38 (4IR) has brought with it the urgency for human capital to successfully embrace and co-exist with digital technologies. overview home to three departments and one centre, the department of Applied information systems, department of information Knowledge management, department of marketing management and the technopreneurship Centre, 2019 was for the school of Consumer intelligence and information systems (sCiis) marked by exciting moments and achievements. some of the school’s highlights from the 2019 academic year are discussed below. introduction oF the new continuous educAtion progrAmmes the fourth industrial Revolution (4iR) has brought with it the urgency for human capital to successfully embrace and co-exist with digital technologies like never. in 2019, sCiis introduced new continuous education programmes under the digital know-how short learning programmes (slp) series. the slps are aimed at facilitating the development of digital skills that will best serve the needs of south Africa and the continent of Africa in this age of 4iR and beyond. included in the series are five standalone semesterlong slPs, namely Basics of data, Programming and applications in Business, digital advertising, internet-of-things and Consumer applications, Virtual Reality and Business Application, and Big data and Business Applications. with funding support from the media information, Communication and technology (miCt) sEtA, over 90 tvEt College lecturers registered for the Basics of data, programming and Applications in Business slp and the digital Advertising slp in 2019. tvEt College lecturers in class at uJ - up-skilling and reskilling for the 4iR and beyond (1) co-hosting oF the 4th internAtionAl conFerence on the internet, cyber security And inFormAtion systems (icicsis) the department of applied information systems, in collaboration with the university of Botswana, co-hosted the 4th iCiCsis at sunnyside Park hotel, Johannesburg, from 31 october to 1 november 2019. the conference was held under the theme ‘Business information security and digital transformation in the fourth industrial revolution’. it brought together national as well as international researchers and practitioners to share cutting edge research and good practice focused on how information and cyber security are being shaped by emerging trends in 4iR. 2019 iCiCsis Conference Chair, Prof Kennedy njenga, addressing some of the delegates (2) the sciis technopreneurship centre going on A hAckAthon winning streAk #living4irhack winning team. (3) the technopreneurship Centre at sCiis is a hub that involves students in building innovative technological solutions that address business, economic and societal challenges. in 2019, the Centre through its teams of students and their proF mercy mpingAnjirA Director: School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems
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