SA Innovation Summit holds pre-event functions in Cape Town

The day session, focused on ‘Creating a City of Opportunity for All’ takes place on Tuesday 16 August 2016 at Workshop 17, V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. A 24-hour Hackathon follows this on 19-20 August 2016 at the Lookout Centre in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

Creating a city of opportunity

“We are thrilled to pay a visit to Cape Town before the main event in September. The aim of the session is to bring together thought-leaders, innovators, enablers and industry leaders to co-create around how to move South Africa’s beautiful Mother City forward,” says SA Innovation Summit chairperson, Audrey Verhaeghe.

The full day programme promises to bring to the table sustainable and innovative solutions to build and grow the city. Two main topics up for discussion are, ‘How could Cape Town become a real city of opportunity?’ and ‘What would it take to create a city (and region) that allows all its people to thrive?’

The line-up of speakers for the day includes international and local industry leaders:

• Abbas Jamie, director of innovation for Aurecon Africa
  
• Aurelia Albert, manager of the Innovate Durban programme for the eThekwini Municipality
  
• Martijn Aslander, entrepreneur and founder of Permanent Beta
  
• Neil Jacobsohn, senior partner at FutureWorld International
  
• Shannon Royden-Turner, visionary urban strategist at Actuality
  
• Thomas Wittig, CEO of WITTIGONIA

“The revolutionary insights gained on the day, will be shared with cities across the globe with the help of our partners, the Futures Institute of Africa. This will help co-create smart cities, brimming with opportunity,” adds Verhaeghe.

Hackathon supports local community

“With the Hackathon, we hope to see creative and effective ideas to support and grow the local community. We look forward to welcoming industry leaders. Your thinking, brilliant ideas and efforts to innovate can make a difference,” concludes Verhaeghe.

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