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2025 Conference Tracks 

The 2025 conference theme explores strategies to assess talent to meet evolving industry demands and technological advancements. The focus is placed on assessing and identifying the essential skills and competencies needed for the future workforce.

Emerging Skills and Competencies

  • Identifying future-ready competencies like critical thinking and balancing technological proficiency with people skills.

  • Focus on emerging skills and competency needs in various sectors.

  • Best practices in identifying which employees are best suited to future advancements.

Talent Management and Workforce Planning

  • Aligning workforce planning with future skills needs and adapting recruitment strategies to attract talent with necessary skills.

  • Data analytics for identifying skill gaps, learning paths, and evaluating the effectiveness of training programs.

  • Preparing for the gig economy, understanding the competencies required to thrive in the gig economy.

Assessment Practices to Drive Reskilling Strategies

  • The use of assessments to identify skill gaps and adaptability, case studies showcasing best practices.​​

  • Advanced assessment tools and AI-driven analytics to meet evolving business needs

  • Leveraging technology in identifying skill gaps and tailoring reskilling strategies.

ACSG Conference Programme 

08:00 – 09:00

Arrival

Marelie Botha
Marelie Botha

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome and Opening Ceremony

Filip Lievens
Filip Lievens

09:30 – 10:30

International Keynote Presentation:
Talent assessment in the 21st century: Progress and Challenges

10:30 – 10:45

Commemorative Group Photo

10:45 – 11:15

Refreshment Break

Pieter Bronkhorst
Pieter Bronkhorst

11:15 – 12:15

Why your leadership framework is outdated: How AI has revolutionised it

Salome Jansen van Vuuren
Salome Jansen van Vuuren

11:15 – 12:15

Decoding the Superworker: Measuring Human Readiness for an AI-Enabled World of Work

 Zoelfah Hardien-Marriday
Zoelfah Hardien-Marriday

12:20 – 13:20

Identifying Future Entrepreneurs in Southern Africa: Insights from the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation’s Second Validation Study

Sebastian Clifton
Sebastian Clifton

12:20 – 13:20

Beyond the Hype: Safeguarding Assessment Integrity in the Age of AI

13:20 – 14:20

LUNCH

Alex Terblanche
Alex Terblanche

14:20 – 15:20

Reclaiming The Human Touch: The Enduring Value of In-Person Development Centres in A Digital Era

Elrie Oosthuysen
Elrie Oosthuysen

14:20 – 15:20

There is no future for psychometrists in South Africa. A debate for and against the statement

Uanda Ndou
Uanda Ndou

15:20 – 16:20

The Missing Link in HR Transformation: Coaching Development Assessment Centres

David Phekoetsile
David Phekoetsile

15:20 – 16:20

Transforming Public Sector Talent Management in Botswana: Institutionalizing a National Assessment and Development Centre for Competency-Based Human Resource Excellence

16:20 – 16:50

ACSG Annual General Meeting

16:50

Drinks and Networking

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