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The summit aims to create an accessible, diverse, and policy-oriented platform, where business and government leaders can learn how Blockchain could impact their organizations and economies, and how they can seize the opportunity to reap the maximum benefits this budding Technology has to offer.

The conference gathers innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Science, Technology and Management to a common forum. All the registered papers will be published by the World Research Library and will be submitted for review for indexing by Google Scholar, etc. The Best Paper awards will be given for the papers judged to make the most significant contribution to the conference.

DRF 2019 will focus on how emerging technology trends will disrupt the retail sector, but also discuss the ways to harness new tech to improve both Customer Experience and Operational Efficiency with both local and international retail decision makers and heads of innovation and strategy. 

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology is the next frontier for businesses looking to streamline processes, increase productivity and ultimately improve the bottom-line. However, there are some barriers to adoption, such as IT concerns about data security and loss of control. Join the RPA Summit to hear the experts currently evaluating RPA for their businesses in areas such as Finance, Procurement, HR, Outsourcing, Automation, etc.

The summit offers a platform for cloud experts, researchers and industry practitioners to exchange ideas, discuss new advances in the strategy and practice of cloud computing, and identify emerging trends to define the future of cloud computing in SA. This year’s event will further explore how to transform business operations and infrastructure while becoming more responsive to changing trends.

Presenting novel and fundamental advances in the fields of Information Management and Industrial Engineering, the forum serves to foster communication among researchers, engineers and scientists working in a wide variety of scientific areas with a common interest in improving Information Management and Industrial Engineering related techniques.

The conference intends to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies. The delegates will exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, establish business or research relations and find global partners for future collaborations.

Connect with the major industry players of the region with key decision makers across all sectors to discuss the most cutting edge innovations and upcoming trends that help shape the future of the business customer relationship.

This peer-led conference invites IT security, fraud and risk professionals to showcase pragmatic strategies to mitigate threats, have high-level interactive discussions on the latest approaches and tactics to allay the bombardment of cyber-attacks and employ effective IT security management.

The Expo will showcase all aspects of wide format digital printing, garment decoration, screen printing and signage and allows visitors to explore the latest technologies and trends right in their own city.

Future regional expos: Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Zimbabwe

With a focus on moving Africa forward with the technology, Blockchain Africa Conference opens up a discussion on how the blockchain can simplify business and remove human errors and inefficiencies.

Seamless is the region's leading payments and commerce technology conference and exhibition. The event has seperate conference agendas covering the world of Payments, Fintech, Ecommerce, Retail with one shared free-to-attend exhibition hosting the region's leading technology providers.

The summit delivers a platform for BI and data specialists from across industry to meet, share knowledge and hear about the latest technologies, solutions and trends. This year's focus will be on the practical application of BI and analytics into the business and will feature local and international case studies, real success stories and lessons learned, interactive panel discussions and practical workshops.

The Sports SuperShow will combine two of our most acclaimed sports conferences: the Sports Innovation Summit and the Sports Analytics Africa Summit. By running both events side-by-side, the event brings together the most innovative thinkers and leaders in sport, technology and data analytics for the biggest sports event on the continent.

Covering key topics, such as Smart Cities, IoT for Public Safety, Digital Transformation, Blockchain, IT Security, AI, Analytics, IoT Strategy, IoT Adoption, the forum will generate industry-focused contents to help drive business growth and innovation. 

This premier forum is the perfect platform for women in digital and data industries to come together to collaborate, learn & share practical "how to" strategies to benefit their organisations and their careers. The interactive discussions around increasing commercial outcome with data-driven insights and analytics, skill development and career advancement strategies hope to attract more women in digital and data.

The conference gathers the key regional telecom, media and tech leaders, investors, financiers and dealmakers in Cape Town to assess the next wave of investments, mergers and acquisitions, and growth strategies. Key sessions include on Telecom, Media and Tech Leadership, M&A, Infrastructure Investment, Cloud, Media and Digital, and Financing. 

For companies using SAP, traditional business processes are being totally transformed with new data-driven business and economic platforms taking their place. Against this backdrop, Mastering SAP offers two amazing days of content, networking and knowledge shared across four events and communities. 

The summit is a platform for delegates to learn about the latest developments in information and cybersecurity risks, research and trends. Leading industry experts will unpack the latest threats facing African CISOs, CIOs, security specialists and risk officers, demystify emerging cyber security strategies in AI, blockchain, IoT, DevSecOps and more, and explain how to increase an organisation's cyber resiliency.

As we are surely moving to a tech-driven economy, educational institutions must evolve in order to prepare our learners for the new careers that are being ushered in by these technologies. Explore emerging educational technology trends and provide solutions to technological challenges within education at the 4th Education Innovation Summit. 

The Digital Transformation Congress, organised by ITNewsAfrica, brings together unexpected groupings of over 300 industry experts from diverse sectors, for honest conversation on how digital transformation is changing business operations as we know them today. The Congress is a unique and interactive experience where world class speakers ,through provocative presentations and engaging panels will breakdown the key strategies on leading digital transformation in business, fostering a culture of innovation ,identifying competitive advantages as well as managing digital disruption.

The conference aims to bring together international academics, researchers and practitioners in the fields of structural mechanics, associated computation and structural engineering to review recent achievements in the advancement of knowledge and understanding in these areas, share the latest developments, and address the challenges that the present and the future pose.

EduTECH Africa is a two-day networking event that provides a platform where leading solution providers can showcase a wide range of technologies aimed at helping transform and innovate the African edtechl industry. From experts' keynotes to interactive experience zones, attendees benefit from the very latest in teaching strategies, cutting edge technologies and collaboration opportunities.

This conference will tackle hot topics such as robotics, electronic health records, delivering personalised healthcare, artificial intelligence, IoT in healthcare, driving down the cost of care with technology, security, legal impact of eHealth, healthcare policy, telemedicine advances, future of healthcare and much more. 

South Africa’s first national business idea competition, aimed specifically at inventors and innovators, has announced its 2013 winners. 

View the List of Winners » Watch the Intro Video »

U-Start Conference Africa is the annual satellite event for early-stage and growth-stage African enterprises that are ready to scale and need investment in series A funding. The U-Start Conference Africa offers you the opportunity to present your ideas in front of some of the most active international investors.

The Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship recognize and award exceptional entrepreneurial leaders who serve as role models to Africa's aspiring entrepreneurs and demonstrate business excellence, innovation and profitability. Nominations are now open for the 2014 awards process.

A Silicon Valley gathering of Wits University alumni and other South African expats, innovators and entrepreneurs will take place on Thursday, May 8, 2014. Attendees will meet with the visiting head of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering at Wits, Professor Barry Dwolatzky. The program will be hosted by the SABLE Accelerator and will take place at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati in Palo Alto, California.

The SA Innovation Summit has become a noteworthy South African event. The event aspires to raise awareness in innovation, facilitate collaboration among multi-helix actors and contribute to building the national system of innovation. These aims will in essence amplify South Africa’s competitive edge and accelerate economic growth. This year’s theme - Local Innovation, Global Conversation - showcases South Africa’s wealth of creativity, originality and ingenuity for developing solutions to unique challenges.

The Vision to Reality Awards celebrate dynamic companies in the technology sector that have demonstrated growth. They aim to encourage the best companies to step forward as role models and to inspire future technology start-ups.

SiMODiSA proudly presents South Africa's largest entrepreneur conference and awards gala. Connect with some of the most talented entrepreneurs from around the world and network with leading investors and start-ups.

The ICITKE 2014: XII International Conference on Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Economy aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Economy. It also provides the premier interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in the field of Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Economy.

SAINe Breakfast Event: Innovation Strategies will focus on accelerating new product development and innovation cycles in  a corporate environment through different tools. Ideas that take too long to show a return are likely to die and waste money. Trends in Innovation in South Africa will be covered.

Conference Chairs Kevin Johnston and Elsje Scott of the University of Cape Town welcome you and invite you to attend the e-Skills Conference.The e-Skills conference addresses issues of interest to people promoting e-literacy and in developing and supporting e-skills (ICT skills) at all levels of life and work. The focus of the conference is the strategic and efficient use of modern ICT devices and applications as well as the related knowledge, skills, competences, teaching, learning and inventiveness of the workforce and citizens.

The fifth annual Entrepreneur Expo will once again showcase why Cape Town is the entrepreneurial capital of South Africa. Taking place 18 – 19 November at the The River Club, the Expo brings together entrepreneurs from all over the City of Cape Town.

Entrepreneurs are the dynamic visionaries who push the known boundaries, and through taking the risk of setting up a business, create what is needed most in South Africa – a larger economy and more jobs.

The 2014 Entrepreneur Expo is a platform for those that support Cape Town’s entrepreneurs through products and services to showcase their offerings and engage directly with both existing and future entrepreneurs.

The Entrepreneur Expo will also include a dedicated area that focusses on existing small businesses who are successful and sustainable, as well as include an area for up and coming entrepreneurs.

International Conference on Innovative Research in Engineering (ICIRE 2015) aims to provide most relevant opportunity to bring together students, researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to present their research results and development activities in the fields of Engineering, Science and Management studies. This international conference will provide a forum for presenting and discussing about the new design, ideas, alternative technologies and findings in said fields. The technical program of the conference will include tutorials, regular technical sessions, workshops, special sessions, demos and plenary/keynote speeches.

The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit is an annual conference and technology showcase that brings together experts from different technical disciplines and professional communities to think about America’s energy challenges in new and innovative ways. Now in its sixth year, the Summit offers a unique, three-day program aimed at moving disruptive energy technologies out of the lab and into the market.

Entrepreneurship is part of the South African culture that we can freely share across international boundaries. Societies that learn entrepreneurial principles can come up with solutions to local problems. These solutions can foster inclusiveness, grow economies, promote stability, expand the international supply chain, and spread the exchange of ideas. The African Entrepreneurship conference is a platform to facilitate the exchange of views and ideas between global business leaders and entrepreneurs and strengthen alliances among entrepreneurs around the continent.

The mobile communications revolution is driving the world’s major technology breakthroughs. From wearable devices to connected cars and homes, mobile technology is at the heart of worldwide innovation. As an industry, we are connecting billions of people to the transformative power of the Internet and mobilising every device we use in our daily lives. The 2015 GSMA Mobile World Congress will convene industry leaders, visionaries and innovators to explore the trends that will shape mobile in the years ahead.

The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) brings you the 7th season of My Business Expo, also incorporating ‘Business Start-Up Expo’, Access to Finance Expo’ ‘Small Biz Techno Expo’ ‘My Business Seminars’ and the world famous ‘Buzz Party.' With more than 25 000 visitors, 500 exhibitors and sponsors, and top of the line seminars, it’s the most successful show of its kind in the country. My Business Expo is free to attend for anyone that pre-registers who is serious about starting a business or expanding a business.

In a rapidly digitising, consumer driven market, business intelligence (BI) has shot up the priority lists of many CIOs. The emphasis is on delivering value to the business and getting real results out of IT spend in this area. ITWeb's tenth annual Business Intelligence Summit will bring delegates the opportunity to access the latest updates and analysis of trends, local and international case studies across a range of verticals, invaluable advice on best practices and tools, interactive panel discussions and informative workshops.

Entrepreneurship adds a further dimension to how new ideas are converted into goods and services. Entrepreneurship is sometimes said to be a mindset required to convert innovation into a real business situation which will deliver benefits to the stakeholders. Entrepreneurship is always driven by an individual or a small group of individuals who are referred to as entrepreneurs and who are sometimes colloquially referred to as the ‘movers and shakers’ in our society. Thus the entrepreneur configures the various factors of products to that they become a viable proposition. ICIE is looking for a broad range of research in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship. 

The franchise convention is an annual event that takes places one day before the start of the International Franchise Expo. The convention is THE one day in the year where franchise company owners, franchisees and stakeholders and role-players come to together to exchange pertinent information, tips and trends so if you are involved in the industry you cannot afford to miss this really great opportunity to learn from and network with the leaders and stalwarts in the franchise industry.

This year at South Africa's 8th annual Innovation Summit, Donovan Neale-May, Managing Partner of the SABLE Accelerator, discusses how SABLE can help reverse Africa's brain drain. By putting African businesspeople in contact with the vast repository of experiential knowledge of South Africa's estimated 1.2 million expats and emigrants around the world, these African entrepreneurs and innovators can access support in the form of funding, access to markets, management support, technical assistance or any other help they need. Check out more in this feature video: SABLE Helping South African Entrepreneurs Abroad 

The Business Opportunities and Franchise Expo proudly sponsored by Eskom Foundation brings together leading business opportunities, franchise options and business support service companies to an audience of successful and aspirant entrepreneurs who have the motivation and capital to invest in new business ventures. It's the most comprehensive four day expo in the country, dedicated to developing entrepreneurship in South Africa.

The team over at HotChillee love their rugby as much as they love their cycling. This autumn the organisers of the iconic London-Paris and Cape Rouleur rides are combining their passions with a unique cycling event catered for the passionate cycling Rugby fan.. The ride will celebrate the 2015 Rugby World Cup taking place in the UK with help raise funds for the charity foundation set up by Springbok rugby legend Joost Van Der Westhuizen. 

Speed Meet NYC is taking place at the Thomson Reuters Building in Times Square on 25 September. It will connect skilled African professionals with leading pan-African employers through an interactive & fun Speed Networking format. The event aims to inspire African diaspora professionals to return home & make a difference on the African continent as part of our commitment to continuing Africa's brain gain. It will be attended by global media, celebrities, pan-African corporates, captains of industry, ambassadors, diaspora professionals and other inspirational “homecomers”. 

Africa’s leading high level summit for education and innovation returns for its fifth year in 2015 and will take place in Kampala, under the patronage of the Government of Uganda, hosted by Hon Jessica Alupo, Minister of Education & Sports. The theme for this year’s event is “Developing African Skills for the 21st Century.” 

GROW THIS COUNTRY is the beginning of changing South Africa for the better and fixing the world's perception of the country. The event will start with you, the people. How the people could improve relationships and work together more efficiently. How they can let go of the past and look into a bright new future. Then the event will move on to your companies, your brands and how to seek opportunities to join into new partnerships to compete globally.  

The Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE) aims to become the Association in Southern Africa that brings all energy stakeholders in the region together. In order to achieve this synergy, the SAEE is hosting the 10th Southern African Energy Efficiency Convention (2015SAEEC), as an event serving the energy management-, environmental-, facilities building upgrades-, energy engineering-, cogeneration-, power generation-, and efficiency improvement industries.

Digital Africa is buzzing! The telecoms, media and ICT market is more dynamic than ever and showing tremendous growth prospects. But how to avoid getting lost in the maze of changing ecosystems, new technologies and disruptive players ? Among the many businesses caught in the storm of digital evolution, those coming out successfully are showing a winning combination of market expertise, calculated risk-taking and visionary thinking. With 12 different events in one, including 375+ speakers, the 18th Annual AfricaCom will the the event of the year!

Africa’s premier energy event, the Africa Energy Indaba (AEI), will be hosted in Sandton, the heart of the African business hub. Attracting energy experts and enthusiasts from all over the world, pressing issues, challenges and opportunities in the energy sector will be addressed at the event. Energy, a prerequisite for sustainable economic growth in Africa, has been at the forefront of discussions on Africa reaching and maximising its growth potential.

Over the last 2 years the REFSA conference has focused primarily on the developments in South Africa’s renewable energy market as well as opportunities in the renewable energy sectors across Africa. In the past two years we have had over 277 participants that represent the most senior stakeholders in both the public and private sector.

The SABLE Network in the San Francisco Bay Area will co-host a gathering of its members and friends at the law offices of Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto to hear from visiting South African entrepreneur and political change agent Herman Mashaba, the Democratic Alliance’s mayoral candidate for the country’s economic epicenter in the upcoming local elections.

Mondato Summits are spaces where industry leaders can learn from experts and peers in an intimate setting. Mondato lends its expertise with specialized content and adroit facilitation to encourage substantive conversations and collaborative problem solving. The intensity and interactivity of the proceedings foster the formation of natural, foundational relationships between participants.

The 17th annual African Utility Week is the only global meeting place, conference and trade exhibition for African power and water utility professionals. African Utility Week offers a unique networking opportunity for engineers, stakeholders and solution providers alike. The 3-day exhibition means more engagement time between delegates, visitors and exhibitors. A more engaging exhibition floor with product demonstrations, workshops, cocktail functions, free refreshments and meeting lounges will create business opportunities for our attendees.

The 17th annual African Utility Week is the only global meeting place, conference and trade exhibition for African power and water utility professionals. African Utility Week offers a unique networking opportunity for engineers, stakeholders and solution providers alike. The 3-day exhibition means more engagement time between delegates, visitors and exhibitors. A more engaging exhibition floor with product demonstrations, workshops, cocktail functions, free refreshments and meeting lounges will create business opportunities for our attendees.

The CIO Summit Africa is a chance for CIOs and IT executives to meet with their technology peers from across Africa in multiple industries including, but not limited to, healthcare, finance, insurance, government, telecom, utilities and education. This three-day summit features engaging keynote speeches, open forums, think tanks, case studies and panel discussions on the latest technology topics and trends. Open discussions and networking time give attending CIOs and technology executives the opportunity to discuss common problems and discover new and innovative solutions. Attendees will leave the event with new business contacts and new ideas on how to move their business forward. 

The SA Innovation Summit is a platform for nurturing, developing and showcasing South African innovation. Annually, the Summit offers numerous opportunities for entrepreneurs, innovators, thought-leaders, policymakers, inventors and investors to drive innovation in South Africa and inspire sustained economic growth. Each year offers various lead-up events with the main event in the last quarter of the year – a highlight of the South African Innovation Calendar. Created to support and promote innovation and facilitate collaboration among multi-helix actors, the SA Innovation Summit is a crucial tool to inspire sustained economic growth. The outcomes achieved by the Summit, amplify and revive South Africa’s renowned competitive edge and it is a powerful tool to bring together thought leaders and practitioners in the field of innovation, show-case success stories, share lessons learnt, and connect with peers. Participate in the SA Innovation Summit and be part of the 2017 Innovation Revolution!

Times Media, publishers of leading business publications, proudly introduces the inaugural Business Day TV SME Summit, in partnership with Credit Guarantee and SAICA (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants). This full day conference, hosted by leading business personalities, along with key industry experts, creates the opportunity for the SME sector to gain practical insight into how they can adopt smart strategies that show a measurable return on investment.

This year’s summit will include a master class in corporate venturing, a session hosted by the IDC called THINK BIG, a CEO discussion on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a panel on digitization, and a Match and Invest platform where you can find solutions or investments FinTech, BioTech, AgriTech, EduTech, Smart Cities, and Artificial Intelligence / Robotics.

Another South African delegation to Silicon Valley on a scary Halloween afternoon! Enlightened conversation with the energized premier of the Eastern Cape and his team of highly interactive provincial leaders who convened with local domain experts in our SABLE Network and GlobalFluency offices. We had an invigorating three-hour discussion about potentially disruptive ways South Africa's second largest province can build on core industry sector competencies, centers of excellence at local universities, as well as untapped assets and opportunity areas. We discussed ways to develop a digital infrastructure and alternative energy sources that will truly differentiate the EC brand and attract multi-national investors seeking a high performance computing hub to access Africa and scale in a data-driven economy.

AWIEF brings together over 1,200 female entrepreneurs, thought leaders, industry experts, academics, development organisations, and investors in a combined effort to accelerate the growth of women-owned businesses for Africa’s inclusive economic growth.

TECHSPO invites developers, brands, marketers, technology providers, designers, innovators and evangelists looking to set the pace in our advanced world of technology. Our showcase of the next generation of technology & innovation attracts thousands of consumers, investors, press, new talents, and tech enthusiasts looking to celebrate emerging venture. 

The conference gathers experts from Quantum Computing and Machine Learning to discuss the latest progress in the rapidly growing field of Quantum Machine Learning, continuing the thread of the 2016 Quantum Machine Learning Workshop and the 2017 Quantum Machine Learning Summer School that were hosted in South Africa.

The AI Summit welcomes CxOs and Heads of Digital and Innovation from across Africa to exchange their views on how AI technologies help fill the skills gap and contribute to the burgeoning digital economy. 

5G Africa (previously LTE Africa) provides an opportunity to work with leading Mobile Network Operators and solution providers to assess feedback from recent 5G trials, explore 5G use cases, learn about next generation services enabled by 5G and build a detailed roadmap for 5G deployments in Africa.

The two-day conference pairs startups with local and international investors looking for world-class talent, providing a lifetime opportunity to showcase Africa’s innovation talent.

The conference invites the engineers, scientists, researchers, scholars, and students from around the world to present their research activities. All attendees will enjoy the opportunity to share new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaborations.

Focusing on latest developments in polyurethane and foam industries, this event is aimed to be "Africa's Polyurethane and Foam Industry Meeting Point". Event highlights include: Trade Exhibition, Conference, Training Courses, Polyurethane Buyer Guide, Networking Dinner, etc.

This premier forum is the perfect platform for women in digital and data industries to come together to collaborate, learn & share practical "how to" strategies to benefit their organisations and their careers. The interactive discussions around increasing commercial outcome with data-driven insights and analytics, skill development and career advancement strategies hope to attract more women in digital and data.

The conference provides essential insights for any African media entity seeking to either shift revenues from print to digital or those wanting to start new digital products. Additionally, the evening following the conference will feature WAN-IFRA's African Digital Media Awards to recognise publishers who have adopted digital media and mobile strategies to meet the major changes in how people consume news and information today.

Showcasing not only South African talent, but also hosting new and familiar faces and minds from the global community, the event will have an intentional focus on the craft and community of Context Driven Testing. 

The Summit welcomes industry leaders from the mining communities of across Sub-Saharan, East, West and South Africa to engage and network with one another.

For more than three decades, InBIA’s International Conference on Business Incubation (ICBI) has been bringing together the people who champion entrepreneurship around the globe to form connections, share ideas, gather resources, and reinvigorate professional perspectives.