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he South African Innovation Summit is here! This year’s theme Local Innovation Global Conversation showcases South Africa’s wealth of creativity, originality and ingenuity for breakthrough innovation and developing solutions to unique challenges that fuel our capability for innovation and invention. Finding solutions and developing new products and systems are at the very heart of our motivation for innovation and we stand proud amidst the many local innovations and inventions that have been adopted by the rest of the world. The world’s first heart transplant, the dolos, the CAT scan, the Kreepy Krauley, the Pratley Putty, the “speed gun” used in cricket ovals, the world’s first oil-fromcoal processing and of course the first hair transplant, to name but a few, were ours. We will be sharing these with the world in Cape Town. The conference will be videostreamed Internationally. As the World Design Capital (WDC 2014), the Mother City is the epicentre of dialogue on design thinking and design development. We are excited to capitalize on the WDC and draw the world’s attention to showcase our innovative capability to take local innovation into a broader global conversation! Participation is critical to our success, and digital and social media will play a vital part in our campaign to Go Global as we take the conversation viral to reach a
broader community. Please follow us and participate on Twitter using, @innovsummit. Lets trend with your #whatif questions and let this summit provoke innovation. Our challenge to you: Don’t just watch: Participate! Tweet. The 7th SA Innovation Summit has an incredible programme and line-up of opportunities to connect, engage, discuss, debate and celebrate our innovative spirit and the tools that gives it substance. As always, the line-up of speakers is very impressive and will not disappoint. We are honoured to have 40+ speakers gracing our event with their knowledge, expertise and fascinating tales of success in innovation. The speakers are known thought-leaders both nationally and internationally. Thank you to all our partners, organisers, speakers, judges, inventors and pitchers that will make this year an incredible story to tell. To all innovation managers, inventors, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, policy makers, innovation junkies, and to all the wonderful contributors who will accelerate innovation through their participation to make this the best SA Innovation Summit yet, we wish you an exhilarating journey through the Summit. Let the fun begin! Audrey Verhaeghe Chairman: SA Innovation Summit
n the face of such a torrent of unemployment, poverty and unyielding inequality, it’s easy to understand why its critical to establish and grow small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). The fact that the recession served to wipe out considerable gains in economic development and poverty reduction achieved since the advent of democracy, places onerous responsibilities on both the private and public sectors to create jobs. Rightly so; an unemployment rate sitting above 25% does not bode well for the future. Even more worrying is the fact that youth constitute more than 60% of the unemployed in this country. The growing number of educated and in some cases qualified youth roaming the streets countywide, best illustrates the challenge facing job creators. Our economy therefore needs to start creating jobs at a faster rate in order to absorb the unemployed into the main stream economy. Fortunately, our government does not only realise these challenges but continues to make bold interventions to stem the unemployment tide. For its part, government’s decision to focus on nurturing and growing SMMEs is commendable because SMMEs are the cornerstone for most growing economies across the globe.
It is estimated that South Africa is home to more than 5.9 million SMMEs generating about 40% of the local economy’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is further estimated that SMMEs provide about 60% of local employment. Though impressive, the overriding sense in these statistics is one of concern. For all its potential, local SMMEs ought to be punching above their weight. There are plenty opportunities that government has created for youth to try their hand at entrepreneurship. On the back of one of the biggest public infrastructure spend ever seen on the continent, government has created an opportunity for youth to break into the mainstream economy. State Owned Entities have earmarked to spend close to a trillion rand on various infrastructure projects. This and many other interventions present a great opportunity to create black industrialists that this country so desperately needs. Therefore, we can’t over-emphasise the importance of initiatives such as Start UP South Africa. Such initiatives should be used to galvanise entrepreneurship in the country as we strive towards our goal of creating black industrialists. We are aware of the challenges that both aspiring and existing business owners experience in terms of accessing finance from mainstream
commercial lenders hence this in large measure informed our decision to create a more flexible and nimble subsidiary (Sefa) that solely addresses financial needs of start-up or expansionary businesses. Furthermore and as part of its contribution to youth entrepreneurship development, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) , sefa and the NYDA signed a Youth Employment Accord whose objective is to improve skills development among young people. The IDC further reinforced its commitment to the Accord by contributing about R1bn-funds earmarked to benefit
deserving youth owned businesses. I therefore implore stakeholders in this initiative to commit to its objectives. Our country is in desperate need of black industrialists and once again I won’t overstate the fact that initiatives of this nature can help unearth the hidden potential of local SMMEs in general and our youth in particular. Geoffrey Qhena
The Link between Science and Profit Panel Moderator: Dr Francis Petersen
CEO’s Richard Okini from DuPont, Frik Landman from Stellenbosch University and Tim Schweikert from General Electric are tackling the theme: The connection between Science and profit. Both companies have made recent investments in South Africa in terms of research, development and innovation - global companies seeing the importance of local innovation! Dr Francis Petersen from the National Advisory Council of Innovation ( NACI) will be the Panel Moderator. The Panel is presented in partnership with Accelerate Cape Town and made possible by Audi. The debate will explore conducive legislation to innovate in South Africa and the importance of Intellectual Property to defend territories.
Leading the Wesgro panel discuss as the moderator is Nils Flaatten, CEO of Wesgro. Other participants of the Wesgro Investment Stream include Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), MC Saatchi, Spoor & Fisher, Knife Capital and WyzeTalk.
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Talia Sanhewe is an award winning reporter, presenter and Managing Director of Talia Productions (PTY) Ltd, an innovative television production and corporate communications company. A sought after key-note speaker, conference MC and host, Talia has moderated LIVE panel discussions at the World Economic Forum, Africa and has spoken at TEDxBreda in the Netherlands on a subject close to her heart – finding what you love and running with it. Talia is an official Member of the International Academy of Television and Art Sciences in New York and since 2010, has been invited by the Academy of to preside as jury judge for International Emmy Awards in the Current Affairs category. Talia holds a BA Film and Media Degree from the University of Cape Town. Her television education also includes a scholarship to the University of California, Los Angeles where she took classes at their prestigious school of Film and Television. Talia is passionate about the power of broadcasting, media and television and its ability to influence ideas, drive discussion and inspire change.
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Andrew Purnell
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Alexandra Fraser
02 Dr Anneline Chetty
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Charles Maisel
03 Dr Carla Enslin
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Christine Strutt
04 Wouter Grové
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Dov Paluch
05 Dimitri Markoulides 15
Helen Bührs
06 James Maati Ondari 16
Patricia M Gouws
07 Dr Kit Vaughan
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Siya Xuza
08 DR Rolan Christian
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Gys Kappers
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Cor Schutte
10 Arthur Lenk
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Innovation for Real Growth
Silicon Cape success stories: Building global businesses and a sustainable start-up community
What’s the best way to take the feathers off a chicken?
Local Innovators with a Global Mindset
Innovation Incentives in SA - What is available and is the government doing enough?
Stick to your knitting
Inspired Towards Science, Engineering and Technology – Community Engagement through Innovation
Journey to Jupiter: Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
Every business wants to be innovative, but not every business taps into the source of inspiration
Reducing cost of Access in Cape Town by doing things differently
The trajectory of ‘re-blocking’ a case of formalising the informal and informalising the formal
Innovation and Enterprise Development – The Case of the Ethekwini Municipality
Schooling teachers and learners by design
Game changing Africa- Competencies for the successful use of digital gaming in building digimodern leadership
The benefits of structured innovation
Anaerobic degradation of pretreated abattoir wastewater in an uasb reactor
A novel engineering design for early diagnosis of breast cancer
Lessons Learned from Applying an Agile Innovation Approach to Product Development in a South African Software Start-up
GOLL EFRUBOT, ECITRUS, ENOTIFII, EVISION, EWORKSHOP and ECUBE
Israel is innovation nation: how Israel’s experience is relevant for Africa
Gavin Mageni
21 Billy Selekane
Kevin McCaffrey
22 Peter Van Nieuwenhuizen 32
Lu-Marie Sobey
23 W Viviers / M Cameron 33
Jukka Matikainen
24 Chris Whelan
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Dr Ron Beyers
25 Peter Greenwall
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Puleng Makhoalibe 26 Tasos Calantzis
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Making ideas happen through the 43 Entrepreneurship Challenge
Take your Data to the 3rd Dimension
Think, plan Action! 3 steps to powerful innovation in SA
Global Platform Empowering Local Talents – to Boost Innovation Ecosystem
Young Engineers and Scientists of Africa: A case for developing future leaders of innovation
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The Power of Social Media to Magnify Your Business
Long Live The Entrepreneurial University? A short reality check
DSM dashboard for export decisions. A tool to assess the size of the market for your product
How do you create a system for innovation: A business Perspective
Peter greenwall is the pitching Den MC find him there!
Design Thinking As A Catalyst For A Culture Of Innovation In Projects
Design as the glue for Commerse
Sybert Liebenberg
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Veda Sunassee
28 Nora Rasenti
Connect and Solve: A programme that accelerates innovation in the Eastern Cape
ALA’s BUILD Model - Pioneering Idea Incubation for African Youth
Manufacturing and e-commerce – The online/offline marriage
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Environmentally Friendly Technology
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Patrick Schofield
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My search for venture capital
speaker Andrew Purnell
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Head of Innovation and Marketing / NCC Environmental Services
Innovation for Real Growth This is a practical look at how you can get innovation systems working in your company without getting distracted by too much fancy innovation theory. During this presentation, Andrew Purnell, shares the experience of introducing a structured approach to innovation at NCC Environmental Services, a medium size environmental consulting company. He explains how NCC’s approach to formalizing innovation has been effective without a huge investment in consultants and systems. Andrew starts by reflecting how the company has been innovating over the years without any formal innovation strategy. He explains how innovation came to be identified as a strategic competitive advantage requiring a more strategic approach. Andrew shares how he increased his knowledge about innovation by attending the 2011 and 2012 SA Innovation Summits and used this knowledge to inspire his colleagues and develop innovation strategy at NCC. He shares the challenges he faced trying
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to find information about innovation that applies to the professional services, business-to-business environment. He explains how NCC’s approach to innovation has evolved over time and adapted to operational and financial pressures. He provides practical examples of the systems and processes NCC implemented as part of their innovation strategy as well as the tools they have used to support innovation. He illustrates how Innovation has been integrated into the company’s ISO 9001 Quality Management System as well as the company’s Balanced Score Card strategic plan. Andrew concludes by exploring the factors which, in his opinion, are essential for creating an enabling environment for innovation in any company. Biography My job is to help 130 passionate environmentalists to achieve our company’s vision of ‘Real growth for people, planet and business’. I achieve this by enabling my colleagues
“To achieve the planet’s sustainability goals, we require innovative approaches to expanding the emotional intelligence of political and corporate leadership” to: a) identify client and market needs; b) be innovative at the point of customizing existing services and c) find innovative solutions to new business opportunities. Together we aim to deliver value that achieves our client’s business goals whilst meeting the needs of the people and communities and maximises positive environmental impacts.
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speaker Alexandra Fraser CEO / Stone Tree
Silicon Cape success stories: Building global businesses and a sustainable start-up community High growth, innovative businesses are vital for South Africa and Africa to create new industries, address local opportunities, drive economic growth and create jobs. However, building an innovative business is easier said than done and cannot operate in isolation. The creation of a supportive, collaborative entrepreneurial ecosystem to assist and facilitate the growth of these businesses both large and small is necessary. While Silicon Cape is a relatively young community, a number of our start-ups have achieved rapid growth, international success, raised millions in funding, and exit to large global and local corporates. This has been achieved through the successful commercialization and licensing of technologies, adaption of known businesses to the local environment, and innovation in response to market demands. This session will focus on the local ecosystem’s development, areas of innovation and activity and case studies
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from some of our more successful start-ups. Biography Alexandra Fraser is the CEO Stone Tree, a consulting practice which assists venture capitalists, economic development funds, accelerators, technology transfer offices and grant making organisations in evaluating commercial opportunities, as well as supporting an organisation’s entrepreneurs and investee companies through portfolio management and analysis. Stone Tree also works with entrepreneurial teams to create fundable business development and growth plans, and to raise capital from various funding sources. Stone Tree is well networked and works in partnership with a number of consultants with commercial, legal, communication, strategic brand and marketing expertise. Alexandra is passionate about building a vibrant, sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem and culture in South Africa. She has over a decade of experience in the
“What if we taught basic business & innovation skills as part of the school curriculum to create a nation of entrepreneurial thinkers� early stage funding space, having working for government, academia, corporates, and venture capital firms, and has seen and evaluated over 4000+ businesses in a wide variety of sectors. During her career she has developed domain experience in business analysis, business model and plan development, market and product positioning, due diligence, IP and mentoring. As the Chairperson of Silicon Cape she is deeply embedded and connected with the South African entrepreneurial and innovation sectors. Alexandra also holds a BSc in Molecular Biology, PDip In Entrepreneurship, an MSc in International Business and was selected as one of the Mail and Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans for 2014.
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speaker Charles Maisel
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Social Artist / Innovation Shack
What’s the best way to take the feathers off a chicken? The process of Innovation and entrepreneurship in SA needs something special. For the Last 5 years I been lecturing at the Raymond Ackerman Academy a 6 month program for students who are unable to get into university. The model includes a unique ideas generation technique + a unique accelerator program + a MVP (Minimum viable product) + new brands = successful new innovative businesses. This talk will focus on the model + success stories like the secret of the best way to take the feathers off a chicken.
“What if I could ride waves all day because no wave is ever the same!” Biography Social Artist, economist, Surfer, Dad, Serial entrepreneur involved with Shanduka Black Umbrellas, men on the side of the road project, Lavender in Lavender Hill, Mama Mimi’s, Seeing the leaves ideas generator, Lecturer on Innovation and ideas generator for corporates and universities.
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speaker Christine Strutt
Partner and Intellectual Property Attorney / Von Seidels
Local Innovators with a Global Mindset This talk showcases real and current examples of local innovators with prospects of major global expansion. It will consider the local environment from which they were borne and how they are navigating their way from startup to grown up. Examples will include local companies such as: • PAPERIGHT - Award winning printon-demand concept restructuring the publishing industry. • OWS ORGANIC WATER SOLUTIONS - Local developer of a non-chemical water purification method showing unprecedented results in a multitude of applications. • NOMANINI - Mobile payment and prepaid, electronic voucher distribution system that facilitates cash based payments in informal markets. • TRADEROOT - Advanced payment and voucher management systems to some of the world’s busiest retailers and service providers.
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• ENTERSEKT - Pioneer in transaction authentication that is user friendly and eliminates the need for hardware tokens and one-time passwords. • STRAIT ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES Developing world first, simplified, lowcost, life-saving cardiac-related medical devices. • OCULUSID – Locally developed visual impairment detection technology with social and commercial applications. Biography Christine advises local and multinational clients on legal aspects surrounding traditional IP and branding, online presence, e-commerce, mobile apps and IP licensing. Her involvement with various startups, lecturing at local design schools and universities, and daily interaction with innovators, designers and entrepreneurs ensures she stays well informed of local innovation and international trends. She is a former President and Director of the Brightest Young Minds Initiative.
She holds degrees in Accounting and Law from Stellenbosch University, and a Masters in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Cape Town where she focused her studies on Electronic IP and the valuation of New Media ventures.
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speaker Dov Paluch
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Managing Director / Catalyst Research Solutions
Innovation Incentives in SA What is available and is the government doing enough? Currently there are a number of cash and tax incentives available in South Africa to companies conducting scientific or technological innovation. This presentation highlights the main incentives including the benefits as well as challenges for companies attempting to access them. Biography Dov founded Catalyst Research Solutions as he is passionate about innovation and South Africa’s move to a knowledge based economy. Through a background in Law and IT, Dov has international consulting experience and has worked with many of South Africa’s largest corporates. Dov has intricate knowledge of the relevant incentive legislation, its requirements and how companies can maximise the return on investment of their R&D through incentives. Through his relationship with both SARS and the Department of Science and Technology, Dov has been heavily involved with the development of the R&D Tax Incentive and is a trusted partner and
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adviser to clients and industry bodies across a spectrum of industries. Dov has an MBA (Cum Laude) from GIBS in South Africa, is a registered tax practitioner and is a member of the SA Institute of Tax Practitioners.
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work” Thomas A. Edison
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speaker Helen Bührs
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Managing Director / Inscape Education Group
Stick to your knitting Knit one, pearl one, knit one, pearl one… drop one… knit one, pearl one, knit one pearl one…drop one…and such is the lesson of knitting a jersey. “Some would argue that the very act of knitting improves the world: that regardless of what one knits for whom, one increases the amount of good in the world by doing something slowly and with care. Despite our society’s constant drive for greater speed and efficiency, a knitter has deliberately chosen to keep an old craft from dying out and fading away.” (Myers, 2001). Consider aligning business solutions with the process of knitting. A simple approach requiring two sticks, a thread of sorts and a limited number of stitch types creatively constructed to reveal an assortment of end products, designs and visual interpretations capturing the essence of a culture or cultures. Keep it simple in the approach and complex in its results. Biography Helen Bührs is the Managing Director and
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majority shareholder of Inscape Education Group, a leading tertiary education private provider specialising in the creative industries and a wife and mother to four children. She deals very well with ambiguity and open ended solutions, implements and enforces structure on chaos, manages change by having a logical solution and planning for the unexpected, strives to do the right thing as objectively as possible, is extremely passionate and has a positive outlook and hope for the future. Helen has extensive knowledge and more than 15 years’ experience in the following: • Academic strategic planning • General Management • Development and implementation of Academic Design programmes • Introduction, development and successful implementation and management of distance learning programmes specific to the Built Environment and creative industries. • Development and implementation of Quality Management Systems for
“What if we could avoid a template driven world by instilling a culture of unique thinking and creativity in our society?” education and training at HE level • Idea generation • Business management She strives to promote unique thinking as a mechanism to better prepare people for the world we are faced with today and in the future. She is quite new at business management but is not scared.
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speaker Patricia M Gouws
Senior Lecturer / UNISA – College of Science, Engineering and Technology
Inspired Towards Science, Engineering and Technology – Community Engagement through Innovation Although Community Engagement (CE) is considered one of the core functions of Higher Education (HE), the implementation thereof is primarily fragmented and ad hoc. There is a need for a transformation of CE from the traditional, ad hoc, disjointed and unlinked CE to CE that is linked to the teaching and research of an institution, with measurable outcomes as evidence. The traditional CE, however, is currently challenged in terms of resources and logistics of time and place. This research thus considers the innovative use of ICT towards the transformational enhancement (TE) of CE from traditional to virtual, by the deployment of technologies within CE projects, and in so doing, overcoming the identified CE challenges to reach a wider community. The transformation process may be a continuum move from traditional CE to virtual CE. The enhancement of CE implies that the traditional CE is not replaced but rather enriched and supplemented by the virtual CE. The use of ICT is considered initially within the Inspired towards Science, Engineering and
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Technology (I-SET) Project, a Community Engagement Flagship Project of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) of UNISA. Biography I matriculated in 1982 from Fairbairn High in Cape Town, collected a BSc and BSc Hons (Statistics) from UCT, and then moved to Pretoria to work for CSIR for 10 years as a researcher and then for Acuity for 7 years as software developer. In this time, I collected a BSc Hons (Information Systems) and MSc from UNISA. What I have learnt about robotics, I learn for, with and from learners and the robots that we build and program!!! I am currently a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) at UNISA. For teaching, I teach Visual Programming. For community engagement, I coordinate, coach, mentor and present Inspired towards Science, Engineering and Technology (I-SET), a project that aims to create awareness of
“Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me and I will understand. Step back and I will act!” and inspiration in science, engineering and technology through the FUN FUN FUN activities of robotics. I-SET has teams of learners (who represent I-SET at robotics competitions, conferences and science exhibitions), students (who present robotics workshops at Science Expos and conferences), and supporters who like I-SET on FaceBook. For research, I am trying to finish my PhD …. Distracted only by robots.
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speaker Siya Xuza
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Managing Director / Siyaxuza Investment
Journey to Jupiter: Unleashing Disruptive Innovation The journey to Jupiter talk is a personal journey about my experiences in innovation from rocket fuel in a kitchen in Mthatha to high performance fuel cells in labs at Harvard and MIT. Biography At 25 years of age, engineer Siyabulela Xuza is one of the new young generation of Africans who are committed to developing the continent’s potential through disruptive innovations. Xuza’s interest in science was triggered in early 1994 when he watched a plane drop election pamphlets onto the rural village he spent time in as a child, a project led by Nelson Mandela to educate the country in democracy. Siya began a project on a rocket fuel that led to an invitation to the 2006 Nobel Prize Ceremonies in Sweden and that was awarded a first place at the 2007 Intel
Science and Engineering Fair - the world’s largest youth innovation fair. In 2008, MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory named a minor planet “Siyaxuza”, found near the Jupiter asteroid belt, in his honor. Siya has garnered numerous other accolades, including a fellowship in 2010 of the African Leadership Network and is the youngest member of the Africa 2.0 energy advisory panel. As a recent graduate of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where he pioneered micro-fuel cells for mobile energy (distributed energy that could be used to power remote and rural areas), Siya has returned to South Africa as an entrepreneur with a passion for developing solutions for the energy industry. A student of Mandarin and world music and a fan of the liberal arts, Siya is an enthralling speaker, innovator and thought leader.
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speaker Gys Kappers
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CEO / Wyzetalk
Every business wants to be innovative, but not every business taps into the source of inspiration Businesses today operate within a dynamic environment, shaped by variables, such as evolving legislation, globalisation and economic volatility. Disruptive new technologies create new competitors overnight and the only way to get and stay in front is to constantly innovate. However, innovation is often thought of as the product of inspiration – a spark of genius whose timing or vessel cannot be predicted, or a closed process driven by research and development. The reality is that creativity can be cultivated as a habit – by anyone – and it is better when it draws on a collaboration of ideas. While businesses explore opportunities, throw money at R&D and seek acquisitions that will enable bigger and better products or services, those that understand the power of the social business and open innovation
will know that the idea that will change the business probably already exists somewhere in company. Biography Gys Kappers is the CEO and co-founder of South Africa’s enterprise social business company, Wyzetalk. A serial and successful entrepreneur, Gys sold his concrete masonry business in 2008 in a multi-million rand buyout and took a sabbatical to complete an EMBA from UCT GSB. His thesis on “The delay of social business software adoption in the enterprise and its effects” has gained him international recognition and he now consults to organisations on the quantum shift required in leadership, collaboration, open innovation and on the generational and technological shifts that are shaking business on its head.
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speaker Cor Schutte
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Manager: Innovation / Transport for Cape Town
Reducing cost of Access in Cape Town by doing things differently “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them” – Albert Einstein On the 18th October 2012, Transport for Cape Town was established charged with the authority to action the transformation of transport in the City of Cape Town. Central to this challenge is the principle of halving the cost of the user access priority. The establishment of TCT followed an evolutionary and innovative design that shifted the governance of transport services to the commuter. By regulating operators through a common authority that ensures long-term, enduring and investment-orientated management, it ensures a long lasting transport solution. The envisioned outcome of this centralised authority is the achievement of its vision of ‘one’, which includes an integrated public transport network with one ticket, one timetable, a unified management structure and enforcement system as well as a single standard and brand. A dignified public transport system that is integrated, seamless, intelligent, affordable,
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sustainable and safe for all. The newly created TCT Innovation Branch will serve as catalyst to the new way of doing and thinking required for the envisioned transformation. The unit will create value through the development of new ideas and solutions for existing problems, the practical utilization of solutions existing elsewhere, as well as the broader diffusion of technologies within TCT’s core service delivery in an integrated an coordinated manner. This cannot be achieved independently. The Innovation Summit will serve as the first of many invitations for organisations and individuals alike to participate in this exciting opportunity to collaborate as Government, Civil Society, Industry and Academia in “making progress possible. Together.” Biography Cor Schutte leads the newly established Innovation Branch for Transport for Cape Town (TCT) and with his colleagues will work to establish “how the future should
“What if we truthfully did things differently so we could have more meaningful impact?” influence what we do today”. Cor is originally from Pretoria, has a degree in Industrial Engineering and after living abroad for a number of years have settled in Cape Town. He enjoys working on large complex problems, applying a practical mix of proven methodologies, in unconventional business areas of which transport in Cape Town is proving to be the biggest opportunity to date.
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speaker Andrea Bolnick
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Director / Ikhayalami Development Services
THE TRAJECTORY OF ‘RE-BLOCKING’ A CASE OF FORMALISING THE INFORMAL AND INFORMALISING THE FORMAL This presentation will elucidate on and follow the trajectory, in the South African context (which is also appropriate globally), of a developmental strategy know as ‘blocking-out’ which takes heed of the urban poor’s ingenuity and improves upon their adaptations. The pathway to success from idea to implementation, changing mind-sets of the poor and of the state to that of ultimately influencing policy will be tracked as well as how networking and collaboration has fostered global conversations on innovation. At its core ‘blocking-out’ is predicated on organized urban poor communities being at the forefront of and active agents of development. This strategy advocates that through including and not removing the urban poor, informal communities can redesign informal settlement layouts, incrementally upgrade their informal housing (shacks/shanty towns/favelas/ slums) and infrastructural conditions, challenge spatial divisions, leverage state resources and still remain part of the city. • What if we could re-block every informal
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settlement in South Africa. This would require the pooling of resources from government, the private sector and the poor in a concerted and joint effort to vastly upgrade the built environment and access to basic infrastructure and services to millions of poor people while they wait endlessly for a government subsidised house. From current precedents SA is already becoming a beacon of light for other countries to follow. Imagine if all informal settlements in SA were to be re-blocked how powerful a global conversation and resultant implementation it would be. Biography Andy Bolnick is an urbanist focusing on bridging spatial divides that lead to tangible change. She is an innovator who thinks laterally and practically. She has a degree in Political Science and Sociology. She joined the Shack Dwellers International (SDI) Network in 1997. She set up her own initiative, Ikhayalami (‘My Home’), in 2006 pioneering work on
informal settlement upgrading. In 2011 she was awarded a global Ashoka Fellowship for her pioneering work on blocking-out and informal settlement upgrading strategies.What if we could re-block every informal settlement in South Africa. This would require the pooling of resources from government, the private sector and the poor in a concerted and joint effort to vastly upgrade the built environment and access to basic infrastructure and services to millions of poor people while they wait endlessly for a government subsidised house. From current precedents SA is already becoming a beacon of light for other countries to follow. Imagine if all informal settlements in SA were to be re-blocked how powerful a global conversation and resultant implementation it would be.
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speaker Dr Anneline Chetty
Senior Manager: Policy and Innovation / Ethekwini Municipality
Innovation and Enterprise Development – The Case of the Ethekwini Municipality Innovation and entrepreneurship creates an excellent platform for economic growth in any City. The Ethekwini Municipality has a predominantly urban population who faces the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality. It therefore has limited resources available for programmes supporting entrepreneurs. However South African government has created an enabling environment for supporting small, black-owned enterprises through Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment framework. Claasen 2006 states that Enterprise Development (ED) where big companies offer operational assistance to small, black-owned enterprises, is a core component of the SA Government’s BBBEE strategy and globally recognised as an effective way of reducing poverty. Raizcorp (2011) defines enterprise development as investing time, knowledge and capital to help Small and Medium Enterprises establish, expand or improve businesses including empowering modest income-generating informal activities
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to grow and contribute to the local economy. The primary objective of the eThekwini Municipality is to develop an Enterprise development strategy in order to capitalise on private sector involvement in economic growth and the reduction of unemployment. The idea was to develop strategic partnerships with organizations which share Business Support mandates and who would like to contribute to the achievement of their own strategic objectives through BBBEE Performance scorecard fulfilment. This paper looks at the Enterprise development strategy within the context of Innovation and entrepreneurship. Biography I am involved in various aspects of Economic Development and Planning. I completed a Masters in Town & Regional Planning and more recently a PH.D with a focus on Public and Private sector approaches towards the provision of Business Development services for SMMEs in the eThekwini Municipality.
“Innovation starts in the mind and when fuelled with action can lead to change at a global level, depending on how determined we are to make a change!� I have worked in the Business Support, Markets and Tourism Unit for many years and championed many projects. My key passions are writing, conducting research, innovation and entrepreneurship. I am hoping to make a positive contribution to this team. I have authored the book: Promoting entrepreneurship in South Africa. I recently started an Innovation programme in Ethekwini Municipality. I am also responsible for Chairing the Innovation Stakeholder Forum for the area and led a very successful Youth Innovation Summit for the first time. I also present papers on Innovation internationally and I was responsible for bringing the International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2015 to Durban, South Africa for the very first time. I am passionate about Innovation and Entrepreneurship and believe it will lead to economic growth of the region.
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speaker Dr Carla Enslin
National Academic Navigator / Vega School of Brand Leadership
Schooling teachers and learners by design The issue manifests at secondary (high school) level where design teaching still receives scant recognition within the education system. Design as a school subject remains a major challenge, where its value is not yet fully accepted within the school system, consequently not always well supported and easily stereotyped. Design teachers face these challenges while handicapped by a generalised lack of training and experience in teaching the thinking and practice of design. This paper shares current research insights gained from a World Design Capital Project implemented in the Western Cape to identify certain challenges that educators of design and by extension young designers face at secondary level. Building on key insights,
the paper proposes initial focus points to innovation platforms and policymakers in building a more supportive and productive secondary school design culture. Biography Dr Carla Enslin is a founding member and academic head of The IEE Vega School of Brand Leadership. Vega is committed to producing a new breed of graduate innovators. Carla is deputy chair of the Brand Council of South Africa and a project head of Platform 6, a World Design Capital initiative to promote the practice of design at senior school level. Carla is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, conducts workshops and consults widely in southern Africa.
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speaker Wouter Grové
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CEO / Gamechangers Pty Ltd
Game changing Africa- Competencies for the successful use of digital gaming in building digimodern leadership Digital Gaming is growing rapidly on the African continent, fuelled by the expansion of internet access and rapid expansion of mobile phone usage. Digital gaming has been proven to be a potentially innovative and effective experiential learning tool. Gaming can be instrumental in developing the sought after 21st century leadership competencies increasingly required on the
continent. The implementation of digital gaming however, faces various barriers to successful usage. A combination of Game Design, General Management, Learning Design and Subject Matter competencies are required to successfully implement and use digital games as a leadership development tool to change the game in Africa.
“What if we can leverage the social phenomenon of gaming to develop the digimodern competencies and innovation capacity required to build a knowledge-driven future in Africa? #gamechangeafrica”
Biography Wouter Grove is the CEO of Gamechangers Pty Ltd, a serious gaming and gamification consultancy based in Cape Town. Program manager: Digital Learning for Leaders, School for Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch Project manager: WC CoLab for Inclusion and Social Innovation situated at University of the Western Cape Interested in the intersection of the trends of ubiquitous gaming, ubiquitous computing and social networks. Current research focuses on engagement in open innovation projects.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA INNOVATION SUPPORT PROGRAMME
SAIS AS THE SOUTHERN CROSS OF INNOVATION
The Southern Africa innovation Support (SAIS) programme aims at supporting a regional innovation system in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) by building platforms with capacity for implementing product, service and social innovations. The overall objective of SAIS is to build capacity and stimulate operational elements of the National Innovation System (NIS) within and across the four pilot countries (Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia), so as to positively contribute to the drive for sustainable economic growth, aid in poverty reduction and support the countries in the development of a knowledge society. Implementation of the pilot programme is anchored by four Partner Institutions (PIs), Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH), Botswana, Mozambique ICT Institute (MICTI), Mozambique, Namibia Business Innovation Centre (NBIC), Windhoek and National Technology Business Centre (NTBC), Zambia, as well as with South Africa as the SAIS knowledge-sharing partner.
SAIS addresses the challenges of the innovation system by focusing on four key components: (1) networking and dissemination, (2) capacity building and training (3) regional replicable projects (4) regional platform and institutional development. ACADEMIA
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SAIS PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
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With the practice-based innovation paradigm the multi-helix collaboration is the starting point in enhancing the innovation systems nationally and regionally in SAIS context. This system of innovation is based on the dynamics of the interactive relationships between private sector, academia, government and civil society in the creation, dissemination and sharing of knowledge in the regional or national innovation domain. SAIS Challenge to You: What
are you doing in your innovation space? Tell us, we want to know and partner with you!
Find out more about the SAIS Programme on www.saisprogramme.com or contact Juha Miettinen at juha@saisprogramme.com.
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speaker Dimitri Markoulides Innovation Practice Lead / BMGI
THE BENEFITS OF STRUCTURED INNOVATION The highly esteemed management professor Peter Drucker once said, “Success is more likely to result from the systematic pursuit of opportunities than from a flash of genius. Einstein quoted that God does not play with dice, suggesting that nature was not random. So why would we expect a process such as innovation to be random? Structured Innovation is no antithesis. Innovation is a process of encompassing many steps besides ideation. Ideation can be blue sky thinking and unlimited but within a frame of steps that drive the ideas into concepts and business models. This paper describes the advantages of incorporating a structured innovation process and how it can impact your organization and throughput of concepts. Specifically the benefits described will touch on time to market, strength of concepts, and creating a platform to build on in a repeatable manner. This paper describes tools and methods in fostering innovation in a corporate setting.
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Biography Dimitri’s Main strength is developing alternative innovative solutions, new products and design requirements for clients. Holding International Patents in his name Dimitri has considerable expertise in technology transfer from concept to turnkey operations. As the Innovation Practice Leader for BMGI – South Africa, Dimitri brings a wealth of proven experience to his work with clients in the Innovation and Design space – having served in a variety of leadership and consulting roles, training, mentoring and technical roles over the past 15 years for corporations across South Africa and abroad. Dimitri’s main strength lies in assisting organizations to get innovation into action. He has strong facilitation skills in driving ideas to concepts and to final commercialization. Dimitri has assisted many organizations in driving ideas to commercial concepts in record turnaround times. He has many years of experience in building the infrastructure required in building idea management platforms and
“Being Locally Innovative means being Globally Competitive� the skills to build momentum across the organization in maintaining a healthy hopper of ideas. He has a good knowledge of technology transfer and has many years of technical experience in product development.
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speaker James Maati Ondari
Researcher and Lecturer / Vaal University of Technology
ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF PRETREATED ABATTOIR WASTEWATER IN AN UASB REACTOR Abattoir plant effluents are categorized under high strength wastewaters which mean that aquatic life can be seriously affected if the untreated wastewater eventually ends up in receiving waters. Previous studies developed threephase separation UASB systems in order to offset the challenges posed by suspended solids floating organic matter. However, the studies failed to determine a specific Organic Loading Rate (OLR) and Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) at which optimum digester performance will be achieved. Therefore, with a view of contributing effectively to the improvement of the secondary treatment of effluents generated in abattoir industries, the main aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor in degrading pretreated abattoir effluent and specifically determining the optimum OLR and HRT at which the digester will perform optimally. This study was based on the monitoring of a UASB bench-scale reactor though analyses of Chemical Oxygen
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Demand (COD), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Suspended Solids in the feed mixture and effluent at varying OLR(s). Pretreated raw wastewater was collected from an abattoir in Freestate province (Parys), South Africa and degraded in a UASB reactor inoculated with granular sludge from a secondary anaerobic digester of a municipal sewage treatment plant. The results proved that the UASB reactor was efficient in the treatment of abattoir wastewater with organic loads in the range of 3.3 – 6.0 kg COD m-3 day-1 and the optimum OLR was 8.7 kg COD m-3 day-1 at a HRT of 18 hrs. Biography James Maati Ondari holds a Civil Engineering Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nairobi in Kenya. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree at Vaal University of technology where he also works as a part-time lecturer in the department of Civil Engineering. After successfully completing his research in anaerobic wastewater treatment,
“What if there is sufficient renewable in biodegradable wastewater to produce electricity and run huge machines?� James hopes to graduate in September 2014 and forthwith proceed with a pHD in renewable energy.
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speaker Dr Kit Vaughan
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Chief Executive Officer / CapeRay Medical (Pty) Ltd
A novel engineering design for early diagnosis of breast cancer During her lifetime, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, making it the number one killer of women aged between 40 and 55. There is some hope, though: when diagnosed early enough, breast cancer can be treated successfully. Mammography has saved many lives but has one major drawback: it fails to detect early stage cancers located in dense breast tissue. This is a significant problem since 40% of women have dense breasts and a missed diagnosis can have devastating consequences for the women concerned. At CapeRay we have developed a novel engineering design that combines the best of low dose X-rays and 3D automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) into a single device. This breakthrough technology thus co-registers the images from the two imaging modalities, significantly improving diagnostic accuracy in dense breasts. Our innovative solution has been produced in two models: a dual-modality system known as Aceso that integrates full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and ABUS in
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one instrument; and an entry-level system known as Soteria that is a standard FFDM device. To date CapeRay has secured ISO 13485 certification for the company and completed a successful clinical trial of Soteria at the world-renowned Groote Schuur Hospital in October 2012. More recently, in April 2014, CapeRay’s engineers successfully tested their breakthrough Aceso model in a second clinical trial at the University of Cape Town. By early 2015 the company will be ready to secure the CE Mark for both these products. Biography Kit Vaughan’s experience includes a fellowship in orthopaedic engineering at Oxford University, a tenured professorship at the University of Virginia, and 14 years as Hyman Goldberg Chair in Biomedical Engineering at UCT. He pioneered the medical device industry in South Africa, contributing to Disa Vascular, Acorn Technologies, and Lodox Systems.
“What if South Africans had the self-belief to develop devices that could be applied to solve medical problems all over the world?� Kit holds an A rating from the National Research Foundation and is a Fellow of the International Academy for Medical and Biological Engineering, with qualifications that include a BSc in applied mathematics and physics (Rhodes), a PhD in biomechanics (Iowa) and a DSc (Med) in biomedical engineering (UCT).
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speaker DR Rolan Christian
Managing Director / Square Peg Innovation
Lessons Learned from Applying an Agile Innovation Approach to Product Development in a South African Software Start-up Background: Company X offers a digital channel product that allows enterprises to communicate and transact with endusers via their smart mobile phones. Due to Company X’s start-up nature we have limited resources to penetrate the South African market. Resources include investment, people and systems. We have adopted existing agile methodologies to bring our product innovation to life within these constraints. As a result, we have learnt valuable lessons in the practical application of building software innovations. Approach: We provide Company X’s market and product context. We describe our agile innovation approach. Accompanying this are the core dependencies driving the development of the software innovation. These include business-engineering aspects, such as sales, product planning and resource plan. We also provide a case study on the application of the agile innovation approach which highlights challenges and gaps.
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Results: Within the area of software development, Company X’s agile methodology helps in formalising an endto-end innovation management process. However, tight dependencies between the business engineering activities and software engineering activities are needed to ensure a product innovation has a chance to live longer than 2 years. Biography Rolan has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and experience in making business from technology. He has worked as a technology and innovation specialist/ consultant. He has also helped local technology start-ups. Recently he was head of platforms for a local technology start-up who aimed to revolutionise the digital channel marketplace. Currently he and his core team have created a start-up called Square Peg Innovation. This start-up will create value for their customers by correctly changing the way they use and think about technology.
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speaker KENNETH MIYA
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Chief Executive Officer / Goll Technology and Media Company
GOLL EFRUBOT, ECITRUS, ENOTIFII, EVISION, EWORKSHOP AND ECUBE GOLL (n) BRAND “KNOW INNOVATION”. World’s First African ICT Consumer Electronic company for Innovation and Marketing, Technology and Media, Communication and Knowledge, Hardware and Software, Device and Data, Gadget and Advertising. The logo, colours and acronym of the name stand for (G) Grapefruit’s purple-pink, (O) Orange’s orange, (L) Lemon’s yellow, (L) Lime’s green and Naartjie’s blue. The design name and logo also attempt to make the brand very accessible to everyone, and to be tasteful as its made out of its citrus fruits. The brand is fruitful, catchy and it speaks to the new and old generation. Consumer electronics will still be the most powerful way to influence consumers in the next century as it has done the past decade. We just got started with the GOLL Brand, it’s product and it’s services. EFrubot Media, ENotifii Cellphone, EVision Television, EFrubot mobile OS, ECitrus Home OS, EWorkShop Knowledge and ECube World. Madiba said “it’s in our
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hands”. He did not say it’s in his hands. He unveiled the power that lies within each of us to make a difference. Interesting to see that Madiba did not mean anything else than “we should not search for the next Mandela, but should rather seek for the Mandela within each of us, We are the ones we have been waiting for, if the GOLL EFrubot can built its own hands that it didn’t have before, what are you doing with the hands that God gave you” There’s a Madiba out there which is us but the landscape is different now. There is no political apartheid and freedom challenge to fight for, but what we need to fight for now is Unemployment and Inequality with innovation. Now ask yourself if we do have the quality of leadership that was dreamed by Nelson Mandela which can help us move forward. If we don’t have it, it can all begin with you today, it is in your hands. We are offering you a chance to be a part of GOLL by giving you 25(%) percentage shares that will allow you to own stake or Holding at GOLL, and be part of this project that is
“LESS IS MORE AND YOU CAN DO MORE WITH LESS, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS YOUR MOBILE PHONE” changing the world. You don’t need to be a scientist, theologist, geologist and astronomers to own the Goll percentage shares, but you need to be you to become a GOLL shareholder. Our vision is to become a child company of one of the world most valuable and influential companies which is Apple or Google or Microsoft or Amazon or Tesla or Ubuntu or Naspers or Generations. They are the ones who have the consumer elctronics infrastructure that we require the most. (competition: Apple, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft) Biography Kenneth always had a vision no one could understand. He have believed in something no one could see. He have followed that path of his believe wherever it led him. His winning against all odds might not be something to his doubters but one day he is going to change the world. He always believe in doing something out of nothing or doing more with less that symbolize the meaning of innovation. He had been featured on numerous media shows and companies summit about the meaning of true innovation. HTXT.Africa, ATNS, SABC, ETV, BBC, CNN, SAFM, RADIO 2000, Ligwalagwala Fm, Metro Fm, City Press, Daily Sun, Mpumalanga News, Lowvelder newspaper, Get it Lowveld Magazine, Loocha and Sawubona Magazine. He always thanks the skills and ability to pass the innovation to others that he have learnt from the likes of Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Sergey Brin, Lary Page, Mark Zukeberg, Jeff Bezos. Johhanes Gutenberg, Gottfried Leibniz, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Athur Clarke, Alan Kay. Elon Musk, Mark Shuttleworth, Koos Beker, Jannie Moutton, Christo Wieso, Raymond Ackermans, Mfundi Vundla, Duma Ndlovu.
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speaker Arthur Lenk
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Ambassador of Israel to South Africa
Israel is innovation nation: how Israel’s experience is relevant for Africa Israel is innovation nation: How Israel’s experience is relevant for Africa” Israel is a world leader in innovation despite its small size and challenges of its region. Ambassador Lenk’s presentation will present a number of key reasons for Israel’s prominence in innovation and detail how Africa and the international community can benefit from Israel’s experience. Prominent examples of Israeli advancements and successes will be described. An emphasis will be placed on Israeli potential and successes in promoting South Africa’s development priorities including in the hi tech, agriculture and healthcare sectors. The lecture will describe opportunities and offer ideas for South African innovators and companies who might be interested in succeeding by working with Israel. Biography Arthur Lenk began his assignment as Ambassador of Israel to South Africa, Lesotho, Mauritius and Swaziland in August 2013.
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Previously he served as the Director of the Department of International Law at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was responsible for providing legal advice to the Ministry’s International Organizations and Policy Planning Divisions, on multilateral and regional issues ranging from human rights and UN affairs to bilateral and security matters. He also coordinated the Ministry’s activities on international criminal law matters and has played an active role in representing Israel before international organizations such as the UN Human Rights Council. He also worked as a staff member on the UN Secretary General’s Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident. From 2005 - 2009, Mr. Lenk served as Israel’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan. During that period, political, strategic and economic relations between the two countries grew dramatically including growth of Israeli exports from $5 million in 2005 to $264 million in 2009. Israel massively increased its oil import from Caspian Sea to Israel. He has also served
“It’s no exaggeration to say that the kind of innovation going on in Israel is critical to the future of the technology business” - Bill Gates in diplomatic postings in New Delhi, India and Los Angeles. Mr. Lenk was born in the United States (New Jersey) and made aliyah to Israel in 1983. He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (LL.B. and LL.M. degrees) and is a member of the bar in Israel and New York. He is married to Ruth and they have three daughters.
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speaker Gavin Mageni
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Head / SABS Design Institute
Making ideas happen through the 43 Entrepreneurship Challenge When design is fused with invention and a practical variable (for instance entrepreneurship) is added to the mix, true innovation can be unlocked and real economic growth can be generated. The SABS Design Institute prototyped the ground-breaking power that lies behind design, shared knowledge and co-creation through the 43 Challenge, an initiative addressing three parallel areas - developing entrepreneurial thinking, developing ideas through the phases of commercialisation and developing the related business value proposition. The 43 Challenge illustrates the power of design as a universal process of building value and bridging the innovation chasm. Biography Gavin Mageni is currently employed at the South African Bureaus of Standards, where he fulfils a dual role as Head of the Design Institute, as well as Chief of Staff, an advisory position within the office of the CEO. Previously he held various senior leadership roles within the financial
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services sector. In his final stint he was directly accountable for 12 African countries and spearheaded the translation and implementation of a global strategy into an African strategy, which yielded positive results within the sphere of socio-economic impact. He holds formal professional qualifications from the University of the Western Cape, University of Pretoria, University of South Africa and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, amongst others, also including Executive Leadership Development interventions.
“The mind, once stretched to a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions� Ralph Waldo Emerson
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speaker Kevin McCaffrey Director / Tr3Dent
Take your Data to the 3rd Dimension This highly interactive, innovative and visually stimulating presentation will introduce the audience to the incredible benefits of using data visualisation to empower decision making. During this 20 minute talk the audience will be presented real life case studies to show how traditional data sources can be transformed into exciting, innovative and engaging 3D models to enable better business decision making and improve end user understanding. Biography Kevin Mc Caffrey is a Cape Town based Entrepreneur and Tech Visionary who has 25+ years of experience both in the corporate environment and starting companies in Europe, North America and Africa. He launched the innovative 3D Data Visualisation Company TR3DENT in 2013 which was recently selected as one of the Top 10 Growth Start-ups in South Africa.
He has presented at numerous international conferences around the world and the 3D Visualisation solutions created by TR3DENT are in use by over 4,000 users in 100+ countries. Conferences and Talks: • Management World Americas 2012, Orlando Florida USA - 3D Visualization of Business Frameworks • TM Forum Management World 2013, Nice France - Frameworx comes to life in 3D • International E-learning Conference 2013, Johannesburg - The use of Gamification and Gaming Technology within an eLearning Environment • Digital Disruption Conference 2013, San Jose, California, USA – Using 3D Visualisation to improve efficiencies within Cable Industry • Institute of Information Technology Professionals 2014, Cape Town - Using 3D visualization and Gamification in a Business Context.
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speaker Lu-Marie Sobey
Innovation Catalyst / SynNovation Solutions
Think, plan Action! 3 steps to powerful innovation in SA Learn the essence of Synectics, one of the world’s most powerful innovation approaches used internationally over the past five-plus decades, by the likes of Coca Cola, Nestle, Diageo and British Airways. This way of thinking, planning and doing also has a great track record in innovation in education, NGOs and government – and in building creativity and collaborative relations in people’s business and personal lives. The newly appointed innovation head of Gap, South African-born Kyle Hermans, formerly with Synecticsworld, will introduce the approach, with by Lu-Marie Sobey of SynNovation, Perth. Then we will all work together in a highly participative thoughtshop, co-facilitated by SynNovation, who have used the approach in South Africa since 1995. You will learn energising Synectics and SynNovation groundrules and thinking tools, and immediately use them in small groups to generate brand-new ideas and design practical plans to make innovation happen in your own business, your sector, and in South
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Africa. Besides new thinking skills, your take-aways include action plans which we will also present to companies and other organisations in the Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation field, to trigger further implementation of novel ideas in various areas, to achieve a multiplier effect. Biography Lu-Marie likes combining work that requires analytical thinking and work that requires creative thinking and facilitation skills. She primarily focuses on: • Facilitating collaborative creativity, innovation and change, using the SynNovation approach - based on the internationally renowned Synectics process. • Auditing and consulting on quality management systems. • Training in interpersonal skills, innovation, change and quality management. As co-founder of SynNovation in South Africa, she is currently establishing SynNovation in Perth.
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speaker Jukka Matikainen
Chief Marketing Officer & Director / Demola & New Factory
Global Platform Empowering Local Talents – to Boost Innovation Ecosystem Groundbreaking innovation is created when people with passion and talent are interconnected across nations, cultures, and fields of expertise. Innovation with true impact cannot be created in isolated and disconnected units. That is why we need an ecosystem instead of silos. Platform based innovation is a new way to organize and encourage innovation work in order to build a strong ecosystem. The idea is to create systematic and repeatable innovation processes that can be tested and continuously improved. In addition to tools, an innovation platform harnesses the co-creation power of people put together from various fields of expertise. Demola network is a platform for international collaboration and local hands-on innovation work. It facilitates co-creation projects between university students and companies. Demola’s mission is to build an innovation ecosystem by promoting and developing efficient co-creation methods, driving a cultural change towards open innovation, and enhancing innovation competences
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both on individual and organizational levels. The speech covers Demola’s story from a regional initiative to an international platform and explores some lessons learned, tips and inspiration to boost your innovation efforts. Biography Jukka Matikainen has more than 18 years of experience in innovation and business development and management. He is the co-founder and chief marketing officer at Demola, the leading international innovation platform for businesses and universities. He is also the head of innovation center New Factory in Tampere, Finland. Previously he worked as the Tampere region director for the Digibusiness cluster (part of the special government Centre of Expertise Programme). In addition, he has been building up business networks Neogames (Finnish game business center) and COSS (center for open source software). His earlier employers include
“What if we could tackle our biggest global challenges by combining the know-how and real-life experience of businesses with fresh minds of talented students? The youth are the future – but the challenges they will face are here today. We need to innovate now, by fusing ideas, skills, and perspectives by utilizing new ways to collaborate internationally and bring together people and organizations from various fields.” Finnish digital media & ICT forerunners. Jukka Matikainen has a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences from the University of Tampere.
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#Design4Africa #Design4Africa WHAT IF IF AFRICA AFRICA IS IS WHAT THEGO-TO GO-TO PLACE PLACE THE FORDESIGN? DESIGN? FOR Imagine if Africa becomes the door on which global citizens and companies Imagine if Africa becomes the door on which global citizens and companies knock when it comes to design. The SABS Design Institute is officially knock when it comes to design. The SABS Design Institute is officially mandated to develop South Africa’s national design capability. The result? mandated to develop South Africa’s national design capability. The result? Economic growth and a better life for all. Economic growth and a better life for all.
speaker Dr Ron Beyers
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MD / Young Engineers and Scientists of Africa (YESA)
Young Engineers and Scientists of Africa: A case for developing future leaders of innovation This paper is set in the context of human capital development (HCD) starting at school level. HCD should be focused on a long-term investment for the benefit of the individual as well as the country as a whole. This becomes problematic when the education system fails to develop youth to prosper in a knowledge economy. A link will be made between science, education and innovation to develop a quality feeder stock for a national system of innovation. South Africa’s score card in term of global competitiveness is weak compared to other countries in the region while long terms trends in education and innovation are edging downwards. This comes at a time when the country is in the midst of a social and economic reform process. The Young Engineers and Scientists of Africa will be used as a case study as it focuses on creating a pipeline for Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Innovation (STEMI) to address issues of creativity and innovation.
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“What if we wanted to increase the returns on human capital development which focused on the promoting of innovation as a key ingredient of more training programs. Growing our pool of innovators is not a luxury but an essential component of growing the economy and becoming globally competitive while contributing to the alleviation of poverty”
Biography Ron has over 27 years of experience teaching in Science, Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science and Technology Educaiton across a number of different types of schools. His journey has taken him into combining future technologies with human capital development initiaves that challenge traditional teaching methods. He encourages the promotion of 21st century skills of group work, technology integration and creativity in moving towards unleashing the innovation potential within individuals. He is passionate about STEMI.
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speaker Puleng Makhoalibe
Head; Humanities Central Technology Unit / University of Cape Town
Design Thinking As A Catalyst For A Culture Of Innovation In Projects The Project Management body of knowledge needs new metaphors as the world in which projects operate is constantly subjected to unprecedented change and uncertainty. Therefore the traditional thinking about project management seems ill suited to escalating imperatives for speed and flexibility required to manage in this volatile environment. Organisations are constantly changing to remain profitable and relevant and hence launching of new initiatives. Strategy is mostly achieved through a number of projects. Hence the management of these projects becomes a key competence that determines organisational success as it speaks directly to the strategy implementation. Consistent in the majority of the corporate South Africa goals is the word “innovation”, which is often interpreted in numerous ways depending on the context and industry. But the common denominator is finding new ways of ‘being’. In this paper, the author uncovers how Design Thinking speaks to this inherent organisational need
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and how project managers may draw on the power of design thinking to address “wicked” problems confronting them daily in navigating the complexity inherent in innovative projects. Biography Puleng is a specialist of technology, a facilitator of creativity, and an enthusiastic inquirer where these worlds meet. She lives in the intersection between technology and humanities and provides solutions in that space. Currently working towards her PhD in Business Management with specific focus on design thinking and project management, she often seeks and finds opportunities to facilitate design thinking workshops in various settings to encourage a more innovative approach to problem solving. Puleng believes in the maxim “learn, earn, then return” and has a two‐fold purpose: To deepen research and effectiveness at work and use every opportunity to impart knowledge through lecturing, facilitating workshops and as a published author.
“What if there were no boundaries to our minds, we could tap into any thought and become whatever we think…what if there were no geographical boundaries, no physical boundaries, even no educational boundaries… perhaps ‘local’ would naturally become ‘global’ because the world would suddenly be one entity not confided by space or geography or time” the 7th sa innovation summit
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speaker Sybert Liebenberg
Head: ELIDZ Science and Technology Park / East London Industrial Development Zone
Connect and Solve: A programme that accelerates innovation in the Eastern Cape The talk will focus on the experiences emerging from the establishment of the EL IDZ Science and Technology Park and the efforts to develop a viable innovation ecology in the Eastern region of the Eastern Cape. Special reference will be made to the use of an “innovation agenda” and supporting Open Innovation Platform and other policy mechanism in establishing a viable innovation ecology by attracting the right talent and tenants into an emerging zone of innovation. Biography Sybert Liebenberg is a Public and Development Sector specialist with 20 years programme and project experience in South Africa as well as in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. He holds a BA degree in political science, sociology; an honours degree in political science and a master’s degree in public and development management all from the University of Stellenbosch. He is also a certified Prince2 project management practitioner.
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Sybert has extensive research, strategy, policy development and project implementation experience on the African Continent. He has been instrumental in the formulation of the African Union’s Postconflict Reconstruction and Development Policy (PCRD); the formulation of the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF) Doctrine of Peace Support Operations. Has also been responsible for project implementation in South Africa and a number of African countries, including, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Southern Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He has also been under secondment to the Policy Unit of the National Department of Public Works of the Republic of South Africa, whilst being employed at the CSIR, where he assisted in the development of the a range of policy and strategy interventions. Sybert has also conducted research and published a number of articles, coedited a book on integrated development management and contributed a number of chapters in publications relating to post-
conflict reconstruction and integrated public and development management. In 1998 he was awarded the University of South Africa’s Principle Prize for research. Whilst being employed as a senior researcher at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Sybert conducted pioneering research pertaining to post-conflict reconstruction and socio-economic development and reconstruction in unstable environments. Sybert has substantial experience in drafting and developing innovative high-impact strategies. In this regard he has develop a number of strategies including a Donor Management Strategy for Amathole District Municipality, the Maritime Industry Development Strategy for the DTI, Turn-around Strategy for the Emerging Contractor Development Programme (DPW) and the strategy for the management of immovable assets, which informed the drafting of the Government-wide Immovable Asset Management Act (GIAMA). Sybert has also assisted the UNDP and the Government of Southern Sudan in the development of the reconstruction strategy for the Government of Warrap in the Southern Sudan. Sybert has also been involved in a range of policy reviews and pilot studies in Sub-Saharan Africa, including the implementation of the National Spatial Development Perspective on behalf of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa; the review of the Swazi public service; and the drafting of a Macro Policy for the South African Department of Home Affairs. Sybert has also served as the acting Head of Department for the Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs (DEDEA) whilst also serving as a strategic and policy specialist in the Office of the MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Environmental Affairs in the Eastern Cape. In addition he is currently serving as a nonexecutive Board Member of the Coega Development Corporation. From July 2010 till August 1012, Sybert was appointed as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA), where was responsible for managing the establishment of the newly created ECPTA. Upon successful completion of this assignment, we was re-deployed and appointed as the Head: Industrial Competitiveness and Innovation at the East London Industrial Development Zone; with the task of establishing a Science and Technology Park within the ELIDZ; a position that he currently holds. Sybert is also currently concluding his doctoral studies, titled “A Proposed Theory of War Economies and Supporting Policy Framework for Dismantling War Economies In SubSaharan Africa” with the Department of Development Studies of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
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speaker Veda Sunassee
Senior Entrepreneurial Leadership Faculty / African Leadership Academy
ALA’s BUILD Model - Pioneering Idea Incubation for African Youth By the year 2050, 60% of the world’s youth will be in Africa. While this constitutes a massive opportunity for the continent, it could potentially be a major liability if we fail to build the schools needed to prepare the next generation of productive African citizens; But to meet this objective, an innovative approach is needed to education – one that teaches the African youth both skills and mindsets, one that prepares them to become high-performing employees and high-impact employers. In this talk, you will get an insight into how the African Leadership Academy, a pan-African institution in Johannesburg, is preparing the next generation of African entrepreneurial leaders. Biography Veda Sunassee is a senior faculty member at African Leadership Academy (ALA) – a pan-African institution based in Honeydew, Johannesburg, that seeks to develop the next generation of African Entrepreneurial Leaders. As an educator and innovator at ALA’s
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Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership for the last four years, Veda and his team have pioneered several innovations in Leadership and Entrepreneurship education. From designing a 2-year curriculum centered around valuesbased leadership and human-centered/ need-based entrepreneurship, for 11th & 12th grade students, to creating a unique leadership report based on 360 feedback; a student-run Enterprise Program in which 18 profit-making and non-profit ventures operate under the auspices of a central fund; BUILD-in-a-Box – a week-long Social Innovation camp; amongst other educational tools and systems appropriate for Entrepreneurial Leadership learning, Veda has enjoyed being on an incredible team of innovators in the education sector – arguably Africa’s most pressing need over the next decades. Veda also directs ALA’s Global Scholars Program, a 3-week long intense Entrepreneurial Leadership camp. He has also worked with the African Leadership Network to run their annual conference in
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has” - Margaret Mead 2013, Veda was a speaker at Ashoka’s annual AshokaU Changemaker Conference in 2013. Veda hails from the island of Mauritius. He majored with a degree in Political Science and Political Economy from Princeton University, USA. Veda co-founded the Princeton Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, and also started the I3 Award that recognizes inspirational, innovative and impactful entrepreneurs. During a sabbatical in his sophomore year, Veda founded the Young Volunteers Association (YVA) in an effort to promote civic engagement back in Mauritius. YVA initiated projects that included raising awareness on diabetes, substance abuse and recycling. In the US, Veda interned at Ashoka, where he helped supervise a Baltimore-based project that converted some of the city’s most troubled alleys from crime scenes into green community spaces. Veda is passionate about youth education, leadership and the arts, especially Theatre. His dream venture is to found the African Academy for the Arts – where all his passions intersect.
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speaker ISAIAH CLIVE ENGELBRECHT
Founder and Chief Executive Office / Innoworxx Management (Pty) Limited
LIMItLESS - Jump Start Your Organization Through Innovation Why is it that many employees have good ideas and solutions to organizational problems, but more often than not, nothing comes from it? Why is it that your organisation’s ‘suggestion box’ scheme does not produce results, in fact it may only bring more negativity and frustration. Why is it that so many staff members’ feel disconnected from the organisations strategic goals, often a case of ‘us’ and ‘them’? So many organisations know that they need to be innovative, but they simply do not know how to start or have attempted implementing an innovation system but with no or limited results. If you can relate to any of these challenges, I can offer you a proven solution. You need LIMITLESS to jump start your organisation through innovation…you will be pleasantly surprised to see what potential you already have and it may only take connecting a few dots…..or jumper cables to get you organization moving in the right direction. In the book LIMITLESS I share proven methodologies on how your organization can finally break ‘silos’, become more
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creative, engaged and have more impact. You will see the power of a systemic approach to innovation, and your staff on fire, in fact there is limited need for any change management initiative because why would leadership convince staff that change is good, if leadership could enable staff to be the change that they want to be whilst achieving the strategic intent of the organisation. Biography Isaiah Engelbrecht is from Pretoria in South Africa and his passion is to help people become the best version of themselves by igniting their creativity and innovativeness on their journey of becoming limitless. Throughout his illustrious career he has worked across many industries where he had to develop and implement various solutions, strategies and business models. His career was always aligned with the vision of creating limitless people, businesses and economies. In particular, how businesses and economies could
become limitless through leveraging off peoples knowledge. He is passionate about the value creation potential of innovation and with his team has set a goal of leading the enablement of creating 1 million jobs by 2022 through innovative partnerships and platforms. Isaiah is married to Judith and have four children, Ambre, Angelo, Angelique and Aimee. Isaiah is the CEO and founder of the Innoworxx Group and has more than 20 years’ experience in business, innovation and entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, Innoworxx has grown significantly with business divisions that are specifically targeted at economic development and job creation. These divisions highly innovative and are operating in high growth sectors, namely 3D printing, innovation capability improvement, mentoring and coaching and knowledge management. His ideas and solutions are non-conventional, but extremely effective. He has developed solutions and frameworks that systemically improves innovation capability which in turn leads to value creation and ultimately limitless growth. His approach is flexible and accommodates every unique situation. He creates peace of mind for his clients. Through his personal experience he gives practical ideas, frameworks, solutions and strategies to help organisations to become limitless. It is time to think leapfrog your competitors and hit your organisations LIMITLESS Button. He has attained the prestigious Innovation leadership programme where only 20 candidates were selected nationally through a partnership between the Finnish and South African governments. He has gained experience across various industries and has implemented innovation management systems at diverse organisations. He has completed many courses over the years and also holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA and is currently studying towards a PhD in innovation. Isaiah is an author, teacher, speaker, coach, entrepreneur and “craftsman”(business solutions creator). He plays a leading role in the advancement of innovation in the country and is a founding thought leader and previous chairperson of the South African Innovation Network (SAINe-www.saine.co.za)
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INNOVATION AT STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY THE COLLABORATORY Beyond the boundaries of our own organisation
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University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED) Institute for Futures Research (IFR) School of Public Leadership (SPL).
The Collaboratory brings bold new ideas and innovative solutions to business, government and societal challenges in Africa. It focuses on developing responsible leaders and sustainable organisations to the benefit of society and the environment. Contact: Nicolette Louw on +27 21 918 4267 ; nslouw@sun.ac.za; www.sun.ac.za
Innovus is the university-industry interaction and innovation company of Stellenbosch University.Innovus is responsible for technology transfer, entrepreneurial support and development, and innovation at the University.The LaunchLab, a proud initiative of Innovus, is a business hub which creates an environment and infrastructure where young entrepreneurs are accelerated to a new level. Contact: Venessa Williams on +27 21 8083826 ; innovusp@sun.ac.za; www.innovus.co.za / www.launchlab.co.za
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speaker Patrick Schofield Founder / Thundafund.com
Crowdfunding & The Democratisation of Startup Financing. Why it will become a Primary Driver of Innovation in Africa Biography • Founder of www.thundafund.com – South Africa’s premier crowdfunding and mentorship support platform for innovation & creative industries – online launch June 2013 • Founder & director of The Indalo Project a project presently working with 15 craft producer organisations to drive sustainability through design & marketing. www.indaloproject.com • Founder & MD of Streetwires. www. streetwires.com • Co-Founder of Streetwires Training & Development • Founder & MD of Billboard Information Services – a community services publishing house, publishes community magazines. • Elected Member – World Economic Forum – Global Agenda Council: Design & Innovation 2011- 2012 Patrick believes in the new world order of social enterprise.. His passion for what he does and ability to translate that into the real world has been recognised in his
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selection as the winner of the ‘Top Billing – Entrepreneur of the Year 2007/8’ and his selection as the Ernst & Young / Schwab Foundation ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year’ for South Africa & Africa 2008/09 His most recent endeavours include : November 2011-present – the launch of Thundafund.com – Africa’s first crowdfunding platform bringing together funding and business development support to drive entrepreneurial development in the innovation and creative sectors. Thundafund aims to be the leading crowdfunding platform for Africa within the next 3 years. November 2009 - present. Based on 10 years of successful craft development, The Indalo Project is driving an innovative social enterprise model through the establishment and building of a long-term network of craft producers & a marketing, design & development hub. Streetwires Artist Collective 2000-present. The principles of social entrepreneurship have been instrumental in establishing the organisations that have been built
up around one of the most successful artist-producer organisations in South Africa Streetwires Artist Collective. www.streetwires.co.za Patrick Schofield speaks regularily on social enterprise, design & innovation. His previous speaking engagements have included, • World Economic Forum-Davos, • World Economic Forum – Dalian, China, • Global Competitiveness Forum – Saudi Arabia 2012 • and numerous local conference / lecture presentations in South Africa. Travelling regularily within and beyond South African borders Patrick has become deeply knowledgeable in the field of social enterprise and specifically in how it is applied in the areas of design and innovation.
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speaker Billy Selekane
Chief Executive Officer / Billy Selekane and Associates
The Power of Social Media to Magnify Your Business Biography Billy Selekane (Certified Speaking Professional by Global Speakers Federation, through National Speakers Association of America). He is an Author, Internationally acclaimed Inspirational Keynote Speaker, Personal, Team and Organizational Effectiveness Specialist. He is Executive Chairman of Billy Selekane and Associates with associated footprint in Sweden, UK, USA, Middle East, Australia and Singapore an Action Learning, Strategy Formulation, Team, Organizational Effectiveness and Leadership Development Organization. His focus is in Personal, Team and Organizational Effectiveness, which he delivers through, customized keynotes and client centric interventions. He has worked in Botswana, Kenya, USA, UK, Sweden, Asia and Holland for fortune 500 companies such as Pam Golding Properties, Swedish Institute of Public Administration, Maps UK, Nike South Africa, ADT Security, International Youth Fund, Nokia , Development Bank of South Africa,
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3m Sub-Sahara Africa, Roche Pharmaceuticals , Wesbank to name but a few. He is Past President PSASA (Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa) 2006-2007, a Life Member of XL-Foundation a Singapore based organization with a special focus on entrepreneurship and social upliftment. 1st South African speaker to speak at a General Assembly NSA (USA) convention. He is a regular at a Gauteng based radio station Kaya FM with a listenership of + 2 000 000 daily where he inspires and give advice on Personal, Leadership , Organizational and Team Effectiveness issues. He is an in-house Inspirational Speaker at Radio 2000 breakfast show every Monday. He featured as a regular Motivational/ Inspirational Speaker on SABC 3’s The World Today programme with a viewer ship of +3000 000. He has inspired over 30 million people globally through his Bespoke Keynotes, Seminars, Client Centric Interventions and his book ‘From Barefoot to Snakeskin Shoes’.
Billy believes that motivating your target audience is not enough, you should inspire them to change their belief systems and act upon decisions they make through a transformational process.
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speaker Peter Van Nieuwenhuizen
CEO of Skopus Business Consultants CFO at Growth Institute
Long Live The Entrepreneurial University? A short reality check The entrepreneurial university may be loosing traction in the South African landscape. It s time to reconsider how the entrepreneurial university needs to work with innovators and industry to grow expertise. Non-technical innovations are also important. Structures at the entrepreneurial university must be in place sooner rather than later. It takes far too long to transform into an entrepreneurial university. • Is the entrepreneurial university relevant for the South African context? It seems that universities still struggle with the concept of building innovation hubs. Some simply do not get off the ground. • What are the forces preventing relevance? Some universities struggle to put optimum structures in place. Internal strife prevent universities to live out their 3rd mission. Other universities place too much emphasis on short courses and neglect innovation. Some disciplines such as Management Science, are not associated
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with innovation. The general public specifically innovators - are not always aware of the role that the entrepreneurial university can play. Last, there is not sufficient pressure from industry to invest into the entrepreneurial university and to demand significant output and collaboration. • What needs to be done? It is time for industry to move close to the universities’ third stream. Innovators needs to be made aware of the possibilities at universities. More specifically, nontechnical innovations need urgent attention. •Are our entrepreneurial universities relevant? Biography Peter van Nieuwenhuizen grew up in Benoni and studied at the University of Pretoria. After more than 28 years in the corporate world (here and abroad), Peter took the step to enter into the big bad world of entrepreneurship. As owner of Skopus Business Consultants,
“Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation” - Rosabeth Moss Kanter Peter works with innovators and with other entrepreneurs. His special interest is to guide innovators’ ideas and to assist with the development of their innovations. His other interest as a business consultant is to guide small business owners through tough decisions. As co-owner of the Growth Institute, Peter follows his passion to educate the youth so that they can fill the scarce skills gap. Growth Institute provides the youth and business owners with unique opportunities to fill scarce skills gaps. Peter strongly believes that education should be sustainable, relevant and affordable. Peter is an accomplished author. To date, he has published two textbooks in the management field. He has written seventeen articles associated with innovation and management. At present, Peter is writing a book on new paradigms in innovation and in business strategy. When he is not writing about serious subjects, Peter writes poetry. His first anthology should soon be rejected by a publisher! Peter is married to Lynn Duke, a senior lecturer at the International Hotel School. Together, they are writing a children’s’ book for adults, which should go the press somewhere in November. In his free time, Peter reads history, astronomy, biographies of historical persons. On moonless winter nights, Peter is likely to peer through the eyepiece of his telescope at deep sky objects. As an enthusiastic beginner, Peter likes to go on hiking trails (preferably day trails) to soak up as much nature as possible.
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Specialist / Quantitative Decision Support Modelling
DSM dashboard for export decisions. A tool to assess the size of the market for your product Wilma Viviers is a professor of International Trade, holder of the WTO Chair, Leader of the TRADE (Trade and Development) research entity and NRF-rated researcher at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) in South Africa. She has an impressive array of publications, and is a leading authority in the fields of export promotion, economic development and competitive intelligence (CI). Prof Viviers’ passionate research interest in, and active contribution towards the realisation of, strategies to improve South Africa’s trade performance and competitiveness, are acknowledged both locally and internationally. Notably, the Decision Support Model (DSM) for the identification of South African export opportunities – which she has launched in this country – is being lauded in both government and business circles as a refreshingly efficient approach to export
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market selection. Prof Viviers sits on several national and international committees, and is frequently asked to speak to stakeholder groups about her research initiatives. She has also received numerous awards in recognition of her ground-breaking research over the years. Martin Cameron is a specialist in the field of quantitative Decision Support modelling, economic impact analysis and engineering management, with a keen interest in international trade and energy economics. He has conducted numerous economic impact assessments, and industrial impact studies and policy analyses in relation to South Africa, and has authored a number of papers on power (electrical) network reliability and international trade. He was also a member of the team that supported the analytics underpinning the SA-EU Free Trade Agreements in the mid-1990s.
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How do you create a system for innovation: A business Perspective If we are to meet and overcome the challenges evident in our economy, business-as-usual won’t be good enough. Out-the-box thinking, relentless hard work and leveraging the global megatrends spoken about in the NDP needs to be central to how we set out to create the future. Focus - on what it takes to create an innovation-based economy and the ‘vitals’ required to unlock South Africa’s innovation potential - collaboration and commitment to action - are needed.
systems thinking, scenario planning and foresight development in performance improvement. He is also engaged in leadership development, business relationship building and advocacy in the focus areas of connectedness, innovation, talent attraction and retention, distinctiveness, and sustainability. Chris is the Vice-Chairman of World Design Capital 2014, and a member of the Western Cape’s Trade and Promotions Agency (Wesgro) board.
Biography Chris Whelan is the CEO of Accelerate Cape Town, a business think tank in the Cape Town city region. Chris has extensive skills and experience as a management consultant and business strategist. He has worked both locally and internationally in the areas of strategic thinking, strategy development and business transformation. Prior to returning to South Africa to lead Accelerate Cape Town, Chris was the Chief Knowledge Officer for EY Knowledge (Asia Pacific). He specialises in the use of
“Innovation is the ‘lifeblood’ of development, whether it be in the business or social arena. Through out-of-the-box thinking we are able to overcome challenges and bring possibilities thinking to life!”
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speaker Peter Greenwall
Errorthoughtical Engineer / Innovation101
Peter greenwall is the pitching Den mc - find him there! Predictions of future products based on a study of popular apps, news headlines, memes, trends, viral videos and human behavior in general. What you’ll learn: Inspiragialism - the art of ‘copy, paste & adapt’ to ride the remix of Africa i.e. how to jump on existing technology and fly it your own way. In business its called ‘Innovation’, in art its called ‘having an influence’ and in nature its called ‘Evolution’. Either way you’re involved, so you may as well learn the process of turning ‘Why The Fail?’ into ‘Write The Future’.
Biography Peter Greenwall comes from the showbiz world of composing original scores for musicals and corporate events, which is where he figured out the missing link between the two: Accessible innovation through multimedia musical comedy presentations. His book, ‘LOGICAL STUPIDITY’ deals with art of PIFYAFFING: Pulling Ideas From Your Asspirations For FINancial Gain. Designed to access the creative soul within each of us, his workshops reveal outrageous products from the future and the thinking process behind them.
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speaker Tasos Calantzis CEO / Terrestrial
Design as the glue for Commerse South Africa needs solutions to its many problems. Our citizens have needs of every kind. Companies need to grow and become more efficient. Startups need assistance to overcome the many obstacles to success. Our government needs the ability to efficiently manage the levers of state and enable economic growth. These are all problems that can be solved using design. This talk takes a look at how the world’s most successful organizations use design to solve problems, create new products, services, processes and experiences.
Biography Tasos is an industrial designer and the CEO of Terrestrial, a consultancy to organizations like Motorola, P&G, BP and Philips. Terrestrial has won Red Dot and Good Design awards and been a finalist at the INDEX awards. Tasos has served at events like the World Economic Forum, taught at business schools and written for Core77, Management Today and others. Tasos is also CEO Arivi which aims to address energy poverty with safe and efficient energy products for low income homes.
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speaker Nicholas Haralambous Founder / NicSocks.com
Manufacturing and e-commerce – The online/offline marriage Biography Nicholas Haralambous is the founder of the online fashion company, NicSocks. com. Nic was the CEO and co-founder of Motribe, the mobile community platform, before the company was successfully acquired by Africa’s largest social network, Mxit in August, 2012. He was selected as one of the 200 young South Africans to take to lunch by the Mail&Guardian; he featured on GQ’s list of top 30 men in media, and was also a finalist in the Men’s Health Best Men
Awards. The company he co-founded, Motribe, was named by Forbes as one of the top 20 start-ups in Africa. He is a journalist who quickly moved away from print media, through online and in to mobile media production and management. He has worked in traditional media with the Sunday Times and Financial Mail. Nic’s new media experience includes working as the head of the mobile division at Mail & Guardian and Product Manager of Vodacom SA’s mobile social networking division.
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Owner / The Paper Assets
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY Enabling the production of environmentally sound products is an investment in the future of the planet. The challenge of transforming the ITC industry into environmental sustainability will create jobs and business opportunities at all levels. Altogether, about 800 000 people have jobs in the field of ICT. Even more people own and use computers, and cellphones. That is certainly a target market worth acknowledging - while doing something good for the planet! Designing environmentally friendly computers - including the use of environmentally friendly components - is a goal worth pursuing. Designing for minimum requirements and taking miniaturization to full advantage, on the inside; while remaining ergonomic on the outside! Computer components designed to work with a minimum amount of electricity would be less prone to overheating, requiring less cooling. Basically, all that is needed is enough electricity to enable the differentiation of a one from a zero!
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The spin-offs of this endeavour could impact the generation and provision of electricity itself, in ways that would benefit the communities, and the environment of our planet. Biography Born in South America, Nora Rasenti has spent most of her professional life in South Africa. A project planner, information systems consultant, and an ITC professional. It has been her interest in environmental issues, coupled with her background in technology that inspired the direction exposed in this paper. As an environmentalist, she is also a pacifist, and therefore does not equate technology with the weapons industry.
“Technology is in need of re-conceptualizing towards a viable future.�
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My search for venture capital A constant source of frustration amongst South African commuters is the inability to be certain of the timetables of public transport providers. With specific reference to the Metrorail at this stage, it was often the case that commuters were forced to leave home to head to work extra early so as not to be late, or to leave work early to be able to run errands and/or collect their children on time due to unstable train schedules. A small tech startup seized the opportunity, in collaboration with Metrorail, to combine the knowledge that most commuters carry at least wap-enabled cellphones with them while travelling, with the notion of having real-time information delivered straight to mobile devices and created GoMetro - an innovation that allows commuters to access train timetables and real-time schedule changes from their cellphones. Launched 6 months ago, this platform has grown, now processing more than 600 000 requests per month through the mobile web app. The latest step in a multiphase launch process is the launch of GoMetro v2.0, a
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crowdsourced “Twitter for Trains�. This presentation reports on a closed beta test of the GoMetro v2.0 application (app), where 75 loyal users of GoMetro in the Western Cape are not only able to create profiles with personalised preferences and have access to entertainment while commuting, but also to create networks amongst themselves to share real-time experiences and shape the app through constant feedback and interaction, whilst forming the core component of and partdesigning the app themselves. Biography Justin is the founder of GoMetro, South Africa’s first realtime public transport app. He has a Masters Degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of Stellenbosch. GoMetro was a winner of the Gauteng Innovation Competition in 2011, and is part of Cape Town World Design Capital 2014. IBM recently recognized the global potential of GoMetro with a Top 2 finish in IBM Smartcamp Africa. CNN recently featured GoMetro as one of 10 African Startups to watch.
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