Preliminary conference program
Please take note that this is a preliminary program and is subject to change once final registrations have been received.
Thursday, 6 November 2025
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8:30-9:30 |
Registration | Foyer, at Room #1 (Big hall) |
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9:30-9:45 |
Welcome and opening of the 10th SSIRC (Conference organiser: Prof. Crizelle Els) | Room #1 (Big hall) |
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9:45-10:30 |
SSIRC: Celebrating a decade of impact and a future of possibilities Profs Babs Surujlal and Herman van der Merwe |
Room #1 (Big hall) |
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10:30-11:00 |
Refreshment break | |
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11:00-12:00 |
Conference keynote address Prof. Leon de Beer (Norwegian University of Science and Technology / North-West University) Title: When work thinks back: The impact of artificial intelligence on work-life and the human condition. |
Room #1 (Big hall) |
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12:00-13:00 |
Conference lunch | |
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13:00-14:30 |
TRACK SESSIONS – Session 1 | |
| TRACK Business Management – Session 1 | Room #1 (Big hall) | |
| TRACK Economics – Session 1 | Room #2 | |
| TRACK Service Excellence in HEI – Session 1 | Room #3 | |
| TRACK Human Resource Management – Session 1 | Room #4 | |
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14:30-15:00 |
Refreshment break | |
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15:00-16:30 |
TRACK SESSIONS – Session 2 | |
| TRACK Business Management – Session 2 | Room #1 (Big hall) | |
| TRACK Economics – Session 2 | Room #2 | |
| TRACK Service Excellence in HEI – Session 2 | Room #3 | |
| TRACK Human Resource Management – Session 2 | Room #4 | |
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END Day 1 of conference |
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Friday, 7 November 2025
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8:30-10:00 |
TRACK SESSIONS – Session 3 | |
| TRACK Business Management – Session 3 | Room #1 (Big hall) | |
| TRACK Economics – Session 3 | Room #2 | |
| TRACK Service Excellence in HEI – Session 3 | Room #3 | |
| TRACK Human Resource Management – Session 3 | Room #4 | |
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10:00-10:30 |
Refreshment break | |
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10:30-12:00 |
TRACK SESSIONS – Session 4 | |
| TRACK Business Management – Session 4 | Room #1 (Big hall) | |
| TRACK Economics – Session 4 | Room #2 | |
| TRACK Service Excellence in HEI – Session 4 | Room #3 | |
| TRACK Law – Session 4 | Room #4 | |
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12:00-13:00 |
Conference lunch | |
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13:00-14:30 |
TRACK SESSIONS – Session 5 | |
| TRACK Business Management – Session 5 | Room #1 (Big hall) | |
| TRACK Marketing – Session 5 | Room #2 | |
| Business Resilience – Session 5 | Room #3 | |
| TRACK Law – Session 5 | Room #4 | |
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14:30-15:00 |
Refreshment break | |
| 15:00-16:30 | TRACK SESSIONS – Session 6 | |
| TRACK Business Management – Session 6 | Room #1 (Big hall) | |
| TRACK Marketing – Session 6 | Room #2 | |
| TRACK Finance and accounting & TRACK Public Sector – Session 6 | Room #3 | |
| TRACK Emerging Technology and Management – Session 6 | Room #4 | |
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16:30 |
Conference awards and closing | |
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END of conference |
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