Conference Sponsor and Organisers

Sponsors

A range of sponsorship opportunities was made available, and is still available for ISSA2006.

Conference Organisers

University of Johannesburg Academy for Information Technology

Until this year, the Academy was known as the RAU, Standard Bank Academy for Information Technology. The name change reflects the merged entity, comprising RAU, Technikon Witwatersrand and Vista Soweto Campus, that came into effect in January 2005. The Academy is made up of three departments namely, Computer Science, Informatics and Information Technology Management. It has extensive resources to facilitate excellence in terms of the graduate and post-graduate courses on offer. These include the lecturing staff, as well as computer laboratories, libraries and constant exposure to industry through various projects.
Visit the Academy's website at: http://csweb.rau.ac.za


University of Pretoria Department of Computer Science
The University of Pretoria Computer Science Department offers opportunities for studies in BSc Information Technology and BSc Computer Science on under- and post-graduate levels. These comprehensive, industry-relevant courses cover a number of the facets of information technology.
Visit the website at: http://www.cs.up.ac.za

University of South Africa School of Computing
The School of Computing at Unisa offers comprehensive tertiary distance education in the computer-related fields. These offerings are available to any student from any part of the world. Students can enrol for a wide range of qualifications from single modules certificates, through to obtaining PhDs in the fields of Computer Science, Information Systems, or Information Technology. The School consists of four departments: Theoretical Computing, Software Development, Software Construction and Systems Organisation. It has access to an excellent range of resources to facilitate both education and research. The specialist areas of research are Information Security, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Ethics, Theoretical Computing, and Electronic Education Technologies and Strategies.
The School’s website can be found at: http://ww.cs.unisa.ac.za


Sponsors

KPMG
Transformation is central to our values and a fundamental driver of almost all that we do at KPMG. We strongly believe in living our values and our vision for transformation focuses on the full spectrum of empowerment: people (equal opportunities), clients (value creation), and communities (KPMG stakeholders).

In addition, we are proud of being South Africans, successfully operating in the global market place. KPMG has transformed itself into a global organisation, a truly multi-disciplinary firm known for its innovative practices. It is at the forefront in delivering industry specific service offerings, ideas, insight and understanding of complex client needs. Visit the website at: http://ww.kpmg.co.za



Supporting Organisations

ITECHNEWS
SSA2005 is supported by media partners Computer Business online and Network Times Magazine.