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8 - 12 November 2021
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11:00 - 11:1515 mins
Microsoft AI for Good
    11:15 - 11:3015 mins
    Microsoft Global Skilling Initiative
      11:25 - 11:3510 mins
      Chair’s opening remarks
      • Harry P. Pappas - Founder and CEO, Intelligent Health Association
      11:30 - 11:355 mins
      Chair's Opening Remarks
      • Kevin Kent - CEO, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions
      11:35 - 12:0025 mins
      AFCOM Report 2020: Jobs, Connectivity & Hyperscale – What the Pandemic-Era Has Taught Us About the Global Data Center Industry
      • Bill Kleyman - Executive Vice President, Switch
      11:35 - 11:5520 mins
      The role of data in the future of healthcare and how it can be used to improve the health of individuals and the quality of care for patients
      • Adam Steventon - Director of Data Analytics, The Health Foundation
      11:55 - 12:2025 mins
      Closing the health inequalities gap: automation and software applications role in combating inequalities in healthcare
      • David Metcalf - Director, METIL, UCF Institute for Simulation and Training
      12:00 - 12:3030 mins
      The African Interconnection Report: Insights on Africa’s developing cloud and data centre market by Console Connect & Balancing Act
      • Russell Southwood - CEO, Balancing Act
      • Louis Richards - Ecosystem Partnership Director, EMEA, Console Connect, PCCW Global
      12:20 - 13:0545 mins
      Panel : Adopting and Leveraging technologies to help redesign the continent's healthcare system to provide improved health and wellness via Digital Health networks, during Covid-19 and beyond
      • Harry P. Pappas - Founder and CEO, Intelligent Health Association
      • Sathya Elumalai - President and CEO, Aidar Health
      • Dr Yaa Kumah-Crystal, MD MPH - Pediatric Endocrinologist, Clinical Director of HealthIT, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
      • Fawzi Behmann - President, TelNet Management Consulting Inc.
      • Dr. Chris Landon - CEO, Landon Pediatric Foundation
      12:30 - 13:1545 mins
      Panel: Edge, Cloud & Beyond: Exploring value in an African context
      • Guy Zibi - Founder & Principal, Xalam Analytics
      • Mark Thiele - CEO & Founder, Edgevana
      • Ranjith Cherickel - Founder & CEO, icolo
      • Shadrack Anyuo - Senior Solution Architect - SSA, Amazon Web Services
      • Robert Mullins - President, Raxio Data Centre
      13:00 - 13:1515 mins
      In data we trust, or do we?
        13:15 - 13:5035 mins
        Networking Lunch
          13:15 - 13:3015 mins
          AI in building a decentralised Governance Model
            13:30 - 13:4515 mins
            Azure Machine Learning
              13:45 - 14:0015 mins
              Responsible ML: Protect Privacy and Confidentiality with ML
                13:50 - 14:1525 mins
                Technology has changed. Finally. But what should you deploy to support the new era?
                • Jose Gomez - DevOps Solutions Architect, Nutanix
                13:55 - 14:0510 mins
                Chair’s opening remarks
                • Brighton Chiwera - Country Transformation Manager, Banc ABC a Part of Atlas Mara
                14:05 - 14:2520 mins
                Digital Trust and Digital Identities: Are you Ready?
                • David Harrowsmith - CEO, Monivation
                14:15 - 15:0045 mins
                Panel: Environmental aspects of data centre management
                • Kevin Kent - CEO, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions
                • Jack Pouchet - Vice President, Sales, Natron Energy
                • Bill Kleyman - Executive Vice President, Switch
                • Lee Smith - Mission-Critical Data Center Life Cycle, Operations & Industry Specialist, DataCentre DNA
                14:25 - 14:4015 mins
                Innovation and new business models in payments and fintech
                • Rutendo Hlatshwayo - Chief Legal Officer, Ozow, digital payments company
                14:40 - 15:3050 mins
                Panel : Are we ready for the challenges presented by the fourth industrial revolution? Designing a roadmap for banking & financial systems in Industry 4.0
                • Brighton Chiwera - Country Transformation Manager, Banc ABC a Part of Atlas Mara
                • Stelios Papadakis - Group Head of Technology, African Banking Corporation Holding (ABCH)
                • Dr. Konstantinos Tsanis - FinTech and Digital Banking Expert, IFC
                • Dr Mark Nasila - Chief Analytics Officer, FNB Risk office, First National Bank (FNB)
                15:00 - 15:055 mins
                Chair's Closing Remarks
                • Kevin Kent - CEO, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions
                15:00 - 15:1515 mins
                Azure Cognitive Search
                  15:15 - 15:3015 mins
                  NetCampus
                    15:30 - 15:4515 mins
                    Phakamo
                      15:45 - 16:0015 mins
                      Phakamo
                        16:00 - 16:1515 mins
                        Ceeno Solutions
                          16:15 - 16:3015 mins
                          Deviare
                            16:30 - 16:4515 mins
                            SourceWorx
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