AI Expo Africa – Connecting local, regional & global 4IR thought leadership across Africa
The speaker submission process for AI Expo Africa 2021 is now OPEN. As with previous years our speaking programme is broken down into the following 4 themes / tracks;
INNOVATION
Talks that showcase new applications, research and innovation in 4IR technologies
PLATFORMS
Talks leveraging commercial software platforms, cloud, RPA, bespoke or Open Source
CASE STUDIES
Talks showcasing real-world business, societal or AI 4 Good use cases
DEMOS
Deeper dive tech demos that are more hands on and technically complex
Talks are delivered online, pre-recorded “as live” and delegates will have the chance to interact with speakers live via Q&A chat functionality, live speaker lounge, live networking lounge or back at the vendor e-booth via video chat. Even if you miss a talk – don’t worry! All talks are archived and so you can watch them at any time 24/7 for 30 days.
Submission process & key dates
- We normally receive in excess of 160+ submissions per year for 80 speaking slots and we do have a reserve list.
- The initial list of 20 speakers will be notified in April 2021 with the final tranche of 60 speakers notified in July 2021.
- Once your speaking slot is confirmed you will be required to send us your talk as a pre-corded 30 minute long presentation in MP4 format
- All talk files must be submitted for upload no later than August 13th 2021
- Submissions that are none compliant will be rejected
- Click the button below to submit your abstract TODAY
The 2020 Speaker Line-up
We had a truly diverse mix of local, regional and global thought leaders with a senior level opening plenary session including ministerial, ambassadorial, academic and industry representation.
Our speakers covered a big set of subjects ranging from synthetic agents, ethics, fraud, SDLC, healthcare, banking, smart cities, RPA, Government policy, talent acquisition, quantum computing, chatbots and customer service to name but a few. When you join the show you can configure your own bespoke agenda so you maximise your time with the people you want to meet and talk to.
- Hon Minister Thembisile Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams – Dept Communications, Telecommunications & Postal Services, South Africa
- Hon Minister David Maynier – Western Cape Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, South Africa
- Ambassador – French Embassy in South Africa
- Ambassador – Swiss Embassy in South Africa
- Ambassador – Netherlands Embassy in South Africa
- Prof Tshilidzi Marwala – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg & Deputy Chair Presidential 4IR Commission, South Africa
- Olubayo Adekanmbi – CTO MTN Nigeria & Founder Data Science Nigeria – Africa and AI : Counting what counts
- Rudeon Snell – Senior Director – Intelligent Enterprise Solutions, SAP – Bias in AI – Understanding and managing the risks
- Kay Firth Butterfield – Head of AI, World Economic Forum – Governance and the great RESET
- Michael Langeveld – Vice President Europe, Huawei – Building Inclusive AI
AI Expo Africa 2020 Speakers
Hon Minister Thembisile Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams – South Africa
Dept Communications, Telecommunications & Postal Services, SA
Prof Tshilidzi Marwala – South Africa
Vice Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg
Hon Minister David Maynier – South Africa
Western Cape Provincial Government – Finance and Economic Opportunities
Ambassador Han Peters – Netherlands
Dutch Ambassador – South Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Aurelien Lechevallier – France
French Ambassador in South Africa
Ambassador Dr Nicolas Bruhl – Switzerland
Swiss Ambassador in South Africa
Dr Bayo Adekanmbi – Nigeria
CTO MTN & Founder Data Science Nigeria
Kay Firth Butterfield – USA
Head of AI, World Economic Forum
Rudeon Snell – South Africa
Global Senior Director – Industries & Customer Advisory, SAP
Michael Langeveld – South Africa
Vice President – Huawei SA
Fred Werner – Switzerland
Head, Strategic Engagement Division (TSB) at International Telecommunication Union
Guy Kirkwood – UK
Chief Evangelist – UiPath
Greg Newton – South Africa
Africa Sales Director – Blue Prism SA
Andre Sankar – South Africa
Head RPA COE – Nedbank
Mohammad Albataineh – Canada
Global Director Artificial Intelligence – Microsoft
Karim Beguir – Tunisia
CEO – InstaDeep
Monica Livingston – USA
AI Sales & STEM Education Advocate – Intel
Radhika Anand – USA
Strategic Alliances & AI Programs – Intel
Greg McDonald – South Africa
Systems Engineering Director – Dell Technologies
Kate Kallot – UK
Director, AI & Machine Learning – Arm
Neil Sahota – USA
UN AI Advisor & Chief Innovation Officer, University of California
Alison B Lowndes – UK
AI DevRel | EMEA – NVIDIA
Lenore Kerrigan – South Africa
Head of Sales SA – UiPath
Darlington Akogo – Ghana
CEO KaraAgro AI, MinoHealth AI Labs & Runmila AI Institute
Ryan Falkenberg – South Africa
CEO CLEVVA
CEO KaraAgro AI, MinoHealth AI Labs & Runmila AI Institute
Gregg Barrett – South Africa
CEO, Cirrus AI
John Kamara – Kenya
CEO Afyarekod
Alex Tsado – USA
Co-founder Alliance for AI
Johan Hattingh – South Africa
Assistant Manager – Deloitte
Jan Krynauw – South Africa
CEO, Alis_
George Thomas – South Africa
Business Development Director – Huawei
Renée Cummings – USA
Criminologist & AI Ethicist, Columbia University
Celina Lee – South Africa
Director Ixio Analytics & ZINDI
Dr Mark Nasila – South Africa
Chief Analytics Officer: FNB Chief Risk Office, FNB
Victor Riparbelli – UK
CEO, Synthesia
Kimara Naicker – South Africa
PhD Researcher, Quantum Research Group, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Jamie Peers – South Africa
Business Development Director, Synatic
Nazareen Ebrahim – South Africa
AI researcher, Socially Acceptable
Hardus Swanepoel – South Africa
Data Engineer, DotModus
Tshepo Moagi – South Africa
Data Scientist, Anglo American
Daniel Wertheimer – South Africa
Data Scientist, Absa
Mustapha Zaouini – South Africa
CEO Fliptin
Antoine Paillusseau – South Africa
Co-founder / CEO, FinChatBot
Mutembei Kariuki – Kenya
Co-founder & CEO, Fastagger
Neil Rankin – South Africa
Data Scientist/Economist – Predictive Insights
Marc Emert – South Africa
Customer Experience – Solution Sales, SAP
Pieter van Eyssen – UK
Principal Solution Consultant, Genesys
Marais Neethling – South Africa
Customer Experience Lead, Synthesis Software Technologies
McElory Hoffmann – South Africa
CEO, Praelexis
Tumelo Setlaba – South Africa
Head of Operations & Training, Enlabeler
Even Oldridge – Canada
Sr. Manager, Recommender Systems, NVIDIA
Simon Jagers – Netherlands
Founder Semiotic Labs
Sumanth Vakada – USA
CEO, Qualetics Data Machines
Loretta Cheeks – USA
CEO, DS Innovation
Dalith Steiger – Switzerland
Co-founder, SwissCognitive
Minda Marshall – South Africa
Co-director, Lectorsa
Nella Oluoch – Kenya
CEO Keypetbooks
Kathryn Malherbe – South Africa
CEO, Medical AI solutions
Anni Toner – South Africa
CEO, The Data Shack Group
Andre Blaauw – South Africa
Associate Director, PwC
Shaun Moore – USA
CEO, Trueface
Kevin Derman – South Africa
CEO – Kaskade Cloud
Nelson Aseka – Kenya
CEO, AIfluence
Gift Lubele – South Africa
COO, Kudoti
Ronnie Toerien – South Africa
HCM Development & Strategy Leader – Africa, Oracle Corporation
Lebogang Martins – South Africa
Smart building IoT Project Manager, IoTnxt
Merelda Wu – South Africa
Lead Data Scientist, Melio Consulting
Hatem Haddad – Tunisia
Co-Founder, CTO and R&D Director, iCompass
Gideon Onyewuenyi – Nigeria
Machine Learning Engineer, Pyloop
Kais MEJRI – Tunisia
General Director of innovation & Technology development, Ministry of industry and SME’s
Rudradeb Mitra – Poland
Founder, Omdena Inc
Ati Ngubevana – South Africa
Group Executive Head of Department – Digital Progress Re-engineering, Vodacom
Naomi Molefe – South Africa
Strategic Sourcing and Research Specialist, Women in Big Data SA
Tokologo Phetla – South Africa
MD, Christopher Africa
Ronald Du Toit – South Africa
Data Scientist, Allan Gray
Knut Hinkelmann – Switzerland
Head of Intelligent Information Systems Research Group, FHNW University
Johan Steyn – South Africa
Senior Manager, IQbusiness
Thavash Govender – South Africa
Data and AI Specialist Lead, Microsoft, South Africa
Stephan Eyeson – UK & South Africa
CEO, Survey54
Bonaventure Dossou – Germany
Researcher Jacobs University
Chris Emezue – Germany
Researcher TUM, Germany
Eija-Leena Koponen – Finland
AI Lead, SomeBuddy
Ali Srour – Germany
CEO, Chief Data Scientist and AI Strategist, SocialLab
Erhica Korf – South Africa
Machine Learning Developer, Specno
Chasity Wright – USA
Founder, Infiltron Software Suite
Amit Varma – Canada
CEO, Braintoy
