The Black Book 2012

The Southern African Innovation Summit presents to you

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leading innovation africa’s competitive edge

e often hear about the challenges facing Africa, but seldom do we hear about the innovation and creativity emerging throughout the continent. Africa is now among the fastest-growing economic regions in the world, creating significant business opportunities in a wide range of industries. We celebrate our 5th SA Innovation Summit: Leading Innovation – Africa’s competitive edge. This event has many firsts: the first Innovation Journal including 16 papers covering a wide range of topics, the first Innovation Summit Lab competition inviting entrepreneurs, innovators and creative thinking individuals to share their ideas and inventions, the first time we video stream content to Afri-

can countries reaching an audience beyond our borders, the first time we introduce presummit full day workshops to create a deep dive into content, the first time we invite the youth to be part of Teenovation – sowing the seeds for innovation capital, and our first carbon neutral event as we believe sustainability and looking after the environment is our responsibility. We embrace innovation in everything we do and it is our challenge to ensure the Innovation Summit is innovative, thought provoking, relevant and on the edge. We invite you to join us in the ongoing quest to move South Africa into the top 10 most innovative countries in the world (we are currently ranked 59 on the Global Innovation Index, 2012 and position 51 on the Innovation Capacity Index, 2011). Our contribution: a programme which fea-

tures more than 60 speakers which speaks to all role players in the innovation landscape: the implementer, the creative, the researcher, the risk taker and the enabler. We aim to create the â&#x20AC;&#x153;space betweenâ&#x20AC;?. A space where all role players come together, interact, connect work, forge new relationships and explore possibilities. A space where we can challenge each other and walk away with new insights and solutions. A space where we can develop our own thinking and our ability to express our thinking. Our creative team, Karl and Ida from K&i Design Studio, has once again managed to design a pair of books that could live in your bookcase or on your coffee table for future reference. We hope you enjoy using them as much as we did in putting them together for you. This event will not be possible without our partners: A very SPECIAL BIG THANK YOU to everyone who are demonstrating their commitment to innovation and helping us make our vision a reality.

Partners & Organisers: Itha Taljaard (Sense2Solve) www.sense2solve.co.za Dr Audrey Verhaeghe (RIIS) www.riis.co.za

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he Innovation Summit has become an important event in the annual calendar of the South African Innovation eco-system. This year’s summit, being held in the 4th largest economy in Africa, the Gauteng Province, coincides with the Government in Gauteng passing the Gauteng Innovation Strategy (GIS) The Strategy has three core objectives, namely to: • improve the competitiveness of firms to strengthen the local economy; • improve efficiency of government in delivering services; and • improve the livelihood and quality of life of its citizenry. This year’s theme, “Leading Innovation – Africa’s Competitive Edge” reinforces the transition that emerging economies and in particular African countries must make, from being resource intensive to knowledge intensive based. This transition is required to meet the needs of their citizens and for them to become globally competitive and relevant. Knowledge has become a basic form of capital. Leaders in the knowledge intensive economy will be those that build excellence not only in the generation of knowledge but more importantly, its translation or application to address a variety of challenges that face our societies and economies today as well as those emerging challenges and opportunities.

The mitigation of challenges with generated knowledge to solve these challenges is what defines innovation and the competitive advantage it provides. For a successful transition, we must make significant investments in the engines for knowledge generation and translation, more importantly, we have to go beyond this and make innovation a way of life, in all aspects of our economy. As the Minister of Science and Technology, the Hon Naledi Pandor commenting on South Africa’s 10 Year Innovation Plan, observed “the government’s broad developmental mandate can ultimately be achieved only if South Africa takes further steps on the road to becoming a knowledge-based economy, in which science and technology, information, and learning move to the center of economic activity”. There is no doubt that a nation’s ability to innovate and innovation in general play an important role in a nation’s ability to sustain its global competitiveness. Accordingly, African economies need to embrace innovation to be able to have a say in the global economy. As emerging economies, we must make strategic choices regarding which innovation enabling infrastructure and investments to prioritise for innovation to fast-track socio-economic development and competitiveness. We also need to focus on developing the critical skills that will be required to run the knowledge

economy and also start to promote entrepreneurship as a means to converting knowledge to capital. Many opportunities are being presented, by innovation, for the emerging economies, particularly African economies. These are mainly in the areas of minerals beneficiation, biotechnology, green economy and mobile ICT. For example, mobile ICT offers perhaps the greatest opportunity for broad participation in innovation, with over 100% penetration of mobile phones, with South Africa ranking well ahead of the USA and UK, in terms of mobile internet usage. For mobile ICT to be a game changer for Africa, we need to unlock the potential that mobile offers and go beyond the device itself and explore opportunities in enterprise level and bottom of the pyramid applications. We need to build on the successes of innovations such as “m-pesa” and “Mxit”, which have demonstrated Africa’s ability to develop unique solutions that address its own circumstances. The Innovation Summit has grown to become a recognised meeting place for key players within the innovation eco-system to come together, to share their knowledge, experiences, success stories, emerging trends, challenges and how they have used knowledge to become more competitive and relevant. This year’s summit offers an exciting line-up of leaders and speakers, who are going to demonstrate that indeed

South Africa and Africa at large is ready to claim its place in the knowledge economy. The Innovation Hub, Africa’s premier Science and Technology Park, a subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency, an agency of the Gauteng Government’s Department of Economic Development, is proud to be associated with this year’s Innovation Summit. We congratulate the organisers for an exciting programme. We hope that you extract greater value out of this year’s summit more than you bargained for.

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Prof Alwyn Louw 100 Dr Reinhard Hiller 58 Kammy Dhaver-Young 10 Rentia Venter 28 Dan Buchner 12 Dimitri Markoulides 26 Dr Ron Beyers 148

88 Masechaba Lekalake 38 Dr Etienne van der Walt 24 Prof Mugendi Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rithaa 24 & Roelf Mulder 122 Peter Greenwall 144 Prof Jaideep prabhu 116 Nic Dawes

Prof Philip Spies 70

146 McLean Sibanda

Dr Justin Kennedy 90

44 Serenta Ramraj

Dr Steve Lennon 14 Chris Kanyane 112 Jason Haddock 54

22 Burgert Kirsten 8 Charles Maisel

Dr Shawn Cunningham 94

142 Philippe Wagenfuhrer

Pieter van der Merwe 130

104 Pieter Geldenhuys

Adrie El Mohamadi 50

86 Fred de Villiers

Dr Happy Sithole 66 134 James van der Westhuizen Mark Williams 34

138 Mokena Makeka 30 York Zucchi

Lydia Zingoni 136 Henra Mayer 62 Dr Andrew Hutchison 110

140 Dr Ntokozo Mthembu 74 Gary Wilde 126 Mebs Loghdey

Willie Krause 82 Dr Fiona Donald 118

64 Dr Thomas Oosthuizen

Palesa Makanda 124

46 Sonja Blignaut

Dr Richard Candy 32 Madalitso Phiri 102

52 Marlies Grindlay

Zanele Monnakgotla 60 84 Amanda du Plessis Dr Cherylene de Jager 48 68 Maximilian Pichulik Rentia van Tonder 120

92 Prof Willem Clarke

Dr Neville Comins 18

96 Mark Johnson

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen 72 Karen Walstra 76 Eric Nyembezi Makoni 78 Prof Tana Pistorius 114 Prof Ora Joubert 128

40 Errol Goetsch 42 Ian Bentley 16 Dave Ives 108 Dr Jay van Zyl 98 Prof Deon de Beer

Charles Maisel is a global multi-award winner for social entrepreneurship. He has started 25 of his own ventures and runs a successful company called Innovation Shack. He lectures at most universities on Innovation.

Charles Maisel

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Seeing the leaves, techniques for finding

new ideas daily

eeing the Leaves is a technique designed and implemented by Charles Maisel one of the top social entrepreneurs in South Africa. The technique has been implemented at the Graduate school of business at UCT, corporates and governments as well as schools and communities. It is a simple technique that allows anyone in an organisation to find new ideas simply by reading the newspaper in a different way. Charles Maisel has started 25 innovative entrepreneurship ventures and has a venture capital fund for testing the viability of new ideas. Seeing the leaves uses the simple technique of teaching how to read the newspaper in a way that shows problems to be opportunities, pictures to be inspirations for new businesses, and stories that need solutions. The job of the journalist is to write facts and tell stories, the job of the innovator is to see these opportunities and find solutions.

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By reading the newspapers every day you will find 20 problems a day that need a solution, that is exciting!

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Kammy Dhaver-Young is the Innovation Circuit Manager at Eskom Holdings at MWP Sunninghill. Kammy is a Polymer Scientist with MSc in Polymer Science from Potch University and Masters in Technology and Innovation Management from DaVinci Institute and has been at Eskom for 14 years in Research, Development and Innovation aimed to create an innovative culture in the business while implementing step-change and breakthrough projects with the focus of transferring knowledge into business value.

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Eskom Open Innovation Pilot Project

iven the concept and success achieved with other global organisations, Eskom embarked on an Open Innovation (OI) pilot project whereby Eskom strategically brought solutions from external stakeholders into its innovation cycle in response to 3 challenges posed. Open innovation is a concept coined by Henry Chesborough in 2003, introducing the OI concept whereby organisations bring innovations and knowledge from outside of the organisational boundaries into the innovation cycle of the organisation to augment its innovation process. Eskom continuously has to balance serious external demands with internal capacity to innovate. The organisation is also constantly challenged by external stakeholders poised to help solve some of these challenges and Open Innovation posed a possible solution to accelerate innovation in the business and provide solutions to key long term challenges facing the organisation, which when solved will benefit both Eskom and Eskom customers, hence SA as a whole. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

With the demand of energy in SA, there is no doubt that Eskom is a leader in technology innovation which has been key to sustaining the business in an attempt to keep the lights burning and providing a better life for all in SA.

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Dan’s approach to human centered innovative thinking has been featured in Daniel Pink’s blockbuster book, A Whole New Mind, Why Right Brainers will Rule the Future and Jonah Lehrer’s recent book Imagine, How Creativity works. Dan believes 80% of what we see is behind our eyes. As leaders we have to change how we perceive and think to effect change in our organizations. If we want a more innovative organization we must develop our own innovative mindset and leadership abilities. Using a human centered approach Dan’s innovations have spanned from industry changing products such the Moen Pure Touch kitchen faucet to community centered solutions to water and sanitation issues in rural Africa to novel methods for formulating policies within the government ministries of Singapore.

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leadership skills summit presentation

nnovation is on the minds of executives these days. They are talking about their organization’s culture, their prioritization processes, their innovation strategy, and their inability to implement innovation. They are not talking about the process of ideation - “we have no troubles coming up with many ideas in our organization, we just cannot implement”. And this makes perfect sense as today’s organizations are tuned to produce predictable, reliable and repeatable results. Standardization, efficiency, rationalization, scalability are the order of the day. While innovation – creating value by delivering a novel idea into the market – requires agility and flexibility not afforded in most organizations. How can these leaders foster a culture of innovation in their organizations that manages the tension between producing reliable results and getting disruptive ideas through to the market? – Successfully implementing the best of those many ideas already present in their organizations.

Leading for Innovation pre-summit workshop

his interactive session will help you develop new insights and skills in your role as a leader implementing innovations in your organization. Drawing on CCL’s extensive research into organizational culture and leading for results participants will learn:

• The leaders role in setting innovation strategy and fostering a culture that can prioritize and implement innovative ideas. • Best practices for creating and leading an interdependent culture that supports innovation while delivering ongoing business results. • Leadership skills and behaviors that support the implementation of innovations. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

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Steve is a qualified Scientist and Engineer with a PHD in Materials Engineering. He was appointed as Managing Director (Corporate Services), on 1 July 2007, and currently holds the position of Group Executive (Sustainability). He is also a global business leader who has a reputation for bridging sharply contrasting positions in various global forums such as the World Economic Forum (WEF), G8, United Nations and International Chamber of Commerce. His awareness of global trends in power generation and the wider energy sector has earned him widespread recognition. He plays a major leadership role in numerous areas related to his expertise and is widely consulted locally and internationally in the fields of Innovation, Science and Technology, Sustainability, Energy and the promotion of South African development. Steve’s hobbies include cycling, swimming, boating, music, cooking and reading.

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Leading Innovation Africa’s competitive edge.

r Steve Lennon is delivering the keynote presentation at the 5th SA Innovation Summit. “As an active member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (a CEOled organisation of over 200 global CEOs) Eskom is required to become a leader in sustainability to guide South Africa towards a future that promises a better quality of life for all. Our imperatives relating to economic growth, affordability and security of supply need to be balanced with the impact on the environment, society and the economy. Growing the economy and improving the quality of life of the people of South Africa are goals we all strive for and innovation can help us achieve our goals. Eskom is fostering innovation through a number of external and in-house initiatives, particularly Research and Development (R&D), with a significant investment in the development and demonstration of new and better technologies. The Energy Sector globally faces a major era of change – will this be a future of continued resource depletion and environmental degradation, or a new era of sustainable energy for all? I believe that it is possible to bridge the gap between current unsustainable energy production and consumption whilst closing the energy access gap globally through innovation. In South Africa we will not be able to address current and future energy challenges without Innovation. As such exciting opportunities to innovate present themselves in the energy supply, delivery and end use areas. In addition the convergence of technologies and services around future smart grid platforms has the potential to create new and exciting industries, products and services for our sector. In our quest to be a global leader Eskom is well poised to play a role in defining these opportunities.” www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

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Dave is General Manager for Karabina Solutions, a company that helps their clients innovate by extracting value from their Data Assets. He has a BSc in Chemical Engineering and has always been intrigued with Information systems and helping people use them better. He joined Microsoft and spent 9 years there in various positions including Developer and Platform Director. Dave loves seeing solutions deployed and ADOPTED. He believes in people and their ability to change, they sometimes just need a nudge.

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Exploring Big Data? Explaining the Big Data concept and new techniques in visualizing information to provide insight and impact for innovation

ig data is becoming an over traded term for IT professionals but for Business People, the veritable Knowledge Workers of the economy, they require access to important information to make decisions. Data will grow at least 44X in 10 years while human capability or ability to consume, assimilate and leverage this data is likely to only grow only 1.4X. Big Data covers the dimensions of volume, velocity, variety and complexity. In this presentation I will explore what this means and what companies are doing with their big data. Many businesses store a large amount of transactional data, data about products, customers, partners and so on. What is going to change with peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to interpret this data to take advantage of new products, services and new markets? Has Big Data made Database companies look at their designs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; YES! We look at this and the impact to you. This presentation also looks at new techniques from innovative companies that have considered how people work geospatially, visualization techniques and new ways of interpreting data that lead to enhancement of interpretation of data â&#x20AC;&#x201C; big or not!

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Usable innovation takes time. From conception to usefulness, we see many iterations. Using Big Data is a case in point. One day end users will drive their own big data queries and extract value from Data assets.

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Dr Neville Comins consults in the fields of Innovation Systems and Science Park Development. Over the past 12 years he has been : - Founding CEO of The Innovation Hub - National Innovation Advisor, and later Chief Technical Advisor for COFISA - Interim Technical Advisor to Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the SAIS Programme in Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia.

he National System of Innovation (NSI) concept adopted in South Africa in 1996 has formed the basis of all significant government innovation-related policies over these 16 years. This presentation reflects on the fundamental drivers of the current system, asking key questions about the underlying principles and their interpretation. Only by addressing such questions can we evolve a working NSI with appropriate instruments to create the innovation eco-system delivering on its promise.

Dr Neville Comins

Consultant Innovation Consulting

Does our National System of Innovation work?

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Innovation is driven by novelty, co-creation and collaboration. Without a supportive ecosystem and leading through facilitation, it will be difficult to see progress.

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EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. “Use electricity wisely and together we can create a brighter future for all South Africans.”

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Minister Malusi Gigaba

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Sasol ChemCity

Innovation through alternative building technologies (ABT) Innovation has been at the core of Sasol’s business for more than six decades. Sasol has established itself as the global leader in synthetic fuels through its proprietary technology. As the business has expanded across the globe, this spirit of innovation continues to thrive and is echoed in the enterprise development arm of Sasol, Sasol ChemCity. Sasol ChemCity believes that boosting South Africa’s ability to innovate is critical to reduce poverty and achieve the growth and developmental goals that the country has set. Sasol ChemCity strives to align with key national development priorities, including government’s job creation, industrial, empowerment, rural development and entrepreneurial policies.

Entrepreneurs in South Africa are leading the way in innovation by providing sustainable building technologies that boost and grow the green economy. However, these entrepreneurs are faced with numerous challenges in entering the market. It is against this backdrop that Sasol ChemCity, Sasol’s enterprise development vehicle, established a platform for entrepreneurs to build on their ideas - such as Alternate Building Technologies (ABTs) - and deliver them to the market. This year’s Innovation Summit will showcase the inventiveness of some of these entrepreneurs within the ABT space and provide delegates an opportunity to receive first-hand experience of collaborative creativity at the Summit’s Innovation Lab, which functions as an exhibition space and idea factory.

Sasol ChemCity supports SMEs in the ABT space by providing technical and business support, including project management, business plan development, financial analysis and facilitation in raising capital to deliver technologies to market. This helps SMEs to become more competitive and profitable.

For more information, go to www.chemcity.co.za

Burgert Kirsten is an Industrial Psychologist and experienced improvisation coach and actor. He wrote his Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thesis on using Improvisation for creating a climate for team innovation. He has conducted Team Innovation workshops using his unique techniques for large companies including Siemens, SAB Miller and Gibs. He has also presented workshops at local and international conferences such as the International Applied Improvisation Conference (2008, 2010), the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of SA conference (2009) the International Creativity Conference (2010), the Global Coaching Community Rainbow Convention (2011) and the International Coaching Federation Africa Conference (2011).

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Whose idea is it anyway? Creating a Climate for Team Innovation through Improvisation

esearch in various fields has shown the importance of collaboration and team work to generate innovative solutions. However, working in teams often leads to diminished creativity. One reason for this is the lack of an innovative team climate. Leadership plays a crucial role in the realization of a climate that fosters innovation. Leadership in this sense refers to the influence that individuals have on one another and can therefore be positional or non-positional leadership. Such leaders are aware of changes, can adapt quickly, know that they are not always in control and are open to diverse ideas. These skills are the same as those employed by improvisation actors who respond to ideas from their audience, fellow actors or the

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scenario quickly and creatively and in collaboration with one another. Yet, these skills are not based on talent; they are learnt and can

be practiced and honed. Research has shown that the exercises used by improvisation actors can be used to develop these skills in organisational teams. The use of improvisation theatre techniques in training, team and organisational development is known as applied improvisation and business schools all over the world are starting to include it as part of their leadership and innovation courses.

The art of leading innovation is knowing when to take and when to give up control in every moment.

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Prof Mugendi M’Rithaa is an industrial designer, educator and researcher at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He holds postgraduate qualifications in Industrial Design, Higher Education, and Universal Design. He is passionate about various expressions of socially (responsive and) responsible design, including Participatory Design; Universal Design; and Design for Sustainability. Mugendi has a special interest in the pivotal role of design in advancing the developmental agenda on the African continent. He is associated with a number of international networks focusing on design within industrially developing/majority world contexts, and is currently serving a second term on the executive board of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid).

Prof Mugendi M’Rithaa Design Research Associate ...XYZ Design

Roelf Mulder, founder and director of the globally lauded, award winning, successful … XYZ Design company, is one of Cape Town’s leading designers; a pioneer in the field of product design and a leader in Innovation and Design Thinking methodology in South Africa. Roelf combines expertise in design with a commitment to participatory and co-design practices. The results are innovations that have delivered substantial social impact and/or the realisation of economic development opportunities through the Design With Africa initiative.

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advancing inclusive innovation in majority world contexts

Design with Africa:

esign With Africa (DWA) is an initiative that was inspired by the need to effectively direct available creative assets to inform solutions that reflect the aspirations of myriad communities on the African continent. Africa’s potential for significant socio-technical and socioeconomic growth is demonstrable – indeed, half of the world’s 12 fastest growing economies in 2011 were from our continent. DWA subscribes to this belief in the innovative potential of Africa and her denizens, and further believes in patently participatory methodologies that respect and incorporate potential end-user in an inclusive co-creative and affirming manner. The vast majority of African communities subsist in what can be described as ‘majority world contexts’ – such geopolitical realities resonate with those found in 90% of the world today. Subsequently, DWA embraces participative approaches that promote inclusive innovation as such humanising strategies are

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Creativity, design, entrepreneurship and innovation are all kindred spirits – they spring from the self-same well of imagination and possibility! Innovation is the use of appropriate resources for resolving real-world challenges in a socially relevant and economically viable manner. ultimately more desirable, responsive (and responsible) in the long-term. The presentation argues that design as a socio-economic activity is not only complementary to, but also indispensable to innovation and that the two concepts are mutually re-affirming. Additionally, the presentation speaks specifically to the theme on “inclusive innovation (equitable, cohesive) – innovation for the 90% of the population” by presenting pertinent case studies and offering a discussion on replicable lessons learnt in DWA’s quest to advance efforts towards leapfrogging Africa’s societies into an arguably more sustainable future.

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Have published in local media, regarding opportunities for technology transfer of new potential industries suited for South Africa.

• Senior Client Partner at BMGI specializing in design, innovation and technology transfer. Holder of 2 International Patents, with consulting work experience in the US, Europe and China. • Chairman of the Powder Metallurgy Association of South Africa • Technology transfer specialist and certified Chartered Engineer for the Institute of Materials (London) • Master’s degree in Materials Engineering (Wits University) • Have 14 years of Experience in the consulting industry in the Fields of Lean Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma.

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Manufacturing Innovation: An Integral Part for a Growing Economy

anufacturing employment has fallen gradually worldwide, and this poses a huge challenge for the developing nations. South Africa despite its large resources, has not grown its manufacturing sector significantly, in fact its percentage (GDP) related to manufacture is declining sharply. The main reason for this is that most stakeholders do not consider manufacturing to be a part of the economies innovation system at all. This mistake is not only carried out by developing nations, but also by developed economies. The US for instance has now realized that its domestic capabilities have been eroded significantly in turning inventions into high quality, cost competitive products damaging its ability to lead in many sectors. The fact of the matter is that innovation needs to take place effectively across the whole value chain and not only in R&D and design. This paper proposes a framework for identifying “Pure Product” and “Process Innovation” opportunities which are ideal opportunities for developing manufacturing expansion opportunities utilising modularity and process maturity descriptors. Once identifying the countries strength and weaknesses in terms of manufacturing capability, one needs to “shop” for high modular designs that can be manufactured locally. This in turn will build on the nation’s manufacturing capabilities and with time will be able to select opportunities with a lower degree of modularity. In summary, this paper proposes a framework for identifying opportunities for developing manufacturing expansion. Potential opportunities in various sectors are proposed which are applicable to South Africa and Africa at large and a number of case studies examples are referred to that demonstrates the innovation opportunity at hand. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

To Lead Innovation, integration needs to take place effectively across the whole value chain and not only in R&D and design.

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Rentia is an experienced strategy consultant and researcher in management theory. She is passionate about building relationships, making plans, drawing pictures of solutions, gaining insights, chasing experience and figuring out what makes people (and occasionally, systems) tick. She is a hunter and gatherer of novel ideas and interesting people. She gets excited about blue skies, green fields, sustainable contribution, commitment, dedication and occasional flights of fancy.

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The relationship between innovation ability and business network utilisation in emerging economies

here is a growing awareness in emerging markets that innovation is a key element of country competitiveness and therefore strategy formulation. In order to formulate appropriate strategies and policies, it is important that there is a clear picture of the economic and innovative performance of companies in emerging markets, and this research study aimed to present a contribution to further clarify this picture. Networking, particularly innovative networks, is a critical vehicle for industrial and economic development in developing countries. Emerging economies are increasingly operating at the so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;technological frontierâ&#x20AC;? for the development of knowledge. However, business owners in emerging economies like South Africa continue to indicate a need for assistance in growing and sustaining their businesses. It is easy to see how these needs could be mitigated by the increased utilisation of business networks. What types of business networks shape the innovation ability of emerging market firms? It is well accepted in business practice that there are advantages for individuals and organisations in utilising their relationship networks for the purposes of personal and business advancement. Furthermore, the need for firms to develop the ability to innovate products, processes and positions to remain competitive is well documented. This research analyses data from the agroprocessing, automotive and ICT sectors in emerging markets to investigate the relationship between networking and innovation. The research drew on the previous understanding of theories of business networks. Using 720 responses, the data was analysed to investigate possible associations between each set of business network descriptors and innovation. Regression analysis revealed empirical evidence of significant relationships between some of the sub-variables for Country, Company structure, Collaboration type and Linkage type with Level of innovation. Data (using survey methodology) from the European Union INGINEUS project [No 225368] was used for this analysis. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

There is a growing awareness in emerging markets that innovation is a key element of country competitiveness and therefore strategy formulation.

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Originally from Switzerland and educated around the world, York has been in the corporate world for some 13 years working across many countries and different companies. 5 years ago he started to sense that the eyes of the business world were starting to turn to Africa and so 3.5 years ago decided to quit his position at Goldman Sachs (before the financial crisis… lucky really) and move to South Africa to start his own business. After making tons of mistakes he finally found the right gears and thanks to a great team and in part due to the enormous potential that Africa has to offer his companies (Healthcare, IT, Education and Bookkeeping) are now growing nicely, with the healthcare business on track to become Africa’s leading healthcare services group. York has a BA Hons from EBS (London), a couple of business courses under his belt from many parts of the world and completed an MBA in Entrepreneurship from GIBS (Johannesburg). He is a sucker for empowerment (true empowerment, not the BEE get rich quickly schemes) and loves working with passionate, dedicated hard working individuals who produce results. In exchange they get taught how to consume conspicuously waste amounts of coffee without having spasms.

York Zucchi Chief Coffee Drinker York Zucchi & Partners

Is the grass greener on the other side?

A Swiss entrepreneur/ investor’s experiences of doing business in South Africa (vs. other countries) and how it forced us to become more innovative

• Swiss entrepreneur and investor in Africa • With my international network and background what has led me to choose Africa (i.e. what makes SA and Africa so special compared to other countries)? • What have my experiences been in setting up companies and doing deals in SA and SSA? Touching various topics, from soft issues (managing expectations) to hard issues (infrastructure, legislation, etc). What screw ups have we made. What has worked. All with the caveat of subjectivity – what works for me may not work for others. • The dynamics of doing business in emerging markets vs. more established markets. • The world is paying attention to Africa. The gap between perception and reality is closing. What does the world think of Africa as an investment destination? • Who is going to be eating your lunch? It is not who you think… Noise vs real disruptors. • Reason to be optimistic about the future and why I am here to stay.

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Africa is the ultimate testing ground for ideas in the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy. If you can figure out how to make it work in Africa, chances are it can work anywhere.

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Dr Richard Candy has worked for Eskom for 40 years and has spent a significant portion of his time developing improvements to Eskom’s System Operator SCADA human machine interface. He holds 3 USA/European and 5 South African Patents. He invented the electrical substation “Bay State” philosophy which resulted in a significant reduction in operator errors. The functionality is now being deployed around the world. His current research is focused on the development of a situational awareness tool with a strong links to the development of a South African Smart Grid.

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Foundation for a

South African Smart Grid

urrently the Smart Grid initiatives, both local and international are centred on individual devices and supported by applications associated with specific results and outputs. This leads to many duplicate mini projects with little or no mutual support. For example at substations, each plant condition monitoring effort has its own monitoring platform, communications interface and visualization requirements which are limited to a few individual user. Little consideration is given to the individual components of all these small applications and what is actually required both now and in the future to address them in terms of evolving them so that they can be included as part of a “smart grid”. This presentation will look at the overall building blocks needed to meet all the different requirements for a South African Smart Grid. I will examine the solution from both ends of the smart grid data chain starting with the overall architecture requirements, the communications needs, how the data is collected followed by the visualization requirements. The project also addresses the merging of SCADA and non-SCADA inputs on common platform providing the user with 15 minute to one hour future view of the environment. The proposed solution will provide a foundation on which to develop a Southern African smart grid that will support virtually all smart grid participants for the foreseeable future as well as addressing their different visualisation needs.

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Looking, seeing and thinking! Then being able to find a different way to improve an environment to the benefit of others.

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Mark has started a new business, Strategic Productivity, and consults to many companies, including Tsogo Sun, SAFCOL, the dti and DOJ. As the South African reseller for Forrester Research in South Africa, he does Business Development, and is also involved in business coaching, mentoring and entrepreneurial initiatives in numerous NGOs and SMEs.

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Vantagepoint: The lessons learnt from

a seasoned entrepreneurâ&#x20AC;Ś

he entrepreneurial era of my business life is one which many business people and entrepreneurs can relate to: a fast track corporate era, a few business start-ups, the big break with an IT business, the sale and wealth creation, the new opportunity (seen through rose-tinted glasses), the harsh reality of a dud purchase, the demise and collapse of the new business, the reality of loss and sureties, the stress of having a judgement against your name and getting them rescinded, picking yourself up and doing it all over again, finding the silver lining to what seemed like a hopeless situation, the birth of a new business, new partners, new life, new opportunities. All in all, a real roller-coaster life of experiences filled with adventure, spanning the full wavelength of dark depths and amazing heights, with a myriad of life and business lessons that everyone can learn from.

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Never ever quit; No matter how tough you think your next step is, do it!

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Dr Etienne van der Walt (BSc, BMedSc, MBChB, MMed) is an experienced neurologist, cognitive neuroscientist, and expert in early childhood brain development. Etienne has a vast understanding of the brain, substantiated with a 14-year career as a neurologist, deeply rooted in development, performance and the physiology of the brain. He is also the founder of AmazingBrainz™, a non-profit dedicated to the design of programs for the brain stimulation of young, developing children – especially in disadvantaged communities.

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Chief Scientist Neurozone 38

The Neuroscience of Innovation

or the neuroscientist, the definition of creativity is “solving problems and fashioning new products that are adaptive for the group”. It accomplishes this by having evolved through the eons from most basic to most sophisticated in an increasingly complex environment. For millions of years the complexity of the environment changed with infinite slowness, only very occasionally disrupted by events demanding rapid adaptation for survival. Not so today. The challenge for our brains to adapt rises in tandem with a seemingly unstoppable acceleration in the pace, quantity, and complexity of change. More than ever, we have to innovate to survive. Financial meltdowns, economic crises, climate change, poverty, corruption, opposing belief systems, you name it… there is no shortage of problems desperately in search of novel ideas and products to promote collective survival. We create these novel ideas and products with our brains. To the neuroscientist, creativity is the highest and most sophisticated form of thinking. This leads us to two enduring and damaging myths: the popular belief that only the ‘creative’ are creative; and the belief that creativity resides in a specific area of the brain (commonly believed to be only on the right side). These are misconceptions. They are simply not true. Current neuroscience holds that the whole brain is creative… that the wholly creative brain is essential for survival. To the neuroscientist, creativity always precedes innovation. How and why creativity precedes innovation is at the core of a model of brain performance developed by Neurozone’s chief scientist and founder, neurologist and cognitive neuroscientist Dr Etienne van der Walt. The Neurozone™ Model of Brain Performance draws from the most current published and peer reviewed neuroscience research available to demonstrate how and why certain key drivers affect the brain’s capacity to perform. These are the foundational, emotional, higher order, and sensory drivers that determine our ability to ‘survive’ in a world of accelerating change. These are also the drivers that affect the ability of the knowledge worker, the teacher, the student, the athlete, and the parent to perform at their absolute best. Ultimately, these are the drivers of innovation. The good news is that neuroscientists around the world are discovering very specific ways to enhance these drivers for optimum brain performance. In his work, Dr van der Walt describes the specific brain structures associated with these key drivers. He introduces us to ground breaking neuroscience research, critical new knowledge with potential to transform how business “solves problems and fashions new products”. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

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Errol single handed invented the mathematics of corporate governance, addressing the relationship between leadership and management, the simultaneous measurement of quantity and quality, the organogram of performance, the number and range of decisions to take, etc, packaged unforgettably.

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Director Centre for Social Impact (NGO) 40

The Corporate Governance of Innovation – Building a high performance organisation

uditing, consulting and training hundreds of organisations and projects led to seeing a pattern to under-performance and testing the least-cost most-yield steps for managers and directors to take. The presentation summarises a life of learning and covers the corporate governance of high performance – the organogram, the budgets and project plans, job descriptions of managers and directors, their KPA’s and KPI’s, the targets and measures for tracking the project life cycle – using innovative techniques that are simple yet sweeping. You are introduced to the shape of a highperformance organisation, and the measures of peak corporate governance. You will never forget the 2Q’s, the 3D’s, the 4E’s, the 7S’s and the 10P’s and Q’s that make up all you need to know about establishing a peak performance environment with normal people. South Africa’s skills constraint appears to set a low ceiling on our competitiveness. This approach bypasses those constraints and shows how the systematic tortoise can win the race. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

Not innovating / producing is a failure in corporate governance. Directors have a fiduciary duty to build the capacity to perform.

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Ian is a creative maverick with a passion for innovation who believes that collaboration is the New Economy. He grew up in a liberal household where his father was determined not to have their minds contaminated by apartheid propaganda. He encouraged them to actively question and interrogate all the information they as children came into contact with. As a result Ian developed a healthy disregard for conventional logic, and now constantly challenge everything he sees and hears. As a result he has come up with several ground breaking and disruptive ideas and concepts that challenge the conventional way they (amongst others) do recruitment or trade commodities.

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Collaboration Partner Sensorica 42

UBUNTU... and how the power of the

Crowd is reshaping the future of business

he vast and ever-growing gulf between the super-rich and everyone else which I believe is a fundamental reason for the economic turmoil the world finds itself. In this presentation I will demonstrate why current business models are no longer relevant in the postindustrial era … and will briefly discuss how my search to find the true meaning of the term ‘UBUNTU’ led me to create a truly democratic business model that is neither ‘capitalist’ nor ‘socialist’, but rather ‘collaborationist’. The presentation will then focus on the Wisdom of Crowds, and some outside-the-box ideas on how to identify and tap into innovative ideas, skills … even funding … using a modified version of ‘Crowdsourcing’. This will explain how this has enabled my colleagues and I to develop some revolutionary technologies, and how ‘extreme manufacturing’ will eventually alter the way that we implement production across entire sectors of the economy. The final part of my presentation will be sharing a case study on how this type of thinking has led to the emergence of Sensorica, advanced sensor technology that will revolutionise the way mankind diagnoses health and wellness issues … and how this technology will be applied to the way we manage and recycle wastewater. The presentation will culminate in a the unveiling of Capricorn, a revolutionary wastewater treatment system destined to render existing technologies obsolete.

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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. - Albert von Szent-Gyorgy

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Serenta Ramraj completed a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry - Cum Laude and Bachelor of Science with Honours from University Of Natal. She is an expert in the establishment of businesses using alternative building technologies (ABTs) and has developed countless strategies on establishing and growing the industry. Her academic papers of note include ‘Sasol ChemCity: Enterprise Development in the Alternative Building Technology Industry.’ This paper was presented at the first ABT Indaba hosted by the Department of Human Settlements in September in 2010. Ramraj believes that the successful implementation of ABTs will drive economic growth, whilst stimulating the growth of the manufacturing industry. “ABT’s will aid in addressing many challenges faced in the building and construction industry at the moment, such as shortage of skilled labour, shortage of buildings for housing, schools and clinics. Their successful implementation will also allow comfortable occupation of buildings and reduce operational costs of buildings,” says Ramraj. She has a wealth of experience with various ABTs such as insulated concrete forms, structurally insulted panels, pre-cast concrete walls and insulated bricks. Her business acumen has seen her orchestrate businesses with a range of R30million to R200million capital investment.

Serenta Ramraj Specialist Business Analyst Sasol ChemCity

About Innovation

The Truth

asol ChemCity will share how its innovative integrated approach to Small to Medium Enterprise (SMEs) development enables entrepreneurs to overcome challenges in starting up and growing their businesses. It further enables a collaborative effort with all stakeholders to holistically impact more than just SMEs, but rather society as a whole. This in turn abolishes the perception that innovation is only for the elite; and reveals the ability of every individual to impact society at large through innovation.

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Sonja started her working career as a meteorologist but through various twists and turns found herself in a world more typical to industrial psychologists. After a stint as senior consultant in PWC and IBM, she founded The Narrative Lab in 2007 along with her business partner, Aiden Choles. Some of the key guiding philosophies that shapes her thinking and practice are Complexity Thinking; the power of Narrative to diagnose and transform; and approaching challenges, and especially people from a strengths-based (vs deficit-based) perspective.

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Director The Narrative Lab 46

Conversation as a strategic enabler of innovation and

collaboration

he workshop will focus on conversation as a key business process in organisations and an enabler of innovation and collaboration. Our approach to the workshop is to set the scene with a short theoretical presentation where various conversation models will be discussed, but to focus mainly on the practical application of the theory. Participants will be facilitated through several practical conversationbased techniques that they will be able to take back to their organisations in order to improve the conversation culture and create conditions more favourable for the emergence of innovation. These techniques include: practical conversation starters; facilitated fishbowls and story circles; how to have effective conversations for possibility; how to introduce dissent in safe and effective ways.

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Innovation often emerges from a unique set of circumstances, be it a crisis, a chance encounter or individual brilliance. It is not something that is mandated or managed; leaders need to foster a culture and environment that could create conditions that are favourable for the emergence of innovation.

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I have always been of the opinion that: - Rules are there to be broken, challenged and changed to suit the situation! - Innovation without creativity is sterile! - Innovation is ignited when the system gets stuck – constant reinvention is my mantra!

Dr Cherylene de Jager

Chief Imagination Officer CheHan Ideaneers

IGNITING Innovation: The Triple “i” Creativity and Innovation Model UNPLUGGED!

he development of creative and innovative thinking and problem-solving skills are crucial if organizations want to re-invent themselves to adhere to the challenges of the 21st century (Hamel, 2000; Levesque, 2001; Skarzynski and Gibson, 2008) So much is known about innovation these days, yet isn’t innovation easy? What triggers innovation? Once the need for innovation is triggered, what is required to initiate the process? Which determinants on an organizational as well as on an individual level are required to implement, and even more important, to sustain innovation? In this presentation I will unplug The Triple “i” Creativity and Innovation Model to indicate the kaleidoscope of determinants that have to be considered to ignite ideaneer and implement innovation initiatives. Innovation initiatives and interventions can be implemented successfully if creative solutions are ideaneered to address the challenges faced during the initiation process. An environment conducive to successful innovation can be established if the ideal context is lacking.

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imagine what the impact would be if every corner of their organisations were pulsing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at all times â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with radical, rule-breaking concepts for new products, services, strategies, and business, providing the organisation with a continual flow of innovations with which to delight their customers, confound their competitors, and richly reward their shareholders. - Gibson (2008) 49

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Adrie has successfully been coordinating multi-stakeholder projects on both national and international level in various sectors of the South African economy over the past 12 years. She has 10 years of learning through practice within a German Development organisation. She believes that understanding the innovative capacity of a sector does not depend only on the use of certain technologies, management processes or the performance capability of research institutions. More importantly, it also depends on collaboration between role-players of the private sector, the state, educational and research institutions as well as linkages with international innovation networks.

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Project Leader National Foundry Technology Network 50

Collaboration for a more globally competitive foundry industry

nderstanding the innovative capacity of an industry does not depend only on the use of certain technologies, management processes or the performance capability of research institutions. More importantly, it also depends on collaboration between role-players of the private sector, the state, educational and research institutions as well as linkages with international innovation networks. It is only once an industry with all the above mentioned role-players starts moving in the same direction that innovative solutions are created. In the foundry industry this process started to snowball once the respective role-players realised that they only have one piece of the puzzle and in order to get the bigger picture collaboration with â&#x20AC;&#x153;unlikelyâ&#x20AC;? partners is needed. This presentation looks at the roles and responsibilities of various role-players within the Foundry System of Innovation in order for the South African foundry industry to be more globally competitive as the first link in the metals manufacturing value chain. Of particular interest is the role and responsibility of government and its implementing agencies.

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Innovation is the first attempt to carry it out in practice. To be able to turn an invention into an innovation, a firm needs to combine several different types of knowledge, capabilities, skills and resources. although product and process innovation is better known, leading innovation often emanates from organisational, business model and network innovations.

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I am immersed in the world of sensory, predominantly using taste and smell and movement as my preferred language to connect to the world most authentically; I honour the great men and women who have been generous enough to share their wisdom, knowledge, inspiration and insights that drive the field of creativity forward – and feel privileged to be able to build and pass on knowledge poised on the shoulders of giants.

Marketing and Sensory Manager (Flavours)

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A Sense of Creativity

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n the modern world that is Africa today, together with a continuing rise in urbanization, overcrowding, poverty alongside wealth, social and societal challenges have emerged that call for different approaches and fresh thinking. The depersonalization that arises from the reliance on nonverbal communication – e-mail and the internet, the all-consuming wave of social media – seems to have paved the way to blatant materialism, a breakdown of personal and societal values, heightened individualism and an intolerance of differences, business based on profit-above-people and the concomitant surge in dis-ease, both physical and psychological. People are increasingly at risk of losing their sense of identity, becoming invisible and isolated. This may lead to feelings of disconnection from their authentic self, a dehumanization process where we becoming walking “heads”, “job titles”, “belief systems” or other lesser personas. Decisions are made without considering feelings. Our feelings reflect our truth in the moment and if they form an integral part of decision-making and feedback in communication, we are better able to reconnect with and operate from a position of wholeness, for optimum performance. Communication is often lost in translation, between distractions from cultural and belief filters, interruption of social media networking, poor listening skills, making unfounded assumptions, misinterpreting words and meaning and an excessive overload of sensory stimulation in the world around us. Education as well as the typical Western model of business rewards and trains the logical, rational and analytical side of our thinking more than creativity and intuition, where getting it right overrides doing the right thing and our inner knowing and sense of being linked to all life is often discounted and overruled by our intellect. In South Africa, we stand as a global example of the power of dialogue to drive transformation both in the forming of www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

Leading innovation is like dappled sunshine on your naked skin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it warms you up slowly and makes you feel good about being alive in the world.

our democracy and the only case of truth AND reconciliation to date. If we are to create a solution for Africa/SA, we could consider an African approach based on a fundamental belief that the answers lie within each of us. In our call to action as change leaders, embracing the best of what has been and identifying the strengths that make us unique in the myriad of roles we play as leaders, will enable us to go forward in a more

meaningful and personally relevant way. Innovation is creativity in action and true creativity is the power to transform ourselves as the starting point to driving widespread change â&#x20AC;&#x201C; mindsets, attitudes, the way we see the world and ourselves as agents of change. Getting in touch with the senses provides a means of searching within for the real answers, being present, touching our own humanity and

using this awareness to listen, learn and make better decisions that honour and support life. All change starts within each individual. We can choose our reality, our thoughts and our actions. In this context, creative thinking skills form one of the vital pillars of human flourishing and sustainability â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an ability to see with new eyes and imagine, then step into a desired future. All you need is to bring YOURSELF along.

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Jason has previously helped start up a number of successful technology companies and now heads up the business intelligence and innovation competencies at Saratoga Software. He is busy with a masters degree in innovation and is passionate about helping entrepreneurs start up globally successful business in South Africa. Being a serial optimist, Jason is passionate about making a positive change in the world and believes that Africa, and specifically South Africa are well positioned to be a catalyst for this.

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Head of Business Intelligence & Innovation Saratoga Software 54

Creating a culture of Innovation: A Saratoga Software case study

he world in which we live has changed dramatically over the last decade. We have moved out of the industrial age economies and into a creative knowledge economy. We have seen global economics change significantly, which has left many economies and businesses fearing for their future. In the midst of these changes many companies and CEOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have realized that in order to be competitive they need to innovate. These same companies have also painfully realized that there is no silver bullet for innovation. I believe, the key for a company to be innovative is to build it into the culture of the company. In this discussion I will be looking at a practical approach to building a culture of innovation. This approach is based on two years of blended research and practical work that incorporates the ideas of leading global thinkers and business/innovation strategists. I will focus on a broad range of concepts from organizational design to knowledge management to building a structure to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation. It will be a frank discussion on what has worked and some of the challenges that I believe many companies may face in building their own cultures of innovation. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

Leading innovation is about finding people who are passionate about innovation, giving them the tools and techniques to be successful and then getting out of the way.

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The Innovation Prize for Africa

THE FUTURE WE INNOVATE he Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) mobilizes African innovators by providing $150,000 to winners who deliver market-oriented solutions for Africanled development. This year’s prize will recognize innovative breakthroughs that unlock new African potential.

Agriculture and Agribusiness:

Environment, Energy and Water:

Innovations focused on commercial and market farmers as well as small-scale and subsistence farmers.

Innovations that have helped develop or apply cost-effective, renewable energy generation processes, and cleaner water supply systems.

Do you have an idea? Do you know an innovator? Spread the word and encourage others to apply. 2012 Winner Profile:

Unlocking the Next Generation of Cellular Technology

Professor Mohamed Sanad was the winner of IPA 2012 and was awarded USD 100,000 for creating a new in-phone and mobile antennae that operates on all frequency bands. This innovation helps people stay connected seamlessly, ensuring improved cellular access and productivity. Professor Sanad’s antennae will be the first to operate across carriers and borders.

Innovation Prize for

AFRICA

celebrating African ingenuity Priority areas for

Health and Wellbeing: Innovations that have demonstrated a high impact or potential in improving the physical, mental, and social well-being of individuals or communities, through prevention, treatment and other means.

2013 include:

Information Communications Technologies:

Manufacturing and Service Industry:

Innovations that address development challenges in Africa linked to ICTs Â including software, mobile/ wireless technologies and local language software.Â

Innovations that are customer focused, address key pillars in production and promote the adoption of cleaner, sustainable practices.

Apply Today The deadline for IPA 2013 is 31 October, 2012. Learn more and submit your application by visiting InnovationPrizeForAfrica.org @IPAprize /InnovationPrizeforAfrica www.innovationprizeforafrica.org ipainfo@africaninnovation.org ipa@uneca.org Photos: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

PhD in molecular biology, University of Vienna, Austria, in 2000; Joined biotech start-up in same year; Entered diagnostic market with new technology in 2003. Product now used by 100s of doctors and laboratories across the world. Moved to SA in ‘05 to create a technology platform enabling biotech innovation. Developed CPGR into a leading player in biotech in Africa; NLP Master Practitioner; EMBA student at UCT GSB since 2011; Married to Tina and father of Isak Themba and Sara Thandiwe.

he 21st century has commenced with the promise of breakthrough scientific advancements made in the field of modern biotechnology. In fact, recent technological developments in biomedical research have sparked previously unthinkable scientific initiatives, such as the Human Genome Project (HGP). In 2001, for the very first time in the history of humankind, the genetic code containing the blueprint contained in every human cell was deciphered, and made available for detailed scientific investigation. The prospect of failing to realize the promise made by these flagship initiatives is of particular concern at times when funders are forced to cut research spending because of economic and fiscal constraints. In particular it must be of concern for stakeholders working in environments with systemic constraints, such as experienced in South Africa. As an enabler of biotech innovation, we have asked ourselves how R&D projects can be managed so that high-quality outputs are achieved and, consequently, a more effective progression of these outputs across the innovation chain is attained. We came up with a solution based on principles of lean management, R&D portfolio management and best practice in R&D project management. We have defined seven strategic interventions, underpinning the implementation of a new R&D management approach.

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Dr Reinhard Hiller

Director CPGR – Centre for Proteomic & Genomic Research

Re-designing the biotech R&D process for enhanced innovation

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Innovation is the ability to respond to dynamic changes in the environment (opportunities and threats) in a value-creating manner.

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Zanele believes in the 3 Pâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for success in life: Passion, Perseverance, and Patience.

Zanele has worked in the financial services sector for the last 15 years. She has a B.Com and Masters in Tax and prior to being Head Innovation, she was Head of Strategic Projects, where she originated and developed projects that the IDC could fund. Zanele has been Head Innovation at IDC for the last 3 years.

Zanele Monnakgotla Head: Innovation Industrial Development Corporation

Managing innovation in a corporate environment

anaging innovation in any environment can be challenging. Attempting to establish innovation as a core competency within a well-entrenched corporate culture, which is not conducive of such a change, takes the challenge to a new level. What are some of the successes, failures and learningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that come out of such an initiative? These and other valuable insights will be shared.

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Innovation is 1% inspiration and 99 % perspiration. - Thomas Edison

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Henra Mayer is the CEO of Innocentrix, a company that specialises in providing innovation management services. Henra completed her first degree at the University of Pretoria and then the Programme in Business Leadership (PBL) as well as the Masters Degree in Business Leadership (MBL) through Unisa. Her Master’s Research Report was entitled “Radical Innovation – Gearing for the Future through Corporate Renewal”, which she obtained with distinction.

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Organisational Innovation Management Approaches in SA

he workshop will be practical and focus on South African innovation management approaches and global best practises on the topic. The information will be based on recent research conducted in SA and will be juxtaposed against findings from the SA national innovation survey as well as international and global influences.

The workshop will provide insights on: • How SA organisations are managing innovation • List the factors cited by SA organisations on what they believe distinguishes a successful from an unsuccessful organisation • The greatest innovation enablers and challenges in SA organisations as stated by innovation leaders • Putting innovation in context: Integration of opinions and feedback received from local and international innovation experts on the topic • Global innovation trends, methods and frameworks • Innovation from the perspective of the organisation: The lessons learned so far... • What’s new: What organisations are doing differently • Discussion, interactions and sharing

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Innovation leadership is about taking action, taking responsibility and creating value through a systemic results driven approach. It is about collaboration, people and the appropriate planning in support of innovation goals. If you are not serious about innovation your innovation results will be nothing serious.

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Thomas fundamentally questions the way we think about brands and marketing. New thinking has the ability to create greater market impact, consumer and shareholder value. - Once you know the rules, break them! - Much of marketing money is wasted, be accountable, efficient and effective in what you do. Often, consistent mediocrity is better than inconsistent brilliance in marketing.

Dr Thomas Oosthuizen

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Can South Africa be the Intel Inside for African globalisation?

outh Africa remains uncompetitive globally. Amidst a saturated and changing global universe, SA needs to work at establishing a competitive advantage that will make the economy sustainable and create a high standard of living for its people. At this point, SA lags many African countries in growth, and many of the emerging nations elsewhere. Yet, Africa holds huge potential as a continent that can transcend cheap natural resources exports and become a value-added continent that produces goods and services in demand across the world. We need to move Africa away from just exporting natural resources and consuming expensive imports. SA can be the conduit for African globalisation. To attain this position, SA can become the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intel Insideâ&#x20AC;? that cooperates with other African nations to develop the people skills, manufacturing and research capacity to create goods and services in demand around the world. In the 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Singapore redefined its role relative to the rest of Asia. South Africa can do the same. Its capabilities in its own multinationals like MTN, AngloGold Ashanti and others, combined with its excellent universities, research institutes and development institutes, places it in a unique position to be the Intel Inside for African globalisation. By mustering the potential and existing people skills and attitude in Africa, we can make this continent a major force for the next fifty years. But it will require a clear vision, collaboration and clear objectives. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

Innovative brands offer something unique that re-contextualises the way people think about products, services, brands â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the boundaries between them. This is the greatest creator of value for shareholders and consumers.

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Dr Happy Sithole is the Director for the Center for High Performance Computing in South Africa. Dr Sithole has a PhD in Physics, which focused on Atomistic and Electronic Simulation of Sulphide Minerals. Dr Sithole has worked as a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in the Materials Modelling Center at University of Limpopo. He has also worked as a Research Scientist at De Beers Consolidated Mines, and later as a Senior Process Engineer at Pebble Bed-Modular Reactor Company. Dr Sithole sits in a number of advisory committees of high performance computing, as a program committee member of both the International Super-Computing Meeting and the Russian High Performance Computing Committee. He also serves and inquisitor on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hot Seatâ&#x20AC;? session at ISC Meetings, a select panel that interrogate technology vendors on their products.

dr Happy Sithole Director Center for High Performance Computing

Cyberinfrastructure: a benefit for communities outside science and engineering

igh Performance Computing and Large Data Repositories are normally associated with hard-core science and engineering fields. These are the areas where well-established methods and research topics exist. Recently, with greater participation in government departments being responsible in rolling out these large infrastructures, a more encompassing approach in fully harnessing the investment is needed. In this paper, we will look at the cyberinfrastructure investments in South Africa, and how they benefit communities outside science and engineering. In particular, the utilisation of these facilities and techniques in humanities.

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Max is passionate about developing High Impact Small Businesses. He comes from a financial services background, having worked many years in Corporate and Investment banking in London and previously graduating from University of Cape Town with BCom Finance, Economics. He was responsible for establishing the South African ANDE (Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs) Chapter, part of the Aspen Institute in Washington DC. In 2010, Max was selected as one of Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans, for his role in driving social entrepreneurship in the country. For kicks, Max spends a lot of his time on a surfboard, yoga mat, playing Ultimate Frisbee or prolifically researching Africa’s history.

Maximilian Pichulik

Co-founder and partner Impact Amplifier 68

Capitalism Ver 2.0 – The rise of social innovation, impact investing and social capital markets

s humanity and the planet face major socioeconomic and environmental fractures, bold entrepreneurs are stepping up to create new markets and industries for the 21st century. In this discussion, we track the development of social innovation and discuss a ‘new emerging financial system’, where both financial return and social (and environmental) impact could create a sustainable future for humanity. We also start to see the beginnings of capitalism being re-invented.

1. Introduction: The Planet and Humanity in crisis 2. The Problem is too large for governments and non profits to solve 3. Entrepreneurs stepping in: Market based solutions to social and environmental problems 4. The shift in global philanthropy towards social innovation: ‘The pioneer gap’ 5. Impact investing: The rise in social capital markets and ‘blended value’ 6. Innovations in social capital markets: – alternative/ impact stock exchanges, impact rating agencies and social value metrics (alongside financial metrics) 7. What does this mean for South Africa? 8. Lessons in pursuing a career where both ‘profit’ and ‘purpose’ are meaningful

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Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your purpose. - Aristotle

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Philip Spies is an applied futures studies specialist who lives near Paarl in the Western Cape Province where he farms with almonds and wine grapes on a part time basis. After his retirement as Director of the Institute for Futures Research, University of Stellenbosch in 1996 he established a consultancy ‘Creative Futures Network’, specialising in applied futures studies, systems thinking and strategic transformation. Over the past 40 years he lectured in agricultural economics, specializing in structural economics, natural resource economics and economic policy (1971-79), applications of futures studies to business practice and applications of systems thinking to organizational renewal at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (1980 – 1992), the University of Cape Town post graduate studies in industrial psychology (1990 – 1992), the University of South Africa Department of Industrial Economics (1989 -1996) and the theory of futures studies for M.Phil. in Futures Studies, University of Stellenbosch (current).

Professor emeritus in futures studies

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Systems thinking in

innovation management: Organising the ‘ecosystems’ for endemic innovation and societal development

he design and management of technological innovation is first and foremost the design of the societal conditions, or a techno-ecosystem, which make innovation not only possible but highly desirable. This presentation expands on this theme using a definition of the Ackoff-Gharajedaghi school of systems thinkers as a starting point, namely: ‘Development is the increase in the desire (motivation) and capacity of the members of a society (or organisation) to satisfy their own legitimate desires and needs and those of others’. It argues that innovation is similarly a factor of both the desire and capacity to innovate that exist in a particular society. The question to be addressed is: How can one create and manage supportive conditions within society to enhance the desire and capacity of its people to be innovative – to build a pervasive culture of innovativeness? A multi-perspective approach is followed in answering this question, covering economic conditions, research, training and education, governance/leadership, aesthetics and culturalethical issues. The obstructiveness of polarisation, alienation and corruption within most developing societies is highlighted – especially regarding the impact of these conditions on motivation.

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Leading innovation means to create the societal and organisational conditions that make pervasive innovation desirable for all.

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Peter van Nieuwenhuizen has been researching the innovative gap between industry and academia as part of a commission from a large academic institution. Van Nieuwenhuizen’s company (Skopus Business Consultants) focuses on helping entrepreneurs bridging the innovation gap.

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The Case of the Entrepreneurial University

he entrepreneurial university is supposed to bridge the innovation divide between industry and academia. Examples from the USA, UK, Malaysia and China shows that universities can work closely together with industry. This cooperation is not automatic and needs heavy investment of time and effort. South Africa seems to have a different understanding of the entrepreneurial university concept. This presentation wants to re-introduce the entrepreneurial university to the audience. STATING THE PROBLEM The innovation gap (or innovation chasm) could be defined as “the gap between knowledge generators and the market”. This gap is one of the main causes why South Africa spends less than 1% of its National GDP on research and development. In addition, data from the Global Innovation Index and the Global Competitiveness Index show that the gap between innovation input and the resultant practical knowledge output has doubled since 2008 in South Africa. In 2008, South Africa was 38th in the world www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

regarding the provision of innovation input, whilst at the end of 2011 the country was place 59th in the world. As far as general output is concerned, the country worsened from 50th in 2008 to 83rd place in 2011. Scientific output as related to innovation has been on a constant worsening curve (from 58Th to 79th) in the same time. Of more concern is the fact that South Africa’s human capital worsened from the 34th place in 2008 to the 92nd place in 2011. Indeed, innovation in South Africa seems to be in a general state of decline.

The age of entitlement economics is over â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the (tertiary education) sector must compete. - Mike Boxal

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WARNING! Don’t be fooled by the suave pose! Gary’s a seasoned Turnaround Specialist, Executive Wingman & Behavioural expert with 20 years experience in solving stubborn business & leadership challenges. He’s renowned for challenging convention, getting to the root of problems quickly and producing rapid, lasting results. Gary’s also a captivating Keynote speaker & writer who appears regularly in the media, as well as the creator of The Future Relevance Assessment™ and The Wealth Apprentice™.

Gary Wilde

CEO Wilde Insights 74

Decon -structive Innovation How to unlock performance potential and profits by taking a step back

orporate Turnaround Specialist, Gary Wilde, presents a compelling argument for Deconstructive Innovation as an invaluable means of unleashing performance potential within an organisation by eliminating redundant or destructive conditions that hinder performance and progress. He shows how the rate of progress achieved within any value system is not only determined by how quickly and effectively obstacles that lie ahead are overcome, but also by how effectively existing conditions that are holding progress back, are eliminated. Gary explores the purpose, value and risk of rules within a value system and how they can be used to drive performance and progress, or hinder it. He presents provocative insights and anecdotes that are relevant to current challenges faced by individuals, organisations and government.

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If you want to break the records, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to break the rules!

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Karen Ann Walstra holds a BEd Honours and has submitted a Masters in Educational Technology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a passionate SACE registered teacher, exploring ways to extend quality education to all. She is an accredited Education, Training and Development Assessor and Moderator. She is an educational author. She is the Programme Director of Thandulwazi Rokunda Teacher Development Programme and is involved in other teacher upliftment or educational outreach programmes.

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Educational Consultant Educational Consultant 76

Innovation in education: Distance E-Education: linking of teachers, schools and technologies for excellence in education for everyone.

istance learning is where learning and access to information can take place even though learners and teachers are separated by space. This concept has been around for a long time. Australia’s ‘School of the Air’ began broadcasting in 1951 using short wave radios. This schooling service continued until 2003 when many outlying schools began using computers and the internet instead of radio for education. In 2008 the Mpumalanga Department of Education initiated the Ligbron E-Learning project who partnered with Ligbron Academy of Technology using technology from Edit Microsystems such as SMART Interactive white boards, Bridgit conferencing software and Yenka virtual labs for Maths, Science and Technology to help less-advantaged schools uplift there standards of teaching and learning. Live transmissions of the leading mathematics and science teacher’s lessons were transmitted from Ligbron Academy of Technology to the other three less-advantaged www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

schools in a 45km radius of the Ermelo area. This enabled the learners and teachers from other schools to participate in the lessons and ask questions to the leading teacher. All the connected classes’ learners and teachers could see, hear and interact in the lessons using a variety of technologies. This project was extremely successful and overtime has extended to various other schools. Distance learning and interactive-blended learning using a combination of technology hardware, software and teaching practice has enhanced the learning of many learners in this way. Using appropriate software, such as virtual science labs and interactive mathematics lessons teachers can learn from each other, therefore empowering and uplifting all teachers; learners learn from experienced and motivated teachers; learners engage with learners from other schools without leaving their own classrooms, and everybody learns. This system could be used at all grade levels and for all subjects. What a way to go – education innovation!

On-line learning can be a lifeline to those who have obstacles, such as geographical distances or physical disabilities. - Paul Levinson, author of The Soft Edge

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I am a self-starter, highly motivated to change my world and that of others for the better. I believe in the ‘pluriversal’ nature of knowledges. There is no ‘universal’ knowledge that can unlock all human potential. As Africans, our worldviews and knowledges can contribute to the development of our continent and the world at large.

Eric Nyembezi Makoni

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The State of Innovation: Institutional Innovation and Development Planning in Postapartheid South Africa

his presentation seeks to highlight the significance of the state in driving institutional innovation in the 21st century. The persistent sociospatial fragmentation and economic inequalities charactering the postapartheid state, demands innovative development planning strategies that would usher in new approaches to institutional governance. Whereas most debates on national systems of innovation focus primarily on technological innovations within various economic sectors, it is equally important for scholars to focus on non-technological innovations – of which institutional innovation forms a part. For the success of technological innovations is intrinsically connected to the stability and capability of state institutions to closely guard democratic principles while promoting inclusive economic growth and sociospatial justice. I will focus on the National Planning Commission’s (2011) recently formulated National Development Plan (Vision 2030). I will highlight the significance of this plan in driving institutional innovation, through its emphasis on key development issues such as; creating a capable state, promoting inclusive human settlements and social protection among others.

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All ground-breaking innovations require solid state foundations. So, seek the first public sector innovation and the rest will follow.

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Willie Krause is Director at KnowledgeXtend, an Innovation and Solution Development start-up. An industrial engineer by training, he has extensive experience in process optimisation, project management and innovation management and has worked on projects in industries such as financial services, FMCG and government. Willie holds a Masters degree in Technology Management from the University of Pretoria and is currently studying towards his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering researching Open Innovation at the University of Stellenbosch.

Willie Krause

Director KnowledgeXtend and IQ Business 82

SME Open Innovation

The

Landscape in South Africa

here has been little research conducted on open innovation processes in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the majority of research being focused on large enterprises instead. SMMEs account for close to 85% of private employment in South Africa and play a vital role in the economic growth of our country. Open innovation is also becoming a key innovation strategy for many organisations, so it is important to understand the appetite for, and the use of open innovation within SMEs in South Africa to understand the impact it has on organisational innovation. This presentation provides an overview of open innovation and the results of an exploratory survey conducted to assess the open innovation landscape under SMEs within South Africa.

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Leading innovation is part science, part art, and part luck.

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I have been involved in creating retail brands and products for over 20 years, during this period I have been nominated for 3 South African fashion awards and have, with my latest homeware development been nominated for a Visi emerging designer of the year award. I love assisting young designers to create sustainable product assortments and I think of at least one new product development opportunity a day. I have had a love affair with sumptuous fabrics, textures and colours from a very young age. I had to sort colours that worked together for my mom’s quilts, always loving the oddest combinations. My subsequent and lifelong passion for design, fashion buying, management and product development is complemented by a keen business acumen instilled in me at age nine by my father who supported my first “pop up shop” selling cucumbers and tomatoes. I feel continuously astounded and blessed by the opportunities and learning experiences afforded to me. I worked for Esprit, Truworths, Stuttafords, Polo, and for the last few years my own consulting and product development company Evolution. Evolution product is my latest venture and we create products that communicate unique South African inspired stories through homeware components.

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CEO Evolution 84

Evolving product development in Africa

frica’s rich heritage and crafting abilities are unique and untold and this presentation aims to tell the beautiful stories to the rest of the world through products. Amanda believes that through the evolution of online retailing she can create a fantastic platform to communicate the stories and product to a worldwide audience. The triggers for innovation should be heartfelt and come from real tales not mass manufactured cookiecut product that has no meaning. Evolution aims to provide a platform where private institutions and governments can create a space in which this innovation can occur. As part of the evolution furnishing range Amanda developed a range inspired by the rich culture of the Ghanaian Akan tribe who created beautiful Fante flags to communicate their folk tales and Adinkra symbols to embrace their beliefs. The international designer Andrew Martin included Fante flags in one of his latest ranges and has charged an enormous amount for his embroidered panels inspired by this tribe. We can do this ourselves and create true value for each geographic area. Amanda will demonstrate that creativity can give African countries a competitive edge. She believes that each region has its own unique stories to tell. This creates the variation required in offer, while sales platforms may be combined by country or by region. With government and provincial assistance each geographic area can create a unique offering.

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Leading innovation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to invent product one has to develop emotive product or the product will appear soulless. Consumers are far more interested in the origin of the products they purchase, Africa can provide the much needed alternative to the mass produced products we are exposed to.

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I have a post grad degree in Communications and my wife still thinks I don’t talk to her enough! I have studied, acted, taught, written, liaised, tried to listen and learn and I am still not grown up! I have worked for Eskom for four years and I still don’t know exactly how electricity happens. What I do know however is that wonderful people work for Eskom and they all believe innovation is the key to our sustainability.

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Innovation Funshop:

Get out of the box

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his is a funshop and not a workshop. This will not teach you anything you do not already know but will make you think and look again. Do we need a special gene to be as innovative as Steve Jobs? What does it take to spark the kind of creativity needed for innovation to happen. Is it something only some people have and others don’t? Is it something that can be cultivated and enhanced? You probably already know the answer. Do you believe it though? Come and have fun (it’s the only guarantee!) and discover something. What that something is, is entirely up to you. “We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?” – Marianne Williamson.

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Everyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever taken a shower has had an idea. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference. - nolan bushnell

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asechaba Lekalake is a Zambian-born South African actress, television producer and presenter best known for presenting shows such as Weekend Live, Into Africa, Afro Showbiz and eNews. She also hosted the SABC1 reality competition One Day Leader, in 2011 and The Big Break Legacy in 2012. Having earned her media studies certificate in which she majored in journalism, video broadcasting and public relations, Masechaba finally got to carry out her formal skills and acquire further knowledge at Urban Brew Studios. While there, she became studio anchor and video journalist for Into Africa, a travel show on SABC Africa that she co-presented with Hlomla Dandala. The show took her across the continent to Ethiopia, Egypt, Uganda, Ghana, and Nigeria. She was also researcher, content-producer and scriptwriter for the show. She debuted on SABC screens as a supporting actress on the soapie Generations, before clinching a lead role in the e.tv soapie Backstage in 2003. Since then, Masechaba has presented numerous shows including That’I’Zak and Out of Box with Paul Viv. For two consecutive seasons she was a sports host on the wrestling show WWP. Later Masechaba traded in the lights of the ring for the glitz of the showbiz world, gracing red carpets and interviewing local and international stars on SABC1’s music show Reliable Slamdown. On many occasions she was guest presenter on Live, SABC1’s Friday night live music programme. In 2006, Masechaba pioneered SABC Africa’s entertainment news programme, Afro Showbiz. She was unveiled as the face of the Old Mutual Vukani Fashion Awards at the official press launch. Subsequently, she hosted the 2007 Vukani Fashion Awards and the 2007 African Pride Awards. She also hosted the SABC Africa On-screen film festival for two consecutive years (2007 and 2008). She was also host at the 2008 Highway Africa Awards ceremony, the largest gathering of African journalists in the world. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

Innovation is a key to life – in life, it’s a ‘survival of the fittest’.

Masechaba Lekalake is a seasoned media personality with a background in NEWS & current affairs. She has contributed significantly to the media industry in the last 8 years as a writer, TV producer, NEWS Anchor & public speaker. At the age of 23, she was nominated in the 2007 SABC NEWS Awards for best current affairs presenter. She is the CEO of Masechaba Media and an AMAGEEPEE ambassador (Gauteng Tourism) as well as ambassador of the Seychelles Islands.

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T Mr Simphiwe Duma Chief Executive Officer

he Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is an initiative of the Department of Science & Technology mandated to enable and support technological innovation across all sectors of the economy. We do this in order to create socio-economic benefits for all South Africans, enhance economic growth and job creation while increasing our global competitiveness. TIA’s mandate entails supporting the development and commercialisation of research outputs from Higher Education Institutions, Science Councils, Public Entities and private research institutions and bringing them to the market. TIA provides financial and non-financial support to innovators.

TIA provides financial support through the following 5 funding instruments: 1. Industry Matching Fund 2. Equity Fund 3. Technology Development Fund 4. Idea Development Fund 5. Youth technology Innovation Fund Excellent non-financial support is also offered by TIA in terms of Technology Development, Technology Stations & Platforms and capacity building through skills development. Technology stations and platforms are housed at the different Higher Education Institutions and are key in delivering assistance to technology innovators. They are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and are resourced with highly competent individuals in specialized fields to develop new products and processes for industry, research and development led entrepreneurs. The essence of our Innovation Skills Development (ISD) Unit is to provide a platform to increase the capacity and skills within the innovation value chain by offering specialized and focused training and capacity development programs within TIA’s focus areas. In order to achieve this, the ISD has developed programs that are grouped into the following categories: • Improving Education through Technology • Fast tracking skills in a value based manner • Addressing skills shortage in manufacturing and industrial processes and • Introducing non-science students to technology

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TIA mainly focuses on the Health, Advanced Manufacturing, Mining, ICT, Energy, Industrial Biotechnology and Agriculture sectors, but is not limited to these sectors only.

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Justin J. Kennedy has been appointed as Head of Programmes in Personal Excellence at the University of the Free State: Business School. The programme is hosted in the Centre for Business Dynamics, the commercial unit of the Business School. Justin studied at Rhodes University and the University of the Western Cape (UWC). His research has been published in various health and business related journals. His D.Psych. at the University of California migrated into a Ph.D. with research partner Discovery Health. While in New York, he was part of the research laboratory Helicor that developed the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first hand-held medical device for measuring heart-rate variability of the peripheral nervous system. This device forms part of the programmes offered to control stress and improve cognitive performance as per clinical trials at the UCT Department of Human Biology. Justinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research evolved into developing the M.Sc. course and Ph.D. student supervision. Justinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recent research is accepted for publication with international leadership and neuroscience journal where evidence is presented on how people can improve their cognitive performance and working memory by building functional stress resilience. The overall aim of the programme is to not only reduce stress, but to improve ability to be excellent and innovatively think at work.

Dr Justin Kennedy Head of Innovation & Programmes in Personal Excellence, UFS University of the Free State: Business School CBD

Harvard Study Proposal for development of an iPhone based medical app. with business application relevant in the African economic sector by linking innovation to quantitative measurement of innovative excellence

he presentation will overview the published research and propose further research opportunity with University of the Free State, MediClinic, Harvard University, The Institute of Coaching, The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and business executives in South Africa. The presentation will focus on what has been published to improve cognitive skills, build resilience to duress, improve competencies at thinking innovatively in a manner that build direct business benefit and a personal legacy of excellence. The study will leave delegates with easy to implement skills that have been published to improve innovative cognition, working memory and problem solving ability for executives in South Africa and internationally.

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In order to innovate you need to find your mind, training your brain to think exactly the opposite.

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Previously Head of School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Johannesburg, Prof Clarke was seconded to start up a new and innovative technology ecosystem. He has more than 100 local and international research papers in press in the fields of engineering technology, management and education; and served as reviewer for local and international journals, conferences and national funding review panels. He started his career in industry, and is a seasoned consultant to industry. He is actively involved in establishing innovative, technology-based businesses with local and international clients.

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Creating an ecosystem for technology innovation and

commercialisation

he University of Johannesburg (UJ) has started an initiative to create a sustainable technology and innovation ecosystem to act as interface between industry, entrepreneurs, government agencies, the community and UJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internal resources. The main purpose of this custom-designed environment is to engage in multi-disciplinary applied R&D with industry partners, students and experts towards generating industry-specific solutions, while providing students with real-world experience and long-term employment opportunities. The key components of this UJ-owned company are the R&D labs, training workshops, supporting workshops and testing centre. Overlaid on this infrastructure are industry partners, technology and business mentors, an incubation environment, commercialisation office, students, academics and permanent technical support staff. A key value component is IntelliLab, our own television studio, which provides media coverage and additional value to our partners. These services are tied together by an innovative business model. Since the middle of 2011, this initiative has seen the development and commercialisation of the core technology for a small but successful partner company, the establishment of 8 start-up companies involving large industry partners as customers, entrepreneurs as investors, along with students and the university as technology drivers. In this presentation, the main concept and business model will be detailed, as well as the motivating factors; some of the processes followed to drive this innovative endeavour from within a large company; and the progress to date.

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Question. Observe. Network. Experiment. Key concepts from the book Innovators DNA by Dryer, Gregersen and Christensen.

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Dr Shawn Cunningham is a partner in the international knowledge consultancy Mesopartner. He specialises in building bottom up innovation and industrial systems and he combines consulting work with academic research and capacity building. His work includes the development of pragmatic concepts and methods that are used by public and private experts in the field of economic development in more than 30 countries. He is working in Sub-Saharan Africa, South and South East Asia and in Europe on issues around systemic innovation, economic development and development policies. He has published several books and papers dealing with practical matters around economic development. Shawn also works with several international and local think tanks and research organisations on issues relating to bottom up economic development. He recently started a post doctoral fellowship with the Vaal University of Technology on Technological upgrading of industries, and he is a Research Associate with the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation. He serves on several industry advisory boards and also supervises several students in their research relating to Local Economic Development, Innovation Systems and Technological Upgrading of industries

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Stimulating regional innovation by moving from product to business model innovation summit presentation

ost efforts to stimulate innovation at a regional level is focused on product or process innovation. Other kinds of innovation, such as business model innovation is often overlooked. Business model innovation is where completely new kinds of businesses, organisations or markets are created. It requires the combination of market, product, organisational and management skills. Not only businesses need business model innovation. Local and regional institutions should emerge by combining insights into local problems or opportunities with technological or market insights. These institutions could be public or private, and they should be focused on reducing the costs of finding particular kinds of information and knowledge on a regional basis. The presentation concludes with practical suggestions on how drivers for local or regional innovation can be identified and be leveraged.

Diagnosing and strengthening local and regional innovation systems pre-summit workshop

his workshop will be a mixture between theory and practice. It will aim to equip facilitators and practitioners working in the field of economic development to identify the innovation systems and then diagnose these systems to identify the factors that affect the innovative behaviour of firms, public institutions and other supporting organisations within the innovation system.

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TO DEVELOP LOCAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS WE HAVE TO MOVE FROM PRODUCT & PROCESS INNOVATION TO BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION. THIS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY UNLOCKING THE CREATIVITY AND CONCEPTUAL ABILITIES OF A DIVERSE RANGE OF LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS. WE NEED CHAMPIONS THAT CAN SEE BEYOND THE HORIZON OF THEIR OWN ORGANISATIONS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CREATE STRONGER LOCAL SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION THAT PULLS STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER. 95

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Mark’s interest in the Internet as an effective tool for connecting people began with an online exhibition company in 2009. As a CEO for The Learning Channel he broadened that experience to include eLearning and began to work with Alison, the founder of Firestring. After taking up an opportunity as Managing Director of Mobile Genius, a mobile telecommunications software development company Mark joined Firestring. His role is that of Firestarter where he is responsible for client acquisition and management, driving network adoption and best practise.

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Collaboration

for innovation

Former Citibank CEO Walter Wriston said that … The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of the people in his or her organization, ‘is going to blow the competition away’. Enterprise social networking makes knowledge resources; that’s people and content, readily available and accessible. In a large organisation employees may not even have known that those resources existed. Perhaps most importantly, what Web 2.0 guru Clay Shirky calls the “cost of effort” is vastly reduced for everyone that shares information and collaborates in these new ways. Suddenly, it is easy to share, collaborate and forge connections. The intranet thus becomes a project office and an always-on innovation platform – rather than an online newsletter. And innovation is unleashed by pairing combinations of people and content that you may not have otherwise thought to pair. Capturing and sharing content is just part of the picture. One of the great benefits of new trends within the emerging Web 3.0 space is the serendipitous discovery of content and contacts that are relevant to your interests. Weaving these technologies into an Enterprise Social Media platform projects can unleash this benefit in any business.

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The old model, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the top thinks and the local acts,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; must now give way to integrating thinking and acting at all levels. While the challenge is great, so is the potential payoff. - Peter Senge

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Deon de Beer is the Executive Director: Technology Transfer and Innovation at VUT. He publishes on topics in product development, technology transfer, innovation, research development and commercialization. Deon is the founder of the Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM), Product Development Technology Transfer Centre and FabLab at the CUT, and since joining the VUT, a Direct Digital Manufacturing Centre, Design Centre and just founded the VUT’s Idea2Product Lab® concept. Deon received several international awards for his additive manufacturing and product development research.

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Professor vaal University of Technology 98

i2p labs: creating a platform to unleash design & prototyping capacity

he Idea 2 Product Lab™ (I2P Lab) is based on a foundation of more than a decade’s efforts to establish Additive Manufacturing (AM) as support structure for SMMEs, aiming to establish an innovative and competitive product development industry. It is the first South African evolution from the FabLab concept, developed by South Africans for SA and beyond, and builds on expertise created in developing an accelerated and innovative product development research and technology transfer programme. The SMME needs (more specifically small and micro) have been translated to create a technology and innovation delivery mode. The focus is on bringing SET and innovation to individuals, is configured in a way that school learners, teachers, students or members from the public can access enabling technologies to take innovative ideas into reality. However, small companies can also access the technology platforms in a concurrent product development approach, to kick-start new product development. It will reveal a recent success where children from a rural farm school (who never before even had the opportunity to switch on, let alone use a computer) succeeded in designing products on CAD and printing 3D models within a period of 3 days. The I2P roll out model is a perfect triple/quadruple helix development model, and has the potential to bring government, industry & commerce, HEIs and communities together to establish innovation platforms all over SA. Last mentioned furthermore creates the foundation for regional innovation forums, as well as 3G Science Parks and is applicable social entrepreneurs, corporate foundations, etc.

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The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Curtis Kay

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Prof Alwyn Louw joined the Vaal University of Technology on 01 February 2008 as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic. He is a sociologist with extensive experience in the academic and management spheres as lecturer and manager at different levels. He also spent time in the business world before entering the academic profession on a full-time basis. He delivered papers nationally and internationally and has numerous publications to his credit. He has a keen interest in contributing to the improvement of the well-being of people. He has therefore had extensive involvement in community based projects and is still involved extensively in various civil society structures in leadership positions. As manager he has experience as middle manager in academic regional and campus management of general Higher Education planning and delivering. From this he moved to Vice-Principal: Academic and later Vice-Principal: Learner Support positions. During this period he had exposure to a broad spectrum of Higher Education management areas. Central to this was the involvement in the management of various change processes as part of the transformation of Higher Education. In addressing the change process he served as Special Advisor Open Distance Learning to the Vice-Chancellor of UNISA, being responsible for re-designing the institution’s business model.

Prof Alwyn Louw Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic Vaal University of Technology

INVENTION AND INNOVATION: DEVELOPING AN ENABLING CONTEXT

lthough innovation is presented as the key driver in solving the development challenges in South Africa, it seems to fail to deliver to expectation. The challenge to effective innovations seems to remain its context and the enabling capacity required to give substance to it. The argument is for a reconsideration of the key elements of an enabling context and the development of a deeper understanding of the systems character of the planning, design, implementation and continuity of innovation as institutionalized characteristic of society.

What will participants learn

• Deeper understating of invention and innovation characteristics and processes • Development of core capacity and key process towards innovation and product development • Key aspects to ensure that innovation is relevant and legitimate to facilitate impact in society • Planning and managing innovation through a value chain methodology

• Definition of key concepts and aspects defining innovation • Creating an appropriate platform and methodology to plan, effect and optimize the impact of innovation • Stimulating thinking on a national approach to grow innovation

Objectives of workshop

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Madalitso Zililo Phiri received his Bachelor of Social Science in Political Studies and Sociology, Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in International Relations, and a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is in the process of publishing in such journals as the South African Journal of International Affairs and African Journal of Conflict Resolution. He works as a Researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Cape Town. His research interests include the political economy of development in Southern Africa, peace and conflict resolution, democracy and governance, food security in Southern Africa, and the social impacts of innovation on the South African economy. He is also part of a collaborative network of emerging scholars in Brazil, Argentina, India & South Africa, on the Federalism and Inequality in the Global South Project.

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Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Inequality in South Africa

his paper will critically investigate the relationship between innovation, entrepreneurship and inequality in South Africa. South Africa has reintegrated into the global economy since the end of apartheid in 1994, creating a robust platform and policies to sustain economic growth and international competitiveness. Growth in the first decade of democratic rule averaged 4%. However, South Africa is a development enigma. The country has a sophisticated private sector, positioning itself as the Africa’s biggest economy, and until recently a member of the BRICS region. These impressive landmarks unmask polarizing social factors that are detrimental to growth. South Africa remains one of the most unequal societies in the world, with a Gini-Coefficient of 0.67. The paper further argues that South Africa’s innovation policies are incongruent with wealth generating entrepreneurship that is needed to sustain economic growth; and proposes a roadmap for South Africa’s entrepreneurial policy outlook by comparing both the formal and informal economies.

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National systems of innovation in the developing world should prioritise people. - Fred Gault

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Pieter the Vice-Chair of the Innovation Focus Group at the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, Switzerland. He is widely used as an impact speaker and strategy consultant by the majority of South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Top100 companies. He also has more than 800 National radio appearances under his belt. He is an Extra-ordinary lecturer in Technology Strategy at North-West University, and lectures the Technology & Strategy MBA elective at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.

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Business unusual

he Business Unusual presentation strives to make sense of the impact of the ubiquitous internet as it starts unpacking dozens of innovative business models and business trends from around the world. These new business models, which span the entire economy, are made possible by the advent of the CyberSphere and the unique interaction of recently adopted user patterns in the world of mobility, user centric computing and social networking. The Business Unusual presentation, which is centered on the concept of Business Reframing, will provide participants with a unique insight into the emerging opportunities that the CyberSphere will enable within developed and developing economies.

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Jay is passionate about research in the field of innovation where collective behaviour and groups innovate through open approaches. An entrepreneur, innovator and educator with a PhD in innovation. CEO of SystemicLogic, a research and consulting firm operating in United States of America, South Africa, Australia, various countries in Africa, Israel and the United Kingdom and founder of the Innovation Agency. Jay spends a fair amount of time facilitating workshops and teaching innovation, technology, etc. He is adjunct faculty at the Gordon Institute of Business Science where he focuses on teaching and research. Social Based Innovation is a major focus at the moment as we try to find more relevant innovation approaches for a new world.

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Human mash-ups under emergence, The role of innovation in the future of our connected existence

rganizations use three mechanisms to execute processes namely; human only execution, human assisted by technology, and totally automated execution. The human is largely marginalized in activities that are repetitive and mundane. Our obsession with automation focuses on these kinds of actions first. This means that we try to move the human to more humane activity where thinking and reasoning is needed. Fast Company’s Danielle Sacks wrote “…bring together a mash-up of interesting thinkers…”. The “human mash-up” is the integrated and connected world of human-human, humantechnology-human and technology-humantechnology connectivity. We are often identified by our mobile phone numbers, e-mail addresses, passport number, social security, bank account number, customer number, credit card number, etc. This integrated holism is now so pervasive that the modern human cannot live without it. Human mashups under emergence is a chapter in Jay’s book, Built to Thrive.

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Dr Andrew Hutchison is part of the international presales management team of T-Systems international, responsible for “consulting & solution sales” teams in USA, Mexico, Brazil, UK, Switzerland and South Africa. He also leads the participation of T-Systems South Africa in various Deutsche Telekom Labs and European Union projects. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Zurich, Switzerland (obtained while working at IBM’s Zurich Research Lab) and is an Adjunct Professor in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town.

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Working with large enterprises to leverage

ICT for innovation

his presentation discusses approaches to innovation that have been implemented with large enterprises in the course of providing ICT services. Different levels of innovation have been applied, from ongoing incremental improvement, to more disruptive radical changes. In some cases management of innovation portfolios (with joint risk-taking) has been contracted; in other cases a more

pure financial sharing arrangement has been implemented. This presentation discusses the experiences of conducting innovation, and of using international experience as a catalyst for developments in South Africa – as well as experience in South Africa as a means to “shape” international activities through entities like Deutsche Telekom Labs and European Union project participation.

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Leading innovation requires myriad alternative approaches; creativity; hard work and persistence!

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Chris Kanyane is the Contributing Editor at Voices.News24.com, contributing reports on business, culture and entrepreneurship. While Working at Tshwane University of Technology he created Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme for students. Chris also worked at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) as Chief Researcher for Economic Development programme. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Management College of Southern Africa (Mancosa).

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Revolution in Africa! Explosive New Trends Making Africa a World of

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he ability of science and technology to influence our lives and change society is practically seen in the manner in which social media, in the form of facebook, twitter etc overcome time and space providing instant communication. In Africa – the society has been battered severely on a large scale. The influence of science, technology and innovations has caused an explosive revolution in Africa. There is a new Africa in the making – a phoenix is arising from the ashes into a splendid butterfly. What is the character of this new Africa? What is the extent of this scientific, technological and innovation revolution in Africa? Those are the questions that led to the convening of the continental First Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Youth Employment, Human Capital Development and Inclusive Growth held in the beautiful African city of Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa) from 1 to 3 April 2012 organized by the African Union. The convergence of African people through all sorts of social media has with it the potential for sharing of ideas that will continuously revolutionize Africa further. This is at least true according to the Global Economist. The Global economist state that “Asia has its tiger economy, but Africa’s lion economy is likely to be even more ferocious”. What are the results? What is the impact? What is the revolution? How is the Africa of today influenced by technology compared with the past Africa? What are the real practical innovation cases across the continent? This presentation will highlight the answers to these questions and give a summarized overview of the highlights of this event. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

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Tana Pistorius is the acting director of UNISA’s newly established Directorate Innovation and Technology Transfer. She holds a doctorate in intellectual property law. She developed a course on IP Management for the WIPO Worldwide Academy and has taught IP Management to MBA students of Robert Kennedy College, Zurich, Switzerland. Tana is an attorney and a notary. She has participated in various national and international research projects. Most recently, the Minister of Trade and Industry appointed her as a member of the South African Review Commission on Collection and Distribution of Royalties to IP Rights Owners. She is an NRF rated researcher and a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law. Tana has published widely and she has co-authored six books on IP law. She received a Research Leadership Award from Unisa’s Women in Research (September 2010).

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Design research project on the current status of the national design registration system and realities in South Africa

outh Africa manages its innovation landscape through the National System of Innovation (NSI). Although design is implied in NSI and other South African national economic, industrial and science and technology policies, it is not an explicitly stated imperative in these policies, and is often omitted from RDI/NSI metrics. In NSI reporting, data on patent registration is often mentioned as indicative of the level of invention in the country. The omission of design registration data, which refers to commercialised invention, could be due to many factors – a lack of design data, a lack of awareness and knowledge of the design registration system, difficulties with utilising the available data, and more. The contention is that reliable data on commercialised invention in South Africa could add value and inform the NSI and national economic and industrial policies. The presentation, which will take place in the format of a panel discussion, will focus on the questions asked, the findings and the possible solutions to the challenges identified during a research project investigating the current status of the design registration system. The panel discussion will follow on an introductory presentation by Prof Tana Pistorius from the Directorate of Technology Transfer, UNISA. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein

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Nic Dawes was born in Cape Town and finished his schooling in Canada. He studied Science and later English literature at the University of Cape Town before attending graduate school in the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship. On his return to South Africa he wrote as a freelance for a wide range of local publications, and for television, before becoming News and Finance editor at one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early web portals, World Online. He left World Online to become Managing Director at Maverick Interface Design, a digital communications agency that helped companies to develop their internet and mobile strategies, but ultimate decided to return to journalism. After a stint as Cape Business Editor, and political columnist at the now-defunct broadsheet ThisDay, he joined the M&G in 2004 as associate editor, focusing principally on public policy and economics. He was also heavily involved in the M&Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigations, and has won several awards for that work. Nic is 38. He is married to Aurelia Driver, and has two young children, Hannah and Alexander. He lives in Parkview, Johannesburg.

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Dr Donald is an organisational psychologist and senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand. She conducts research and consults in the development of individuals at work, and organisational change and growth. She is particularly interested in how people adapt to new situations, including the interaction between people and technology.

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From Market Stall to Market Force: A Comparative Study between New Zealand & South Africa

his paper compares market stallholders in the informal sector in New Zealand and South Africa to develop a model of the movement to structured or formal market. Interviews were conducted with market stallholders in New Zealand and South Africa to establish the drivers, enablers and barriers to entry into this market. The resulting model examines the structures, supports, systems and styles that enable such movement.

Dr Fiona Donald will present the results of the research paper. Rigby, C., Donald, F. & Mueller, J. • Two psychologists, one strategist • Three academic-practitioners • Two countries More about the other authors: Dr Colleen Rigby, thedoc@paradise.net.nz, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Corporate & Exec Education, The University of Waikato Business School, www.waikato.ac.nz. A triple accredited University in the middle of North Island New Zealand. Jens Mueller, Associate Professor for Entrepreneurship and Strategy, (www.muellerjens.com) Waikato Management School – Hamilton NZ www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

Leaders of innovation are never afraid to fail - they simply rise up again like a Phoenix from the ashes!

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Rentia van Tonder, female, graduated from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, obtaining a BSc (Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics) and BSc(Hons), and then joined one of the largest banking groups in South Africa, ABSA. She completed her MBL (Masters in Business Leadership) from University of South Africa on a part-time basis, and then joined the Industrial Development Corporation in 1996 as a Statistician in the Economic Research department. Rentia was seconded to the office of the minister of Minerals and Energy in 1999 for 6 months and joined the IDC’s mining business unit when she returned in 2000. Subsequently Rentia was promoted to Head: Wood and Paper SBU in 2003, where the unit started to change its approach to fund more green, sustainable projects supporting the overall drive towards a low carbon economy. Rentia was then appointed to a new position Head: Green Industries from 1 April, 2011 to establish the green unit and position IDC as the leading financier in the green economy in South Africa.

• SBU Head: Green Industries, approach new challenge through leading innovation towards the development of green industries, focussing on development and green industrialisation. • Established the Green Industries SBU and developed a portfolio over a short period • Positioned IDC as a leading financier of green projects, including Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and other green related investment ie fuel based green energy.

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SBU Head: Green Industries IDC

Driving green industrialisation in South Africa through funding towards renewable energy and green industries

DC head of green industries Rentia van Tonder will discuss the role the IDC is playing in the development of a sustainable biofuels industry in South Africa. “Biofuels are still in the early phases of development in this country and the opportunity exists to develop projects into a sustainable industry,” says Van Tonder. The IDC’s long-term aim is to develop all three of its projects to produce 300-million litres a year of South Africa’s required 400-million litres a year of biofuels. The IDC has allocated R25-billion for investments into green industries over the next five years. Of this, R2.6-billion will be spent on the manufacturing of green components, such as wind blades and solar panels. A further R14billion to R15-billion will be invested in the renewable-energy industry and the remaining R6-billion to R8-billion will be shared between fuel-based energy initiatives, such as waste-toenergy, cogeneration and biofuels, and pollution and emission management.

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Leading development of the green economy requires sustainable project development through innovative funding structures towards green industries.

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Peter Greenwall believes that if entrepreneurship is going to stand a chance of appealing to teenagers then its going to have to be presented in a language they understand – music, comedy and youth references. Coming from a showbiz background – his musical scores have featured on World Cup opening ceremonies, Miss World Pageants, London musicals and stage shows for corporate events – he is known for his engaging multimedia musical presentations on all aspects of innovation, creative thinking, trend forecasting and PIFYAFFING: Pulling Ideas From Your Assprations For FINancial Gain. Inside the humour Peter shows teens how to translate their frustrations, fears, hopes and passions into ideas for products, designs, businesses and low budget marketing strategies i.e. ‘If you’re out of whack you’re right on track – big dreams start with teenage angst!’

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Africa’s turn to shine

conomically Africa has always been behind the curve, despite a huge endowment of assets under the ground, but after an unexpected growth surge over the past 10 years, the continent could soon be setting the pace. What needs to be done to make Africa’s growth performance sustainable? The answer lies in whether the economies on the continent can diversify out of commodities and reduce their dependency on exports by capitalising on global megatrends using their own unique identity i.e. how does Africa get itself in the mix to create leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset who will create their own businesses? What are we doing about our cultural assets of diversity, youthful population, music, fashion and design as well as the innovative Africans living in the diaspora? What will be Africa’s gift to the world?

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• Multi-national specialist in SME finance, Business development, Business analysis and Forensic and Business Advisory Services with a postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Management and a B Com Information Systems. • Palesa’s vision is to achieve sustainable economic growth by assisting entrepreneurs through the various stages of their business cycles through education, mentorship and access to the right networks. • She has a demonstrated commitment to developing entrepreneurship in South Africa and volunteers as a mentor for the National Youth Development Agency and the Business Women’s Association, mentoring young aspiring entrepreneurs in all aspects of business management, and motivating them to transform themselves and their communities by drawing on their entrepreneurial strengths.

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Stimulating Dynamic Entrepreneurial Environments by Fostering the Key Archetypes of an Entrepreneurial Culture

alesa Makanda, Endeavor South Africa Entrepreneur Services Director, explores the ideal ecosystems for entrepreneurs based on key archetypes as identified by research conducted by the Monitor Group in 26 countries. They discuss four key archetypes that should be fostered in order to stimulate and create dynamic entrepreneurial environments in South Africa. The models include: • The Silicone Valley Model – IP is created at local academic institutions or government research centres, and is commercialised with the help of VC or Angel funding; • The Mothership Model – large local companies; spin-off smaller entities, help employees set up new ventures, support external smaller ventures as clients, suppliers and distributors; • The External Trigger Model – an external event releases abundance of skilled-experienced workers through layoffs, new legislation, policy changes and other triggers; and • The Role Model Model – the success of a local great entrepreneur emulates others in the community to start businesses within or outside the local hero’s industry. Palesa will be joined by 4 entrepreneurs representing each of these archetypes.

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Endeavor is unashamedly selective when accepting entrepreneurs in to their global mentorship programme. Evidence suggests that it is high-impact entrepreneurs, those with innovative high-growth potential businesses, who build sustainable economies.

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Innate curiosity has led me to live and work in many cultures, creating a natural fit with my professional link to the business of learning, innovation and change. Whilst working with some of the best minds at the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading universities including Cambridge, Imperial College, London Business School and the University of Cape Town my curiosity has been drawn into the realm of social innovation powered by the integration of ideas, votes and wallets.

Mebs Loghdey Project Director and Creator Peepledo.org

Influence and Consequence connecting ideas, votes and wallets

T his presentation & discussion aims to provoke attendees to:

Reflect on the impact on social change if, as citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, they combine the power of their ideas, votes and wallets

Consider the potential influence on brands and leaders seeking votes and wallets

Discuss innovations that could create blended value from public-privatecommunity partnerships?

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...the new innovation compass points innovation leaders in four directions at once: people, ideas, votes and wallets.

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Ora Joubert obtained a five year BArch degree, cum laude, at the University of Pretoria, a MScArch degree at the Pennsylvania State University in the USA (thesis title: “Contemporary design theory – a curriculum for architectural tuition”) and a PhD at the University of Natal, South Africa (thesis title: “A contemporary assessment of the genesis of the modern aesthetic – the impact of modern art on modern architecture”). She worked from 1986 until 1989 as in-house architect for the Get Ahead Foundation – a township-based, non-governmental organization – in which capacity she also initiated art and architectural programmes for township children. She has been in private practice since 1990. She has lectured, both part and full-time, at the Universities of the Witwatersrand, KwaZulu-Natal and Pretoria, as well as at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, and the Washington University, St. Lewis, in the USA. She has acted as external examiner at all the South African universities offering tuition in architecture. She was appointed Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, from January 2001 until August 2004, where after she accepted the headship of the architecture, landscape architecture and interior architecture programmes at the University of Pretoria until September 2008. She is currently Affiliated Professor at the University of the Free State and in private practice.

Prof Ora Joubert Professor Professor at the University of the Free State and in private practice

REJUVE-a-NATION

an urban design proposal for Pretoria via Walter Wahl Battiss

he most memorable cities in the world are those where the city’s assets and resources have been exploited to their greatest advantage, particularly regarding public space. Pretoria has its own unique narrative, topographic character and architectural qualities. Yet, as the capital city of South Africa, Pretoria has never entirely explored its resources to the full benefit of its inhabitants. In anticipation of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup much infrastructural implementation had occurred, especially around the Loftus Versveld Stadium. Regrettably, most of it appears fragmented and short-term, with little regard for imaginative planning and longer-term benefits. Frustration at the underutilisation of the city’s public space prompted the preparation of an eco-design strategy by Consortium Fook to activate one of its most important resources.

Walker Spruit-Apies River Spine

Tshwane-Pretoria has the distinction that it has evolved around three rivers: the Apies River originating at the Fountains Valley, Walker Spruit running from the Waterkloof koppies through the eastern suburbs and Moreletta Spruit further east. Walker Spruit is the most strategic as it runs through the city’s major

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sport-cum-cultural hub, with Loftus and the University of Pretoria as its nucleus and with an unusually high percentage of schools in its vicinity. It also connects Sunnyside – the most densely populated area in the city – and joins the Apies River in the city centre. Yet, of the three rivers, Moreletta Spruit has most effectively been incorporated into the surrounding developments, whereas the other two have degenerated into storm water channels bearing little positive affect on the adjacent areas. Irrespective of numerous master plans in the past, the Walker Spruit-Apies River Spine remains an eyesore and a missed opportunity, both during and after the Soccer World Cup. In an attempt to upgrade this neglected area, the proposal entails a Walter Battiss-inspired community park, combined with a cycling and recycling network along the river embankments. The intention is that the park would serve, firstly as a properly landscaped area, contributing respite and beautification; secondly as an eco-transport system, encouraging pedestrian movement and cycling; and thirdly as a recycling network with en route recycling depots, creating much-needed employment, addressing social sustainability and mobilising community participation. Walter Battiss Community Park The artist Walter Whall Battiss (1906-1982) has a special connection to the area around Loftus, having served for most of his life as an art teacher at Pretoria Boys High. With precedent in the world-renowned Parc Guell by Antonio Gaudi in Barcelona, a memorial park inspired by and dedicated to the memory of TshwanePretoria’s most revered artist cannot be more appropriate in rejuvenating the ungainly parcel of land next to Walker Spruit. Battiss’ opus is so vast, colourful and original that the creative possibilities are endless, able to provide visual enticement equal to anywhere in the world and bound to be one of the city’s major tourist attractions. In the short term, the intention is that a number of pilot projects are to be executed in the vicinity of Loftus, acting as catalysts for the activation of the Walker Spruit-Apies River Spine. In due course similar interventions further along the route will celebrate other Tshwane-Pretoria artists, also involving the community in their execution and stimulating the much-needed upgrading and development of this seminal area in the city.

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Pieter van der Merwe holds a MCom in Organisational Psychology and MBA from Bond University Australia. He lectures part time in Bahavioural Finance (Investor Psychology) at UNISA and on the MBA programme at Tshwane University of technology. He is a perpetual knowledge entrepreneur and is forever finding new ways to make unusual links to move knowledge paradigms to create value. Pieter is involved in corporate South Africa in multiple roles in the Organisational Development space.

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Riskage and Generation Flux â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Embracing risk within the contexts of a wholesome personology and decision-making trends

iskage, firstly is a metaphor for the era we find ourselves in â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the age of risk. Risk and risk management seems to be moving from its rational roots of exact and sensible quantification driven by risk containment to a more fluid platform; where risk is viewed qualitatively, intuitively and from a wholesome systemic perspective. Neurological research reveals new patterns of irrational behaviour under circumstances of risk and uncertainty, and how humans and systems deal with risk and make decisions. Secondly, Riskage is an actionprocess whereby risk is deconstructed in terms of decision-making mechanisms, a wholesome personology of spirit, soul, body and a social dimension in order to reconstruct it as an enabler of innovation. Embracing risk from this wholesome paradigm as an enabler for innovation is illustrated through the processes used and stories of prominent South African innovators. Risk-age is an apt description of the season we find ourselves in. Riskage, when framed as an action-process could be an enabler to ignite innovation. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

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The Industrial Development Corporation for more than 20 years has identified, funded and commercialised some of South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most remarkable ideas. Many of these IDC-supported ideas, ranging from foods to technology; from chemical to engineering, and medical, have become successful global brands. The full-length animated feature film Zambezia recently gained international distribution rights through Sony Pictures.

If you have an innovative project that could contribute to building South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s industrial capacity and creating jobs, go to www.idc.co.za to find out how to submit a funding application. Call 086 069 3888 or email callcentre@idc.co.za for more information about financing your business idea.

Chillibush7352IDC

Financing the business of ideas

Telephone: 086 069 3888 Email: callcentre@idc.co.za To apply online for funding of R1 million or more go to www.idc.co.za

• Founder of KnowHouse – one of the first companies to drive Knowledge Management for business transformation in South Africa • African accreditation partner and master facilitator for two of the worlds most innovative business learning companies • Trusted advisor in change, innovation and learning to the continents most innovative and dynamic companies.

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Design thinker™ the Edison Award winning innovation simulation

esign Thinker is an energizing workshop that challenges teams to flex their creativity to solve a realistic and complex design challenge. In so doing, they engage with the terms, techniques, and thought patterns of successful innovators, such as IDEO, Google and Microsoft. IDEO is the world’s most innovative design firm. They are credited with the design of the Apple’s first mouse & the hinge design that made laptop computers possible. Design Thinker is a 4 hour team based business simulation that takes IDEO’s innovation approach & makes it into a repeatable, teachable set of steps and abilities. After its launch in 2010 it immediately won the coveted Edison award for the best and most innovative new learning environment & has become the innovation learning platform of choice for the likes of Google, Microsoft and Nike. The workshop will provide a 90 minute “taster” of this powerful simulation & approach to innovation.

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When it comes to innovation, business has much to learn from design. The philosophy in design shops is, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;try it, prototype it, and improve itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; - Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management.

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Lydia Zingoni is Founder and Director of SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation. She holds several degrees in Economic History, Information management, and marketing. She has worked for several years as an Information specialist in The United Kingdom, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Her last corporate job as CPUT Libraries Director, exposed her to the business formation needs of potential young entrepreneurs. Lydia, has run several businesses of her own in book trade, business information directories, free advertising papers, to internet cafes. Her passion has been and still is to instil the young minds to a culture of entrepreneurship. SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation was formed purely as a channel for the cultivation and promotion of an entrepreneurial culture in all our teens in South Africa and beyond. To date there are 18,5 million Teens in South Africa out of a total population of 49 Million people. Therefore Teenagers represent more than a third of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population. Through SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation Lydiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream is create entrepreneurial programmes, competitions and networks that will penetrate to teenagers into all provinces.

Lydia Zingoni Founder & Director SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation

Can Entrepreneurship be a catalyst for innovation, social and economic development in South Africa/Africa?

Teen

urrently South Africa has 18 million teenagers and from a population of 50million. This means that almost 45% of our population is in the teen bracket. As per the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey, almost three quarters (72%) of the unemployed population of 4.5 million people are younger than 25. Fewer than 50% of current matriculants will hold jobs before the age of 24. Public discourse has been dominated by discussions of this spiralling youth unemployment crisis, yet government intervention has been slow and perhaps not out of choice, but due to lack of credible partners to implement policies and interventions on the ground. As a part of an on going drive to present government with solutions to this crisis, the SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation is proposing a deliberate intervention to increase the facilitation of teen innovation and entrepreneurship as a means of bringing more young people into the economy.

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Big Dreams Start Young.

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Design does not always lead to innovation, but innovation is impossible without design.

Mokena Makeka directs Makeka Design Lab, a laboratory practice founded in 2002 that designs innovative design solutions at the urban, architectural, cultural and installation scale. His career highlight was being selected as one of the Ordos 100 architects. He sits on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Design. He is an advisor to the South African Minister of Human Settlements on matters of Human Settlements. Mokena recently became the inaugural winner of the Gold Loerie Award for Communication Design in Architecture 2011. He is published as a contributor in: Sustainable Waters Handbook, Transport and Mobility Handbook (Alive2Green publications 2009), Counter Currents: Experiments in Sustainability in Cape Town (African Centre for Cities), in addition to numerous articles and papers on topics ranging across: sustainability, urban culture, transport and urban design, planning theory and African urbanism. He has been a speaker at the SAIA Biennale Convention, Green Building conference, Decorex conversations on Architecture, The Seminar of Social Innovation and Sustainability and the Public Design & Consumption Symposium, both held in Brasil to mention a few. He served as judge on the Plascon Prism Awards and sat on the FIFA 2010 World Cup Arts & Cuture Task Team. He is a 10114 African Cities lecturer at UCT and an external examiner and studio lecturer at Columbia University School of Architecture. He is the recipient of the 2010 Johnnie Walker Celebrating Strides Award for design. Mokena is a co writer of Men About Town, a weekly column in the Cape Times. He was a speaker at TEDxStellenbosch. Mokena is the Founder and champion of 3 ground breaking initiatives in Southern Africa. The Museum of Design Innovation Leadership & Art, MoDILA, is set to be the premier Modern Art Museum in Africa. The MoDILA Academy of Creative and Leadership Excellence, MACE, is set to be beacon of inspiration to those who aspire to cultivate Excellence across the continent. The Arts Design Initiative, ADI, is the first design and art triennial envisaged for South Africa. It brings together design art and the public realm in a holistic and provocative fashion to explore notions of urbanity and cultural expression and innovation. Mokena Chairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the board of The Isandla Institute, which does groundbreaking research work on urban development and renewal in the South African context. He serves on the Boards of Bush Radio and The Cape Town Heritage Trust. He has examined at numerous institutions around the country. He served as a studio lecturer at the University of Cape Town. This Architect believes that good architecture is a basic human right and that design possesses the power to change not only the spaces that people inhabit but that people who inhabit them.

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“Innovation nodes and entrepreneurial chains” …towards polynodal co-location

ntrepreneurial behaviour and patterns of being for designers are often simplified according to basic metrics related to cheap rent and co-location as the primary determinants of how design entrepreneurs choose to locate, act and represent themselves. The truth however is far more complex, shaped in part by a real estate and property proposition as well as co-location aspects, visibility, difference and perception. Whilst design entrepreneurs seek for ease of access to knowledge, and resources which enable their “action,” they are equally concerned about differentiation and brand positioning as a means to offer diversity to their market through competitive/collaborative recognition. Within this mileu, design has many shapes and hues- ranging from deep impact and “slow,” design disciplines such as Urban Planning and Architecture to soft impact and rapid change design such as Fashion or the Culinary Arts. This wide continuum of design/entrepreneurial action speaks to an equally wide array of needs and concerns, and different resource requirements. In broad terms, the city of Cape Town is scarred by racially defined geographies of poverty and unequal access to resources and infrastructure. In addressing these challenges through the knowledge economy various solutions have been proposed in relation to innovation nodes from a spatial perspective. This presentation seeks to illustrate the complexity of the design entrepreneur, and the various types of environment(s) they seek and in so doing explore a polynodal approach in terms of innovation nodes rather than singular centralised approaches which sterilise the ecosystem in which true creativity thrives. This illustration will use local and international case studies and the particular response of the city of Cape Town in both private and state funded terms.

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Dr Ntokozo Mthembu is a professional engineer, senior specialist at the Support Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII) and an extraordinary professor from industry within the directorate of technology transfer and innovation at Vaal University of Technology. He serves on the boards of technology stations at VUT, TUT as well as at the dti Centre of Excellence in advanced manufacturing at NWU. His professional affiliations include membership of ASME, ASEM and PICMET.

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Funding for innovative development in South Africa: Examining the various funding options available under the SPII

he South African government has placed a premium on technology innovation, committing to increase its budget allocation to 1.5% of GDP over the next 5 years. The Support Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII), an incentive by the government, promotes exploitation of technological innovation in the South African industry. It is managed by the Industrial Development Corporation of SA Ltd on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti). The mandate of SPII begins at the end of basic research to a stage where a working prototype has been developed, and is available to all registered South African enterprises and entrepreneurs. The development of the prototype must happen in South Africa and the resultant IP is governed under the terms and regulations of the new IP Act. SPII offers three incentives namely the Product Process Development Scheme (PPD) for SMMEs and very small enterprises, the Matching Scheme for medium sized companies and the Partnership Scheme for large companies. There are four main qualifying criteria for SPII funding: technical innovation, project management (technical capability and skills), economic merit and financial ability. In line with the government policy on Black Economic Empowerment, SPII offers BEE incentives of between 50% and 85% for companies with BEE shareholding, except for the Partnership Scheme recipients where the SPII funding is on a 50/50 matching basis. Finally, the SPII impact shows the performance of the fund over a three year window, in terms of sales, exports, taxes paid and jobs created.

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The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. - Albert Einstein

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Philippe has loved food since he was a young boy, savouring the smells in his grandmother’s kitchen. Born in Strasbourg and raised in West Africa, the young chef was inspired to explore everything gastronomic from a young age. He went on to study at the respected Schiltigheim Catering School in France, and Philippe’s travels across the continents became the foundation for his exotic menus. Most recently, Philippe is known as the creative mind behind Roots at Forum Homini, a five-star boutique hotel in the West Rand. This gourmet restaurant is one of Johannesburg’s premier dining experiences and a must for series food-lovers. In an exceptional career were he has been chef, restaurateur, and a respected personality in the culinary world in South Africa and abroad, Philippe Wagenfuhrer’s passion and flair for exceptional food, wine and lifestyle are what hold the Epicurious way of life…

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xperience creativity in all its forms. From wine, to food, to cheese, to dark chocolate, to coffee. Chef Philippe will take you on an extraordinary journey in this workshop, sharing his insights as a restauranteur and how you can apply these lessons in an organisational context.

Running a restaurant is a business but mentorship is not a business. Where most have failed and not succeeded in the development of young black South African, Philippe has decided to take the challenge to another level. He was told when he first came to SA that developing young black South African to become good professional or good entrepreneurs it would be virtually impossible, he took the challenge and made a difference. He went on to train and develop sommeliers, managers, head chefs etc… they are all working for him still. “I believe in people, and therefore serve my gift by developing youngsters within my trade. I promote my staff to be sustainable, to be in a position of head chef or manager, to become entrepreneurs in the hope that they will do the same for their peers.” “if South Africa has a future it is within the mass, Africans…”

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If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony.

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Jaideep Prabhu is Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise and Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.His research interests are in marketing, innovation, strategy and international business. His current research is mainly on how multinationals are using emerging markets like India as a lab to do affordable and sustainable innovation for global application.Jaideep has taught and consulted with executives from ABN Amro, Bertelsmann AG, BP, BT, EDS, IBM, ING Bank, Nokia, Philips, Roche, Shell, Vodafone and Xerox among other companies, in Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Finland, Germany, India, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, UK and the US. He has appeared on BBC News24 and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and his work has been profiled in BusinessWeek, BBC World Service, The Economic Times, The Economist, The Financial Times, Le Monde, MIT Sloan Management Review, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The Times.

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Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal, Flexible and Inclusive Way to Grow in the 21st Century

nnovation is a major directive at companies worldwide. But in these tough times, we can’t rely on the old formula that has sustained innovation efforts for decades – expensive R&D projects and highly-structured innovation processes. For instance, Western firms spent an astounding $550 billion on R&D in 2010. What did they get in return? Not much. The three industries that spent the most on R&D (computing/electronics, healthcare and automotive) struggled to generate a steady stream of groundbreaking innovations, making it clear that money alone cannot buy innovation. Based on his book Jugaad Innovation (with Navi Radjou and Simone Ahuja), Jaideep Prabhu will argue that the West must look to places like India, Brazil, and China for a new approach to innovation that is frugal and flexible. He will show how, in these emerging markets, jugaad (a Hindi word meaning an improvised solution using limited resources) is leading to dramatic growth, and how Western companies can adopt jugaad innovation to succeed in today’s hypercompetitive world. Based on numerous cases, the briefing will outline the six principles of jugaad innovation: Seek opportunity in adversity, do more with less, think and act flexibly, keep it simple, include the margin, and follow your heart. It will also discuss how some of the largest corporations from around the world (such as 3M, GE, IBM, Nokia, Procter & Gamble, and PepsiCo) are actively practicing jugaad innovation globally. Jugaad Innovation has been described by The Economist as “the most comprehensive book yet to appear on the subject” of frugal innovation, and has been featured on the BBC World Service and The Sunday Times.

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Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has twoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and only twoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;basic functions: marketing and innovationâ&#x20AC;Ś Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs. - Peter Drucker

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McLean Sibanda holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and Masters of Laws (LLM) (Commercial Law) degree from UNISA. He is an admitted attorney of the High Court of SA, and is also a registered SA patent attorney. McLean has wide experience in innovation, intellectual property policy and management, technology transfer and commercialization of intellectual property.

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n February 2011, McLean Sibanda assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of The Innovation Hub (Africa’s first accredited science park), a Blue IQ and Gauteng Provincial Government Initiative. McLean has led the public consultation process on the Policy Framework for IP from Publicly Financed Research & Development and was seconded to the Department of Science and Technology to drive the process of drafting and finalising the legislation and associated regulations on Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research & Development. McLean has served as an IP Expert to the African Union (AU) on the drafting of the constitutive documents including situational analysis for the establishment of the Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization, following the decision of the AU Heads of States. The situational analysis looked at various aspects of intellectual property and innovation in Africa and has since been published by the AU as “Intellectual Property Situation in Africa – A profile” Techno Africa policy monitor (4), African Union-STRC, 2009. McLean has authored and co-authored a number of scientific and intellectual property articles, including a study on the State of Patenting in South Africa, published by The Innovation Fund in 2007. McLean has been an invited speaker at both local and international conferences on scientific, intellectual property and innovation matters, including World Intellectual Property Organisation (“WIPO”) forums as well as African Development Bank Group. He tutors the WIPO courses on Patent Searching and Biotechnology Law. He has served on a number of boards of start-up companies and currently serves on the boards of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Innovation Hub. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

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Dr Ron Beyers is passionate about the development of human capital from as young an age as possible. He has been exposed to a number of internationally recognized school and university based competitions and events which has forged a commitment to nurture hidden talent amongst our youth especially in the area of creativity potentially leading to innovation. He has the ability to empower youth to believe in themselves and to operate effectively as successful team members while solving real-world challenges.

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Overcoming the ‘Ignorance is Bliss Factor’ through Investment in Innovation Capital

he ability to conceptualise innovation in terms of such concepts as ‘Returns on Investment’ and ‘Knowledge Funnels’ makes huge assumptions about there being the right human capital and potential to innovate in the first place. Without the right feeder stock needed to feed the engine rooms of innovation the process becomes a futile academic exercise for any organisation. Recent research has highlighted the need to created sustainable and sustained interventions to expose learners to the capabilities of rapid-prototyping environments using digital manufacturing as well to benchmark themselves with international competitions. It is proposed that Competition Pathways can create the ‘stepping stones’ for learners to overcome an ‘ignorance is bliss factor’ by realising their potential from an early age. If innovation is to create business value or to turn creative ideas into marketable solutions then we cannot continue to do the same thing in the name of education and expect a different result. We have to narrow the innovation chasm and teleport more learners to the other side as the potential exists and needs to be nurtured. Opportunities such as the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists, Formula 1 in Schools and Destination Zero Carbon (Hydrogen Fuel Cell technologies) caters for a broad range of enquiring minds. They need to encourage learners to go well beyond the confines of simple information transfer and to benchmark themselves against their peers. These are the true breeding grounds of innovation that cannot be overlooked if the country is to make progress in this department. www . i n n o v a t i o n s u m m i t . c o . z a

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Impact Amplifier Maximilian Pichulik Co Founder An incubator and consulting firm, accelerating the growth and capital provision of impact businesses. +27 (0)21 801 1626 +27 (0)82 991 0704 max@impactamplifier.co.za impactamplifier.co.za Skopus Business Consultants Peter van NieUwenhuizen Managing Principal Provide coaching and business planning sevices to businesses in the incubation and start up phases. +27 (0)11 678 6767 +27 (0)72 089 4290 info@skopus.co.za skopus.co.za The Innovation Hub McLean Sibanda Chief Executive Officer Science and Technology Park. +27 (0)12 844 0045 +27 (0)83 378 0230 msibanda@ theinnovationhub.com theinnovationhub.com University of the Freestate DR Justin Kennedy Head of Innovation & Programmes in Personal Excellence UFS

Award winning Design Thinker simulation. +27 (0)11 447 4048 +27 (0)83 292 4490 james@knowhouse.co.za knowhouse.co.za

Innovation leadership & personal excellence at the UFS Business School. +27 (0)51 401 3563 +27 (0)82 370 2080 kennedyjj@ufs.ac.sa ufs.ac.sa

Center for Creative Leadership Simon Rweyongoza Regional Director: SubSaharan Africa Center for Creative Leadership Delivering world class leadership development expertise to leaders worldwide. +27 (0)76 175 3968 rweyongozas@ccl.org ccl.org/emea  Creative Futures Professor Philip Spies Professor Emeritus in Futures Studies Foresight, Business Futures, Scenario-based Strategic Planning and Transformation Design. +27 (0)21 869 8004 +27 (0)82 375 0353 phspies@iafrica.com KnowHouse James van der Westhuizen Managing Member We deliver Innovation simulation training. Edison

Playing Mantis Burgert Kirsten Organisational Psychologist & Applied Improvisation Practitioner We develop Innovative organisations, adaptive leaders and vibrant communicators to thrive midst uncertainty. +27 (0)82 255 9625 burgert@playingmantis.net playingmantis.net The Narrative Lab Sonja Blignaut Director We use narrative to surface and change the mind sets that govern behaviour of people in systems and organisations. +27 (0)12 665 5767 +27 (0)82 338 7495 sonja@narrativelab.co.za narrativelab.co.za

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BMGI Dimitri Markoulides Senior Partner Competencies: Design and Innovation, Business Problem Solving, Strategic Planning, Transform Strategies into Results. +27 (0)12 460 0310 +27 (0)84 608 2565 dimitrim@bmgi.com bmgi.co.za Centre for Social Impact Errol Goetsch Director Auditing, advising and training on the P10 and XE4 Performance Excellence system. +27 (0)82 770 4569 +27 (0)78 573 5046 errol@xe4.org xe4.org ESKOM Kammy Dhaver-Young Innovation Circuit Manager Fostering innovation through external & in-house initiatives, particularly R&D, with investment in the dev. & demonstration of technologies. +27 (0)11 800 4426 +27 (0)83 310 4556 karmatchee.dhaver @eskom.co.za eskom.co.za Firestring Alison Jacobson CEO Firestring’s Web 3.0 social-semantic tools ... continued over page

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drive innovation – allowing new people to join old conversations and new conversations to form. +27 (0)11 575 0910 +27 (0)83 444 5388 alisonj@firestring.com firestring.com Innocentrix (Pty) Ltd Henra Mayer CEO Innocentrix assists organisations to unlock their full innovation potential. Services range from strategic growth planning to implementation. +27 (0)12 844 0084 +27 (0)82 323 7447 henra@innocentrix.co.za innocentrix.co.za Sasol Nevashnee Naicker Corporate Affairs Manager Small business incubator focusing on SMME’s in the energy, chemical & related value chains. +27 (0)11 441 3034 +27 (0)82 655 2202 nevashnee.naicker@ sasol.com chemcity.co.za Wilde Insights Gary Wilde CEO Turnarounds, Transformation, Critical Problem Solving, Leadership Development, Executive Mentoring & Coaching, Personal Mastery. +27 (0)11 022 9797 +27 (0)83 241 8242 gary@wilde-insights.co.za wildeinsights.com

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Africa Pty Ltd Philippe Wagenfuhrer Food & Beverage Director 24-7 Care is the leader as a managing agent of retirement villages. +27 (0)11 260 6800 +27 (0)82 085 2883 philippe@d5.co.za 24-7care.co.za Sense2Solve Itha Taljaard CEO Strategy, problem solving, ideation, business creativity, thinking & mgmt. tools & techniques, facilitation. +27 (0)28 514 3152 +27 (0)83 629 9188 itha@sense2solve.co.za sense2solve.co.za Senseability Marlies Grindlay Consultant & Innovation Facilitator Facilitator of innovation processes: development of thinking skills, sensory and whole person creativity. +27 (0)11 883 3444 +27 (0)82 904 8081 marlies@senseability.co.za senseability.net

…XYZ Design (Dot Dot Dot Ex Why Zed Pty (Ltd) Roelf Mulder Managing Director …XYZ offers services that link appropriate technologies to diverse markets and users. +27 (0)86 178 9000 +27 (0)83 264 1469 roelf@dddxyz.com dddxyz.com K&i Design Studio Karl Mynhardt Creative Director

Design studio specialising in creative thinking, graphic design and illustration, with a hands-on, authentic, and imaginative approach. +27 (0)21 709 0614 +27 (0)78 172 6554 hello@kandi.co.za kandi.co.za Makeka Design LAB Mokena Makeka Founder & Creative Director From forks to exhibitions to urban planning to airportsfrom physical to systemic design, designing and incubating institutions and processes for innovation. +27 (0)21 425 5211 +27 (0)82 857 3313 office@makekadesigns.com makekadesigns.com Ora Joubert Architects Prof Ora Joubert Architect Architecture and urban rejuvenation. +27 (0)82 445 3741 ora.joubert1@gmail.com

Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) PROF Mugendi M’Rithaa Professor CPUT is a leader in community-responsive research, teaching and learning endeavours in technology-related disciplines. +27 (0)21 469 1027 +27 (0)72 655 8727 mugendiM@cput.ac.za cput.ac.za Karen Walstra Consulting Karen Walstra Educational Consultant Academic, e-learning and m-learning assistance to schools, as well as

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Dr Ron Beyers Managing Director & Owner Creating a pipeline for Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Innovation. +27 (0)41 581 1983 +27 (0)83 310 8843 ron@yesa.org.za yesa.org.za WITS Dr Fiona Donald Senior Lecturer Higher education – a leading university in Africa. +27 (0)11 717 4507 +27 (0)83 604 0600 fiona.donald@wits.ac.za wits.ac.za

Endeavor South Africa Palesa Makanda Director Endeavor is a non-profit organization that supports innovative, high-growth entrepreneurs in emerging markets. +27 (0)11 463 0992 palesa.makanda @endeavor.co.za endeavor.co.za Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) Pauline Mujawamariya Program Manager, African Innovation Foundation The IPA mobilizes African innovators by providing $150,000 to winners who deliver market-oriented solutions for African-led development. +41 44 515 5466 ipainfo@ africaninnovation.org InnovationPrize ForAfrica.org Innovation Shack Charles Maisel

Social Artist Innovation in new ventures both social and business and teaching of innovation. +27 (0)21 461 8376 +27 (0)72 487 6775 charlesm@ innovationshack.co.za 12businesses.blogspot. com LaMont Cheese Company Carel Hoger Manager Production of the finest quality cheese. +27 (0)23 615 1929 carel@lamontcheese.co.za lamontcheese.co.za Sensorica Ian Bentley Collaboration Partner SENSORICA is a value network that designs and deploys intelligent, open sensors and sensemaking systems. +27 (0)72 709 5887 falconian11@gmail.com sensorica.co Strategic Productivity (Pty) Ltd Mark Williams MD We inspire, empower and develop people’s business competencies to turn potential into reality. +27 (0)11 476 7924 +27 (0)83 228 8032 mwilliams@stratpro.co.za stratpro.co.za YORK ZUCCHI & PARTNERS York Zucchi Chief Coffee Drinker Healthcare, IT, Bookkeeping, Investments in Africa. +27 (0)11 083 7944 yz@yzp.ch yzp.ch

Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) Zanele Monnakgotla Head Innovation Department The IDC is a development finance institution that seeks to be the primary source of commercially sustainable industrial development and innovation to the benefit of South Africa and the rest of the African continent. +27 (0)11 269 3299 +27 (0)79 512 3637 zanelem@idc.co.za idc.co.za Industrial Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII) Nadia Nortje Specialist Supporting the development of new technologies in the South African Industry. +27 (0)11 269 3552 nadian@idc.co.za spii.co.za TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AGENCY KGOMOTSO MATJILA General Manager: Marketing & Branding Supporting South Africa’s technological innovations by providing financial and non-financial support. +27 (0)12 472 2737 +27 (0)86 638 4784 kgomotso.matjila@tia.org.za tia.org.za

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CheHan Ideaneers Dr Cherylene de Jager Chief Imagination Officer Development of creative and innovative thinking and problem solving skills. +27 (0)11 678 7622 +27 (0)83 271 4356 chehan@netactive.co.za ideaneers.co.za Deloitte Consulting Rentia Venter Executive Assistant to the CEO Corporate strategy development and execution, innovative solution design, results management. +27 (0)11 517 4421 +27 (0)82 772 6005 rentiav@gmail.com za.linkedin.com/in/ rentiaventer Dr Neville Comins Consultant Advisor on National and Regional Innovation Systems, and all aspects pertaining to development of Science Parks and their operation. +27 (0)12 993 3414 +27 (0)82 492 2501 nrc.innovate@mweb.co.za Evolution projects Amanda du Plessis CEO We love new work…we love creating products, consulting on fashion and homeware retail issues and creating products for our inhouse brand - evolution product. +27 (0)11 486 1171 +27 (0)83 301 6600 amanda@ evolutionproduct.co.za evolutionproduct.co.za Innovation101 Peter Greenwall Errorthoughtical Engineer Analysing system and personal failure to create a culture of innovation.

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+27 (0)21 439 0975 +27 (0)72 683 1000 innovation101@mac.com tedxcapetown.org/ speaker/ peter-greenwall KnowledgeXtend Willie Krause Director Open innovation and business improvement solutions. +27 (0)12 667 5715 +27 (0)83 333 7659 willie.krause@telkomsa.net knowledgeXtend.co.za Systemiclogic Innovation Agency Rory Moore CEO Innovation Agency helps some of the most innovative companies manage innovation and ideas through crowd sourcing and collaboration. We provide a mechanism for companies to utilize the collective knowledge of employees and customers to continually drive innovation forward. +27 (0)87 943 2333 +27 (0)83 737 4562 rory@innovationagency.com innovationagency.com

RIIS Suzette Heydenreich Relationship Manager Innovation Enablement. +27 (0)12 844 0208 +27 (0)72 774 2206 suzette@riis.co.za riis.co.za Peepldo Mebs Loghdey Managing Creator

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UNISA Prof Tana Pistorius Acting Director of Unisa’s newly established Directorate Innovation & Technology Transfer Directorate Assisting researchers to enable them to make an impact on society beyond the publication of a paper or the completion of a project. +27 (0)12 429 8334 +27 (0)83 376 1562 pistot@unisa.ac.za unisa.ac.za

African Entrepreneur Kizito Okechukwu Editor Supporting and stimulating entrepreneurship. +27 (0)11 907 8180 +27 (0)76 781 3498 kizito@bam-sa.co.za africanentrepreneur. com Dr Thomas Oosthuizen Sole operator Consulting to clients on how to create greater value in their brands with lesser resources. +27 (0)32 946 0474

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+27 (0)82 554 5265 thomas@ drthomasbrand.co.za drthomasbrand.co.za ITNewsAfrica Abby Wakama Executive Editor / CEO The daily news source for African ICT business leaders. +27 (0)11 484 2240 +27 (0)76 562 6379 news@itnewsafrica.com itnewsafrica.com Mail & Guardian Media Ltd Nthabeleng Mohapi Project Administrator Premier source of fearless and independent news, information and entertainment through multimedia platforms. +27 (0)11 250 7300 +27 (0)82 309 3502 nthabelengm@mg.co.za mg.co.za Masechaba Media Masechaba Lekalake CEO A Pan-African broadcast media company. +27 (0)11 781 7111 +27 (0)82 858 4415 masechaba@ masechabamedia.com masechabamedia.com

Center for High Performance Computing Noxolo Moyake Strategic Communications Provide services in HPC and Data infrastructure and consultancy services. +27 (0)21 658 2740 nmoyake@csir.co.za chpc.ac.za

Centre for Proteomic & Genomic Research (CPGR) Dr Reinhard Hiller Managing Director Innovation enabling solutions for academia and industry through genomic and proteomic R&D services. +27 (0)21 447 5669 +27 (0)72 465 5899 reinhard.hiller@cpgr.org.za cpgr.org.za Desearch Pieter van der Merwe Owner & MD Research in Innovation, Intuition, Entrepreneurship and the application of Behavioural Economics in decision-making. +27 (0)83 275 3296 pieter@desearch.co.za desearch.co.za HSRC Madalitso Phiri Researcher Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Inequality in South Africa. +27 (0)21 466 7811 +27 (0)72 408 4438 mphiri@hsrc.ac.za hsrc.ac.za Neurozone Dr Etienne van der Walt Chief Scientist We conceptualise and design neuroscience based products and programmes to enhance and support brain performance. +27 (0)21 418 3339 etienne@neurozone.com neurozone.com Resolution Circle Prof Willem Clarke CEO A research and design ecosystem to develop technology prototypes for commercialisation purposes. +27 (0)11 559 4475 +27 (0)83 680 5436 willem@uj.ac.za

resolutioncircle.com Voices.News24.com Chris Kanyane Contributing Director: Business, Culture & Lifestyle Contributes insights, resources, and perspectives on innovation, entrepreneurship, politics and culture aimed at improving and changing lives. +27 (0)12 336 1378 +27 (0)82 684 8790 turfloop.chris@gmail.com voices.news24.com

Erockon Development Planners Eric Nyembezi Makoni Managing Director We assist the public sector in formulating and implementing development planning strategies. +27 (0)11 559 6350 +27 (0)72 452 2535 erockoni@gmail.com erockon.co.za

the provision of appropriate services. +27 (0)12 841 2127 +27 (0)82 902 4083 adrie.elmohamadi@ nftn.co.za nftn.co.za SAINE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Southern African Innovation Network Linda Swart National Coordinator A platform for innovation in South Africa. +27 (0)12 844 0672 +27 (0)82 568 2127 info@saine.co.za saine.co.za Vaal University of Technology, Technology Transfer and Innovation Directorate Prof Alwyn Louw Deputy Vice Chancellor: Academic & Research of Vaal University of Technology Vaal University of Technology stimulates invention, innovation, technology transfer and commercialization of academic knowledge and research. +27 (0)16 950 9326 +27 (0)82 774 4664 alwyn@vut.ac.za vut.ac.za

Mesopartner Dr Shawn Cunningham Partner, Researcher & Process Consultant We can equip and assist you in diagnosing and improving innovation systems. +27 (0)82 902 4200 sc@mesopartner.com mesopartner.com National Foundry Technology Network Adrie El Mohamadi Project Leader Increase the global competitiveness of the SA foundry industry through

ID Control Chris Smidt Regional Manager The Company specialises in innovating, manufacturing and developing security systems for the commercialised banking industry and other corporate clients. To date, they have installed and supported over 700 major systems in banks, municipalities, universities and shopping centres throughout Southern Africa. +27 (0)83 305 2515 mauritz@penta-net.co.za idcontrol.co.za Techsolutions (Pty) Ltd Eon de Koker CEO Techsolutions (Pty) Ltd is a leading provider of solutions for tracking notebook (laptop) computers, IT assets, and returnable supply chain assets such as pallets, crates, bins and containers. Our asset tracking and asset management solutions are used by government, leading multinational and corporate companies. We are based in Pretoria, South Africa. Our Smart Asset solution is popular for asset management and supports barcode and RFID. Smart Asset also has an asset protection module which sends alerts when assets are moved or removed inappropriately. +27 (0)12 844 0300 eon@techsolutions.co.za techsolutions.co.za Ungana-Afrika Tshepo Thlaku Programme Manager Ungana-Afrika provides business development support and market information to social entrepreneurs, civil society organizations and enterprises, so that they continued over page

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can address the needs of poor communities through beneficial services and viable initiatives. +27 (0)87 750 0888 info@ungana-africa.org Ungana-Africa.org RIIS Audrey Verhaeghe Managing Director RIIS is an Innovation consultancy. Products and services are: Innovation consultants in general, Innovation Strategists, Innovation Baseline measurements, Innovation training and workshops, Open innovation programs and Innovation leadership programs. +27 (0)12 844 0670 audrey@riis.co.za riis.co.za Kulani Engineering Kurisane Maswanganyi KULANI Engineering Consultancy is a consultancy providing multi-disciplinary professional services in engineering, infrastructurerelated development and management. Our company is positioned to fill the gap and elevate the standard of service in this niche market. +27 (0)86 011 1470 info@kulaniec.co.za kulaniec.co.za Innovation Street River Wyoming Yaffe Innovation Street’s core capabilities are Industrial, Mechanical and Ceramic Engineering, IT and Lean Six Sigma. To ensure cost effective production and sales, the Company offers Feasibility Studies, State-ofthe-art Design, Simulation & Process Optimization, Ergonomics, Development of Manufacturing Strategies, Systems and IT Integration, Management of complex regulatory/compliance process and Distribution Solutions. Innovation Street

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is designed to motivate, energize and engage Inventors through projectbased methodologies. The company provides a bold platform for enriching imagination and innovative thinking. +27 (0)12 844 0116 river@innovation-street.net innovation-street.net Northpark Consulting Jan Hlongwane CEO Northpark Consulting is a consultancy company that have a selection of patented consulting methodologies focused on helping customers to drive value from existing investments and success, and help form a roadmap to deliver on industry best practices strategy. +27 (0)72 146 8411 jan.hlongwane@ northparkconsulting.com northparkconsulting. com MAP4LIFE™ Glen Mcquirk MAP4LIFE™ Institute aims to put people on a journey of discovery by providing tools that will equip them to pursue their purpose with passion and perseverance for life. They have many innovative tools or MAPS that can do just this. Each of their MAP4LIFE™ Tools is focused on the preparation and implementation of a Master Action Plan while maintaining a focus on balance. +27 (0)12 751 7297 glen@map4life.com map4life.com Innocentrix Henra Meyer Innocentrix specializes in innovation solutions. The company brings together the latest trends and technology, business models and approaches to suit the client’s specific

needs. They partner with universities and subject and industry experts in order to offer our clients unsurpassed advice and global innovation solutions. +27 (0)12 844 0084 henra@innocentrix.co.za innocentrix.co.za Forensic DNA Consultants (Pty) Ltd (FDC) Arnold Greyling Forensic DNA Consultants (Pty) Ltd (FDC) specialises in the provision of advisory and technical services related to the various aspects of forensic DNA profiling and analysis and their related laboratory, legal and administrative processes. +27 (0)12 844 0099 greylinga@ forensicdna.co.za forensicdna.co.za Madeasy John Baggot Madeasy has created a one-stop-shop portal on the new Consumer Protection Act (the Act). They have developed a set of implementation tools including awareness presentations, action planning, shop floor training and transformation management to offer an implementation solution to reduce risk associated with the Act. Their approach makes use of humour and focuses on how the Act can benefit a business and walks their clients through the whole process from awareness to a fully implemented action plan. +27 (0)12 991 7779 jb@madeeasy.co.za madeasy.co.za Naledi3d Factory David Lockwood The Naledi3d Factory uses Virtual Reality to communicate concepts and practices in a wide range of disciplines including

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industrial training and safety awareness, health and sanitation, heritage, new technology concepts etc. including applications that can impact on community development. +27 (0)12 844 1010 dlockwood@Naledi3D.com naledi3d.com Automated Product Development Stanley Simpson Automated Product Development is a premier solution and services provider with offices in Detroit, MI and Pretoria, South Africa. Since their inception in 2005, APD has remained at the forefront of Product Development and Internet technologies, leading the local industry in all aspects of development and innovation. APD seeks to achieve market dominance in the provision of Business Relevant Technologies and Implementation services. +27 (0)12 844 0841 stanley.simpson@ prodevzone.net prodevzone.net James Trust 1:27 Robert Botha CEO James Trust 1:27 Committed to a social innovation project in which they are creating a platform that includes business information management systems and business intelligence tools, the trust’s intention is to work towards enabling existing care-based organizations to double and redouble present levels of care from 15% to a target of 60%. In order to do this they are advocating a “Virtual Adoption” model in which the global village is mobilized to share responsibility with the local village in responding to the care of children at risk. +27 (0)12 844 0480

robert@james127trust.org james127trust.org Icexpress Progressive Prosthetics Johan Snyders Icexpress Progressive Prosthetics supplies amputees with a prosthesis that fits properly, is comfortable and durable. Their field of expertise includes Advanced Prosthetic Solutions, Bionics, High Definition Silicone and Rehabilitation. Icexpress Progressive Prosthetics services a broad variety of clients including amputees ranging from preschool kids to Paralympics Athletes. +27 (0)12 844 0406 johan@icexpress.co.za icexpress.co.za INNOWORX Isaiah Engelbrecht INNOWORX enables corporate innovation through internal resources, customised methodologies and unique change management processes to deliver strategic value. Their vision is to become a leader in practically ensuring organisations sustainability through building organisational innovation capability and to assist organizations to become innovative in the real sense. +27 (0)12 844 0131 isaiah@innoworxx.co.za innoworx.co.za Netcb Cobus Burgers CEO Netcb the company provides solutions that assist companies to collaborate securely and ensure that they have the necessary compliance management tools and systems in place for their business. They specialize in data protection, virtualization,

and collaboration and compliance management to solve collaborations, documents and records management needs. +27 (0)12 844 0744 cobus.burgers@netcb.com netcb.com IRD Dr Johan Viljoen IRD the company undertakes research and development, focusing on global warming, emerging diseases, biodiversity, access to water, migration, and poverty and world hunger. +27 (0)12 844 0118 johan.viljoen@ird.fr ird.fr Medupi Pharma Sipho Moshoane Medupi Pharma the company offers an express total- solution genomics based on proven international industry standards with emphasis on providing the fastest data turn around in the industry, a web- based ordering and project tracking portal and access to patient samples. +27 (0)12 844 0285 siphon@ medupipharma.co.za medupipharma.co.za iLead Online Johann Nortje CEO iLead Online specializes in website design, electronically mediated learning and assessment, Linux support, instructor lead training, human resource software development, financial software development, intranet creation, and online marketing. +27 (0)12 844 0438 johann@ilead.co.za ilead.co.za Expertron Group (Pty) Ltd Walter Smuts CEO

created for the safe, ethical and responsible research, development and application of biotechnology. +27 (0)12 844 0126 nompumelelo@ africabio.com africabio.com

Expertron Group (Pty) Ltd specializes in new product development for information and communications systems, with a focus on appliances utilizing technologies at the convergence between mobile ( GSM) and conventional data networks ( the internet). Expertron develops its own systems, but also provides contract software development services to selected clients. +27 (0)12 844 0333 walter@expertron.co.za expertron.co.za Altis Biologics Nicolaas Duneas CEO Altis Biologics the Company specialises in the research and development of osteogenic biomaterials for use in skeletal regeneration therapies in man. +27 (0)12 844 0098 nic@altisbiologics.com altisbiologics.com mLab Derrick Coetzee CEO mLab is a mobile applications development laboratory that supports innovators and entrepreneurs in building their mobile ideas to maximum impact, and encourages and supports government in enhancing service delivery through the mobile channel. +27 (0)83 333 6377 derrick@mlab.co.za mlab.co.za AfricaBio Nompumelelo Obokoh CEO AfricaBio provides accurate information, creates awareness and understanding as well as knowledge on biotechnology and biosafety in South Africa and the African region. It is a non-political, non-profit biotechnology association

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KREON Technology Louis Le Roux KREON Technology develops and produces state of the art software and digital hardware solutions for electronic subsystems. The company provides services in the areas of engineering management, systems engineering, high technology hardware and embedded software as well as specialised volume manufacturing. +27 (0)12 844 0930 louislr@kreon.co.za kreon.co.za Techso Johann Anderson Techso is a solutiondriven company, providing services in Transportation, Law, Community development, Training and Capacity building and Technology Applications. They have many years of experience gained both locally as well as internationally and have excellent understanding of the local application environment. +27 (0)12 844 0306 johann@techso.co.za techso.co.za National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) Jonathan Youngleson The National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) was established to promote and manage the objects of the Intellectual Property Rights continued over page

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from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act. These include the identification, disclosure and statutory protection, and management and commercialisation of the IP referred to it by a recipient of public R&D funds. +27 (0)12 844 0210 jonathan.youngleson@ nipmo.co.za nipmo.org.za TolLink (Pty) Ltd Peter Filbay TolLink (Pty) Ltd is a based toll specialist company, employing professionals in the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and Electronics and Traffic Transport Engineering (ETTM) disciplines. +27 (0)12 844 0161 peter@teti.co.za teti.co.za TMI consultancy Thivash Moodley CEO TMI consultancy the company services local, global aerospace and defence industry with state-of-theart modeling and simulation solutions to design, develop, produce and support aerospace and defence products in service. +27 (0)12 844 0310 tmoodley@tmi-za.com tmi-za.com Dolores Trade and Investment Adriaan Odendaal CEO Dolores Trade and Investment GloVent Solutions initial core product is GLO-Portal, a Community Management System (CMS) for Residential and other Communities. GLOPortal was developed to improve communication and the general day to day management of various Communities. GLOPortal is a web-based application providing

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a central management tool to the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s management committee and a secure web portal to the community members. +27 (0)86 694 1019 +27 (0)12 844 0081 adriaan@glovent.co.za glovent.co.za

MindPeace Consulting assists clients to manage the people side of change by drawing from a leading change management methodology. +27 (0)12 844 0990 wjooste@mindpeace.co.za mindpeace.co.za

KPR Engineers and Associates PTY LTD Rhulani Matshidze CEO KPR Engineers and Associates PTY LTD is positioned to fill the gap and raise the standard of service in the field of electricity generation, transmission and distribution, in particular services to municipalities and other redistributors. +27 (0)12 844 0136 rhulani@kprengineers.co.za kprengineers.co.za

45Degrees Pieter van Der Merwe CEO 45Degrees a facilitator of skills development and Human Resource Development. They enable employers to fulfill the requirements of the law; offer best strategic solutions for Skills Development and Human Resource Management; facilitate quality training for optimal productivity of the workforce and optimise opportunities for gainful employment created by government initiatives. +27 (0)12 844 0731 pieter@45group.co.za

TB Alliance Christo Van Niekerk Senior Director TB Alliance A non-profit organisation established to lead the search for new TB cures and catalyse global effort for new TB drugs. +27 (0)12 844 0950 christo.vanniekerk@ tballiance.org.za tballiance.org

Cisco System Alpheus Mangale GM Cisco System: A multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. +27 (0)12 844 7400 almangal@cisco.com cisco/global.com

Full Marks Zelda Knox CEO Full Marks the company offers a web based intranet driven solutions to organisations to enable them to train up their employees in desktop skills. They provide VHD (Virtual Help Desk) systems training in windows, office products, Open office products and Novell products. +27 (0)12 844 0440 enquries@f-m.com f-m.co.za

Curaf Phil Short CEO Curaf a pharmaceutical manufacturer that supply generic oncology products in Southern Africa with the aim of improving accessibility and the cost of medicine to all classes of people. +27 (0)83 448 7014 phil.short@curaf.co.za curaf.co.za

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Vx Pharma Mark Fyvie CEO Vx Pharma focuses its core

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value proposition through service offerings in clinical conduct work. It has the expertise and intent to operate as a fully-fledged CRO where end-to-end service delivery of drug development is offered across all phases of drug development; mostly on the niche market areas of bioequivalence and early-stage infectious disease studies. The venture positions itself as a competitive player by offering highly responsive, quick turnaround services; an operating paradigm that is enabled through the dedicated inpatient facility. +27 (0)83 440 0793 mark.fyvie@vxpharma.com vxpharma.com Blue Label Distributions Weerner Van Reenen CEO Blue Label Distributions specializes in Virtual distribution of secure electronic tokens of value (predominantly prepaid airtime) and transactional services across its global footprint of touch points. +27 (0)12 844 0072 lorenchiab@Blts.co.za bluelabeltelecoms. co.za

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