The southern African leg of The Open Group’s Conference takes place on 17 March 2015 – as the world’s foremost experts on enterprise architecture (EA) converge at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa.
Over the past few years, The Open Group has made huge progress in developing, refining and optimising a set of EA frameworks and methodologies.
This event reflects on this progress, and looks at the state of EA globally, and within Africa. Now in its seventh year, we’ll address these themes with a series of exhibitions, international speakers, case studies and networking events.
It features a range of top-class local and international speakers – including the likes of The Open Group president Allen Brown; James Thomas (lead enterprise architect at the South African Reserve Bank); and Vusi Mdlalose (head of Reference Architecture and Tooling for the Barclays Africa Group).
Now is the time to express the transformative benefits of EA. So this conference explores how different EA practitioners have successfully established EA practices and learnt from their experiences – while collaborating and growing the discipline together.
Stuart Macgregor, CEO of The Open Group South Africa, notes that “delegates get the unique opportunity to network with professionals from around the world, and join the discussions around new innovations in the field.”
“The exhibition aspect of the event continues to expand in scope – and has become the centre for discussions around EA trends,” he adds.
The event will profile the strides that The Open Group is making in Southern Africa, through the regular engagement in forums and working groups that foster collaboration and the sharing of insights.
It also allows delegates to develop their own careers, enhance the adoption of EA within their enterprises and organisations, and find ways to address broader societal goals through EA-powered e-government programmes.
For more information on the event, please visit http://theopengroup.org/johannesburg2015.