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12 Detailed Program: Monday<br />
MONDAY MORNING, 21 NOVEMBER<br />
08:00-08:55 Registration and refreshments in Commerce Building Foyer<br />
PLENARY PANEL: THE STATUS QUO<br />
ROOM 2.58 CHAIR: PROF. ANTHONY STAAK<br />
WHERE DO WE STAND? TO WHAT EXTENT ARE COUNTRIES, BUSINESSES & EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS UP TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY?<br />
09:00-09:05 Welcome and introduction Prof Anthony Staak<br />
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic, CPUT<br />
09:05-09:30 Where are we as a nation, continent and<br />
interconnected world with regard to providing a<br />
political framework for country competitiveness and<br />
global sustainability? Where do we need to be?<br />
09:30-10:30<br />
Moderated<br />
discussion<br />
Where does Africa stand - compared to the rest of the<br />
world - in terms of higher education, R&D &<br />
Innovation?<br />
SA experiences of the medium-sized subsidiary of a<br />
globally active German company with regard to skills<br />
& competencies<br />
Growing talent in MBSA; A global company's<br />
challenges with regard to skills development<br />
Micro MBA - working at the base of the pyramid<br />
Discussion<br />
10:30-11:00 Networking break<br />
Minister Trevor Manuel<br />
South African Minister in The Presidency; past Minister of Finance and past<br />
Minister of the National Planning Commission; Member of Parliament since<br />
1994; Chancellor of CPUT<br />
Dr Chris Nhlapo<br />
Deputy-Vice Chancellor of Research, Technology Innovation and Partnerships,<br />
CPUT<br />
Mr Michael Baumann<br />
MD and CEO, MTU South Africa Pty Ltd; past Director Naval Propulsion<br />
Systems at MTU Friedrichshafen in Germany; past Head of Financial Controlling<br />
at TUEV Rheinland Japan<br />
Ms Nobuzwe Mangcu<br />
Member of the Executive Board of Directors and Divisional Manager: Group<br />
Corporate Affairs, Mercedes-Benz South Africa (Pty) Ltd (MBSA); past head of<br />
MBSA’s Supply Chain and Sales Support Division. Ms Mangcu was one of<br />
MBSA’s Ikamva participants, a <strong>programme</strong> in which high-potential, young talent<br />
in the company receive tailor-made skills and managerial training.<br />
Mr Cedric Buffler<br />
CEO at Trident Institute (Micro-MBA) , Cape Town, South Africa.<br />
Mr Buffler has been working with entrepreneurs with micro and small businesses<br />
since 1987.
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