​Prof Johann de Villiers, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has pleasure in inviting you to the Faculty's Alumni Class Day on 10 December 2013.

A finger lunch in the company of former classmates, lecturers and 2013 graduates will be followed by a variety of interesting and topical presentations by experts in the Faculty. Thereafter prominent businessman Mr Jacko Maree of Standard Bank will deliver the keynote address.

Date: Tuesday morning, 10 December 2013
Venue: Schumann Building
Time: 10:30 – 14:00
Dress: Informal (comfortable)
RSVP: For the finger lunch, please RSVP by Monday 2 December 2013

We look forward to welcoming you back on campus! Should you have queries regarding the event, please contact Ms Wena Van der Merwe on tel 021 808 4020 or at wvdm@sun.ac.za.

Programme:
10:30 – 11:00                           Arrival and welcoming drink

Session 1 (11:00 – 11:50)          Guests may select to attend one of the following parallel presentations:

1. Prof Suzette Viviers, Department of Business Studies:
The nature and effectiveness of business ethics education.

2. Dr Trudie Sandrock, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences:
Statistics and music information retrieval, an application of statistical procedures in the music environment.                               

3. Mrs Michelle Visser, Department of Industrial Pscychology:
The role of coaching and mentoring in empowering development: a case study of an academic and community collaboration.                                                   

4. Prof Martin Butler, Business School (USB):
When will the robots rule? A peek into robotics technologies and the future implications for business and society. 

5. Mrs Anria van Zyl, Department of Accountancy:
Why integrated reporting?

6. Prof Servaas van der Berg, Department of Economics:
Education, poverty and affluence in South Africa.

7. Prof Jan Havenga, Department of Logistics:
Logistics and the end of growth – a return to global economic isolation?

Session 2 (12:00 – 13:00)  
Keynote address by Mr Jacko Maree on: Thoughts on leadership, and traits for success in the corporate world. Having stepped down as Group Chief Executive of Standard Bank earlier this year, Mr Maree has remained at the Bank as Senior Banker focusing on key client relationships.            1

13:00 – 14:00                        
Finger lunch and address by the Dean