Advanced Leadership for Women in ICT Summit 2016 is an interactive and exciting event bringing together emerging and current female leaders in ICT to network and share inspiring leadership experiences, discuss key priorities and challenges confronting female leaders. Attendees will hear inspirational accounts of the leadership journeys of senior women, gain skills for career development and managing transitions into senior ICT roles. For more details contact johan@tc-hub.co.za

1. ADVANCED LEADERSHIP FOR WOMEN IN ICT SUMMIT
15th - 16th September 2016, Michelangelo Hotel on Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton, Johannesburg
Strategies, Tools and Inspirational Advice to Champion Leadership Potential and Business
Excellence in Evolving ICT Roles

2. FAITH BURN
Head IT Africa, Novartis
COLLEEN LIGHTBODY
Managing Director, Brainwise Coaching and
Learning
WHY THIS SUMMIT
Women in modern times are surpassing social and cultural barriers, making tremendous contributions to the advancement of ICT. While many are
rising and taking up pivotal roles, breaking through unique challenges and emerging as successful ICT leader remains a challenge. Women are still
under-represented in senior ICT roles. Organizations must therefore continue to proactively address this through the provision of opportunities,
supportive networks and programs which recognize the value of female leadership in ICT.
OVERVIEW
Advanced Leadership for Women in ICT Summit 2016 is an interactive and exciting event bringing together emerging and current female leaders
in ICT to network and share inspiring leadership experiences, discuss key priorities and challenges confronting female leaders. Attendees will
hear inspirational accounts of the leadership journeys of senior women, gain skills for career development and managing transitions into senior
ICT roles.
KEY ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:
• The foundations of breakthrough leadership
• The science of leading systems change and ICT projects
• Achieving optimum performance as an ICT professional
• The neuroscience evidence in support of female leadership
• Leading in a traditionally male-oriented industry
• Leadership techniques for building high-performing teams
• Strengthening your ICT skills to become a confident and authentic leader
• Managing emotions in the workplace
• Strategies for increased participation of women in leadership
WHO’S ATTENDING?
ICT Senior Executives, Directors, CIO’s, Senior Managers and other ICT professionals interested in improving their skills in: leadership, conflict
resolution, work-life balance, negotiation, networking and the development and mentoring of others.
BERNEDETTE MUTHIEN (TO
BE CONFIRMED)
Deputy Director General: Social
Transformation and Economic
Empowerment, Department in the
Presidency Responsible for Women
MORONGWA MAKGAMATHO
Performance Management and OD
Consultant, Morongwa Makakane and
Associates
PHOKENG MOHATLANE
Chief Information Officer, Cross Boarder
Road Transport Agency
PORTIA LINDIWE SIMELANE
Group Manager: IT Governance and
Resilience, Airports Company South Africa
JILL HAMLYN
Master Executive Leadership Business
Coach, The People Business
SANDRA LA BELLA
Chief Information Officer, Absa

3. JILL HAMLYN - Master Executive Leadership Business Coach, The People Business
THE FOUNDATIONS OF BREAKTHROUGH LEADERSHIP
• Building a healthy and successful organisation
• The essential disciplines of a leader
• Emotional intelligence, understanding ourselves and others
• Understanding and adapting to different personality types, individual communication and working styles
10:15 - 11:30 | Session II:
SANDRA LA BELLA - Chief Information Officer, Absa
ACHIEVING OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE AS AN ICT PROFESSIONAL: DRIVING INNOVATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
In order to keep ahead of the game in this fast paced and ever changing landscape, ICT professionals must be adaptable to achieve their
maximum potential and provide value to their business. This ensures that they are able to successfully design, implement and continuously
improve ICT strategies. This session will explore practical ideas for communication professionals to achieve goals, foster innovation and
ultimately improve their external and internal stakeholder engagement.
Discuss:
• Key skills for effective ICT professionals
• Boosting performance and working with a limited budget
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement
11:30 - 11:45 | Morning Break:
11:45 - 13:00 | Session III:
PHOKENG MOHATLANE - Chief Information Officer, Cross Boarder Road Transport Agency
THE SCIENCE OF LEADING SYSTEMS CHANGE AND ICT PROJECTS
• The governance and leadership of business systems change and projects
• Essential controls for successful projects
• Engaging stakeholders as your champions and partners
• Compelling communication: presentations, business cases, and reports
• The business recovery of troubled projects
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 | Session IV:
PORTIA LINDIWE SIMELANE - Group Manager: IT Governance and Resilience, Airports Company South Africa
LEADING IN A TRADITIONALLY MALE-ORIENTED INDUSTRY
While women continue to make inroads as leaders in traditionally male-dominated industries and many of these corporations are seeking to
increase diversity in their workforce, particularly among their management ranks, the reality is still less than perfect. This session takes an in-
depth look at what it takes for women in leadership to succeed in former male bastions.
• Is it necessary to adopt male behavior patterns and thought processes to succeed?
• Merit-based objectivity: emerging reality or elusive ideal?
• How to encourage better gender balance in your organization
• Tales from the front: women in leadership put to the test
• Overcoming talent management systems that are frequently vulnerable to pro-male biases
15:00 - 15:15 | Afternoon Break
15:15 - 16:30 | Session V:
MORONGWA MAKGAMATHO - Performance Management and OD Consultant, Morongwa Makakane and Associates
MANAGING EMOTIONS IN THE WORKPLACE
A combination of today’s fast-paced, high-pressure workplace and the many competing demands on our time and energy outside work can
make it a real challenge to manage our emotions in the workplace. How we remain authentic, yet deal effectively with negative emotions in the
workplace, is a key to our professional reputation, credibility and success.
This session will provide you with best practices and tools for:
• Understanding how the way you manage your emotions affects your job performance and career success
• Managing your own emotions and remaining in control even in the most challenging workplace situations
• Dealing with others’ negative emotions in the workplace
• Identifying your emotional triggers and changing how you react to high-stress situations
• Expressing anger in ways that achieves positive results
END OF DAY 1
DAY 108:30 | Registration Opens
08:30 - 08:55 | Snacks in the Knowledge Exchange Area
08:55 - 09:00 | Welcome and Introductory
09:00 - 10:15 | Session I:

4. COLLEEN LIGHTBODY - Managing Director, Brainwise Coaching and Learning
THE NEUROSCIENCE EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF FEMALE LEADERSHIP
An expert in Neuroscience will draw on the latest research into female leadership traits and characteristics and discuss ways to support, promote
and develop female leaders, including:
• Do women and men lead differently? If so, is there evidence to support that a woman’s leadership style is more or less effective than a
man’s?
• What are the benefits to organisations that promote female leadership?
10:15 - 11:30 | Session II:
FAITH BURN - Head IT Africa, Novartis
LEADERSHIP TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS IN ICT
Well-integrated, high-performing teams-those that “click”-never lose sight of their goals and are largely self-sustaining. In fact, they seem to take
on a life of their own. And it all comes down to leadership. Leaders operate in an organized, systematic way to build successful teams, and that
the formula not only involves what leaders should say and do, but also what they should not say and do. It also involves working backwards-
leaders should envisage the future before dealing with the present.
This session will discuss behaviors consistently demonstrated by high-impact leaders including:
• Defining clear goals or a vision of the future in accordance with overall organizational aims
• Creating blueprints for action to achieve those goals
• Using language to build trust, encourage forward thinking and create energy within the team
• Getting the right people involved
11:30 - 11:45 | Morning Break:
11:45 - 13:00 | Session III:
BERNEDETTE MUTHIEN (TO BE CONFIRMED) - Deputy Director General: Social Transformation and Economic Empowerment, Department
in the Presidency Responsible for Women
STRATEGIES FOR INCREASED PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
The progress of women into ICT roles has been positive but slow, and based on current trends; change is likely to take another half century to
achieve. Similarly, women’s progression into senior executive positions in the public and private sectors remains sluggish. A number of initiatives
and strategies have been implemented to promote women’s leadership and development in South Africa.
This session will cover:
• Programs and support for women’s development in Higher Education
• Challenges to be overcome in Higher Education for female leaders
• Overview of women’s leadership globally
• Successful strategies, impact and reasons for effectiveness
• Changing behavior and practice
• Supporting women
• Government’s enabling environment
• Regulating targets for diversity
13:00 - 14:00 | NETWORKING LUNCH
END OF EVENT
DAY 208:30 | Registration Opens
08:30 - 08:55 | Snacks in the Knowledge Exchange Area
08:55 - 09:00 | Welcome and Introductory
09:00 - 10:15 | Session I: