Innovation

Conference
2010
The Burning Platform
21 - 22 July 2010
The Hilton Hotel | Sandton

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 Innovation Conference 2010
21 - 22 July 2010
The Hilton Hotel | Sandton

Knowledge Resources in collaboration with Mindstir Consulting and the Da Vinci Institute are proud to present the Innovation
Conference 2010: The Burning Platform.
Innovation is crucial for long-term survival and success in today’s competitive marketplace. For the country, innovation is a source of
increasing wealth in the economy. To businesses, innovation can increase productivity through improving quality, efficiency, production, etc.
All businesses, no matter what their field of expertise, can and must innovate.
The global economic crisis forced a burning platform dilemma on many a company, mobilising unprecedented creative thinking and strategic
action. Many South African companies responded innovatively, while some inadvertently focused on survival, efficiency and cost-cutting,
and thereby unintentionally stifling innovation in the short term. The Innovation Conference aims to both celebrate South African innovation
successes (despite the global economic scenario) and to re-emphasise the role of innovation in facilitating growth and sustainability.
This two-day conference will showcase some of SA’s best innovation case studies and strategic imperatives to apply in your organisation,
be it corporate, SMME or government.
Our excellent speakers from various industries will inspire you to ensure that your organisation not only survives, but thrives!
Innovation case studies from: Best Practice reports on:
• British American Tobacco • Creating a culture of innovation
• Hollard Insurance • Innovation for sustainability
• Sappi • Design thinking
• Idea Bounty • Rewarding innovation
• SMME’s • Recent SA Innovation Maturity Results
• And more! • And more!
Who should attend? Registration Fees
Heads of Departments, Directors and Senior Managers in the Two-day Conference | 21-22 July 2010 R8 250
following fields: Day one of Conference | 21 July 2010 R4 175
• Innovation Day two of Conference | 22 July 2010 R4 175
• Strategy
• Research & Development The above includes VAT, refreshments, lunch, snacks, parking and course material
• Growth Group discounts and special offers!
• Business Development • Register 3 and the 4th delegate attends for free!
• Operational Management • Special discount for registered NPO’s, small businesses (30 or less
• Improvement employees) & full-time lecturers at universities/colleges/schools
• CEOs of small and medium sized businesses – contact us for more information!
• SAINE members receive a 15% discount
About our partners
Mindstir Consulting
Mindstir is an innovation company that partners with you to accelerate the implementation of innovation strategies in your company. Mindstir’s
purpose is to develop a complete solution that will enable companies to innovate in order to differentiate their business from that of their
competitors and to create additional value. Freda Gray | Tel: 083 651 0774 | Freda@mindstir.co.za | www.mindstir.co.za

The Da Vinci Institute

The Da Vinci Institute is a school of management in higher education, specialising in the management of Technology, Innovation,
People and Systems. The Da Vinci Institute has a reputation for state-of-the-art thinking in all aspects of innovation, people and
technology management, and acts as a catalyst for government and leading industrialists through high-level think tanks.
Through its South African and international partners, the Institute offers a spectrum of management and leadership programmes to create a cadre of
managerial leaders who have the competence to lead their organisation. Tel: 011 608 1331 | http://institute.davinci.ac.za/

D A V I N C I I N S T I T U T E R E S E A R C H : M AT U R I T Y O F I N N O VAT I O N P R A C T I C E I N S A S T U D Y
To find out where companies are in their innovation practice and to provide ongoing support to delegates and all those involved in innovation, The Da Vinci Institute is
running a broad-based survey within its theme of the Management of Innovation. The study leads up to and serves as an important input to the conference.
All respondents are entitled to:
> A free emailed executive summary of the report.
> A free high-level report comparing your performance to that of your peers.
> More than 15% discount (if you attended the conference) on a full company report (R5 000 instead of R6 000).
> Joining the Da Vinci Institute Community of Practice on the Management of Innovation.
Even if you cannot attend the conference, you will still receive your own emailed copy of the report’s executive summary.
There is as yet very little available data on the maturity of innovation practice in South Africa. This study aims to provide critical insights into the state of innovation
practice across major industries in South Africa. The study will also help you strengthen your organisation’s innovation practice through benchmarking against industry
peers and give you insight into the trends and strategies pursued across industries. Specifically, the research looks at:
> your views of innovation
> your strategies, processes and resources for innovation GO TO http://research.davinci.ac.za/innovation/Survey.htm
> how you measure innovation.
The survey takes only 20 minutes to complete. All information provided is kept strictly confidential; only broad trends and indicators will be published.

For more information contact Debbie Atwell +27 83 651 1664 or debbie@knowres.co.za
Innovation Conference 2010
21 - 22 July 2010
The Hilton Hotel | Sandton CONFERENCE PROGRAMME : DAY ONE

07:30 – 08:20 Registration and early morning refreshments

08:20 – 08:30 Welcome and introductions
08:30 – 09:15 Keynote: Innovation’s burning platform
Professor Roy Marchus, CEO, Da Vinci Holdings
09:15 – 10:00 Technology Top 100 award for Innovation
John Bond, Managing Director, Calibrated Diamond Investment
10:00 – 10:45 The new champions in Africa: The rise and influence of the BRIC Economies
Abdullah Verachi, Director and Business Division Head, Frontier Advisory
• The state of Africa and opportunities within the Africa context
• The rise of emerging market economies
• The rise and influence of the BRIC economies in Africa (BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China)

10:45 – 11:10 Morning break

11:10 – 11:55 Innovation at Sappi
Dr. Arlene Bayley, Technology Futures and Exciter Manager, Sappi
Sappi is a global producer of pulp and paper .The company holds a leading market share in the coated wood free graphics paper and
chemical cellulose markets but produces a large diversity of products from large volume commodities to very specialist, high value, low
volume products. Some of the sectors in these markets are growing and others are in decline.
Product and process innovation in such an environment is essential in order for Sappi to remain competitive. This presentation covers:
• Sappi’s processes for managing this innovation across three continents and a diverse range of products, markets and manufacturing facilities
• The aspects of the process that work will be discussed
• The aspects they are still struggling with will also discussed
• The most essential areas of success are people working in teams and how they have leveraged and integrated teams will be outlined

11:55 – 12:40 What drives innovation? How to encourage and reward innovation without limiting creativity
Freda Grey, Director, Mindstir Consulting
Neither carrots nor sticks encourage innovation. So what does? Here’s a hint: “The desire to do something because you find it deeply
satisfying and personally challenging inspires the highest level of creativity…” Teresa Amabile, Professor at Harvard University.

12:40 – 13: 30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:15 The story of furnaces and veld fires
Darrell Vian, Regional SMART Product Optimisation Manager (AME), British American Tobacco
THE MECHANICS OF INNOVATION (building the furnace)
• The processes
• Organisation and systems built to harness innovation in British American Tobacco SA
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (veld fires) : Key lessons about releasing creative energy in the organisations:
• the how
• the what
• why
• and the why not!

14:15 – 15:00 Crowdsourcing creativity: Destruction of an industry or a future we need to embrace?

Dan Neville, Brand Coordinator, Idea Bounty
• What is crowdsourcing • Case study - Idea Bounty client briefs
• Crowdsourcing applied to business • Crowdsourcing & the creative industry
• Why crowdsource?

15:00 – 15:15 Afternoon tea

15:15 – 16:00 Building a culture of innovation
Anneke de Bod, Senior Researcher, University of Stellenbosch
Part of the journey to success in any organisation is its ability to relate to the internal and external environment. Often the culture in an
organisation guides the reaction to the environment, and although culture is a highly complex phenomenon, it cannot be ignored.
• The role of leadership • Importance of reward and recognition
• Impact of personal and group leadership on behaviour • Trust and openness
• Identify and discuss drivers of culture

16:00 – 16:45 Innovation in action: starting an innovative SMME

Kerryne Krause-Neufeldt, Chief Excitement Officer, I-Slices
• Find your purpose • Be patient
• Ignite your passion • Persevere
• Make your plans • Pay it forward
• Pay the price
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The Hilton Hotel | Sandton CONFERENCE PROGRAMME : DAY TWO

07:30 – 08:20 Registration and early morning refreshments

08:20 – 08:30 Welcome and introductions
08:30 – 09:00 Introduction to SAINe (South African Innovation)
Audrey Verhaeghe, Chairman and CEO, SAINe (South African Innovation Network)

09:00 – 09:45 Innovate your business model – burning platform or hothouse? Different environments drive different innovations
Warwick Bloom, Managing Principal: Business Development, Hollard Insurance
• How Burning platform innovation differs from Hothouse innovation
• How to create an Innovation Hothouse
• Managing the Hothouse
• Hollard and the Hothouse Effect

09:45 – 10:15 The State of Innovation practice in South African organisations – indicators and trends so far
Ian Kruger, Director, Da Vinci Research, Da Vinci Institute
Da Vinci Institute is leading a study into the state of innovation practice amongst South African organisations in order to inform debate around the
Management of Innovation. The research is based on work done by Arthur D. Little Inc., from whom we have taken his innovation framework as a guideline
for structuring the questions. There were two purposes for this: the first relates to the hope that we can relate our research to theirs and to contextualise it
in South Africa Secondly, this particular framework looks to the underlying platform for driving and sustaining innovation right throughout the organisation.
This provides a suitable tool to determine the state of Innovation Practice in South African Organisations. The Da Vinci Institute is inviting a broad range of
organisations to do a self-assessment of the maturity of their organisation’s innovation practice. Trends and insights will be discussed at the conference.

10:15 – 10: 35 Morning break

10:35 – 12:05 Creating an Ecosystem for Innovation in SA: A collaborative effort between Public and Private Sector,
Academic Institutions and Communities
Panel discussion with representative from TIA, SAINe, Blue IQ, DTO and Heart Social Investments

12:05 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 13:45 Changing the world through social innovation
Peter Shrimpton, Founder, Heart Social Investments
• What on earth are we doing?
• How can social innovation save humanity?
• Why does social innovation make good business sense?
• Case studies

13:45 – 14:30 Harnessing design thinking for innovation – Blazing the trail
Nadia M. Viljoen, Industrial Engineer, CSIR and Ria van Zyl, Designer and Researcher, University of Pretoria
• Design thinking, integrative thinking, analytical thinking, scientific thinking – what’s the bottom line?
• The status quo in business thinking
• Digging deeper into design thinking
• Either, Or, And & Both?
• Case studies of successes
• What would this mean for South African business?

14:30 – 14:50 Afternoon break

14:50 – 15:35 WIZZIT: Global Pioneers in banking the unbanked (The only African company to feature in Monitor Group’s recently published
101 Innovation Breakthroughs)
Brian Richardson, Managing Director, Wizzit
South African financial services company has been named one of the world’s most innovative companies, alongside top global brands such
as Google, Facebook, Coca Cola, IKEA and Manchester United. Brian will discuss:
• Opportunities
• Challenges
• Future
• Progress

15:35 – 16: 20 Essential role of systematic innovation in sustainable development and economic growth in South Africa
Raldu Nel, Director Centre for Sustainability Migration, Da Vinci Institute
Strategically prioritising and executing systematic innovation initiatives according to the three pillars of sustainable development:
• Economic performance
• Environmental performance
• Social performance

16:20 Final remarks and wrap-up of conference

For more information contact Debbie Atwell +27 83 651 1664 or debbie@knowres.co.za
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21 - 22 July 2010
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Dan Neville, Brand Coordinator, Idea Bounty

Daniel Neville is the Brand Coordinator for the global crowdsourcing platform, Idea Bounty, which helps big brands source creative solutions to
marketing and communications problems. Working from Quirk eMarketing’s Cape Town office, he runs the platform’s day- to-day operations
and handles all sales and marketing duties. Idea Bounty has an online community of 11 000 creatives worldwide and provides a portal for these
creative thinkers to contribute ideas that meet the briefs of major international brands. The winning ideas get rewarded with cash bounties.
Daniel has worked with and hosted briefs for some major clients/brands, including Red Bull, BMW, SABMiller, Unilever and Levi’s®.
Ian Kruger, Director Da Vinci Research, Da Vinci Institute
Ian Kruger left the NGO sector to take up full-time writing as a journalist when he was asked to set up the technology section of South Africa’s first online
newspaper, Woza. He then joined ITWeb as a journalist, writing articles and covering events in the Information Technology field and later took up the
position as Relationship Manager. He then left to assist in the setting up of an Online Travel site. He spent a year and a half thereafter as Special Project
Editor for the Journal for Convergence. He is founder and MD for BlueRiverStone, a small research house in the field of the use of technology in business.
He is currently Director of Research at the Da Vinci Institute, where his role is primarily to develop the university’s commercial research capabilities and to
establish a body of knowledge in the core areas of the Management of People, Innovation and Technology. In addition, Ian Kruger has provided research and consulting
resources to consulting companies.
Anneke de Bod, Senior Researcher, University of Stellenbosch
Anneke has extensive experience in market research, strategic change management, scenario development, strategy formulation and corporate
marketing. She joined the University of Stellenbosch in 2003 as a manager in the consulting practice. Anneke has corporate affairs management
experience at Transnet in the areas of research, communication channel development and positioning. She was Manager: Market Research for
Transtrade, the international marketing subsidiary of Transnet and Area Manager at Spoornet where she was responsible for the operational and
marketing activities of mass rail transport for a specific geographical area. Anneke is a licensed brain profiling consultant and a certified Neuro-
Linguistic Programming (NLP) master practitioner, Hypnotherapy practitioner and NLP coach. Anneke is currently preparing a research proposal for a PhD on
the topic: The link between (fourth generation) employee engagement and customer engagement and its role in demand management. She has consulted to
companies such as First National Bank, Sanlam, Hexpas Ecotrek, Goukamma Business Foundation, LGB Wines, KWV, Old Mutual South Africa, South African
Museum Association, Allan Gray, Transnet, Fancourt Hotel & Country Club Estate and Exarro, Department of Public Enterprises, Namib Mills Investment, and
City of Johannesburg.
Darrell Vian, Regional SMART Product Optimisation Manager (AME), British American Tobacco
Darrell joined British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) from the consulting world of IBM and PriceWaterhouse Coopers in 2003 with an
Industrial Psychology and HR background as Portal Manager and in 2005 started at BATSA on its innovations journey. He was also a key member
of the global programme for BAT to define and develop the group’s innovation approach and was the Innovations Manager until the end of 2009.
He has experienced the highs and the lows, ins and outs of a global organisation’s four-year long innovations journey.

Kerryne Krause-Neufeldt, Chief Excitement Officer, I-slices

Kerryne Krause-Neufeldt, a serial entrepreneur with a passion for innovation, brand building and globalisation, started her career studying a
B.Comm Honours at Tukkies. Her first business at the age of 23 was importing and distributing a technology-based cosmetic product range
through the professional industry in South Africa. This experience led Kerryne to stumble upon a gap in the global market and she ventured out
to develop and create her own product range for export. With a global license for a unique polymer technology from the CSIR, Kerryne began the
research and development for her new product idea in 2000. After seven years, in September 2006, the product was eventually launched in the
South African market at the Professional Beauty Exhibition. Today, I-Slices is an award-winning South African company that has already been recognised as a
Top Technology 100 company in South Africa, and has won numerous other awards since 2004. In the past 24 months the company has been profiled in more
than 30 publications and various television programmes. The company is now exporting to Dubai, Canada, Mexico, UK, Norway, Holland, Cyprus, Germany
and the USA, and dealing with enquiries from 15 other countries. The company has developed a specialised manufacturing plant for this worldwide unique
technology in order to satisfy the demand.
Brian Richardson, MD, WIZZIT
Brian is currently a Founding Director and CEO of WIZZIT, a recently launched bank aimed at the un- and under-banked segment of the population.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an MBA from Wits. He has lectured and presented at seminars and conferences throughout the
world and was recently invited by the Clinton Global Initiative to present the WIZZIT model as a means to “Bank a Billion”. WIZZIT was launched
in November 2004 and, in providing affordable banking to the mass market, was the first to launch as part of its offering, cellphone banking that
works across all the networks and all phones and SIM cards. WIZZIT solves not only an accessibility and affordability issue, but from a convenience
point of view, offers 24/7 real-time transactions and is therefore “Your Bank in Your Pocket.” WIZZIT is recognised as the global pioneer in mobile banking. In
South Africa, WIZZIT operates as a division of the South African Bank of Athens Limited and has also launched mobile Banking in Zambia, Tanzania and Romania
with other countries in the process of being finalised.
Freda Gray, Director, Mindstir Consulting
Freda is passionate about innovation and the value it delivers within an organisation. Her career moved from employee communication and research
to customer relationship management and loyalty. Some of her clients included Steinmuller, Nissan, MTN, World Heritage Council and RCI. She joined
FNB’s Innovation unit in 2004 where she enjoyed her role to conceptualise, initiate and implement new ideas. She spent just more than four years
with FNB where she implemented innovations in the prototype unit and managed the employee innovators competition in branch banking. As a
founding member of Mindstir, Freda has been involved with innovation strategy and innovation training design and implementation. She has also
developed and facilitated the Mindstir Choices workshop that is aimed at underprivileged young adults and aims to teach problem-solving techniques. Clients
include City of Johannesburg, SAB and National Heritage Council. Freda has a B.Com. Honours degree in Strategic Marketing as well as a B.Com Communications
degree, both from the University of Johannesburg.
Ria van Zyl, Communication Designer and Researcher, University of Pretoria
Ria van Zyl started her career in 1985 as communication designer and product developer. After this she spent time at Woolworths, in the capacity of Packaging
Coordinator and Technologist before starting her own communication design consultancy. Ria joined the University of Pretoria in 1999 as senior design
lecturer and researcher. She completed her Master’s Degree at the University of Pretoria with a dissertation on developing a service quality framework for
the communication design industry. She currently teaches several brand and design management modules for business and other students, and is busy with
Doctoral studies and design research. She published several articles and conference papers, and wrote a “pocket” book in 2007 aimed at the SMME market
and entrepreneur, Brand your business. Looks are important.
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Nadia M. Viljoen, Industrial Engineer, CSIR

Nadia is an Industrial Engineer in the department of Logistics and Quantitative Methods at the CSIR. Currently, she is specialising in decision
analysis. In her work she focuses on two diverse fields of application: humanitarian supply chain management and collaborative solution design,
an interest brought about by exposure to design thinking and information design. In August 2010 she will be continuing her post-graduate studies
at the Georgia Institute of Technology under Professor John Bartholdi III, where she will co-develop a survey tool to determine the state of
logistics networks in developing countries.
Peter Shrimpton, Founder, Heart Social Investments
Peter spent most of his career on the stock market. He ran his own successful asset management company for seven years and was very active
in the venture capital and corporate finance arenas. After overcoming a life-threatening illness seven years ago, he dedicated his life to serving
humanity and has focused on mobilising social entrepreneurship in South Africa. He founded Heart, which currently manages a diverse portfolio
of social enterprises that deliver sustainable solutions to social and environmental problems.
Professor Roy Marcus, CEO, Da Vinci Holdings
Roy Marcus graduated with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1972. In 1974 and 1978 he was awarded
the degrees of MSc and PhD for research work conducted in the field of pipeline transportation of solids. In 2004 he was awarded the degree Doctor Technologiae
honoris causa from the Technikon Witwatersrand. In 1980 he was appointed the Transvaal Industries Professor of Mechanical Engineering and shortly thereafter
was appointed the Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering. In 1983 he was appointed the deputy dean of the faculty of engineering and in 1985 the dean
of the faculty of Engineering. In 1986 Roy left the University to join Cargo Carriers where he was appointed to the post of managing director in 1987. After leaving
Cargo Carriers, he has occupied senior executive positions in several local and international companies in the fields of venture capital, property development, management
consulting, manufacturing and mining. From the inception of the new democracy until 2004, Roy played an active role in the development of the new government’s science
and technology initiatives, acting as the ministerial advisor on science and technology, and the chairman of the National Advisory Council on Innovation. He currently holds the
position of chairperson of the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management, Chairman of the Council of the University of Johannesburg, Honorary Professor of Engineering
at the University of Johannesburg, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Belarus, and the chairperson of the South African Power Utility Research Advisory Board as well as
Chairperson of the SABS Design Institute. His expertise base is in Systems Thinking and Design Thinking where he has collaborated with colleagues at the Wharton School and
the University of Pennsylvania. Currently he is driving a number of strategic interventions for a number of private and public sector organisations in which he is applying Design
Thinking to assist these organisations to re-position themselves to be better able to meet growing demands from stakeholders.
Raldu Nel, Director – Centre for Sustainability Migration, The Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management
Raldu Nel is a Director at the Centre of Excellence: “Sustainability Migration” at The Da Vinci Institute for Higher Education. His role encompasses running
the centre, lecturing, coaching and mentoring students, industry best practice research on design, development and sustainability transformation, as
well as intellectual property and curriculum development. He is also responsible for leading a global innovation challenge team focusing on solutions
for climate change. Raldu is also the Founder and MD of Blank Canvas International (Pty) Ltd and Associates, a management consultancy offering a
world-class multi-channeled transformational solution by leading and implementing Sustainability Transformation Programmes across industry, guiding
and coaching clients in strategically balancing economic performance, environmental performance and social performance. Leveraging his expertise in Business
Development, Strategic Partnerships, Project Portfolio & Programme Management, as well as key Account Management, Raldu has a passion for Solution Development
and delivering of Sustainable Value (ROI), through servicing customer needs, specifically in the Sustainability Design and Transformation space.
Warwick Bloom, Managing Principal: Business Development, Hollard Insurance Group
Warwick Bloom holds a BSc from Wits University and currently oversees the business development area for the Hollard insurance group in SA. Warwick’s technical background
in actuarial science has allowed him to play various roles within the greater insurance environment, including product development, operational management, direct marketing,
channel development, research and strategic planning. As an innovative player within the insurance market, Hollard is always seeking to challenge the status quo and Warwick’s
team is mandated to seek out ways of improving the insurance value chain to the benefit of shareholders, business partners and the end consumer.
Dr. Arlene Bayley, Technology Futures and Exciter Manager, Sappi
Arlene Bayley joined Sappi in 1991 after obtaining a PhD in plant physiology from the University of Natal. She worked in Sappi’s tree improvement programmes at
the Shaw Research Centre until 2004. She then moved to Sappi’s new Technical Centre, at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria with the responsibility of leading Sappi’s
investment in Research and Development in the area of biotechnology globally. Here her focus was on keeping abreast with the exponential developments
in biotechnology and determining the correct moment for Sappi to invest in these exciting new technologies. In March 2010 Arlene took up the position of
Technology Futures and Exciter Programme Manager for Sappi. She now leads the company’s Technology Futures Cluster, tasked with bringing new and
emerging technology innovations which are potential opportunities or threats, to the attention of the company. She also facilitates the management of Sappi’s global R&D
programme, which is aimed at developing breakthrough products and processes.
Abdullah Hassen Verachia, Director and Business Division Head, Frontier Advisory
Abdullah is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and is also currently completing a Masters degree in Corporate Law. Abdullah previously
practised at the second oldest and one of the most established law firms in South Africa. He is currently a Director and Business Division Head at Frontier
Advisory. In this position he has provided business strategy solutions on behalf of listed and multinational clients in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.
He has also advised numerous South African companies on their internationalisation strategies with various Asian economies. Abdullah has headed up
research, strategy and consulting assignments in an array of sectors including banking, finance, insurance, legal, audit, FMCG, retail and automotive. He has
also headed up consulting assignments on behalf of a number of South African Industrial Development Zones and Investment Promotion Agencies. He has also advised
and engaged with a number of Indian companies entering Africa. He has participated in numerous high profile Asia-Africa initiatives, private meetings, conferences
and delegations and served on a number of initiatives including the South African-India CEO’s Forum and the Brazil-India-South Africa (IBSA) heads of state summit.
Abdullah has also led numerous international delegations on global executive programmes and international investment missions to numerous destinations in various
countries including China, India, Dubai, Kenya, Germany, Denmark, London, Malaysia, Singapore and the US amongst others. Abdullah presents extensively both locally
and internationally, on an array of subjects, including global economics and politics as well as on frontier and emerging markets. Abdullah serves on the faculty at the Da
Vinci Institute for Technology Management, as an adjunct faculty member at the Gordon Institute of Business Science and also lecturers at the University of Stellenbosch
Business School. He has also presented to senior leaders in governments and international organisations on Asia and Africa Business Strategy as well as the influence of
China and India in Africa. He has assisted numerous groups, companies and organisations in crafting their engagement strategies under changing political and economic
periods. He has also presented around the world including in Beijing, Shanghai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Singapore, Malaysia, Frankfurt, Munich, Copenhagen, London
and New York. Abdullah has been recognised as a visionary young leader who has played an active role in South African society for a number of years. Abdullah is also
part of the Brightest Young Minds (BYM) in South Africa and was also chosen as a finalist for the South African Youth leader of the year award. He is also a regular media
commentator for a number of publications including CNBC Africa, SABC, Moneyweb, Business Day, SAFM, 702, Al Jazeera, Reuters and the Sunday Times.

For more information contact Debbie Atwell +27 83 651 1664 or debbie@knowres.co.za
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of your booking before the event, please contact us on 011 DELEGATE 1 Tick option A B C
880 8540 to confirm that we have received your registration.
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‘SOMETHING HAS COME UP AND I CANNOT ATTEND’
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(the below options need to be received in writing):
• You may send a substitute delegate in your place, please Phone Fax
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applicable for substitutions
• You may transfer at no extra charge to another event, Company
provided you do so in writing at least 10 working days
before the event. Transfers within the 10 working days Company VAT Number
will be charged an administration fee of 20%
• You may cancel your registration, in writing, up to 10 Postal Address
working days before the event takes place. Cancellations
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• Unfortunately, no refund or credit can be given to
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• Registrations received during the 10 working days before
the event date, will not be excluded from any terms &
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content, the speakers, the venue or the date. You will be
notified no less than 5 working days prior to an event. Designation Designation
Should the event be postponed, you will have the option
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The registration fee will be credited on delegate accounts,
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relevant event or in the case where an event is cancelled.
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PAYMENT
• Cheques should be made payable to Knowledge Dietary Requirements Dietary Requirements
Resources (Pty)Ltd. Please do not mail any cheques.
• Electronic Transfer or Direct Deposit into our bank DELEGATE 4 Tick option A B C DELEGATE 5 Tick option A B C
account, validated by faxed copy of transaction slip Name Name
Nedbank Cresta
Account No.: 1913164489, Branch Code: 191305 Title Title
FAX: 011 880 8700
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Please note: Payment must be received by no later than Designation Designation

15:00 the day before the first morning of the event.
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Amount (All prices include VAT)
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DELEGATE 5 Date Signature

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