Spend a day with Martin Lindstrom and apply his unconventional thinking to question anything and everything to do with your brand. Rebuild a brand strategy that will take you to brand heaven.

“Globalise Silicon Valley,” this is the goal of IT incubator, the Founder Institute (FI), recently launched in South Africa. An early-stage, start-up accelerator and global launch network that helps entrepreneurs create meaningful and enduring technology companies. The FI is assisting entrepreneurs in more than 50 cities around the world and over the last three years, it has had a hand in launching more than 650 new businesses.

We are running 2 x 2 day SANS courses in partnership with the ITWeb Security Summit 2013

Traditionally, businesses have asked HR executives to manage their ‘most important asset’ without the reporting, modeling, simulation and planning tools other business functions take for granted. Join us for this Live Webcast to discover why this is finally changing – and how HR is gaining real power to drive business performance.

In alignment with the KPMG Global Sourcing Advisory Pulse Survey, this survey provides insights into local organisations’ trends and projections and compares these to global results. Finance and accounting has been identified as a key focus area to improve performance and service delivery.

“Globalise Silicon Valley,” this is the goal of IT incubator, the Founder Institute (FI), recently launched in South Africa. An early-stage, start-up accelerator and global launch network that helps entrepreneurs create meaningful and enduring technology companies. The FI is assisting entrepreneurs in more than 50 cities around the world and over the last three years, it has had a hand in launching more than 650 new businesses.

With awards season around the corner, the DMMA is offering those in the creative community the opportunity to find out what it takes to produce an award-winning entry. And no, it is not as “easy” as simply producing amazing work – what is almost as important is how an award submission is presented and packaged.

Topics covered will include an overview of the characteristics of award winning work, how to best package your work, and an insider’s insight as to what goes on behind the closed doors of the judging room.

With an amazing line up of speakers including Nikki Cockcroft (Bookmarks), Andrew Human (Loeries), Tony Koenderman (AdReview), Graham Warsop (Jupiter Drawing Room) and many more, delegates are guaranteed to get the best advice on how to submit their award entries. The workshop will close with a panel discussion where delegates can discuss the material covered and ask questions.

In alignment with the KPMG Global Sourcing Advisory Pulse Survey, this survey provides insights into local organisations’ trends and projections and compares these to global results. Finance and accounting has been identified as a key focus area to improve performance and service delivery.

Customer experience management is at the forefront of enterprise strategies, focusing on industry challenges including multiple channel integration through social and mobile platforms, forcing innovative industry leaders to embrace opportunities and emerge with a competitive edge.

Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition 2013 is the flagship annual conference & exhibition for the continent’s ICT sector, with the theme: “Networks for a Better Integrated Continent”. The 3 day event seeks to promote a more widespread use of ICT tools to forge better networks among Africa’s governments, businesses, universities, military & para-military, and citizens across the 54 countries of the continent. The program features keynote speeches, break out sessions and panel discussions, as well as a parallel exhibition.