South Africa's conference industry moved up to 31st place in the International Congress and Convention Association's lastest top-40 list of leading destinations in the world, released in May 2007. And with the 2010 Fifa World Cup on the horizon, the country's ranking is set to improve even further.
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| MARCH 2008 |
South African Society of Anaesthesiologists 2008 Meeting
Cape Town International Convention Centre
1-2 March
Website
14th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists
Cape Town International Convention
Centre
2-7 March
Website
4th Annual Switchgear, Transformer and Circuit Breaker Protection and Maintenance
Park Hyatt, Rosebank, Johannesburg
3-4 March
Website
2nd Annual Education Summit in Southern Africa
Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg
3-6 March
Website
Retail Risk 2008
The Forum, Johannesburg
4 March
Website
Hydropower Africa
Protea Hotel Balalaika, Johannesburg
4-6 March
Website
The Secret to Corporate Event Management
The Grace, Rosebank, Johannesburg
5-7 March
Web page
Competitive Pricing Strategies 2008
Hyatt Regency, Rosebank, Johannesburg
6-7 March
Website
4th Annual e-Learning Conference
The Forum, Bryanston, Johannesburg
6-7 March
Website
Immunology of Health and Disease
Monkey Valley Resort, Cape Town
9-14 March
Website
2nd Annual Human Capital Forum
Hyatt Regency Johannesburg, Rosebank
10-11 March
Website
Africa Defence Supply Chain
Management
Century Lake Hotel, Pretoria
10-11 March
Website
Smart Computer Skills
Accredited Excel & PowerPoint for Event Planners
New Horizons Office, Rosebank, Johannesburg
10-12 March
Website
Uranium Mining and Exploration 2008
Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg
10-12 March
Website
Enterprise Risk Management 2008
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
10-13 March
Website
3rd Annual African Biofuels
Vodaworld, Johannesburg
10-13 March
Website
African
Refiners Week 2008
Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel, Cape Town
10-12 March, AGM (members only)
13-14 March, workshop
Website
2nd Annual African Securities Trading Conference
Radisson Waterfront SAS Hotel, Cape Town
11-12 March
Website
Women's Leadership Conference
Inanda Country Club, Johannesburg
11-12 March
Website
The Power of Event Marketing
The Art of Marketease
13 March
Houghton Boardroom, Houghton, Johannesburg
Website
Technology Convergence for Telco
Park Hyatt, Rosebank, Johannesburg
13-14 March
Website
Integrative Approaches to Affective Disorders
Westin Grand Cape Town Arabella Quays Hotel
14-17 March
Website
Surgery Update
Practical Solutions for Common Surgical Problems
Groote Schuur, Cape Town
15-16 March
Website
International Anxiety Disorders Symposium
Arabella Sheraton, Cape Town
17-18 March
Website
Exhibition Association of Southern Africa Conference and AGM
Misty Hills Country Lodge, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg
17-18 March
Web page
Oil Africa 2008
Cape Town International Conference Centre
17-19 March
Website
Drinking Water Quality Management Conference 2008
Southern Sun Grayston, Johannesburg
19-21 March
Website
2008 ASAPA Conference
Association of Southern African Professional Archaelogists
University of Cape Town
25-28 March
Website
PPP and Project Finance
Johannesburg
26-28 March
Website
Basic Awareness Program
Jeppe Quondam Conference Centre, Johannesburg
31
March
Website
| APRIL 2008 |
PUMPS: Maintenance, Design and Reliability Conference
Johannesburg
1-3 April
Website
Corporate Golf Management
Glendower Golf Course, Johannesburg
2-3 April
Website
Extreme Event Management Makeover
Advanced event management leadership skills
The Grace, Rosebank, Johannesburg
3-4 April
Web page
Africa Trade &
Investment
The Bay Hotel, Cape Town
3-4 April
Website
8th International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Cape Town
5-11 April
Website
Planning Africa 2008
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
13-16 April
Website
Billing and Metering World Africa 2008
Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg
14-17 April
Website
6th Seed Health Symposium of the International Seed Testing Association
Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga
14-18 April
Website
Africa Power and Electricity 2008 Conference
Sandton Convention
Centre, Johannesburg
14-17 April
Website
11th International Winelands Conference: Sustainable Futures
Spier Wine Estate, Western Cape
16 April
Website
Access to Health Care in Africa
Cape Town
16-18 April
Website
Packaging Optimisation and Sustainability
Hyatt Regency Johannesburg, Rosebank
17-18 April
Website
International Society of Radiographers & Radiological Technologists
15th World Congress
International Convention Centre Durban
24-27 April 2008
Website
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Multidisciplinary Course in Management of Cancer
Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town
26-27 April
Website
| MAY 2008 |
Dermatology Congress
Cape Town International Convention Centre
1-4 May
Website
APPP 2008, Africa Public Private Partnership Conference
Intercontinental Sandton Sun and Towers, Johannesburg
4-5
May
Website
Input 2008
African television and broadcasting
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
4-10 May
Website
2nd Annual Knowledge, Archives and Records Management Conference
The Ranch Protea Hotel, Polokwane, Limpopo
6-8 May
Web page
Retail Loss Prevention Africa 2008
Southern Sun, Grayston Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg
6-9 May
Web page
Trading and Operations within the International Oil Markets
Cape Town
6-9 May
Website
Indaba 2008
International Convention Centre, Durban
10-13 May
Website
Principles of International Oil Trading
Cape Town
12-14 May
Website
Africa Roads 2008
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
12-15 May
Website
Leading Businesswomen of Africa Forum 2008
Table Bay Hotel, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
18-21 May
Website
2008 SASCE Conference
19–22 May 2008
International Convention Centre, Durban
Website
The Strategic Leadership Academy
Cape Town
19-23 May
Website
International Society for Mushroom Science
17th
International Congress
Cape Town International Convention Centre
20-24 May 2008
Website
Value 2008
2nd Bi-Annual Conference
Sun City, North West province
26 May
Website
2nd Biennial Conference of the Faculty of Economic & Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg
Sun City, North West province
26-28 May
Website
Bearing and Rearing Children: The Ethics of Procreation and Parenthood
University of Cape Town
26-28 May
Website
| JUNE 2008 |
Understanding the International Petrochemicals Business
Johannesburg
2-4 June
Website
Africa Ports and Harbours Congress 2008
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
2-6 June
Website
Africa Mining Congress 2008
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
9-12 June
Website
Markex and World of Events Business of Sport
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
10-12 June
Website
The Star Human Resources Development Africa 2008
Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg
16-18 June
Website
1st National Health Sciences Education Conference
Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University
19-21 June
Website
20th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress
International Convention Centre Durban
22-26 June 2008
Website
3rd International Conference on e-Learning
University of Cape Town
26-27 June
Website
SAPICS Conference & Exhibition
Sun City, North West province
29 June - 2 July
Website
| JULY 2008 |
COMET 2008
Cape Town International Convention Centre
2-4 July
Website
Les Nouvelles Esthetiques Spa Conference
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
6-7 July
Website
International Congress of Entomology
International Convention Centre Durban
6-12 July 2008
Website
Critical Methods 2008
Rhodes University, Grahamstown
7-9 July
Website
2008 ISBEE World Congress
Cape Town International Convention Centre
15-18 July
Website
International
Association of Schools of Social Work
34th Biannual Congress
International Convention Centre Durban
20-24 July 2008
Web page
Private Equity World Africa 2008
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
21-25 July
Website
| AUGUST 2008 |
Critical Care and Thoracic Society Conference 2008
Cape Town International Convention Centre
5-8 August
Website
Fundamentals of Energy Futures
Cape Town
18 August
Website
Fundamentals of Energy Options
Cape Town
19 August
Website
Energy Risk Management
Cape Town
20-21 August
Website
Front to Back Office
Cape Town
22 August
Website
IASSID 13th World Congress
Cape Town International Convention Centre
25-30 August
Website
20th Biennial Congress of the Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa Conference
Southern Sun Elangeni, Durban
24-27 August
Website
| SEPTEMBER 2008 |
National Secretaries Conference
Ranch Protea Hotel, Polokwane, Limpopo province
2-3 September
Website
Petrochemical Markets and Economics
Johannesburg
8-10 September
Website
CCEAM 2008 Conference
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management
International Convention Centre, Durban
8-12 September
Website
Global LNG
The complete supply chain
Cape Town
22-25 September
Website
Trading and Operations within the International Oil Markets
Cape Town
30 September - 3 October
Website
| OCTOBER 2008 |
Principles of International Oil Trading
Cape Town
6-8 October
Website
AIDS Vaccine 2008
Cape Town
13-16 October
Website
Export Risk Management
OR Tambo Southern Sun, Johannesburg
21-24 October
Website
| NOVEMBER 2008 |
The 10th World Conference on Animal Production
Cape Town International Convention Centre
23-28 November
Website
| SOUTH AFRICA CONFERENCES 2009 |
International Federation of Associations of Anatomists
17th International Conference
Cape Town International Convention Centre
16-20 August 2009
Website
57th Session of the
International Statistical Institute
International Convention Centre Durban
16-22 August 2009
Website
| SOUTH AFRICA CONFERENCES 2010 |
15th World Congress of Food Science and Technology
Cape Town International Convention Centre
22-26 August 2010
Website
Article last updated: February 2008
SAinfo reporter
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