Global Conferences Africa l

PAST EVENTS

Global Conferences Africa has handled a number of important local and
international events:

2005 - 2010
18 - 20 May 2010		6th Annual CABRI Seminar La Plantation, Mauritius 80 Delegates
8 - 11 May 2010		International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW) The President Hotel, Cape Town 150 Delegates
21 - 31 March 2010		The International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation & Lighthouse Authorities Cape Town International Convention Centre 600 Delegates
14 - 18 March 2010		16th International Wheelset Congress Cape Town International Convention Centre 600 Delegates
December 2009		Murray & Roberts Graduate Conference GIBS 200 delegates
25 - 29 October 2009		PIARC International Seminar for Vulnerable Road Users and Technical Committee Meeting Cape Town International Convention Centre 200 delegates
November 2009		Third World Academy of Science and Technology ICC, Durban 350 delegates
12 - 16 October 2009		AU Maritime Conference ICC, Durban 450 delegates
13 - 16 September 2009		SITA GovTech 2009 State Information Technology Agency ICC Durban 2000 delegates
16 - 22 August 2009		The 57th Session of the International Statistics Institute ICC Durban 2500 delegates
13 - 16 August 2009		65th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance Cape Town International Convention Centre 350 Delegates
20 - 22 May 2009		Sasol 2020 Conference GIBS 150 delegates
20 - 23 April 2009		Wild Talk Africa ICC Durban 450 delegates
4 - 6 March 2009		Child Vaccine Symposium Pneumoadip John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Sandton Sun 150 delegates
2 - 3 March 2009		4th Regional Pneumococcal Symposium Sandton Sun 150 delegates
25 - 27 February 2009		Design Indaba Cape Town International Convention Centre 1500 delegates
18 - 21 February 2009		2nd Africa Science Communication Conference South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement Gallagher Estate 200 delegates
12 - 16 January 2009		Climate Change in Africa: Past, Present and Future UCT Campus, Cape Town 450 delegates
December 2008		Murray & Robert Graduate Conference GIBS:Johannesburg 90 delegates
22 - 24 October 2008		SASOL 2020 GIBS Institute - Johannesburg 150 delegates
13 - 16 October 2008		AIDS Vaccine Conference 2008 Cape Town International Convention Centre 750 delegates
8 - 11 October 2008		The IFIP Summer School (ISS 2008) Meraka Institute on the CSIR Campus 500 delegates
6 - 7 October 2008		2nd IFIP International Symposium on Wireless Communications and Information Technology in Developing Countries (WCITD 2008) CSIR Pretoria 100 delegates
30 - 31 July 2008		International Finance Summit Cape Town International Convention Centre 350 delegates
14 - 16 May 2008		Sasol 2020 Conference Gordon Institute of Business Science 150 Delegates
12 - 14 April 2008		Development Consultative Forum Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Johannesburg 100 - 150 delegates
26 - 28 March 2008		Higher Education and Research Group University of Cape Town 120 delegates
3 - 7 March 2008		World Congress on Anaesthesiologists Global Conferences Africa - assisting with management of Social Events Cape Town International Convention Centre
27 - 29 February 2008		The 11th Design Indaba Conference Cape Town International Convention Centre 1400 delegates
25 - 27 February 2008		Designing Interactive Systems - DIS 2008 Cape Town International Convention Centre 150 delegates
5 – 6 December		Murray & Roberts Graduate Conference Gordon Institute of Business Science 80 delegates
6 - 9 November 2007		ICID 2nd African Regional Conference Glenburn Lodge 150 Delegates
09 - 19 October 2007		Clicks Christmas Roadshow Across South Africa 1085 Delegates
24 - 26 October 2007		SASOL 2020 Conference Gordon Institute of Business Science 150 Delegates
10 -11 September 2007		CFA Investment Conference Summer Place, Illovo 250 - 350 Delegates
8 - 9 September 2007		National Treasury 2nd Deputies meeting ICC Durban 150 Delegates
20 - 23 August 2007		African Micro Finance Conference Speke Resort, Kampala, Uganda 150 - 300 delegates
6 - 8 August 2007		Clicks Pharmacists Conference Champagne Sports Resort, Drakensberg 250 delegates
18 - 20 July 2007		Garden Pavilion Conference 2007 The Ranch Protea Hotel, Polokwane 120 delegates
3 to 6 June 2007		World Newspaper Conference Newspaper Association of South Africa Cape Town International Convention Center 1 500 delegates
10, 21 - 23 February 2007		Design Indaba 10 Cape Town International Convention Center 1500 delegates
03 - 07 December 2006		International Diabetes Federation Congress The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Cape Town International Convention Centre 8 000 - 10 000 delegates
23 November 2006		BANKSETA The 3rd BANKSETA International Conference The Forum - The Campus 400 delegates
12 -16 November 2006		28th Congress SIU 2006 Societe Internationale d’ Urologie Cape Town International Convention Centre ± 3 000 delegates
07 - 09 November 2006		Horwath International’s Partners Conference Horwath Karro Cape Town International Convention Centre 300 delegates
29 October - 03 November 2006		BDO International Partners Meeting BDO Spencer Stewart Cape Town International Convention Centre 300 delegates + partners
18 - 23 September 2006		9th Scientific Conference of the (IGAC) ProjectClimatology Research Group Cape Town International Convention Centre 500 delegates
12 -16 September 2006		24th International Congress of Radiology (ICR 2006) Radiological Society of South Africa Cape Town International Convention Centre ± 1 500 delegates + partners
4 - 6 September 2006		SATNAC Telkom Spier Wine Estate 420 delegates
27 - 30 August 2006		Gender, Transport and Development Conference SANRAL Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 300 delegates
23 - 26 April 2006		Microbicides 2006 Conference Medical Research Council Cape Town International Convention Center 1 000 delegates
27 February - 03 March 2006	ICLEI World Congress 2006 International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives Cape Town International Convention Centre 600 delegates
16 - 24 February 2006	WMO Conference on Commission of Atmospheric Science (CAS) SAWS Lord Charles 200 delegates
22 - 24 February 2006	Design Indaba 9 Interactive Africa Cape Town International Convention Centre 1500 delegates
25 - 27 January 2006	Ferring Meeting Confab Consulting Cape Town International Convention Centre 600 delegates
26 - 30 September 2005	18th World Petroleum Congress Sandton Convention Centre 5000 delegates
09 - 15 September 2005	SATNAC 2005 Telkom SA Champagne Sports Resort 450 delegates
19 - 22 June 2005	Western Cape Sustainable Development Conference IUCN Cape Town Convention Centre 1200 delegates
25 - 27 May 2005	Trade and Investment Conference Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality (NMMM) Nelson Mandela Bay 100 Delegates
17 - 19 May 2005	Export Africa 2005 The Department of Trade and Industry Gallagher Estate, Midrand 1 000 exhibitors
15 - 18 May 2005	United Cities and Local Government of Africa Congress (UCLGA) Ekurhuleni Metro Pretoria 1500 delegates
3 - 4 April 2005	The Heritage Transformation Conference National Heritage Council South Africa Kopanong Hotel 250 delegates
13 - 15 April 2005	The CIETT 2005 International Conference The Association of Personnel Service Organizations (APSO) Cape Town International Convention Centre 350 delegates
20 - 23 March 2005	Children’s Rights and Family Law Capital Conferences (Australia) Cape Town International Convention Centre 600 delegates
28 February 2005		Beyond the Bleeding Edge Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town 60 delegates
28 February - 03 March 2005		Knowledge Management Africa 2005 Conference (KM Africa 2005) Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) Caesars Conference Centre, JHB 400 delegates
28 February - 04th March 2005		Global Consortium Meeting FNB Learning Centre, JHB 40 delegates
23 - 25 February 2005		International Design Indaba Interactive Africa Cape Town International Convention Centre
21 - 25 February 2005		The 11th General Conference of the Association of African Universities (AAU) University of Cape Town Holiday Inn Cape Town 250 delegates
10 - 14 February 2005		Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation Mandela Rhodes Foundation Rhodes House, Cape Town 25 Trustees and partners
25 - 28 October 2005	4th International Mobile Learning Centre (mLearn 2005) University of Pretoria BOE Building, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town 250 delegates
30 October - 02 November 2005	International Association of Practising Accountants (IAPA) Gross Hendler & Frank Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel, Cape Town ±100 delegates + ±50 accompanying person’s

2004
24 - 27 October 2004	8th ICCA Congress & Exhibition incorporating the 43rd ICCA General Assembly ICCA South African Organising Committee Cape Town International Convention Centre ±475 delegates + partners
06 - 07 October 2004	2nd BANKSETA International Conference Banking Sector Education & Training Authority (BANKSETA) The Forum/ The Camps, Bryanston, Johannesburg 300 delegates
05 - 09 September 2004	29th Congress of IBBY South African Children’s Book Forum (SACBF) Baxter Theatre, Cape Town ±500 delegates + partners
05 - 08 September 2004	SATNAC 2004 Telkom SA Spier Wine Estate ±350 delegates
07 - 09 September 2004	National LandCare Conference Department Of Agriculture Elsenburg, Stellenbosch, Cape Town 600 delegates
06 - 10 September 2004	ISGE Regional Conference SASRSS Cape Town International Convention Centre ±350 delegates + partners
24 - 28 May 2004	International Meeting on Statistical Climatology Climatology Department, University of Cape Town Cape Town International Convention Centre 250 delegates
09 - 12 May 2004	2nd African Conference on Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Human Sciences Research Council Cape Town International Convention Center 500 delegates
12 - 15 February 2004	The meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation Rhodes House, Cape Town 22 board members and partners

2003
19 - 25 October 2003	XXIInd PIARC World Road Congress SANRAL Durban ICC ±3,000 delegates + partners
21 - 25 October 2003	14th International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW) Cape Town Child Welfare Society Cape Town International Convention Centre ±150 delegates
08 - 17 September 2003	Vth World Parks Congress Sanparks Durban ICC +-3 000 delegates
07 - 11 September 2003	SATNAC (South Africa n Telecommunication Network and Applications Conference) Telkom SA Fancourt Hotel & Country Club +-350 delegates +50 partners
01 - 05 September 2003	53rd Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa (AFRO) Department of Health & World Health Organization Sandton Convention Centre +-600 delegates
01 - 03 September 2003	The First SA International Islamic Finance and Investment Conference Oasis Group Holdings Cape Town International Convention Centre +-400 delegates
20 - 21 July 2003	Oprah Winfrey Foundation Michaelangelo, Gauteng 24 delegates (TOW delegates)
19 July 2003	Madiba 85th Birthday Party Nelson Mandela Foundation/Coca Cola 1500 invitees
24 - 30 May 2003	23rd IAPH World Ports Conference National Ports Authority Durban ICC ±1,000 delegates + partners
20 - 22 May 2003	BANKSETA Conference: Shaping up to global banking Gallagher Estates, Midrand ±250 delegates
05 - 08 May 2003	The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Holiday Inn Cape Town ±270 delegates
4 - 7 May 2003	4th Pan African Meeting of Ministers of Public Service Spier Conference Centre ±350 delegates
23 - 28 March 2003	7th World Congress on Art Deco Holiday Inn Cape Town ± 350 delegates
06 - 08 March 2003	Geriatrix Africa 2003 President Hotel, Cape Town ±200 delegates
25 January - 02 February 2003	The Rhodes Trust/The Mandela Rhodes Foundation Celebrations The Rhodes Trust Cape Town ±850 Rhodes Scholars + partners

2002
08 - 26 December 2002	Christmas Kindness South Africa 2002 The Oprah Winfrey Operating Foundation (OWOF) Events in Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape ±20,000children
01 - 06 December 2002	23rd Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators Technical Conference Lord Charles Cape Town ± 150 delegates
23 - 24 October 2002	RPL International Conference Cape Town Holiday Inn ± 350 delegates
26 August - 04 September 2002	World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg ±65,000 - 80,000 delegates
01 - 04 September 2002	SATNAC (Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference) Telkom Champagne Sports Resort ±300 delegates
07 - 10 July 2002	The International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) University of Cape Town ±300 delegates + partners
13 - 17 May 2002	3rd Congress of the International Harbour Masters Association National Ports Authority Holiday Inn Cape Town ±190 delegates + partners
08 - 10 April 2002	International Symposium on Combating Desertification Desert Research Foundation / National Botanical Institute Kirstenbosch Conference Centre, Cape Town ±250 delegates
27 - 19 March 2002	Development Issues in the New Economy UCT Department of Economics University of Cape Town ± 150 - 200 delegates
10 - 14 March 2002	4th International Conference on Isotopes (4ICI) NECSA Holiday Inn Cape Town ± 400 delegates + partners

2001
12 - 15 November 2001	Sithengi 2001 Artscape, Cape Town ±1,300 delegates
29 October - November 2001	ICAO / UNIDROIT Conference Department of Transport Huguenot Memorial Hall, Cape Town ± 350 - 500 delegates
05 - 10 August 2001	Birth Defects in the Developing World Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg ±400 - 500 delegates
23 - 26 April 2001	8th International Congress on Shoulder Surgery Nico Theatre Complex, Cape Town ±780 delegates + partners
28 April - 05 May 2001	INPUT 2001 Nico Theatre Complex, Cape Town ±1,000 delegates
07 - 10 March 2001	Society of Leather Technologists & Chemists Baxter Theatre, Cape Town ±350 delegates + partners
07 - 08 March 2001	Capacity Development Initiative: United Nations Development programs Regional Considerations for Africa The Townhouse Hotel, Cape Town ±120 delegates
01 - 02 March 2001	Design Indaba Nico Theatre Complex, Cape Town ±600 delegates
07 - 09 February 2001	European Commission: Africa New World Trade Organisation Issues Seminar The President, Cape Town ± 140 delegates
09 - 10 January 2001	The Doctorate Vineyard, Cape Town ±75 delegates + partners

2000
05 - 07 November 2000	KPMG National Partners Meeting Wild Coast Sun, Natal 220 delegates + partners
13 - 17 November 2000	C7 Planning Meeting Cape Sun, Cape Town 125 delegates
23 - 27 October 2000	29th ICSW International Conference on Social Welfare Nico Theatre Centre, Cape Town 800 delegates
21 - 23 September 2000	McKinsey Table Bay, Cape Town 120 delegates
22 - 29 September 2000	International Textile Manufacturers Federation Table Bay, Cape Town 180 delegates + partners
24 - 27 September 2000	WWF - SA C.A.P.E. Conference
24 - 25 September 2000	Site visit to Aghulas Plein Grootbos 60 delegates
26 September 2000	C.A.P.E. Conference Baxter Theatre 650 delegates
21 - 28 September 2000	Urban Environmental Forum, United Nations
21 - 24 September 2000	SCP Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town 100 delegates
25 - 28 September 2000	UEF Lord Charles, Cape Town 300 delegates
24 - 28 July 2000	Bible Literature Cape Sun, Cape Town 450 delegates
07 - 11 May 2000	Telkom IEEE Cape Sun, Cape Town 260 delegate
04 - 06 April 2000	Environmental Audit Le Vendôme, Cape Town 60 delegates

1999
03 - 06 October 1999	RCOG - International Scientific Meeting of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Nico Theatre Complex, Cape Town 790 delegates + partners
10 - 14 October 1999	Auditors-General - 17th Commonwealth Auditors-General Conference Sun City 200 delegates + partners
27 - 29 September 1999	SAAFOST Science Technology Conference Cape Town 200
26 - 29 September 1999	KPMG International Partners Meeting Cape Town 450 delegates + partners
16 - 18 September 1999	ADI - Alzheimers & Related Disorders Association Conference Esselen Park, Gauteng 760 delegates
08 - 09 April 1999	4th Meeting of Heads of African National Drug Services & 15th African Regional Conference Interpol Cape Sun, Cape Town 180 delegates
21 - 23 March 1999	Harvard Business School Global Alumni University Harvard Business School Alumni Club Nico Theatre Centre, Cape Town 650 delegates + partners
11 - 15 January 1999	World Archaeological Congress IV Archaeology Dept, University of Cape Town 950 delegates

1998
12 - 15 November 1998	SA KPMG Partners Meeting Sun City, Gauteng 210 delegates + partners
09 - 16 November 1998	All African Leather & Hide Convention and Trade Fair International Trade Centre ¾ UNCTAD/WTO Good Hope Centre, Cape Town 1050 delegates
09 - 13 November 1998	1998 IFPMA Assembly International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Table Bay, Cape Town 200 delegates + partners
07 - 10 September 1998	Medichem 1998 Conference The South African Society of Occupational Medicine and the Chemical and Allied Association Cape Sun, Cape Town 150 delegates + partners
13 - 17 July 1998	1998 International Volcanological Congress Geology Dept, University of Cape Town 300 delegates
April 1998	Distripress International Conference International Publishing Groups ¾ African Countries Cape Sun, Cape Town 290 delegates
15 - 18 March 1998	7th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Gynaecologic Endoscopy Sun City 600 delegates + partners
25 - 27 February 1998	International Investment Conference of the West Coast Investment Initiative Department of Trade and Industry Saldanha 500 delegates

1997
19 - 23 October 1997	3rd Global Conference on Ageing Federation of Ageing (IFA) ICC, Durban 1000 delegates + partners
14 - 16 October 1997	45th FCEM International Conference Cape Sun, Cape Town 350 delegates
28 - 29 July 1997	The 12th Annual General Meeting of the Southern African Police Chiefs Co-operation Karos Arthur’s Seat Hotel, Cape Town 100 delegates

1996
17 - 23 November 1996	1996 IFOMA Annual Conference International Fishmeal & Oil Manufacturers Association (IFOMA) Cape Sun, Cape Town 350 delegates + partners
18 - 20 November 1996	ISOG ‘96 Conference Telkom Arthur’s Seat Hotel, Cape Town 180 delegates
28 September - 03 October 1996	FIDIC '96 International Association of Consulting Engineers Cape Sun, Cape Town 600 delegates + partners
04 - 07 September 1996	14th IAVE Biennial International Conference Cape Town Community Chest Milnerton Race Course, Cape Town 600 delegates
22 - 26 June 1996	Reviving Private Investment in Africa Conference United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Accra, Ghana 800 delegates
26 April - 03 May 1996	International Wool Textile Organisation 1996 Conference International Wool Textile Organisation Cape Sun, Cape Town 300 delegates + partners
16 - 19 April 1996	IOMTR International Conference International Organisation of Motor Trade and Repairs (IOMTR) Cape Sun, Cape Town 270 delegates + partners
22 - 26 April 1996	QSDG ‘96 Conference Telkom Cape Sun, Cape Town 150 delegates + partners
20 - 24 February 1996	International Association for the Study of the Liver Biennial Scientific Meeting Baxter Theatre, Cape Town 500 delegates + partners

1995
05 - 07 December 1995	Power Sector Reform in Africa The World Bank Eskom Conference Centre, Midrand 245 delegates from 42 Sub-Saharan countries, including 23 Ministers.
23 - 27 October 1995	The 1995 WWF International Congress World Wildlife Foundation for Nature (WWF) in conjunction with WWF International Lord Charles, Somerset West 120 delegates + partners
16 - 18 October 1995	HABITAT II Department of Housing/United Nations World Trade Centre, Johannesburg 500 delegates from 54 African countries including all Ministers of Housing and their Director Generals.
16 - 18 August 1995	Consultative Conference on National Environmental Policy (CONNEP) Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism NASREC, Johannesburg 500 delegates by invitation from around South Africa
03 - 07 July 1995	SADC Energy Officials and Energy Ministers Meeting SADC & Department of Energy & Mineral Affairs Ritz Protea, Cape Town 90 delegates including 12 Cabinet Ministers.

1994

12 - 16 November 1994

World Health Organisation Conference on Immunisation
World Health Organisation
Newlands Hotel, Cape Town
The 100 delegates were by invitation only, and represented over 30 countries in Africa.

08 - 13 October 1994

World Energy Council Executive Assembly
World Energy Council
Good Hope Centre, Cape Town
The 350 delegates plus partners were by invitation only and included numerous Cabinet Ministers and heads of the world's largest power utility corporations.