The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) is pleased to announce the relaunch of its Special Interest Group in Cybersecurity (SIGCyber), with a highly topical panel discussion on national cyber security efforts. Join this event moderated by Dr Jabu Mtsweni: Head of Information and Cyber Security Centre at the CSIR, with panellists Dr […]

Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Everyone: How do we shape a better future? The smart technology era will change life on earth in ways previously unimagined. In many countries, including South Africa, it seems that the government, many large businesses and much of society are not awake to the rapid changing landscape. The power of this technology could run […]

AN IITPSA SIGiST Event: Being a Human Tester in the Digital World, 19 August 2021 This session is designed to assist software testers to carry out paradigm shifts in their mindset about Software Testing and the Software Tester's role. The session will hopefully help attendees to set the practical standards for the future of the software […]

Women in IT, a chapter of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA), invites you to this special Women’s Month event to compare notes on how women IT professionals are juggling the work from home environment, and learn coping mechanisms to make it all less stressful. This engaging and impactful talk will give […]

A shortage of computer scientists and an even more serious need for coding and software development facilities in the country’s low-income areas, has prompted innovation in reaching these disadvantaged communities. TANKS and BOATS Coding Apps introduces coding to learners who do not have access to PCs. It uses tangible tokens and image recognition using mobile […]

Wits University’s Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE), in partnership with the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA), have concluded the first South African ICT Skills Survey since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Attend the launch of the 2021 JCSE-IITPSA ICT Skills Survey report to discover what impact the pandemic and lockdown […]

Ethereum 2 is a major planned upgrade to the Ethereum Blockchain that is currently in progress. In this presentation John Singh will discuss the technical aspects of the upgrade including beacon chains, sharding and proof of stake. The expected timeline and completed phases of the upgrade will be analysed in depth for impact on the […]

ISACA SA Chapter and the IITPSA invite you to a scheduled Zoom webinar on the topic: The Future of Automation: Intelligence & Autonomy, with guest speaker Johan Steyn, IITPSA Gauteng Chapter Chair and Chair of Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at IITPSA. The event will take place tomorrow, 29 September at 16h30. […]

Are the career prospects for Enterprise Architects (EA) at a dead end? Do they still offer value to organisations? How does EA’s operate in the smart technology era where everything is being automated and where machines are replacing many? We have invited three industry experts from the local market to debate this hypothesis. The panel […]