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Teachers’ strike “devastating” on children
Education expert says “threats of violence may be hardest aspect to fix”

The education specialist Graeme Bloch says “the teachers’ strike has stunned us with its extent, the depth of support across all teacher unions, and the devastating effect on our children. At the same time, there have been threats of violence to fellow teachers, principals and even pupils – this may be the hardest aspect to fix. The strike points to the need to improve the conditions under which teachers must teach even as we provide realistic, effective, pedagogical support”.

A former education specialist at the Development Bank of Southern Africa, Graeme Bloch heads up a distinguished list of experts for the annual Education WeekConvention and Learning Expo in Johannesburg from 28-30 September.  The Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, will open the country’s largest education event, while the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom, will share his vision of how technology can change the face of education.  Some 1000 education professionals are expected to attend.

According to Graeme Bloch:  “Education Week comes at a crucial time, as we strive to rebuild relations and create stability after the devastating impact of the teachers’ strike. How will teachers, departments, pupils and parents find each other, as we seek to focus on what needs to be done to fix our schools and create conditions wher we all feel happy to buckle down to the hard task of effective and quality learning and teaching?”

Education Conversations
During Education Week, Graeme will lead the Education Conversationspanel discussion, during which high-level speakers will speak candidly about some of the critical issues facing our education system. Access to this session is free to anyone interested in the state of education. Panelists include:

• Barbara Creecy, Gauteng MEC for Education
• Juanita Kloppers-Lourens, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Basic Education
• Marius Fransman, Chairperson, Parliamentary Committee on Higher Education and Training
• John Samuels, Special Advisor, 1GOAL Campaign
• Michael Stevenson, Vice President of Global Education, Cisco

The conference programme is divided into three streams:  the Education Technology Indaba as well as two sector-specific streams:  Basic Education and Higher Education and Training. These two streams will highlight recent policy and curriculum changes, look at overcoming specific challenges to the education system, and showcase some of the solutions and successes that have been achieved.

Education Week Expo!
In addition to the three conference streams, Education Week also offers a visitors’ programme as part of the exhibition. Entry to the exhibition is free to everyone involved in education, and includes:

• Access to workshops geared specifically towards teachers, which will focus on classroom management, stress management, time management and other techniques to enhance teaching
• Opportunity to experience the latest learning materials and technologies
• Prize giveaways, including a netbook, training courses, dinner, holiday, spa and cinema vouchers

Event website:  www.educationweek.co.za

Event dates and location:  28-30 September 2010 – Emperors Palace, Johannesburg

For more information, interviews and accreditation:

Communications manager:  Annemarie Roodbol

Tel:  +27 (0) 21 700 3558

Fax:  +27 (0) 21 700 3501

Mobile:  +27 (0) 82 562 7844

Email:  annemarie.roodbol@clarionevents.com

The National Energy Efficiency Agency (NEEA) says South Africa could benefit from the establishment of a renewable energy utility to focus the development of South Africa’s energy infrastructure on alternatives to coal-fired electricity generation.

NEEA Operations Manager, Barry Bredenkamp, says South Africa faces another looming power crisis in two years and could continue to play catch-up in the energy stakes for the next 20 years, unless Government acts quickly to finalise a comprehensive and integrated energy policy that will address the short-term crisis and bring long-term stability to the sector.

Bredenkamp is billed as one of the key speakers at next year’s Energy Indaba, which takes place from March 1 to 3 2011 at the Sandton Convention Centre under the theme Bridging the Energy Gap in Africa.

Delays and uncertainty in the implementation of fundamentally-sound policies such as the Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff (REFIT) are discouraging potential investors from ploughing billions into the development of renewable and alternative energy infrastructure

“South Africa is by no means the only country facing energy shortages or wanting to invest in renewable energy alternatives,” says Bredenkamp. “These delays mean that we move to the back of the queue when developers consider viable locations for new plant and facilities.”

It has been estimated that REFIT could create 125 000 jobs once it is up and running, in addition to opening the market for renewable and alternative energy sources to pre-empt another round of load-shedding and power outages.

Bredenkamp says there are numerous alternatives to coal-fired electricity, including nuclear energy, wind turbines, solar energy, wave energy and biomass energy, but these cannot be fully explored while the policy framework remains fragmented.

He says it is no secret that 2013 will be a critical year for South Africa in energy terms, as demand is once again poised to outstrip available capacity. While the Medupi and Kusile power stations are due to come on line in 2014 and thereafter, these may be too little too late, as existing older power stations come to the end of their useful life and must be replaced.

Over R5-billion has been made available in an energy efficiency fund for demand side management (DSM) incentives to “buy back” saved energy, but once again the regulations have not been approved and this therefore cannot be implemented.

“Together with renewable energy alternatives, fast-tracking the implementation of energy efficiency could prevent another crisis,” says Bredenkamp. “The whole world is moving towards alternative energy sources. The power supply crisis has accelerated the need to diversify South Africa’s energy mix and embrace various forms of renewable energy.

“Lastly, it is also imperative that consumers take note of the situation and adjust their behaviour, to not only contribute to alleviating the overall energy problem, but to reduce household costs in light of escalating tariffs,” concludes Bredenkamp.

About the Energy Indaba: Energy Indaba 2011 will be held from the 1 to 3 March 2011, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.  The conference continues to grow and has become the foremost forum for debating Africa’s energy solutions and focuses on: African power suppliers; alternative and renewable energies; oil and gas; the legal and regulatory framework, and investment opportunities in African energy projects. The exhibition has become a significant market-place for African and international stakeholders doing business in Africa’s energy sector.

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Lunice Johnston

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MARCOM Beijing International Conference with Exhibition on Marketing Communication and Advertising Media was held on 25^th to 27^th August, 2010. More than 400 companies and 80 media participated in this event. The respected leaders and guests including Zheng Silin, the Vice Chairman of National People’s Congress Foreign Affairs Committee of People’s Republic of China, Vice President of World Federation of Advertisers and President of China Association of National Advertisers, Duan Ruichun, the Executive President of the China Association of National Advertisers (CANA), Gao Huaizhong, the Vice Executive President of the China Association of National Advertisers, Zhou Keren, the President of China Advertising Association of Commerce (CAAC), Klaus. M. Hilligardt, Chairman of MESAGO Holding and the business leaders from various industries attended MARCOM Beijing 2010.

MARCOM Beijing 2010 is organized by CANA, CAAC and MESAGO Holding with the great support from China Advertising Association, China Network Television, World Advertising Media Association, World Federation of Advertisers and China Marketing Association. Around 80 speakers presented their insights about the latest trends and new concepts of marketing & communication in their respective industries and shared their best practices with the audience. The concurrent exhibition focused on the application of media, advertisement, technologies and services in marketing communication industry, from which the advertisers learned and experienced deeper knowledge of products and services from related companies.

Media, marketing & communication agencies and advertisers compose the “Never-Ending Love Triangle” in the whole marketing & communication value chain. As the first conference with exhibition covering the whole marketing & communication value chain, the organizers dedicated to bring together all industry players and approach the best way of communication to serve the advertisers better.

The first day of the conference included two keynotes “Going Global under Harmonious Guidelines” and “Brand Building – Brand Living – Brand Value” and 6 sessions on Sports Marketing, Online Marketing, Marketing in the Automotive Industry, Outdoor Advertising, Search Marketing and Sustainable Development — CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). Since the media are the strategic resources of the enterprises, the brand strategy and how to integrate the media resources become the key factor in both domestic and international competition. Both brand communication and crises management are witnessing the dependency between the media and the enterprises. The enterprises and media are strategic partners and in the same time the entrepreneurs and the media leaders are the decision makers and the executors of the cooperative strategies. Chen Xudong, Vice President of Lenovo Group & General Manager for Lenovo China Region, Xia Hanxing , Vice President of Beijing Huaqi Information (Aigo) Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Chris Boggs, President of SEMPO & SEO Director of ROSETTA, and Sakae Ohashi, President & CEO of Kyodo Public Relations Co., Ltd. shared their experiences about how to going global under harmonious guidelines, how to deal with the cultural differences, the internationalization and the localization of marketing concepts. Joe Wang, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Jahwa United, Jessica Yu, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Hill & Knowlton (China) and representative from Shanghai Fosun High Technology Group afterwards illustrated their own organization’s experiences under the theme of “Brand Building – Brand Living – Brand Value”. Rex Wong, Vice President Marketing Asia Pacific, ABInbev China, He Haiming, Deputy Director of CCTV Advertising Center, Matt Roberts, General Manager of About.com China, Wang Jianjun, Deputy General Manager of BYD Automobile Sales Co.,Ltd., Sun Yuxuan, Deputy General Manager of Beijing Bright Corner Media Co., Ltd., Hu Yanping, General Manager of DCCI Data Center of China Internet, Allen Qu, CEO of Netconcepts Web Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and T.B. Song, Greater China Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather etc. discussed the new marketing trends in their respective vertical industry.

Marketing is to satisfy people’s needs. Marketing is the most effective, vital, and  actionable theme! Conferences and exhibitions are one of the driving forces to promote the development of the industry. The essence of the exhibition is to help businesses to expand their markets, improve the external influence and market competitiveness. The second day of the conference is constituted by six sessions including Marketing and Advertising Responsibility for a Harmonious Society, Mobile Marketing, SNS Marketing, Media Efficiency Control/Media Audit, Traditional Media in the Digital Era, Electronic Commerce and the Appropriate Marketing Mix. “Show your MARCOM, Find your MARCOM” is the essence of MARCOM Beijing 2010. The four types of media: print, radio, film & television, as well as the internet are all covered by MARCOM Beijing. William Valentino, Greater China Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility from Bayer (China) Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch & Visiting Professor for international media of School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, Ding Junjie, Vice President of China Communication University, Xia Xiaohui, Vice president of China Network TV, Xie Hong, Chairman of the Board of Zhejiang Beingmate Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. and Chen Gang, Vice President of School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University shared their knowledge on the hot issues of Marketing and Advertising Responsibility for a Harmonious Society. Shan Phillips, Vice President, Telecom Practice for Greater China, Nielsen, Donna Li, General Manager, Strategic Marketing & Media Planning, RenRen.com, Luke Lin, CEO, CHR Hejin Data Information Co., Ltd., Luan Yimei, Director of New Media Development, China National Radio, James Yang, Deputy General Manager of Strategy Marketing, Beijing Wecoo E-Commerce Co., Ltd., and Evan Zhang, Managing Director, Shanghai Exhibition Information Technology Inc. and other guests will expatiate in their own session about their companies’ solution to the clients and consumers on the marketing and communications.

MARCOM Beijing is unique on marketing. Through a variety of online communication, MMS, and outdoor media, the event has attracted a large number of high-level participants. “Communication, Innovation, Inspiration”, as the core concept of MARCOM Beijing 2010 are widely conveyed. MARCOM Beijing International Conference with Exhibition on Marketing Communication and Advertising Media does not only achieve its own function on communication skills, but also achieve the maximum value expression in the wide range on business communication and promotion.

The second conference, MARCOM Beijing 2011 will continue to be held in Beijing in September 2011.

World’s largest and most comprehensive event dedicated to SOA and Cloud Computing is coming to Berlin! With 100 Speaking sessions across 17 tracks, the International SOA and Cloud Symposium willfeature the top experts from around the world. The conference will take place on October 5-6, 2010 at the Berliner Congress Center in Berlin, Germany, with the CloudCamp pre-conference event occurring on October 4 and SOA & Cloud Certification Workshops scheduled for October 7-13, 2010.

The New Agenda for 2010...

The most innovative and forward-thinking mobile money transfer (MMT) companies and progammes will be recognised during the first Mobile Money Awards at the industry’s leading, annual event in Dubai from 24 to 27 October. Etisalat, Safaricom, Vodafone, Orange-France Telecom, G-Xchange and Smart Communications are just some of the leading mobile operators who will share their success stories.

MMT Awards
“Mobile money is still in its relative infancy but the industry is evolving rapidly, both in terms of the technology being developed and the breadth of services on offer. The impact that mobile money is having on the lives of end users around the world is quite incredible” says Steven Clarke, MMT Global director. “Until now there has not been any formal industry standard that recognises the consummate MMT entrepreneur and service provider and we hope that the MMT Awards will do exactly that!”

During the annual MMT Global conference and expo, the MMT Awards will be given to the industry’s top operators in the following categories:
• Best MMT launch of the year
• Achievement in financial inclusion
• Best bank led MMT programme
• Best operator led MMT programme
• Most inventive marketing campaign
• Best IMT programme
There will also be a special award acknowledging outstanding individual contribution to mobile money development.
Highlights in the MMT Global Conference programme include:

 MMT and the global economic downturn. Remittance reduction and the impact on MMT services. Is there light at the end of the tunnel with economic recovery in sight?
Emiko Todoroki, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank

 Safaricom – leading the way in combating mobile money fraud on M-PESA
Michael Joseph, CEO, Safaricom

 Addressing Etisalat’s mobile money offering and bank partnership model
Rashed Majed Alabbar, Director, Mobile Commerce, Etisalat

 Multi channel/multi segment mobile banking in Qatar
Julian Phillips, General Manager mCommerce, Commercial Bank of Qatar
Eckhard Ortwein, Area VP mCommerce, Sybase 365

 Understanding the differences of launching mobile money in a competitive market compared with markets where you have first mover advantage
Nicholas Levi, Orange Money Director, Orange-France Telecom

 Building a dynamic gateway for mobile money remittances by initiating partnerships and business opportunities across the ecosystem
Morten Hofstad, Regional Director Middle East and Northern Africa, Luup International Ltd

Event website: www.mobile-money-transfer.com/global

Event dates and location: 24-27 Otober 2010, Intercontinental, Festival City, Dubai, UAE

For more information please contact:
Steven Clarke, Event Director
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7067 1832
Email: steven.clarke@clarionevents.com

For media enquiries, accreditation and speaker interviews contact:
Communications manager: Annemarie Roodbol
Phone: +27 (0) 21 700-3500 EXT: 3558
Mobile: +27 (0) 82 562 7844
Email: annemarie.roodbol@clarionevents.com

PRESS RELEASE: 23 August 2010

Talking Stories: combining tech and fun to teach reading
Technology in action at Education Week

Stories are still the most effective way to teach children to read and, at the same time, encourage them to become more hands-on with technology.  The Talking Stories interactive programmes, already used in many schools around the country, have shown improvements of up to 71% in reading scores of Grade 1 learners over a period of two school terms.

Computer voice in four languages
Children reading a Talking Story can touch the text and pictures on a computer screen, which activates a voice in English, isiXhosa, Afrikaans or isiZulu.  The developer of the Talking Stories software, Kathy McCabe, says every story comes with three interactive, fun reading activities.  “Many have animated rewards for correct answers.  Printable worksheets provide follow-up tasks.  There are 64 graded stories across a variety of genres, providing for the different reading levels of individual learners.”

Touch Me! Talking Stories in Action

Macmillan South Africa  provides the back-up, reading books and wall charts to support the Talking Stories software at the schools.  The software runs equally well on networks and individual workstations, laptops and interactive whiteboards; both in Windows and open-source environments.

The proof is in the stories!

Talking Stories are a huge hit with learners and teachers alike, and what’s more, statistics prove that it works.  Says Kathy McCabe:  “We hear a great deal of anecdotal evidence about improved reading levels, and we see huge jumps in the systemic test results of Grade 3 and Grade 6 learners at individual schools.  One broad-based survey of 2000 Grade 1 learners in 26 schools, showed that over two school terms the learners exposed to the Talking Stories software improved their reading scores by 71% MORE than the control group!”

Taking Talking Stories home on your cell phone
Macmillan Talking Stories hope to partner with a cell phone operator to make this innovative technology and learning available on cell phones.  Says Kathy McCabe:  “Cell phone penetration in South Africa is almost 100%.  People may not have books or computers in the home, but even in remote rural areas, they own cell phones!  Why not use these powerful devices to promote a reading culture in the home?  Kids love to use cell phones and they love stories!  Our software is browser-based and simple in design.  Very little would need to be done to make it cell-phone compatible.”

Technology + education @ Education Week

Technology in education will be a strong focus at this year’s Education Week Convention and Learning Expo in Johannesburg, where the minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, will open the country’s largest multisectoral education event, while the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom, will share his vision of how technology can change the face of education.  Some 1 000 education professionals are expected to attend from 28-30 September 2010.

The opening session also features the Education Conversations panel discussion, during which high-level speakers will talk candidly about some of the critical issues facing our education system. Access to this session is free to anyone interested in the state of education. Panelists include:

• Barbara Creecy, Gauteng MEC for Education
• Juanita Kloppers-Lourens, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Basic Education
• Marius Fransman, Chairperson, Parliamentary Committee on Higher Education and Training
• John Samuels, Special Advisor, 1GOAL Campaign
• Michael Stevenson, Vice President of Global Education, Cisco

The conference programme is divided into three streams. In addition to the Education Technology Indaba, the programme also offers two additional sector-specific streams:  Basic Education and Higher Education and Training. These two streams will highlight recent policy and curriculum changes, look at overcoming specific challenges to the education system, and showcase some of the solutions and successes that have been achieved.

Technology in action

Talking Stories, interactive whiteboards and many other examples of technology in education will be exhibited at the Education Week Convention and Learning Expo in September.  Entry to the exhibition, which includes access to workshops geared specifically towards teachers, is free to all in the education sector.

Event website:  www.educationweek.co.za

Event dates and location:  28-30 September 2010 – Emperors Palace, Johannesburg

For more information, interviews and accreditation:

Communications manager:  Annemarie Roodbol

Tel:  +27 (0) 21 700 3558

Fax:  +27 (0) 21 700 3501

Mobile:  +27 (0) 82 562 7844

Email:  annemarie.roodbol@clarionevents.com

This week the SOA & Cloud Symposium program committees announced an exciting free event to kick-start this year’s SOA & Cloud Symposium. The first conference day (Monday, October 4th) will be dedicated to hosting a  Cloud Camp event, which is open for anyone to attend free of charge. Cloud Camp events are based on the “unconference” format whereby experts and attendees openly discuss and debate current topics pertaining to Cloud Computing.  The Cloud Camp day is further supplemented by lightning talks also performed by attending Cloud Computing experts.

The Cloud Camp event, followed by the numerous Cloud-related sessions during the subsequent two conference days, culminate in the delivery the Cloud Computing Specialist Certification Workshop, provided by SOASchool.com in Europe for the very first time. This post-conference workshop enables IT practitioners to achieve formal vendor-neutral  accreditation in the field of Cloud Computing. To register or learn more about the Cloud Camp event and the Cloud Computing Specialist Certification Workshop, visit:www.cloudsymposium.com

The tracks spanning the SOA & Cloud Symposium conference days (Tuesday October 5 plus Wednesday October 6) currently cover over 17 topics. Newly added time slots have brought the count to over 100 speaker sessions, making  this the largest SOA and Cloud event in the world. The content, context, and application for SOA and Cloud Computing are ever-expanding. This event will be the hot spot for cutting edge technologies, methodologies, and their impacts on IT practitioners today. The agenda can be found here:www.soasymposium.com/agenda2010.php

The SOA & Cloud Symposium event organizers are also excited to launch the new Official Facebook Fan Page and Twitter account. To commemorate the launch of these new social media platforms, a special promotional giveaway has been organized with the following prizes:

# 1st Prize – 3 x SOA & Cloud Symposium Passes (valued at over 3,000 Euros) + 1 x SOA Security Specialist Self-Study Kit Bundle (valued of over 800 Euros) or 1 x Cloud Computing Specialist Self-Study Kit Bundle (valued of over 800 Euros) from SOASchool.com. There will only be one first prize.
# 2nd Prize – 2 x SOA & Cloud Symposium Passes (valued at over 2,000 Euros) +1 x any one Self-Study Kit (valued at over 300 Euros)  from SOASchool.com. The 2nd prize will be issued to three winners.
# 3rd Prize – 1 x SOA & Cloud Symposium Pass (valued at over 1,000 Euros). The 3rd prize will be issued to five winners.

Contestants must visit and “like” the Facebook Fan Page before August 23rd to be entered into the draw. The prizes will be issued on the morning of August 24th.

Stay connected with SOA & Cloud Symposium news, announcements, contests, and ongoing developments at: www.twitter.com/soacloud and www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=1951120

The South African Energy minister Elizabeth Dipuo Peters will open the third annual Hydropower African conference and exhibition this coming Tuesday in Johannesburg.  In her opening address, the minister will share her thoughts on “working together to unlock Africa’s hydropower potential to promote sustainable development, regional integration, water and energy security, and poverty eradication in Africa.”
Some of the world’s top hydropower experts will discuss the future of hydropower electricity generation in Africa, particularly funding and financing projects, as well as hear updates on some of the most exciting hydro developments on the continent, including DRC’s Inga and Ingula in KwaZulu-Natal.

Potential of hydropower
“There is an enormous demand for information on the finance and funding of hydropower projects in Africa” says Nicolaas Loretz, Hydropower Africa project director, “especially given that the potential for hydro generation is great and that only 10% of the continent’s potential has been realised.  This is the ideal platform to give impetus to project implementation for small and large hydro projects”.

Nicolaas Loretz continues: “We therefore have a special focus on investment opportunities with specialists from the World Bank and the African Development Bank and case studies from Zambia and Mozambique as part of our programme.”

Minister’s vision
“We are delighted that Minister Dipuo Peters will share her vision with us”, says Nicolaas Loretz, “particularly to hear her views regarding the promotion of sustainable development, regional integration, water and energy security, and poverty eradication in Africa.”
During a visit to Korea recently, the minister said South Africa can produce more than 43,000 megawatts of electricity but wants to increase this by using renewable energy sources like wind, solar and hydropower.

Programme highlights include:

Opening session:

• Keynote address by South African Energy minister Elizabeth Dipuo Peters
  Working together to unlock Africa’s hydropower potential to promote sustainable development, regional integration, water and energy security, and poverty eradication in Africa
• · Evaluating regulatory reforms to boost private investment for hydropower development in Africa Babu Ram, Chief Power Engineer, African Development Bank, South Africa
• Highlighting investment opportunities, incentives and perspectives of the African hydropower generation landscape Vahid Alavian, Water and Hydropower Advisor, Africa Region, The World Bank, Uganda

ü        Hydropower Project Finance:
Innovative funding solutions and partnerships for Kafue Gorge Lower project – case study Israel Phiri, Manager, Office for Promoting Private Power Investment, Ministry of Energy and Water Development, Zambia

ü        Rural electrification and village hydro:
Small hydropower in Uganda – current projects and future prospects Jimmy Omona, Hydro Mechanical Specialist, UEGCL, Uganda

ü        Engineering, process design and operation:
Case study: Project Management of a large hydropower scheme and the interface between dam engineering and power engineering – Ingula case study Colin Logan, Director, GIBB, South Africa

ü        Environmental and social impact:
Africa’s major water basins living side by side but not in “peace” and “security” Leonard Kassana, International Hydropower Consultant, Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF), Ministry of Infrastructure, Rwanda

The World Commission on Dams – more important than ever Liane Greeff, Chair, EcoDoc Africa / African Rivers Network, South Africa

ü        Maintenance and refurbishment:
Inga 2 hydropower plant – refurbishment update of unit 23 Etienne Tshibangu, Project Director, SNEL, DRC

ü        Regional cooperation:
Regional cooperation and cross-border trading for optimum output and sustainable performance Lawrence Musaba, Co-ordination Centre Manager, The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), Zimbabwe

ü       Closing session:
The changing future of the African energy mix and the growing need for hydropower

Hydro expertise
Technology companies involved in large and small hydropower projects all over Africa that will share their expertise at Hydropower Africa 2010 include:  MarelliMotori, Arcus Gibb, CMC di Ravenna, Hydro Engineering, Knight Piesold, SSI Engineering, Vibro Systems, SMEC, BKS and MWH.  Eskom is the host utility and delegates will also go on site visits to the Ingula and Drakensberg pumped storage schemes in KwaZulu Natal; small hydro power plants in Mpumalanga (Friedenheim and Lydenburg) and Inga in the DRC.

Event dates and location: 17-20 August 2010, Pre-conference workshops on 16 August, at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg.

Event website:  www.hydropowerafrica.com

For more information, media accreditation or speaker interviews please contact:

Communications manager: Annemarie Roodbol

Email:  annemarie.roodbol@clarionevents.com

Tel : +27 (0) 21 700 3558

Fax :  +27 (0) 21 700 3501

Mobile :  +27 (0) 82 562 7844