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8 SOUTH AFRICA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

25-27 OCTOBER 2018

1. ICT and innovation
26/10 E-services and the digital economy
. Sector overview, challenges and opportunities
. Successes experienced by participants
. Further opportunities – key projects
. Minister to wrap up on challenges and
OCTOBER 26 opportunities, including spectrum and digital
7am: Registration migration
8.30am: Official opening and welcome to 2. Tourism, BPO and film
the conference The RSA advantage
. Sector overview, challenges and opportunities
9am: Why South Africa? . Testimonials from participants
Reasons to invest in this country . Further opportunities – key projects
. Experience of investing in South Africa, . Minister to wrap up with overall policy directive
including competitive benefits, market growth and process for resolving impediments
and export opportunities, including into the rest
of Africa 3. Venture capital and entrepreneurship
. Discussion on how to win against the The engine for growth and job creation
backdrop of opportunities and prospects . Presentations from successful and/or disruptive/
innovative SMEs, start-ups on job creation, youth,
10.15am: Investment announcements economic development, etc
. Highlights of recent and new investments . Value creation through supplier development
. Opportunities for growth – key projects
10.30am: Tea break . Minister to wrap up with overall policy directive
and process for resolving impediments
3 x PARALLEL SESSIONS A
11am to 12pm: . Sector overview, challenges and opportunities example, the Renewable Energy Independent 3.15pm: Tea break
Agriculture and agroprocessing . Testimonials from participants Power Producer Procurement programme)
Mining and minerals beneficiation . Further opportunities – key projects . Further opportunities – key projects 3.45pm to 4.30pm: South Africa tomorrow
Manufacturing . Minister to wrap up with overall policy . Minister to wrap up on challenges and Accelerating growth by building partnerships
directive and process for resolving impediments opportunities
1. Agriculture and agroprocessing; 4.40pm: The journey ahead
tapping into the export market 3 x PARALLEL SESSIONS B 3. Transport infrastructure The way forward and closing
. Sector overview, challenges and opportunities 12.15pm to 1.15pm Driving competitiveness Reflections on the process of investment
. Testimonials from participants Transport infrastructure . Sector overview, challenges and opportunities mobilisation drive
. Further opportunities – key projects Energy infrastructure . Testimonials from participants Feedback and commitments to address
. Minister to wrap up with overall policy Water infrastructure . Further opportunities – key projects impediments, including specific policy
directive and process for resolving impediments . Minister to wrap up with overall policy considerations
1. Water infrastructure directive and process for resolving
2. Mining and minerals benefaction; unlocking Driving competitiveness impediments
value chain potential . Sector overview, challenges and opportunities 27/10
. Sector overview, challenges and opportunities . Testimonials from participants 1.15pm: Lunch
. Testimonials from participants . Further opportunities – key projects
. Further opportunities – key projects . Minister to wrap up with overall policy 3 x PARALLEL SESSIONS C
. Minister to wrap up with overall policy directive and process for resolving impediments 2.15pm to 3.15pm OCTOBER 27
directive and process for resolving impediments Information and communications technology 7.30am: Fun walk with President Cyril
2. Energy infrastructure (ICT) and innovation Ramaphosa in Vilakazi Street
3. Manufacturing Powering Africa for growth Tourism, business process outsourcing
Re-industrialisation and value addition through . Sector overview, challenges and opportunities (BPO) and film 9am to 5pm: Bilateral meetings by
the manufacturing of the future . Successes experienced by participants (for Venture capital and entrepreneurship arrangement

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