Forum chairs elected for SAACI

The chair of the Conference & Events Forum is Keith Burton of African Agenda, the only sub-Saharan member of the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers.

Head of forums

James Seymour, CEO of the Durban KwaZulu-Natal Convention Bureau will chair the Destination Marketing Forum, while the Exhibitions Forum chair is Conrad Kullman, Group Sales and Marketing Director of the 3D Group.

Denver Manickum, owner of I-Cube Advertising, will continue to chair the Services Forum and Bruce Dorrofield, branch manager for Impro-Vision, will chair the Technical Forum.

Industry stalwart Brownen Shaw, sales manager at the Avis MICE Division is the new Transport Forum chair and Esmare Steinhofel, business development manager: International at the Cape Town International Convention Centre now chairs the Venues Forum.

Close results

Nina Freysen-Pretorius, national chairperson of SAACI says voting in all forums led to very close results. "We are very pleased with the interest and healthy competition and are confident that the elected individuals will make a huge contribution to the future growth of the association. We look forward to working with them on the national board."

The SAACI forums were instituted in 2011 to facilitate information sharing between individuals in specific sectors of the business events industry and to give them a voice to express views about unique issues affecting them, with a view to growing businesses and the industry as a whole.