30th March - 2nd April 2010 SANDTON CONVENTION CENTER , JOHANNESBURG , SOUTH AFRICA

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
DATE
TIME
ACTIVITY
29/03/2010

09H00 – 17H00

Registration
19H00 – 21H30
Opening Gala
PLENARY
30/03/2010

08H00 – 09H00
Welcome Tea

09H00 – 11H00

Plenary one : The Role of Infrastructural development in Repositioning African Economies

11H00 – 11H30
Networking tea break

11H30 – 13H30

Plenary two : Developmental Financing “The African Case Study”

13H30 – 14H30
Networking lunch
14H30 – 16H30
Plenary three: A Health Check of the Financial Services Industry in Africa and its Role as a Strategic Business Development Partner for Africa
16H30
END OF DAY ONE
DATE
TIME
ACTIVITY
31/03/2010

08H00 – 09H00
Welcome Tea

09H00 – 11H00

Plenary four: The Role of ICT in Combating the Effects of the Global Recession in Africa

11H00 – 11H30
Networking Tea Break

11H30 – 13H30

Plenary five: New Strategies for Energy Generation and Distribution vis-a-vis Africa‟s Business and Economic Development

13H30 – 14H30
Lunch

14H30 – 16H30

Plenary six : Positioning Africa as a Strategic International Trade Partner

16H30 – 17H00
Tea Break
17H00 – 19H00
Plenary seven : The Implications of the Global Economic Recession on Civil Society Advocacy, Aid and Policy Implementation.
19H00
END OF DAY TWO
DATE
TIME
ACTIVITY
WORKSHOPS

1/04/2010

Workshop one : Infrastructural Development

07H30 – 08H30

Welcome Tea

08H30 – 10H00
Real Estate Development

10H00 – 10H30
Networking Break

10H30 – 12H00

Transport infrastructure (Sea, Land and Air)

12H00 – 14H00
Networking Lunch

14H00 – 15H30

Real Estate Financing

15H30 – 16H00
Networking Break
16H00 – 17H30
Making Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in infrastructural development work
17H30
Program Adjourns (END OF DAY THREE)