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Agenda
Future
is
Human™
Registration
Step off the screen and into the room. Arrival, registration and coffee
Mark Watt
Partner | Heidrick & Struggles
08h30 - 09h00
Opening Keynote
Why the Next Digital Growth Engine Belongs to Africa
Across the African continent, there’s a restless generation who won’t wait for permission. Who refuse to let headlines of AI fear and hype dominate the conversation. In this opening address, Lincoln Mali explores why the continent’s ingenuity, resilience, and youth are the driving forces behind the next digital revolution.
Lincoln Mali
CEO, Lesaka Technologies
09h00 - 09h45
Keynote 1
Mastery of three new literacies for the AI economy
Tech transformation requires more than tools, it demands new literacies. Amy introduces the three essential intelligences shaping the AI economy. Mastering them will define the next generation of leaders.
Amy Fane Hervey
Founder | Architech
09h45 - 10h45
tea Break
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10h45 - 11h15
Masterclass 1
Finding Your Through Line: Leading with Purpose in an AI World
Without a grounded story, even the best intended disruptions fail. Your through line is your core narrative that connects who you are, what you value, and how you lead. In this interactive session, you’ll identify your personal leadership compass for the AI era.
Amy Fane Hervey
Founder | Architech
11h15 - 12h30
Lunch
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12h30 - 13h30
Masterclass 2
AI Fundamentals: Unleash your Productivity
A crash course in AI fluency for non-technical leaders. Demystify jargon, explore live examples, learn tools to 10x your productivity. We guarantee you’ll walk away speaking the language of AI confidently so no one can ever intimidate you with it again.
Amy Fane Hervey
Founder | Architech
13h30 - 14h30
Keynote 2
The Creative Dividend: Why Human Imagination Is the New Capital
Creativity, curiosity, and empathy are no longer soft skills, they are the new capital of the next economy. Greg Orme unpacks the science and stories behind The Human Edge and reveals how to cultivate the uniquely human capacities that drive innovation, trust, and growth in the age of intelligent machines.
Greg Orme
Author | The Human Edge
14h30 - 15h30
Masterclass 3
from Idea to Impact: Build Your Own AI-Enabled Product
Guided by live tools and frameworks, you’ll prototype a simple SaaS or automation product that solves a real problem in your business. Learn by doing and experience the creative thrill of moving from concept to a working demo in just one hour.
Amy Fane Hervey
Founder | Architech
15h30 - 16h30
Closing
Networking & Drinks
Join us for drinks at The Forum, with beautiful lighting, music, and space to connect with fellow leaders. A relaxed end to a high-performance day.
16h30 - 17h30
Registration
Step off the screen and into the room. Arrival, registration and coffee
Mark Watt
Partner | Heidrick & Struggles
08h30 - 09h00
Recap Day 1
Mark recaps the key breakthroughs from Day 1 distilling key lessons on building with AI and helps you convert inspiration into clear action steps for the day ahead.
Mark Watt
Partner | Heidrick & Struggles
09h00 - 09h30
Masterclass 4
How to scale your business with agentic AI
Welcome to the age of AI agents. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn exactly what an agent is as well as some high return use cases you an immediately apply to your business to buy back time. You’ll learn the principles of how to design, deploy, and integrate intelligent agents that work alongside your team. Most importantly, you will build you very own AI agent and walk away with a blueprint you can activate immediately.
Amy Fane Hervey
Founder | Architech
09h30 - 11h30
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tea Break
11h30 - 12h00
keynote 3
Lead like a human
As technology accelerates, leadership must evolve from control to connection. In this provocative and award winning global keynote, leadership expert Adam Pacifico unpacks the principles of courageous, human-centred leadership, trust, empathy, and psychological safety, that enable teams to thrive alongside machines.
Adam Pacifico
Partner | Heidrick & Struggles
12h00 - 13h00
Lunch
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13h00 - 14h00
Masterclass 5
Cognitive Intelligence: Making High-ROI Decisions in an AI World
AI is collapsing the cost of doing. That means the new leverage is no longer in knowing the tools, but in selecting the few problems worth automating or building. This session brings together seminal work on critical thinking to show leaders how to choose high-ROI projects. You’ll learn a simple lens for asking: Is this problem economically meaningful, humanly relevant, and systemically scalable? You will learn how to think at a level above tools.
Amy Fane Hervey
Founder | Architech
14h00 - 15h00
masterclass 6
The Behavioural Edge: Embedding Human Psychology into AI Products
The most successful AI products influence consumer decisions. In this masterclass, you’ll discover how behavioural economics principles like friction, nudges, and motivation can be designed into AI systems to make them more intuitive, ethical, and impactful.
Shalia Naidoo
Head of Behavioural Economics Standard Bank
15h00 - 16h00
closing
Closing the Loop: Architecting Your Human X Machine Blueprint
Over two days, you’ve built literacy, leadership, and AI leverage. In this final reflection, we will help you map out where to next on your AI journey.
Mark Watt
Partner | Heidrick & Struggles
16h00 - 16h30
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