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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 

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08:00 – 09:00

Arrival

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09:00 – 09:15

Welcoming

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09:15 – 10:15

Facilitator Jaco de Jager
Panellists: Filip Lievens; Hennie Kriek; Pieter Bronkhorst; Nicola Taylor
Plenary Session: Group Discussion
Unravelling Talent Assessment Prospects and Challenges in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Assessment Centres and Beyond

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10:15 – 10:45

Refreshment Break

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10:45 – 11:45

Morne Bester
Beyond Efficiency: Quantifying the Predictive Validity of a Science-Based Hiring Process on Retention, Productivity, and ROI in High-Volume Recruitment – Morne Bester

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10:45 – 11:45

Hlamalani Mavasa
Operationalising Assessment Centre Best Practice in the South African Public Sector: Challenges, Solutions, and Lessons Learned

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11:45 – 12:45

Svetlana Simonenko
How top managers differ from the other people. The results of the latest psychometric research – Svetlana Simonenko

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12:45 – 13:45

Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem
The Ethics of AI and AI in Ethics

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13:45 – 14:00

Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem
Closing and Announcing 2027 Keynote Speaker

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14:00 – 15:00

Marelie Botha
LUNCH
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