The Greening Southern Africa Convention & Exhibition is an interactive and innovative event being done under the auspices of Lejweng Communications & Projects. It will run from the 20th to the 21st of August 2009 at the International Convention Centre, Cape Town.
Convention Background
Going green is both a corporate advantage and an opportunity for humanity to enable change. Be seen, be heard and be noticed in South African’s first conference of its kind completely focussed on what going green can do for you and your organisation with industry financiers, the policy-makers, the decision-makers, the buyers and sellers.
Whether you are veteran or newcomer to this exciting industry, Lejweng Communications at the Greening Southern Africa Convention 2009 presents a unique opportunity to learn and assimilate technology know-how, market knowledge, policy expertise, and innovation excellence of experts across the country, in focussed settings.
With the conference program put together, the Greening Southern Africa Convention & Exhibition runs along four streams that will offer incisive insight through keynotes, panel discussions, and break-out sessions.
To ensure ongoing improvement, the conference programme incorporates a session for exhibitions where different organisations get a prestigious opportunity to fulfill their company visions and showcase their products and services.
The convention will not be just another ordinary event but one of the multitudes of events that is focused on the marketing of products, networking and real information sharing.
Theme of the Convention: Plug into a clean future
Convention Objectives
Greening Southern Africa Convention & Exhibition is the single most inspirational, informative convention for those who recognise that the usage of green, clean and renewable technologies is a good idea for your business. It is your golden chance to refresh, pick up new tips and techniques, and network with your peers.
This is your best sales and marketing opportunity of the year. If you are serious about being positioned as a market leader in the oil and gas industry, then this is the event you need to be at as it is specially designed for:
Renewable Energy Experts
Landscape Architects
Civil Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Industrial Engineers
Building Contractors
Independent Electricity Producers
Facility Managers
Energy Majors
Entrepreneurs
IT Managers
Commercial & Investment Bankers
Venture Capitalists
Law Firms
Low Carbon Technologies
Private Equity Investors and
Any individuals who want to go ‘green’
Convention Agenda
The Greening Southern Africa Convention & Exhibition has four streams which will run concurrently and these include:
Stream A: Green Energy and Power
This stream will focus on the actions that are required to make renewable energy a significant part of Southern African energy portfolio mix. It will identify major issues, discuss solutions and share technical and scientific insights, present innovations and offer a topical and timely conference program
Solar energy
Wind power
Solar photovoltaic
Smart grids
Solar thermal power
Hydro power
Biomass
Stream B: Green Supply Chain
This stream will explore effective strategies to achieve a green supply chain and also provide practical and in depth solutions from many of the most dynamic figures at work in the Green Supply chain landscape.
Green Supply Chain policies
Building and designing the green supply chain
The benefits and challenges of future green supply chains
Strategies that can be used to achieve a green supply chain
Case studies and best practice examples
How can the supply chain departments help cut carbon emissions of their organizations?
Stream C: Green Buildings
This stream will focus on growth opportunities in all aspects of green architecture, design, engineering and maintenance, leading to high performance buildings. It will examine case studies, best practices and project delivery models resulting in more efficient methods of designing sustainability in any project
Green architecture, design & engineering
Green building rating systems
Green best practices & project delivery models
Green building management strategies
Efficiency as an energy resource
Green building case studies
Green building materials, equipments & technologies
Green interior environments & systems
Stream D: Green Fuels and Transport
This stream will examine the challenges ahead in improving the sustainability of our transport systems, while reducing our carbon footprint. It will explore and debate the practical challenges, policy decisions, opportunities, technical advancements, futuristic technologies and innovations in the area of green fuels, batteries and transportation.
