IAI - Innovating Africa's Industries Event

Primaries + Metals
Venue: Fabia 2

Time

Program

Speaker

07h30 - 09h00

Registration

 

09h00 - 09h10

Welcome and Introduction

 

09h10 - 10h15

Endress+Hauser – Smart Mining with Big Data

Jenish Gheewala

Endress+Hauser

10h15 - 11h00

Digitising Automation

William Basson

Rockwell Automation

11h00 - 1h30

Coffee Break

 

11h30 - 12h30

 Evolution of Digital Automation

Nic Schoeman

Alan Strydom

Andrew Anderson

DRA

12h30 -13h30

Advanced Thickener Control

Dr Sohail Nazari

Andritz

13h30 -14h30

Lunch

 

14h30 -15h00

Plant Challenges

Dhiren Naidoo

Charl McAllister

Endress+Hauser

15h00 - 16h00

Digital Transformation

Pleasure Mnisi

Exxaro

16h00 - 16h30

Panel Discussion

All

16h30 -19h00

Cocktail Event and Networking

 

Food + Beverage 
Venue: Julia

Time

Program

Speaker

07h30 - 09h00

 Registration

 

09h00 - 09h10

Welcome and Introduction

 

09h10  - 09h30

Engineering Management Challenges

Francois Theron

Clover

09h30 - 10h30

Hygienic Design 

Herbert  Makhubele

GEA

10h30 - 11h00

End User Expectations for Seamless Integration

Saziso Nginda

ABInBev

11h00 - 11h30

 Coffee Break

 

11h30 - 12h30

 Digitalisation in the Food & Beverage Industry 

Anban Pillai

Endress+Hauser

12h30 -13h30

Smart Factory Cloud Solutions

Ravi Saroop

Krones

13h30 -14h30

Lunch

 

14h30 -15h00

 Live Demo

Thomas Schmidt

Endress+Hauser

15h00 -16h00

Alliance Partnership

Jayant Mistry

Rockwell Automation

16h00 -16h30

Panel Discussion – Q&A

All

16h30 -19h00

Cocktail Event and Networking

 

 

Water + Wastewater
Venue: Fabia 1

Time

Program

Speaker

07h30 - 09h00

Registration

 

09h00 - 09h10

Welcome and Introduction

 

09h10 -11h00

Water and Wastewater: The situation in South African 

Preserve Water Quality – Netilion Smart Systems 

Hennie Pretorius

Thomas Schmidt 

Endress+Hauser

11h00 -11h30

Coffee Break

  

11h30 -12h30

Nereda® An Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Technology

Wayne Taljaard

WEC Projects

12h30 -13h30

Journey to Digital Water

Sagren Govender

Rockwell Automation

13h30 -14h30

Lunch

 

14h30 -15h15

Wastewater Technology

Riaan Botha and Nico Visser

GEA

15h15 -16h00

Live Demo

Hennie Pretorius

Endress+Hauser

16h00 -16h30

Panel Discussion – Q&A

All

16h30 -19h00

Cocktail Event and Networking