BI + AI Innovation & Tech Fest

25-26 August 2025

The Maslow, Johannesburg

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Time Topic Speaker(s)
08:30 - 08:45 Day 1 - Welcome & Conference Opening
08:45 - 09:25
Unlocking the Value from Data: Empowering You to Bridge the Gap Between AI and Business Goals
Simon Asplen-Taylor
09:30 - 10:10
Think Global, Act Local: Staying Relevant in the Age of AI & Automation
Sibusiso Ngubeni
09:30 - 10:10
Beyond the Big Bang: Building a Modern Data Platform for Continuous Business Value
Dillon Mantle
Brent Haumann
10:10 - 10:40 Tea Break
10:40 - 11:20
Multiplying Value: How Reusable Data Products Drive Scalable Innovation
Nischen Govender
10:40 - 11:20
Invisible Leverage: How AI Agents Quietly Transform Performance, People, and Profit
Tyler Reed
11:25 - 11:55
Causal Thinking at Scale: How HEINEKEN Experiments to Learn, Grow, and Adapt
Jessica Matthysen
12:00 - 12:40
Strategy-First Approach to AI: Moving Beyond Proof of Concepts
Meshack Shabalala
12:00 - 12:40
Unlocking Potential: Transforming Audits with Data Specialists’ Expertise
Mpho Mokoena
12:40 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:10
Inclusive Leadership for the Next Generation of Data Talent
Private: Susan Gatura
14:15 - 14:55
Topology and AI – Business Model Transformation Combination to Shape the Future of Business
Vukosi Sambo
15:00 - 15:40
Stop Chasing Unicorns: Building High-Impact BI & AI Teams Through Skill Diversity
Terishia Reddy
15:40 - 15:50 GRAB A DRINK!
15:50 - 16:30
Is AI the End of BI as We Knew It?
Shaun McGIrr
08:45 - 09:00 Day 2 - Welcome & Conference Opening
09:00 - 09:40
A Practical Guide to Seizing the Means of Prediction
Shaun McGIrr
09:45 - 10:45
AI for Decision Intelligence: Unlocking Smarter, Faster, More Strategic Workflows
Dan Stillerman
Avi Levy
10:45 - 11:15 TEA BREAK
11:15 - 11:55
Driving Value from AI and implementations for a Gen AI ready Organisation
Nkululeko Thangelane
12:40 - 13:30 LUNCH BREAK
13:30 - 14:10
Data Governance: Strategic Advantage in BI & AI
Ingrid Nangula Mukendwa
14:15 - 14:55
Data and AI Literacy: How to Leverage the Whole Organisation
Simon Asplen-Taylor
14:55 - 15:15 CONFERENCE CLOSE

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