Start - End |
Event |
Day 1 - Registration, Introduction, and Networking |
9:30 - 10:30 |
Registration |
10:30 - 11:30 |
Registration |
Elevator Pitch Training Session |
11:30 - 12:30 |
Introduction: Welcome to South Africa |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Official Inauguration with Keynote Address: Euvin Naidoo, President and CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce in America |
14:30 - 15:00 |
Coffee Break |
15:00 - 16:00 |
Keynote Address: Jonathan Ortmans, President, Global Entrepreneurship Week and Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation: "Introduction to the Global Entrepreneurial Ecosystem" |
16:00 - 16:15 |
Break and Transition |
16:15 - 17:15 |
Student success story |
17:15 - 17:30 |
Break and Transition |
17:30 - 18:30 |
Advanced Networking Session |
18:30 - 19:30 |
Networking Cocktail |
Day 2 - The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem |
09:15 - 09:30 |
Presentation of the day's agenda |
09:30 - 10:30 |
Enhance Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem with Steve Brown: Session 1 |
10:30 - 10:45 |
Break and Transition |
10:45 - 11:45 |
Funding Strategies: Perspectives from around the globe |
Support Structure: Universities, Incubators, and ESOs |
The African Story: A new approach for fostering startups |
11:45 - 12:15 |
Coffee Break |
12:15 - 13:15 |
Your Greatest Asset: Creating and managing your startup team |
Tracking your Progress: Evaluating the success of Business Plan Competitions |
Bridging the Divide: Traditional ideas in a new setting |
13:15 - 14:15 |
Lunch |
14:15 - 15:15 |
Case Study 1A: Habitaz |
Case Study 2A: The Khaya Cookie Company |
15:15 - 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
15:45 - 16:45 |
Public Policies for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development |
Elevator Pitch Competition Preliminary Rounds |
16:45 - 17:00 |
Break and Transition |
17:00 - 19:00 |
Open Breakout Session |
19:00 - 21:00 |
Constantia Wine Growers Festival with Keynote Address: Kenneth P. Morse, Managing Director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center |
Day 3 - A Call to Action |
09:30 - 09:45 |
Presentation of the day's agenda |
09:45 - 10:30 |
Keynote Address: Jessica Jackley Flannery, Co-founder of Kiva |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Elevator Pitch Competition Finals |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30 - 12:30 |
Case Study: Vestergaard Frandsen |
Case Study: Trainiac |
12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch with Poster Session |
14:00 - 15:00 |
Keeping the Momentum: Ensuring the continued success of your organization |
Perceiving Innovation: Cultural Influences on Entrepreneurship |
Tech with a Heart: Technology-driven social entrepreneurship |
15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee Break |
15:30 - 16:15 |
Enhance Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem with Steve Brown: Session 2 |
16:15 - 16:45 |
Coffee Break |
16:45 - 17:45 |
Keynote 5: Alieu Conteh, Chairman of Vodacom Congo |
17:45 - 18:15 |
Closing Remarks |
18:15 - 19:30 |
Break |
19:30 - 23:00 |
Gala dinner |