Date: Tuesday 11 July | 8:30 - 16:30
Venue: KnightsBridge Office Park, 33 Sloane Street, Bryanston
Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa
The Water Management & Sustainable Energy conference intends to gather industry leaders, discipline experts in their fields, senior government representatives and decision makers, to discuss possible approaches to improve the current situation of South Africa's management of water and its infrastructure and its sustainability thereof.
This is an opportunity to gather big companies related to the water and infrastructure to network and deepen relationships with both South African and Italian, Spanish, Israeli and Belgian operators, CEOs and executive teams that will be in attendance.
The conference will add significant value in terms of the President's vision in driving a far-reaching economic reform agenda for South Africa's energy and water sectors.
To register as an attendee or exhibitor, please send an email to moi@italcham.co.za stating:
your full name
your company's name
Price:
Members of the participating Chambers: R 1500,00 p/p
Non-members: R 2650 p/p
Exhibitors - indoor stand: R 2800,00
Exhibitors- outdoor stand: R 1950,00
Timeline of the event
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration / Coffee & light snacks
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome & Introduction
Marcos Pelegrin - President of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce RSA and CEO of LaLiga Africa
H.E. Mr. Eli Belotsercovsky - Ambassador of Israel in the Republic of South Africa
9:15 AM - 9:55 AM
Session 1 - Overview from the Department of Water and Sanitation
Dr. Sean Philips, Director General of the Department of Water and Sanitation
Q&A
9:55 AM - 10:35 AM
Session 2 - Overview from the Israeli water security industry
Yechezkel Lifshitz, Director General and Chairman of the Board of the Governmental Authority for Water and Sewage of Israel
Q&A
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee break and networking session
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Session 3 - Overview from the Spanish water security industry
Luis Blanco - Managing Director - Almar Water South Africa
Q&A
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Impact on investment: State of Water Infrastructure in South Africa
Chris Hattingh - Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA)
Q&A
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Session 5 - Overview from Spanish investment expert
Saul Pretel - Acció Catalonia Trade & Investment (Overview of sector in Catalonia)
Q & A
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Session 5 - Overview of a South African expert
Cobs Pillay - Deputy Director Investment Promotion (TISA)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch and networking session
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Panel Discussion: Bridging the Divide for Water Security and Resilient Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future
Luis Blanco (Alvar Water) - Spain
Lauretz Devers (Waterleau South Africa) - Belgium
Yechezkel Lifshitz (Board of the Governmental Authority for Water and Sewage of Israel) - Israel
Chris Hatting (Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA)) - South Africa
South African Panelist (Randwater) tbc
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Refreshment break and networking session
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Breakaway Session
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Recap of the day
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Closing remarks & Vote of thanks
Mr Marcos Pelegrin - President of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce RSA
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Networking Reception
We look forward to welcoming you to the event!