Day 2 - Wednesday, 28 August 2019
AFRICA TRAVEL AND TOURISM CEOS & EXECUTIVES FORUM AND MASTER CLASS
07H00 – 08H00
MICE TOURISM/BUSINESS EVENTS IN FOCUS
GROWING AFRICA’S KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT THROUGH BUSINESS /MICE TOURISM LEADERSHIP
- CHRISTELLE GROHMANN, DIRECTOR, BDO, SOUTH AFRICA
08H20 -09H20
CEO/EXECUTIVES’ DIALOGUE
UNLOCKING THE VALUE O AFRICA’S BUSINESS AND MICE TOURISM ASSETS TO DIVERSIFY AFRICAN ECONOMIES – LESSONS FROM AFRICA
MODERATOR – KWAKYE DONKOR, CEO, AFRICA TOURISM PARTMERS
- PHINDILE MAKWAKWA – CEO, TOURISM KWAZULU-NATAL
- AKWASI AGYEMAN – CEO, GHANA TOURISM AUTHORITY
- NELLY MUKAZAYIRE – CEO, RWANDA CONVENTION BUREAU
- CHRISTELLE GROHMANN- DIRECTOR, BDO, SOUTH AFRICA
09H15 -10H00
ASSOCIATIONS’ EXPERT PANEL
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ASSOCIATION MEETINGS IN BRIDGING THE SEASONALITY GAP – FROM TRAVEL AND DESTINATION MANAGEMENT TO ACCOMMODATION
MODERATOR: MILLER MATOLA, CEO, MILLVEST & DIRECTOR, ATLF
- JEFFERS MIRUKA- CEO, AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS (AAAE) & PRESIDENT: AFRICAN SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES (AFSAE).
- NOMASONTO NDLOVU – CEO, LIMPOPO TOURISM
- ESMARE STONHEIFEL – AFRICA REGIONAL DIRECTOR, ICCA,
- MR ELISHILIA KAAYA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, AICC, TANZANIA & AFRICAN REPRESENTATIVE ON ICCA BOARD.
10H05-10H35
INSIGHTFUL PRESENTATION
NATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMME – STRATEGIC VEHICHLE FOR WINNING IMPACTFUL MEGA EVENTS’ BIDS IN AFRICA
- DARRYL ERAMUS – CHIEF QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICER, SOUTH AFRICA.
EXHIBITION INDUSTRY FOCUS
OPTIMISING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AS A STRATEGIC PILLAR FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE
MODERATOR – PROF. ERNEST HEATH
- RITA LIKUKUMA – ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ZIMBABWE TOURISM AUTHORITY
- JACINTA NZIOKA – MARKETING DIRECTOR, KENYA TOURISM BOARD
- DONALD DJOBO – CO-FOUNDER (myGO WORLWIDE – AFRICA), COTE D’IVOIRE
- THULANI NZIMA, INDEPEDEPENT CONSULTANT
- THULISILE GALELEKILE, GENERAL MANAGER, TOURISM KWAZULU-NATAL (TBC)
12H05 -13H00
TRAVEL TECH THINK TANK SESSION
EXPLOITING TECHNOLOGY FOR INFORMED DECISION MAKING ACROSS THE TRAVEL & TOURISM ECOYSTEM
MODERATOR – OLUFEMI BARRISON LAWSON, CEO, SKYVIEW COMMUNICATIONS, NIGERIA.
- VELMA CORCORAN, AIR BNB, REGIONAL MANAGER, SUB SAHARAN AFRICA,
- LINDA BALM, SENIOR COMMERCIAL MANAGER, TRAVELSTART, AFRICA
- THOMAS MULLER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF RAINMAKER DIGITAL – NAMIBIA
- PAUL DE WAAL, CEO & FOUNDER, WETU, GLOBAL
- DR. MENSAH, SENIOR LECTURER AND MARKETING EXPERT, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL.
ONE-ON-ONE WITH ETHEKWINi MUNICIPALITY & DURBAN
STRENGTHENING CITY DESTINATIONS’ COMPETITIVENESS AND BRAND EQUITY THROUGH STRATEGIC PUBLIC – PRIVATE COLLABORATION
INTERVIEWER: GILLIAN SAUNDERS, TOURISM INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT.
- PHILIP SITHOLE, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY (TO BE FACILITATED THROUGH THE CITY OF eTHEKWINI)
LEARNING FROM LEADING MICE/BUSINESS EVENTS DESTINATIONS
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PREPARING WINNABLE MEGA EVENTS PROPOSALS – THE CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA
- AMANDA KOTZE-NHLAPO, NATIONAL CONVENTION BUREAU OFICER, SOUTH AFRICA TOURISM
15H00 – 15H40
IN CONVERSATION WITH THE SOCIETY FOR INCENTIVE TRAVEL EXCELLENCE
INCENTIVE TRAVEL INDUSTRY – AN UNTAPPED FOR TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN AFRICA
- DARYL KEYWOOD, MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO, WALTHERS AND SITE INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEMBER FOR AFRICA MIDDLE/EAST
SPOTLIGHT ON SUSTAINABILITY
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THE KEY TO BUILDING A FINANCIALLY VIABLE TRAVEL & TOURISM ORGANISATION
MODERATOR – PROF. WOLFGANG THOME, PUBLISHER, ATC, UGANDA
- DIEDIER DOGLEY, MINISTER OF TOURISM, CIVIL AVIATION AND MARINES, SEYCHELLES
- JUDY KEPNER GONA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL & TOURISM AGENDA, KENYA
- JULIE-MAY ELLINGSON, CEO, CITCC, SOUTH AFRICA
WRAP-UP/SYNTHESIS
PROF. ERNEST HEATH & KWAKYE DONKOR
17H00 – 19H00
WELCOME NETWORKING RECEPTION
uSHAKA MARINE, DURBAN (TBC)
