sharon Oosterberg | Session Room 6 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
10:00 - 12:00
Opening Keynote - The World of Infinite Possibilities - Africa 2010.
(KY101)

Mteto Nyati & Austen Mulinder | Session Room 1 | Level: 100 - Overview
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 13:45
Wed, 01 Sep 2010
The African IT Market into 2015
Kelvin Ho & Mark Walker IDC MEA | Session Room 1 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Microsoft Partner Network - what's in it for you? (including partner capacity discussion)
Jenny Prospero & Phil Putzel | Session Room 2 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Virtualised infrastructure impact on the bottom line (VMWare compete)
Riedwaan Bassadien | Session Room 3 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Microsoft 101 - the inside story on the sales cycle
Fred Baumhardt | Session Room 4 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Microsoft Product Roadmap including Windows Mobile
Desmond Nair & Colin Erasmus & Albie Bester & Mark Reynolds & Nkosi Kumalo | Session Room 5 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Nashua Mobile Presentation
(SS101)

Tim Walter General Manager Marketing | Session Room 6 | Level: 100 - Overview
Banking on the future: Financial Services Industry
James Minett | Session Room 7 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Maturing as an ISV - improve your strategy (whiteboard session)
Clifford de Wit | Session Room 8 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
13:45 - 14:00
Transition Time
14:00 - 14:45
Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Wave 14 launch and OpenOffice/Google Apps compete
Danie Gordon & Michael O'Donovan | Session Room 1 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Cloud : the latest battlezone. A battlecard for your business
Albie Bester & Mweb | Session Room 2 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Sustainable IT is saving millions
Warren Johnson | Session Room 3 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Marketing strategy and campaigns for the year ahead
Tlalane Tshabalala | Session Room 4 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Dynamic Data Centres - private cloud provision
Keevan Chun & Riedwaan Bassadien | Session Room 5 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Expanding your business into Africa
Rizwan Tufail & Louis Otieno & Pierre Nel | Session Room 8 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
14:00 - 16:00
Public Sector Cluster solutions: Justice, Security, Health & Education
Kabelo Makwane | Session Room 7 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
14:45 - 15:15
Refreshment Break
15:15 - 16:00
Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Creating a new practice and competency in your business
Albi Breen & Colin Erasmus | Session Room 1 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Dynamics Strategies for FY11
Mark Reynolds & Exordia (Inner Circle Winner) | Session Room 2 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Deployment is nothing without adoption
Rory Headon-Weeks & K2 | Session Room 3 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Introduction and Overview of the current hardware market in South Africa 
Francois Rey & Tracy Bolton | Session Room 4 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Securing your customer's infrastructure
Stephen Cakebread & Riedwaan Bassadien | Session Room 5 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Cloud Computing: A roadmap for new hosting partners (Roundtable)
Albie Bester & Firstech & Mweb & Exordia | Session Room 8 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
16:00 - 16:15
Transition Time
16:15 - 17:00
Wed, 01 Sep 2010
Uncovering the Opportunity in Small to Medium Public Sector Accounts
Dan Mannion & Kerushan Govender | Session Room 1 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Reaching out to the Mid Market in SMS&P
Mark Reynolds | Session Room 2 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Migrating customers from client through platform to the cloud
Albie Bester & Nick Keene | Session Room 3 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
OEM Marketing Campaigns in the year ahead
Shandu Davhana & Nina Pretorius & Tracy Bolton | Session Room 4 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Azure and BPOS into Africa - why the Microsoft offering is different
Clifford de Wit | Session Room 5 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Building up the stack - the platform approach
Desmond Nair & Riedwaan Bassadien & Frikkie Bosch | Session Room 7 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Sustainable IT projects
Warren Johnson | Session Room 8 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
17:00 - 18:30
Leisure
18:30 - 23:00
Welcome Cocktail with Gijima

Thursday, 02 September 2010

Times Schedule
09:30 - 11:00
The Changing Face of Business - how collaboration requirements and social computing are changing business
(KY102)

Arthur Goldstuck & Rory Headon-Weeks | Session Room 1 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
11:00 - 11:30
Refreshment Break
11:30 - 12:15
Thu, 02 Sep 2010
To Delight Customers & beyond - Key to Success
Leane Hannigan & Aki Kalliatakis | Session Room 1 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Driving Business Together with Microsoft Application Platform
Desmond Nair & Frikkie Bosch | Session Room 2 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Unified Communications - the next wave
Danie Gordon | Session Room 3 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
So you thought Microsoft was getting tired? Everything cool about Microsoft
Colin Erasmus | Session Room 4 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Software Asset Management: “Minding the Gap” by driving the maturity of SAM
Madelein Jacobs & Monique Ferreira | Session Room 5 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Workgroup Session
(SS102)

Shaun Quin & Paul van Niekerk | Session Room 6 | Level: 100 - Overview
Telcos & Hosting - will cloud host the next frontier?
Anthony Doherty | Session Room 7 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Microsoft 101 for Africa - navigating relationships across the continent
Rizwan Tufail & Louis Otieno & Pierre Nel | Session Room 8 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
12:15 - 12:30
Transition Time
12:30 - 13:15
Thu, 02 Sep 2010
Doing business in Africa - a Microsoft perspective
Hennie Loubser & Regional GM Microsoft WECA IOI | Session Room 1 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
The Next Generation Desktop
Colin Erasmus | Session Room 2 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
CRM through the eyes of the customer
Sun International & Wynand Roos | Session Room 3 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Accurate and Accessible Business Intelligence
Markus Hain | Session Room 4 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
The SAM Subway to Success
Madelein Jacobs & Monique Ferreira | Session Room 5 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
User experience 101 for Microsoft Partners
Kath Roderick | Session Room 7 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Microsoft Partner Network
Jenny Prospero & Phil Putzel | Session Room 8 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
13:15 - 14:15
Lunch
14:15 - 15:00
Thu, 02 Sep 2010
Moving through the world of Mobile
Nkosi Kumalo & John Press & Nashua Mobile | Session Room 2 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
What makes a successful partnership? (Customer panel discussion)
Microsoft Customers & Fred Baumhardt | Session Room 3 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Dynamics in a nutshell - products and opportunities
Vanessa Pringle | Session Room 4 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
How to capture the small business market – big business solutions for small business customers
Mike Anderson SBDC & Wayne Pienaar SMB&D Lead | Session Room 5 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
SA Outsourcing
(SS103)

Pedro Vuidez CEO | Session Room 6 | Level: 100 - Overview
Consumer & Online Organisation – Always’ On!
Nazeer Suliman | Session Room 7 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
Communications Sector Partnering Strategy Roundtable
Anthony Doherty | Session Room 8 | Level: 200 - Intermediate
15:00 - 15:30
Refreshment Break
15:30 - 17:00
Closing Keynote: The Infinite Possibilities that Africa Holds
(KY103)

Kingsley Holgate & Hennie Loubser | Session Room 1 | Level: 100 - Overview
17:00 - 19:30
Leisure
19:30 - 00:00
Partner Awards Dinner
23:45 - 03:00
Workgroup After Party