Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 14:15 SAST
Session: The Prospect for Economic Growth and Development in Africa

Horman Chitonge is professor at the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town (UCT). His research interests include finding alternative strategies for economic growth in Africa, agrarian political economy, and poverty and Social welfare Policy. His most recent books include: Industrial Policy and the Transformation of the Colonial Economy in Africa (Routledge, 2020), Industrialising Africa: Unlocking the Economic Potential of the Continent ( Peter Lang, 2019); Social Welfare Policy in South Africa: From the Poor White Problem to a Digitised Social Contract (Peter Lang, 2018); Economic Growth and Development in Africa: Understanding Trends and Prospects (Routledge, 2015).

Location: Cape Town
Date: 3 November 2020
Time: 17:00 SAST
Session: Opportunities for Africa

Professor PLO Lumumba is the Founder of the PLO Lumumba Foundation and a consultant with Lumumba and Lumumba Advocates, a member of the Africa Justice Group (AJG). He is an Advocate of the High Courts of Kenya and Tanganyika and a certified mediator. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya FCPS (K), a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Management (FKIM) and Honorary Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS). He is the Chairman of Farafina Investment Group in Monrovia, Liberia and Economic Strategic Growth and Development Initiative for Africa based in Nigeria.
He has authored several books on diverse subjects. With several speeches on diverse subjects delivered in and outside Africa, Lumumba is recognized as one of the leading public speakers in Africa and the African in Diaspora. He is the founder of several organizations including the PLO Lumumba Foundation, a charitable organization that has been in operation since 1990. He has also been twice recognized as one of the 100 most influential Africans.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 17:15 SAST
Session: Flip your Thinking on Brand Africa

A committed Travel, Tourism & Development practitioner, Anita leads ANITA MENDIRATTA & Associates, a highly respected international consulting firm based in London, UK. With over three decades living across the globe including 20+ years in Africa, Anita’s global hands-on, cross-cultural, cross-industry experience enables her to feel the ‘heartbeat’ of nations – economic, social, political, cultural and environmental dynamics impacting and inspiring nations. Importantly, with proven acumen in mobilising impact across diplomatic, governmental and business spheres, her exceptional skills have earned her the trust needed to work directly with leadership teams, especially when facing crisis. Anita is also honoured to be SPECIAL ADVISOR to the Secretary General, UNWTO, and STRATEGIC ADVISOR to CNN INTERNATIONAL.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 3 November 2020
Time: 14:45 SAST
Session: Achieving the SDGs in Africa

"I am passionate about transforming tourism in Africa to an accountable industry that takes accounts of its social, and environmental impacts and woks to enhance opportuni-ties for sustainable development while mitigating or minimising threats and risks.

I am founder and Lead Consultant at Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda- (STTA), a Pan African organisation that is working to shape a sustainable future for Africa’s tourism.

I have over 20 years experience in sustainable tourism design, implementation and man-agement, with a bias for community led tourism and progressive conservation. Through years of working with communities I have extensive knowledge of models of effective community engagement in tourism and conservation.

Having developed and managed a certification scheme and engaged in design of several sustainable tourism awards, I have particular competencies in sustainable tourism certi-fication and sustainability assessment. I have undertake sustainability assessor assign-ments for World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World and World legacy Awards, The Long Run Ecosphere Resorts as well as judge roles for Tourism Resilience Council IIPT Awards, Eco-Warrior Awards, and serve as co-chair of Africa Tourism Leadership Awards since 2018.

I have served in the boards The International Ecotourism Society and Global Sustaina-ble Tourism Council. I currently serve I boardsFair Trade Tourism, Africa Fund for Endangered Wildlife, and Mara North Conservancy Kenya and Basecamp Foundation Kenya among others. I have bee recently been appointed to a committee of Africa Tour-ism Board in charge of policy and research.

In 2019, I was awarded the Sustainable Citizen Award by Forbes Woman Africa in recognition of outstanding contribution to awareness and knowledge of sustainability in tourism in Africa and beyond. In 2020 I was awarded the Martha Honey Legacy in Re-sponsible Travel Award.

I am currently co-editing a book on Sustainable Tourism Dialogues in Africa, a project of STTA Kenya.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 17:15 SAST
Session: Flip your Thinking on Brand Africa

A marketing and communications specialist with a passion for growing tourism brands, Sarah-Jane currently heads up Flow Communications in Cape Town, a digital marketing agency with clients such as the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company, CapeNature and Wesgro (the investment promotion agency for tourism and business in the Western Cape). She focuses on digital and social media strategies as well as overseeing the team. Prior to this Sarah-Jane spent 8 years at Ogilvy working on brands from alcohol to insurance to retail.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 17:15 SAST
Session: Flip your Thinking on Brand Africa

Brendon has been narrating cultural developments from the African continent through words, images, books and events for more than 20 years – and his publications, projects and creativity has reached all seven continents. Brendon is an award-winning designer, creative director, publisher and editor.

His publication ART AFRICA, launched in 2002, has been credited as an important catalyst in spearheading the rapidly growing profile of contemporary art from Africa globally. ART AFRICA is a crucial junction for many in the arts and cultural sectors throughout Africa, and in the diaspora, partnering with more than 20 global Africa-focussed events, as a preferred African media partner.

He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ART AFRICA magazine; Creative Director of the AFRICAN POWER STATION (Communications Consultancy); and Founder and Creative Director of the AFRICA SOUTH BIENNALE, which deliver ground-breaking magazines, exhibitions, books, campaigns, conferences, fairs, events, and market insights.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 3 November 2020
Time: 15:30 SAST
Session: Africa Baraza Part 2 - The Future of Associations

Naledi K. Khabo is a corporate strategy leader with over 25 years’ experience within Operations, Marketing & Technology. Naledi currently serves as Chief Executive at the Africa Tourism Association (ATA), a global trade association promoting travel and tourism to Africa and strengthening intra-Africa partnerships. ATA serves both the public and private sectors of the international travel and tourism industry. During her tenure at ATA, Naledi has led the organization through significant operational changes including a complete re-branding of the organization and launching several new digital platforms to serve the hospitality and tourism industry, including 'thexchange.africa' which was recently launched in response to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the hospitality, tourism, and meetings industry.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 15:00 SAST
Session: Race for Relevance

Employed by GainingEdge, Lesley took up the post of Managing Director for the BestCities Global Alliance account in January 2020, having worked as Director, Market Development since July 2017. Before joining GainingEdge and BestCities Lesley was Head of Business Tourism for Marketing Edinburgh where her key focus has been sourcing and bidding for international and national conferences and events for the city. She led the development of the Convention Bureau - the result of which saw Edinburgh record its highest economic impact of £94.3M in 2015-16 attracting 206 future conferences to the city.

Lesley participates fully in the wider tourism arena, is a past Chair of ICCA UK and Ireland Chapter and a huge advocate for legacy and the beyond tourism benefits generated by business events.

Previous experience includes business development for international hotel chains and prestigious caterers and 8 years as Director of Sales at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) playing a key role in taking EICC into operational profit in 2003 through the development of key international and national association and corporate business.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 3 November 2020
Time: 15:30 SAST
Session: Africa Baraza Part 2 - The Future of Associations

Mr. Jeffers Miruka is a business events and associations expert from Kenya. He has a 12 years’ experience in the MICE and Associations industry. He is a founder and president of the African Society of Association Executives (AfSAE), a pan-African professional community of association executives that serves as the professional community of association executives and voice for those within the industry in Africa. He is also the CEO of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE. Jeffers serves as a co-founder and director of the Africa Association Management Company (AFAMCO), a premier Association Management Company (AMC) in Africa. He is a board member at the Association for Kenya Business Events (AKBE. He is internationally recognized in his numerous speaking roles in association forums, and as a contributor to various MICE and association webinars. Mr. Miruka is a 2019-2021 scholarship recipient of the Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP) at the Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) in Washington DC.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 3 November 2020
Time: 15:30 SAST
Session: Africa Baraza Part 2 - The Future of Associations

Alushca is in her 2nd term as the elected President of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) which is a not for profit organisation based in Vienna, Austria with members in over 100 countries.

She is herself a Tourist Guide specialising in Culinary and Wine Tourism. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Cape Town Tourism and a member of the Board for Women in Tourism, Western Cape.

She currently holds a position as Board member for the International Cultural and Creative Industries Regulatory Authority (ICCIRA), based in Brussels, Belgium.

The WFTGA are Affiliate members of the UNWTO, members of ICCA and have close relations with UNESCO. The WFTGA is involved in various projects and several initiatives across the globe, including WFTGA conventions, conferences and International Training. The Federation aims to bring professional Tourist Guides together and promotes the profession of qualified accredited Tourist Guides across the globe.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 15:00 SAST
Session: Race for Relevance

Chloé Menhinick leads GainingEdge's Association Consulting practice which specializes in the strategic development of national, regional and international associations.

Chloé is a specialist in network development and membership and in her 15 years experience in the Associations Industry, she has also provided strategic and operational leadership across all areas of Association management & operations, including sponsorship & partnership, communications, marketing as well as legacy planning, implementation & measurement.

Chloé is a regular speaker on issues pertaining to Membership, Communications and Digitalisation at many industry events and also regularly contributes to industry publications on issues ranging from Communicating Brand Value to Association Impact & Legacy.

She is an Active Member of the Union of International Associations (UIA) and a Board Member of the European Society of Association Executives (ESAE) where she is also Co-Chair of the ESAE Communications & Membership committee.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 15:00 SAST
Session: Race for Relevance

Passionate promotor of South Africa, Corné commenced her formal career at the South African Chamber of Commerce as Manager Corporate Affairs. She then entered the destination marketing sector in 2003 as the Gauteng Tourism Authority’s Business Tourism Manager. Pursuing her other passion, that of strategic communication, she took the role as Communications Manager at the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa before her desire for tourism marketing enticed her back to Gauteng Tourism Authority in 2010. She then had another three-year stint as Trade Development and Partnership Manager. In 2014 she moved to Cape Town and joined Wesgro, (the official destination marketing organization for the Western Cape) in her current role as Head of the Cape Town & Western Cape Convention Bureau. Corne currently serve as Chairperson of the Board of the BestCities Global Alliance as well on the Board of the Cape Castle Control Board.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 15:00 SAST
Session: Race for Relevance

Jane loves meetings and the magic that is created when we connect. Jane is an experienced meetings industry professional with a passion for facilitating and moderating engagement between associations and destination stakeholders.

Based in Stockholm, Jane has been working for BestCities Global Alliance since 2010 as Director, Community Engagement. This involves long term collaboration, support and guidance between our partners cities and the International association community to help advance the mission of the association while creating meeting legacy that lasts. Jane is delighted to be a global ambassador of the Joint Meetings Industry Council promoting the positive impact of business events. Before joining BestCities Jane gained a lot of industry experience from working for Congrex UK, the EICC in Edinburgh, and London and Partners.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 3 November 2020
Time: 15:30 SAST
Session: Africa Baraza Part 2 - The Future of Associations

Prof Solly is a Psychiatrist and Secretary General of the World association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation. He is also the past president of the African Association of Psychiatrists. In these portfolios he was actively involved in planning meetings for his various associations linking with PCOs, Convention Bureaus, private sector and association members. He is an active participant at ICCA and Imex meetings on behalf of his association.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 16:00 SAST
Session: Africa Baraza Part 1 - Roadmap to the Future

Location: Cape Town
Date: 3 November 2020
Time: 15:30 SAST
Session: Africa Baraza Part 2 - The Future of Associations

Dirk Elzinga (1949) is Managing Director of Convention Industry Consultants in Cape Town, South Africa. This specialized consultancy assists since 2010 mainly governments and private organisations with feasibility studies and pre-opening marketing and management support for new convention centre initiatives and repositioning projects of existing venues and other organisations in the field of business events.

Dirk Elzinga was born and raised in the Netherlands; he studied tourism and business administration. Dirk has an almost 50 year career in corporate communication, tourism and business events. From 1980 till 2010 he was employed by Amsterdam RAI amongst others as Managing Director of the MECC Congress Centre in Maastricht, the Amsterdam RAI Congress Centre and the Cape Town International Congress Centre.

Dirk Elzinga has served as a board member and chair person in a number of institutes like the Netherlands Convention Bureau, the Amsterdam Convention Bureau and the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA). Dirk has been vice president of ICCA and chairman of their Category Congress Centres. In 2004 he accommodated the annual ICCA congress in Cape Town and served as the chairperson of the local host committee. During its 2017 congress in Prague the board of ICCA awarded him the honorary member status.

After the management contract between Amsterdam RAI and the CTICC came to an end in 2010 Dirk Elzinga stepped down from his position as Managing Director of the CTICC. He stays both in South Africa as well as in the Netherlands and continues to be involved with many projects in the global meeting industry.

Location: Cape Town
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 08:45 SAST
Session: Local Welcome - ICCA Africa Hub

Location: Cape Town
Date: 3 November 2020
Time: 08:45 SAST
Session: Local Welcome - ICCA Africa Hub

Miller Matola has more than 10 years of management experience within global travel, tourism, hospitality, investment, trade and marketing and communications environments. His experience ranges across the spectrum of leadership, teaching, consulting, project management, marketing and communications, reputation management, to strategic planning and management. Uniquely, he possesses unprecedented knowledge and networks amongst global decision makers in tourism, trade, Investment and development, both in business and government. Miller has served as: Portfolio Manager: Americas & UK for South African Tourism, CEO of Tourism KwaZulu Natal, CEO of the International Convention Centre Durban and until 2015, as CEO of Brand South Africa.