BizTrendsLIVE!2020 speakers announced and booking open

The culmination of the month-long trend features published via Bizcommunity’s platforms, BizTrendsLIVE!2020, the first-to-market business event of the decade, will be an afternoon of intensive, popcorn-fuelled, thought-leadership in the comfort of a Ster-Kinekor IMAX theatre, followed by an elegant networking hour at which cocktails, mocktails and canapés will be served. The perfect wrap up to the January 2020 season.

Event: BizTrendsLIVE!
Time: Registration from 1pm. Presentation: 2pm – 5.30pm. Networking cocktails and snacks: 5.30pm – 6.30pm
Date: Thursday, 30 January 2020
Location: Ster-Kinekor IMAX Theatre, Mall of Africa, Midrand
Price: R250-00 per head, 15% discount for bookings of 5 or more

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BOOK NOW TO HEAR:

Sylvester Chauke – Founder DNA Brand Architects

Follow: @SylvesterChauke

• Founder DNA Brand Architects, 2018 Agency of the Year, one of the most innovative agencies in South Africa, working with some of the most revered brands on the continent
• 100 most influential young Africans, 2018 list
• The All Africa Young Business Leader of the Year, 2017
• TV personality on SABC The Next Brand Ambassador
• NBC Africa All Africa Young Business Leader of the Year
• BBQ Young Leader of the Year
• European Business Assembly Best Enterprise and CEO Award
• Oliver Empowerment Top Empowered Young Entrepreneur
• World Confederation of Businesses Business Leader Award
• Falcon Award for Excellence in Leadership
• Golden European Award for Quality and Commercial Prestige

Odette van der Haar – MD of Publicis Africa

Follow: @odette_roper

• MD of Publicis Africa
• Consummate marketer, visionary leader, entrepreneur and innovator
• Former CEO, JWT Johannesburg
• Former CEO of the Association for Communication & Advertising (ACA)
• The Next Brand Ambassador, SABC 3 reality television show judge
• Legends of APEX award recipient, 2019

Bronwyn Williams – Flux Trends contributor, author and speaker

Follow: @bronwynwilliams

• Flux Trends contributor, author and speaker
• Bizcommunity trend contributor
• Part economist, part marketer, with particular areas of expertise in Blockchain, technology, artificial intelligence, scientific marketing and the future of finance
• Degree in commerce and marketing management from University of Johannesburg
• Degree in Fintech from the University of Oxford
• Degree in Digital Branding from Vega Brand School
• Post-Graduate qualification in Economics, through the University of London, with a focus on post-cash markets
• Future Studies, University of Stellenbosch

Tosin Lanipekin – Executive director of Advertising Week Africa

Follow: @toscobot

• Executive director of Advertising Week Africa
• Co-founder and Managing Partner Image & Time, a creative and advertising agency with offices in Lagos and London with a global and pan-African scope, client brands such as JP Morgan, HSBC and Xerox
• Bachelors and Masters degrees in Architecture from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
• Masters degree in Digital Media from London Metropolitan University
• D&AD member
• Member of the Institute of Leadership & Management
• Member of the Chartered Society of Design, UK

Heidi Brauer – Chief Marketing Officer, Hollard Insurance

Follow: @heidibeeee

• Chief Marketing Officer, Hollard Insurance
• Chartered Marketer (SA)
• PRISM and Loeries Grand Prix award-winning marketer
• Former Executive Manager of Comair taking care of kulula.com, British Airways, SLOW lounges, Daddy’s Deals, kulula credit card, jetsetters and Executive Club brands
• PRISA’s Lifetime Achievement Award finalist 2017

BizTrends and BizTrendsLIVE!2020 reflects a more dynamic and diverse group of trend opinion and practitioners than ever before. Expect an exciting overview of factors influencing the future of intra-African trade, culture, finance, marketing, tech and more…

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