Program Schedule

Built for the Future of AI Engineering

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Johannesburg : November 12, 2026

Programme Schedule

ATLANTA: October 1, 2026

08:00 – 08:50

Registration 

08:50 – 09:00

Welcome Note

09:00 – 09:45

Keynote

Dr. Barıs Sarıalioglu
Founder, Managing Partner, TesterYou

09:45 – 10:30

From Chatbot to Digital Employee: A Live Agentic AI Experiment

Kenan IsraelKenan Israel
Senior Data and AI Architect, Discovery Insure

10:30 – 11:00

Refreshment Break

11:00 – 11:45

The Dual Frontier of AI Quality: Governing Model Drift, and Managing Potential Technical Debt from AI Assisted Development

Carington Phahlamohlaka
Manager, Machine Learning, LexisNexis

11:45 – 12:30

The Architecture of Trust: Designing AI Agents That Know Their Limits.

Bophelo Makhetha
Senior Manager: Software Engineering, MTN

12:30 – 13:15

Networking Lunch

13:15 – 14:00

Track Talk 4
Dr. Barıs Sarıalioglu
Founder, Managing Partner, TesterYou

14:00 – 15:00

Panel Discussion

Dr. Barıs Sarıalioglu
Founder, Managing Partner, TesterYou

15:00 – 15:15

Refreshment Break

15:15 – 17:15

Tutorial

Dr. Barıs Sarıalioglu
Founder, Managing Partner, TesterYou

17:15 – 17:30

Closing and Wrap-Up