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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 

Item Title

08:30-09:00

Marelie Botha
ACSG Chairperson
Welcome and Opening Ceremony

Item Title

09:00-10:00

Gerdi Mulder
Senior Industrial Psychologist, Fitt Talent
People Analytics for the Future of Work

Item Title

10:20-11:05

Kevin P. Distiller &
Cathy Sims
Managing Director, Odyssey
Founder and Executive Director of the South African Graduate Employers Association
Building Talent for Tomorrow: how to leverage transferable skills through psychometrics to address the youth unemployment crises

Item Title

11:15-12:00

Veronique Rossouw & Carla Du Plessis
Industrial and Organisational Psychologist, Fitt Talent
&
Industrial and Organisational Psychologist, Fitt Talent
Future-Proof Leadership Assessments: Identifying Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

Item Title

12:10-12:55

Sebastian Clifton, PhD
Management Consultant
Timing is everything? Investigating common beliefs about assessment time-related conditions

Item Title

12:55-13:15

Marelie Botha
ACSG Chairperson
Closing

Item Title

13:15-14:00

Lunch Break
Lunch Break
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