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Driving Innovation and Modernisation in the Business Landscape

The SAOUG Conference 2024 is bringing a little piece of Oracle CloudWorld to South Africa. Our agenda will leverage similar content featuring the latest innovations in cloud technology, insights into how to get the most business value from AI, and how to modernise your business through automation to increase productivity and efficiency.

Oracle keynote speakers and expert presenters will share Oracle’s strategy and vision for FY25 and beyond, including the new multi-cloud collaboration with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, new AI capabilities across Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, the availability of new Oracle AI agents, the availability of first Zettascale cloud computing cluster and much more. Conference delegates will have the opportunity to learn about these new innovations and explore more secure, faster, and cost-effective ways to drive business transformation.

The two full-day Conference will take place on the 28 and 29 October, with the Gala Dinner and party being hosted on 28 October.

We encourage all delegates to book accommodation on 28 October (optional). The Conference will end at 17h00 on 29 October.

We encourage all Conference attendees to stay connected and to review the latest version of the agenda (subject to change).

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Francois Marais

Cloud Engineering Leader, Oracle Corporation

Francois is a Cloud Engineering Leader for South Africa and brings more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry and spent the last 27 years at Oracle. He has extensive experience on Oracle’s Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (OCI), Hybrid and Oracle on-premise solutions. Experience in architecting Integration solutions and is responsible for building and managing a healthy sales pipeline in all industries and working with sales to qualify, influence and close opportunities. Played a pivotal role aligning and presenting innovative technology solutions to meet the business requirements within our customers and partners accounts, bringing together both cloud and on-premise products from multiple Oracle lines of business to best meet their needs.
 
Title: Innovate with Oracle Cloud and Gen AI
Today, many organisations want generative AI for their enterprise needs. But they don’t know where to start, and the result is they’re fixating on the wrong aspects. They’re testing the model’s accuracy of generic, Internet-wide knowledge. They’re comparing detailed capability after detailed capability. They’re citing security and privacy as excuses to not get started with the most innovative technology to come onto the market in decades. Oracle brings AI to every layer of the stack and can help you to innovation your business.
 

Arthur Goldstuck

CEO, World Wide Worx

Arthur Goldstuck is an award-winning writer, analyst and technology commentator, founder of technology market research organisation World Wide Worx, and editor-in-chief of Gadget.co.za. He has received lifetime achievement recognition in multiple sectors, including the Distinguished Service in ICT Award in 2013, Southern African Speakers Hall of Fame in 2021, and Southern African Educators Hall of Fame in 2023. He is author of 20 books, including his current best-seller, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI.

 

Title: AI goes hitchhiking across Africa
AI is beginning to sound like Africa, with language models supporting local languages, and applications emerging across the continent to address the needs of the region. Arthur Goldstuck takes you on a journey of discovery, innovation and inspiration.

Sandhya Ramdhany

Country Leader & Snr Legal Director, Oracle South Africa

Sandhya Ramdhany is Oracle Corporation’s Country Leader and Legal Director for South Africa. Sandhya is the lead lawyer for Oracle’s business operations in South Africa and the SADC regions and was recently appointed as the Country Leader. Sandhya is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa with over twenty years experience. She is a graduate of the University of Kwa Zulu Natal, with a postgraduate Management Advancement Program Certificate obtained from the Wits Business School. 

Sandhya began her career at Oracle in 2013 after spending six years at Accenture. Prior to leading the South African and SADC Legal Department, Sandhya was Senior Legal Counsel for Oracle’s business in East and West Africa. Having worked extensively across the African continent, Sandhya advises the Corporation on matters relating to data privacy, GDPR, POPIA, intellectual property and the legal intricacies of cloud computing. She has led negotiations on complex, high-value transactions for Oracle. Sandhya is a Director and Company Secretary on the Oracle South Africa Board and Director on the Oracle Senegal Board.

Debra Lilley

Oracle Ace Director

Debra Lilley is Vice President of customer success at Inoapps and an Oracle ACE Director. She is a board member of Oracle Developer and Technology User Group (ODTUG) and a past president of the UK Oracle User Group. Debra led the Global User Group working with Oracle during the development of Oracle Fusion Applications. She has worked with Oracle Applications and Technology since 1996. Debra is also a chartered director.

 

Title: Oracle Applications Unlimited Customers — Put an End to Cloud Confusion
As an Oracle Applications Unlimited customer, are you confused about your next step? Should you move to Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications or run your current application on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)? Or is doing nothing the right option? Eliminate the confusion and understand the factors you should consider and the logic behind the available options. Evaluate the roadmaps and explore routes other organisations have taken through actual case studies and the reasoning behind their decision.