Demand for skills in SA's ICT sector, which employs about 200 000 people, will exceed the supply by as much as 24% by 2009, according to industry statistics.
ITWeb's Brainstorm magazine, in conjunction with CompTia, Microsoft Learning and S2B, will host a free half-day seminar on 31 January that will look at the skills shortage problem facing the ICT industry.
The event is specifically targeted at CIOs, IT managers and executives with responsibility for ICT training and development.
The morning's discussions will focus on what is being done to ensure ICT skills shortages do not adversely impact SA's productivity growth, competitiveness, employment and social cohesion beyond 2010.
Ranka Jovanovic, editorial director for ITWeb, will welcome delegates and discuss the results of the ITWeb Training Survey.
Following this, there will be a presentation on government's ICT skills agenda, and Charlotte Mokoena, group executive of human resources at Telkom SA, will discuss the topic of ICT capacity building for 2010.
The final presentation of the day will be delivered by professor Barry Dwolatzky, from the School of Electrical & Information Engineering at Wits University. He will discuss: "Local ICT skills development versus foreign ICT skills: The opportunity, the threat and what industry must do."
Representatives from CompTIA, ISETT SETA, Bateleur Resourcing, Torque-IT, Microsoft and HP will take part in a panel discussion, and will ask if industry is doing enough to combat the skills shortage crisis.
ITWeb's Corporate IT Training Guide will be unveiled at the event.
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