The aim of the seminar is to expose senior students in the school to industry trends, demands and opportunities. According to JT Janse van Rensburg, a lecturer and the organiser of the summit, the programme of the day will see several industry representatives – some of which are alumni members of the university – share their professional experiences with third-year and postgraduate students.
Several high-level companies will be represented during the summit, including the likes of Project Isizwe, Omnia, Datacentrix, Ernst & Young, CRCED Pretoria, Reverside and SAPCONET. The following topics will be discussed:
• IT in a chemical process industry
• IoT and cloud consumption
• Entrepreneurial start-ups
• Corporate experience
• Robotic process automation
• Keeping up with technology
• The IT skills gap
• Machine learning
* The School of Computer Science and Information Systems is situated in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
