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Conferencing@Softline Conference Venue in Gallo Manor, Johannesburg

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Feb 252013

The Conferencing@Softline conference venue is situated in Gallo Manor, an upmarket suburb of Johannesburg with a park like atmosphere, and many tree lined streets. This conference centre is modern and stylish, delivering on quality and exceptional cuisine.

Conferencing@Softline’s training rooms provide an ideal space for informal, hands on practical sessions from 10 – 20 seated delegates. The auditorium with presentation facilities for up to 150 delegates is the perfect venue for hosting small to large conferences in Johannesburg. Furthermore, the street scape provides a modern and elegant space that provides the perfect outdoor setting with indoor convenience. This area is perfect for corporate breakfast and lunch functions to elegant dinners, product launches or wine tasting events.

With state-of-the-art technology, Conferencing@Softline is a conference and event centre designed for the gathering of minds. Flowing around an open street scape, the venue is modern, elegant and exquisitely finished delivering on quality, exceptional food and decor that is uncomplicated and fresh. Conferencing facilities include 6 training rooms, 1 auditorium and 2 function venues with a capacity to host a confidential discussion, the training of small groups, a 150-delegate conference and cocktail parties for up to 300.

Gham Gourmet, a 5 star catering company provides in-house catering at Conferencing@Softline’s. The catering service provides anything from snacks to a full menu. Clients can meet with the catering company beforehand to discuss their needs, and look forward to a world-class meal prepared from the venue’s kitchen.

Conferencing@Softline is equipped with modern technology, and a team of technical experts, monitor and provide technical assistance to each venue.

The Nicol Hotel Conference Centre

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Feb 052013

Located in the leafy suburb of Bedfordview, The Nicol Hotel Conference Centre promises delegates a luxurious, comfortable and convenient conferencing experience. The Nicol Hotel Conference Centre is located a mere 20 minute drive from OR Tambo International Airport, the Johannesburg CBD or Sandton and is ideal for both global or local corporate conferences, presentations or business meetings.

Facilities that delegates can enjoy at this Johannesburg conference venue are the impressive heated out-door swimming pool, the fully equipped gymnasium and secure undercover basement parking. Conference facilities include a 140 seated conference room, two boardrooms ideal for smaller conferences or business meetings and Wi-Fi internet access in all public areas. The on-site coffee shop Lulu’s provide exceptional prepared meals & frothy cappuccinos. Delegates are presented with high tech modern conveniences in a clutter free environment.

Conference accommodation at The Nicol Hotel Conference Centre consists of modern designer studio, 1 & 3 bedroom hotel apartments. Conference delegates are presented with high tech modern conveniences in a clutter free environment. The Studio, 1 and 3 bedroom hotel apartments, offer, fully fitted kitchens, a work station with Wi-Fi internet access, designer lounge with plasma TV screen, Satellite television, and en-suite bathrooms. The Studio offers a plasma TV screen, Satellite television, coffee/tea station and en-suite bathroom.

Other facilities at the venue include:

Concierge services
Heated Swimming Pool
In-house Coffee Shop
Gymnasium
Wi-Fi Internet Access
Secure Basement Parking

All Suites Offer:

Designer Furnishings
Plasma TV Screen
Satellite Television (DSTV)
Fully fitted Kitchen
Work Station

Other Facilities Close-by:

Restaurants
Wide variety of shops and shopping centres
Casino
Easy access to highways
20 minute drive to OR Tambo International Airport

Conference Venues in the Gauteng Province of South Africa

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Jan 142013

As the economic powerhouse of South Africa, accounting for a third of the country’s gross domestic product, Gauteng is home to many of the country’s premier conference venues. Gauteng contributes heavily in the financial, manufacturing, transport, technology and telecommunications sectors, amongst others. It also plays host to a large number of overseas companies requiring a commercial base in Africa. Although Gauteng is the smallest of South Africa’s nine provinces (it covers only 1.4% of the country’s total land area) it contributes over a third of its gross domestic product. Indeed Gauteng generates up to 10% of the GDP of the entire African continent.

Gauteng is home to many of the country’s most prestigious educational institutions and scientific institutes. There are about 10 000 firms involved in the province’s manufacturing sector, employing over half a million people. The principal industries are appliances and electrical supplies, basic iron and steel, chemical products, electrical machinery, fabricated and metal products, food, machinery, motor vehicle parts and accessories. Gauteng’s economy is moving away from heavy industry to high value-added production, such as information technology, telecommunications and other high-tech industries.

Seen as the new commercial hub of South Africa, Sandton has become Gauteng’s leading business centre. Over just the last 15 years, much of the financial focus has shifted from the Johannesburg central business district to Sandton. Johannesburg’s stock exchange relocated its offices to Sandton from the Central Business District in the late 1990s.

Gauteng Conference Venues

A combination of rustic style, modern facilities and exceptional service make Stillpoint Country Manor the perfect conferencing venue in Sandton. Stillpoint Country Manor offers five different venues, catering for a variety of functions from leading business and corporate conferences, audio-visual presentations and exhibitions, formal banquets and weddings, to smaller board meetings and intimate cocktail parties. The larger venues are able to seat up to 120 people.

Located in the leafy suburb of Bedfordview, The Nicol Hotel Conference Centre promises delegates a luxurious, comfortable and convenient conferencing experience. Facilities that delegates can enjoy at The Nicol Hotel Conference Centre include the impressive heated out-door swimming pool, the fully equipped gymnasium & secure undercover basement parking. Conference facilities include a 140 seater conference room, two boardrooms ideal for smaller conferences or meetings and wi-fi internet access in all public areas. The Nicol Hotel Conference Centre’s interior and exterior design offers modern uncluttered clean lines.

Situated at the heart of a 9-hectare property off Garsfontein Drive in Pretoria East, the Leribisi Lodge conference venue offers a tranquil setting for conferencing. The venue has a variety of conference rooms and halls, all conveniently separated to ensure each group’s privacy. The boardroom is ideal for groups from 2 to 12 delegates while the main conference hall is able to accommodate up to 150 delegates (depending on seating style). Two additional conference halls comfortably accommodate groups of 10 to 40 and 20 to 80 delegates alternatively. All their conference venues are equipped with air-conditioning.

Set to become the cultural and corporate hub of Gauteng in South Africa, Maropeng Conference Venue is situated just off the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, 45 minutes drive from Johannesburg or Pretoria. Its conference facilities are housed within the Tumulus building, a true architectural icon. There are three conference venues within the Tumulus building, which can be combined to create an overall seating capacity of up to 500 delegates (theatre style)..

The exhibition and conference centre at Emperors Palace provides a diverse range of exciting, multi-purpose venues, as well as small executive breakaway rooms. The entire venue has extensive technical resources and is equipped with modern apparatus. Emperors Palace excels in three key ingredients of successful conferences and entertaining – superb cuisine, impeccable service and an elegant atmosphere.

Quest Conference Estate is located in a quiet business sector of the Vaal Triangle. It is the perfect destination for any business conference, gala dinner, year-end function, presentation, social event or dream wedding. The conference facilities are inherently flexible and offer private conference rooms, breakaway rooms, a VIP Executive boardroom with private restroom facility adjacent to the Executive Lounge, with full bar facilities, a Conference Lounge accommodating up to 120 delegates with full bar facilities and Function Halls accommodating from 60 to 800 delegates. All facilities are air-conditioned and equipped with the latest technology.

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9th Annual Behavioural-Based Safety Conference

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Dec 112012

The 9th Annual Behavioural-Based Safety Conference takes place 25 – 28 February 2013 at Convention Dynamics in Isando, Johannesburg. The aim of the conference is to develop an effective intervention strategy to reduce workplace fatalities and accidents caused by human error.

Behavioural-based safety (BBS) is still a challenge for many companies. Injuries and accidents in the workplace are all too often caused by human error, and even if an organisation has a BBS programme in place it does not necessarily mean that the risk of accidents is significantly reduced.

For a BBS strategy to succeed it must be firmly integrated into the organisational culture – something which is easier said than done. In addition, systems to support BBS must be implemented appropriately and senior management must drive the BBS programme to ensure a higher level of compliance by employees.

All these issues and more will be discussed at IIR’s 9th Annual Behavioural-Based Safety conference.

Key topics

Innovative tools and techniques for implementing BBS
Enhancing behavioural-based safety through a resilient reporting culture
Using BBS and safety culture as approaches to achieving safety excellence
Ensuring that leadership drives the behavioural-based safety programme in your organisation
Measuring the improvement in safety as a result of your behavioural-based safety programme and dealing with challenges encountered to achieve success
Taking advantage of the full power of behavioural technology for the success of BBS

Key speakers to date include:

Alexander Stramrood, Corporate OHS Manager (Operational), Eskom
Vimal Narsai, Group Safety, Health & Environmental, Manager, Aveng Group
Leo Strydom, Managing Member, Behaviour Based Initiatives
Neil Franklin, Principal Specialist SHE: Safety, Sasol Group Services
Jurgen Tietz, Thought Leader & Professional Speaker, Anda Manufacturing
Rondell van Wyk, Director, Umkhosi SHEQ Solutions
Nonhlanhla Zulu, National SHE & Security Manager, Unilever South Africa
Bryan Henderson, SHE Manager, Hulamin
Hennie Ferreira, SMB/BBS Specialist, Sasol Mining, Sasol Group Services
Rick Melvill, Creative Director, Unplugged Communications
Stef du Plessis, Organisational Culture Specialist, Stef du Plessis & Associates
Shirleen Titus, Organisational Psychologist, Hearlinc
Roberta Prophet, National Corporate SHE, Unilever South Africa

Benefits of attending

Successfully implement a behavioural-based safety programme in your organisation
Enhance behavioural-based safety through a resilient reporting culture
Implement innovative behavioural-based safety tools and techniques
Measure the improvement of your behavioural-based safety programme and deal with challenges encountered to achieve success
Ensure that leadership drives your behavioural-based safety initiative
Take advantage of the full power of behavioural technology to achieve success in your BBS programme
Use BBS and safety culture as approaches to safety excellence

Who should attend the conference

Safety Manager/Supervisor
Safety Health and Environment (SHE) Manager/ Officer
SHEQ Manager
Lecturer
Chief Safety Officer
Mine Manager
Behaviour Intervention Assessor
Occupational Health & Safety Manager
Behavioural Based Safety Facilitator
Behavioural Based Safety Consultant

Workshops

Pre-conference workshop on: Unlocking safe work practices with authentic leadership through a behavioural safety programme
Led by: Robin Pullen, Founder & Executive Director, Pumalo Africa
Post-conference workshop on: Analysing BBS report findings and implementing recommendations
Led by: Ricia Cowie, General Manager, Institute for High Performance Consulting

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Enterprise Risk Management Summit in Johannesburg

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Nov 222012

Risk management is an increasingly significant component of sound corporate governance. The monitoring, identification, quantification, reporting, control and mitigation of all risks and opportunities influencing an organization has become a familiar if still tricky, management task. The pressure on all companies to get Enterprise Risk Management right is enormous, with rating agencies, regulators, and investors all demanding sustainable, predictable, transparent and effective risk management systems and processes.

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Implementing the appropriate risk management process, using the right tools and embedding the appropriate risk management philosophy that will provide effective risk assessment and management is of course an extremely difficult task. It is for this reason that the Institute for International Research has put together its Enterprise Risk Management conference. This conference, to be held over four days on 12, 13, 14 and 15 February 2013 at The Hyatt Regency in Rosebank, Johannesburg provides risk managers and senior executives with the knowledge and tools to get ERM right.

Key topics

Aligning ERM and business strategy.
Understanding the limitations of ERM.
The Companies Act of 2008, King III, Solvency II and Basel III.
Implementing a consensus-based and robust risk framework: COSO and ISO 31000.
Identifying emerging risks: what is over the horizon?
Mitigating and controlling risks: avoidance, reduction, sharing, acceptance or modification.

Benefits of attending the conference

Identify emerging risks that may have been overlooked.
Get up to date with the latest thinking in ERM and risk.
Learn how to make a better risk management culture in your organisation.
Engage with risk management experts from a wide range of industries and organizations.

Confirmed Speakers include:

Neels Kornelius, Head Integrated Risk, Anglo American.
Andy Mothibi, Executive and Head: Operational Risk Management, Standard Bank.
Eddie Lindeque, GM: Risk Management, Transnet SOC Limited.
Malebu Makgalemela, Senior Manager: Enterprise Risk Management, MTN SA.
Gillian Edworthy, Group Risk Officer, AECI.
Michael Judin, Senior Partner, Goldman Judin Inc.
Clem Sunter, Scenario Planner.
Mark Victor, Leader Business Risk: Risk Advisory, Deloitte.
Mike Roos, Director, Barnstone.
Mbakisi Vusumuzi Lesetedi, Corporate Risk Manager, Water Utilities Corporation.
Lesego Thupayagale, Head of Enterprise Risk Management, First National Bank Botswana.
Terry Booysen, CEO, Corporate Governance Framework.
Werner Bornman, Head of IT Risk and Governance, Stanlib.
Dr. Piet Croucamp, Lecturer: Department of Politics, University of Johannesburg.
Frik Basson, Head: Legal, Risk & Forensic Investigations, FNB Home Loans, FNB Retail Banking.
Quinton van Eeden, SHERQ Officer, TWP Projects.
Dane Ashe, Partner – Global Solution Leader – Mining Internal Assurance, KPMG.
Disebo Moephuli, Group Treasurer, Transnet Limited.

Do not miss out on:

Pre-conference workshop: 12 February 2013
Aligning ERM with business strategy
Facilitated by: Lesego Thupayagale, Head of Enterprise Risk Management, First National Bank Botswana

Post-conference workshop: 15 February 2013
A step-by-step guide on how to develop and implement an effective ERM system
Facilitated by: Oliver Laloux, Chief Executive Officer and
Vanessa Payne, Senior Risk Consultant, Mondial Consultants

A Room With A View – Conference Venues in Johannesburg

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Nov 012012

The passion, charm, colours, luminosity and timeless quality of the A Room With A View conference venue in Johannesburg, consistently draw delegates from all over the world. The venue is set high above the heart of Melville and offers magnificent views of a highly forested area of Johannesburg. A Room With A View is situated in the heart of Johannesburg’s parklands and is close to every necessary amenity. A Roman- style swimming pool and surrounds offers outdoor relaxation.

A Room With A View has two conference rooms, each accommodating up to 14 delegates with wholesome lunches and beverages served to order. This conference facility also offers free internet and satellite television.

‘A Room With a View’ Conference Venue

Conference Venue Features

Each room can accommodate up to 14 delegates.
Air conditioned boardroom.
Beautiful breakaway lounges with magnificent views.
Conference lunches created to your requirements.

Conference Accommodation

Conference accommodation is in the form of fourteen ensuites, some with their own conservatory, balcony and fireplace. The rooms feature beautiful bathrooms with large showers and deep baths. All rooms are equipped with telephones, free and fast wireless internet access, TV, writing desks and mini bars.

Location of A Room With A View

The conference venue is situate in Melville, a suburb of Johannesburg. The area, along with Greenside and Parkhurst is one of the few areas of Johannesburg’s northern suburbs to have restaurants, shops and cafes lining the streets rather than enclosed shopping centres. The majority of these is located along 7th Street, although there are a few new nightclubs and restaurants on Main Street. There are over 30 guest houses in the vicinity, and it is a popular stopover in Johannesburg for tourists. On 7th Street, there are several restaurants and bars and the street is a popular hangout for the cosmopolitan crowd. Melville is also well known for the Melville Koppies, an archeological site, with rolling hills of grassland and views over the Johannesburg.

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Academy of Management Africa Conference

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Oct 302012

The Academy of Management Africa Conference will be taking place in Johannesburg from the 7^th to 10^th of January, 2013. Marked by rapid growth, limited growth, or no growth at all, Africa’s business, government and civil sectors all need world-class management.

The purpose of this conference is to bring Africa’s unique capabilities and needs to the attention of the world’s organization and management scholars, and at the same time to provide an opportunity for interested colleagues to collaborate and work on the many intriguing theoretical and practice problems presented in Africa.

The Academy of Management Africa Conference is oriented toward discovering questions worth asking and then building the collaborative relationships to answer them. Much of the conference will be spent exploring and experiencing many of these capabilities and challenges first hand. Delegates will spend one and a half days “in the field” directly experiencing South Africa and the phenomena that interest them. The rest of the conference will be spent in conversation with authors and other delegates about their collective experience, the papers and symposia, and ideas about future work.

Conference Track Themes

Four conference track themes frame the Academy of Management Africa Conference experience:

Navigating Institutions: Business, Government, and Civil Society
Emerging Market Firms and MNCs: Characteristics and Global Aspirations
Base of the Pyramid: Emerging Market Consumers, Workers, and Managers
Cultural Diversity and Transformational Societies

Unlike the average conference in which collaborators share the answers to their research questions, this conference is about discovering questions worth asking and building the collaborative relationships to answer them.

Conference Networking Opportunities

Interested doctoral students and junior faculty will have the opportunity to participate in a full day consortium just prior to the conference.
Delegates will travel through the local community on academic excursions that create awareness and thematic ties to the conference objectives.
Filmmakers will capture participants’ interviews, experiences, and reflections. These will be shared with colleagues from around the world.
Daily lunch and refreshment breaks will be provided to stimulate discussion and connections.
The conference will feature a cultural exposition area featuring local arts, crafts, and entertainment.
Attendees will find dedicated meeting corners to facilitate networking and intellectual exchange.
At the opening of the conference, participants will experience a shared group trip to Johannesburg’s central business district, with a welcoming reception to follow.
Closing Reception/Gala Dinner where participants will have the opportunity to reflect on the conference and imagine next steps for building upon their shared experience.

Conference Venue

The Academy of Management Africa Conference will be held at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) at the University of Pretoria in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Gordon Institute of Business Science boasts a large, beautiful, custom-built campus in the heart of Illovo in Johannesburg. The site is close to Sandton, Gauteng’s business centre, and within walking distance of shopping malls, restaurants, and major sports clubs

During the conference, wifi internet access will be available throughout the campus and in each of the classrooms. A business and information center, with printing facilities and 16 designated desktop computers will also be available for delegates to use during the event. Daily lunch and refreshment breaks will be provided for conference delegates each day. For those attendees wishing to purchase refreshments outside of the given meal/break times, the Moka Express Coffee Shop will also be available during the conference.

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New Listing – Green Genes Conferencing in Craighall Park, Johannesburg

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Oct 232012

Conference Venues SA welcomes Green Genes Conferencing to their list of conference venues in Craighall Park, Johannesburg.

Green Genes Conferencing

The Green Genes conference venue in Craighall Park is a unique combination of business centre and family well-being. The venue was born out of the need to run a successful media house, while maintaining a healthy environment for children to flourish, resulting in a state of the art facility, with all amenities to address business and family requirements.

Green Genes is an exclusive, multifunctional conference and event venue, surrounded by a beautiful garden, wooden deck and tranquil pool, complemented by attentive staff, with hands-on management to allow each facet of a function to come to life.

This conference venue is conveniently located in Craighall Park, a few blocks away from Hyde Park Corner and 10 minutes from Sandton. Green Genes is ideally situated for conferences, workshops, private functions or small business meetings.

Conference facilities at Green Genes include a 40 seater conference room, 8 seater boardroom, café or breakaway venue, outdoor entertainment area on the wooden deck or Zen garden. A fully equipped kitchen allows for all catering needs to be met, with personal attention to detail. Secure parking is available at the conference venue.

Additionally, Green Genes Conferencing offers high quality, easy to use, secure Internet service through WI-Fi, supported by Always On Internet Solutions. The venue also offers child minding facilities, if required. Green Genes childcare facilities are a unique combination of superior caregiving by well-trained child minders and a daily art and craft programme.

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