Consumer culture, technology and business – we know what the world was like in the 1960s and 70s, but what is the inevitable future in the next 30 years? In this warp-speed world it is no longer sufficient to learn from experience – we must learn to learn from the future! This presentation is a roller-coaster ride from the culture of the sixties and seventies, the so-called Age of Aquarius - and the attitudes, products and companies it spawned – to the potential scenarios of the next 3 decades. What could we have learnt about the future back then? Why did we miss some of the most important new developments such as the personal computer and the impact of the mobile phone? And learning from perfect hindsight, what can we realistically predict for the 2020s and beyond?

This session aims to promote thinking and discussion about how to implement the lessons learned from the cyber wars to better assess and reduce national cyber risk. The interdependency between government and the critical infrastructure, both within and horisontally across the sectors within each nation, requires a new approach to addressing cyber risk - one that relies on an organised and resourced public-private partnership, rather than simply government leadership. This collaboration and the information sharing that is an important component that necessitates engagement with other nations (governments and private entities) and CERTS in the region and globally.

Convergence is the pre-eminent force shaping today’s global ICT landscape. Telkom’s Next Generation Network (NGN) build-out programme (currently in year three) will enable various portfolios of new products and next generation versions of existing products.
This presentation will examine:
• The convergence phenomenon.
• The architecture and characteristics of the NGN within the ambit of requirements demanded by a converged ICT market.
Delegates will:
• Gain insight into Telkom’s NGN plan, from 2006 when build-out commenced in earnest, until 2010/11 when the NGN will be fully functional.
• Access information on Internet Protocol and how this technology enables convergence
• Discover more about Telkom’s NGN-enabled products and services.
• Grow their understanding of e-Government and the manner in which NGN technologies can contribute to speed up the introduction of e-Government.
• Learn about Telkom’s partnerships with Government.
In addition, Motlatsi Nzeku will provide an overview of Telkom’s communication architecture for a much-anticipated event: the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, including the local and national network and the proposed network solution.

Sub-optimal outcomes of ERP implementations are common place. In fact, according to a Financial Mail report, 19 out of 20 ERP implementations do NOT deliver what was promised; with projects going 100% over budget regularly being reported. This presentation will discuss why this happens and what is required to overcome the problem and achieve successful outcomes. Particular attention will be devoted to strategic alignment and strategic intent where strategy is defined as “the essence of why the organisation exists and how it thrives”. The reality of “discovery failure” as the real problem versus “change of scope” will be explored and some pointers given as to how effective discovery can have a huge impact on the costs and success of a project. The importance of the “first hour” of engagement will be stressed.

Transformation is taking place at all levels of government and public organisations are adopting new delivery models to maximize public value, notably via collaborative outcomes. Through these new models and leveraging a new technology platform approach focused on business processes and an innovative industry collaboration model, public organisations are achieving new levels of efficiency, flexibility and co-innovation, thereby maximising public value.

In this session, Angela Russo will explore the advantageous and critical aspects behind Italy’s decision to centralise public procurement and the involvement of Consip, a limited company entirely owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), in making this happen. The presentation will highlight how Consip approached the challenge of developing a rationalisation programme on Public Spending for Goods and Services, as well as the procurement model and electronic tools through which this was done. It will touch on the initial cultural resistance Consip came up against, both from Public Administrations and suppliers, and the concrete actions implemented to support change management. In particular, the presentation will provide insight into the legal scenario, the roles played by each stakeholder, Consip’s attention to SMEs and its role with respect to other regional procurement agencies.