Conference

Learn, create, develop and grow.

Start date: 8:00 am on the 4th of March 2009
End date: 17:00 pm on the 6th of March 2009

Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre (The Conference takes place in the same venue as the exhibition).

Our conference programe will be distributed to registered delegates, below are some of the topics and speakers. Please note that during the conference and exhibition the CSDP benchmarking tool will be officially introduced and opened to the industry.

Our Topics include:

operations control system for Hamburg Port Authority
Logistic challenges facing South Africa
Technology for modern ports
Security on our oceans
Vessel tracking, coastal surveillance and navigational aids
Interfacing between waterfronts and ports V&A as an example of excellence
Importance of interfacing between ports and cities for economic and social growth
Gautrain update – the countdown begins
The rail gauge debate
Single boarder taxation
Train condition monitoring systems
Addressing critical and scarce skills
Carbon footprint and the cost to GDP
Productivity and the south African model
Communication based signaling strategies’
Rail deflection
Procurement polices at Transnet
Department of Public enterprise and CSDP

Speakers include:

Dr. Sean Philips – Department of Public Enterprise
Monique Petit – Transnet
Florian Hutter – Thales
Dr J Mare
Costa Pierdes
John Thompson – RRA
Dr Brenton Atchison – Westinghouse
Danie Barnard – Transnet Freight Rail
Prof H Grabe – University of Pretoria
Peet Dorfling, Productivity South Africa
Jack van der Merwe - Gautrain
Dries van der Walt – SARCC
Glenn Robbins – UKZN
Holger Putz – Contec
Edwin Briggemen – Kalmar

Programme

Day 1 – plenary session for Rail and Harbour, cocktail party follows
Day 2 & 3 – Rail and Harbour split into separate streams.
Evening of day 2 Gala dinner function

Pricing

early bird special – which ends on the 15th of December 2008.

When registering for the conference please let us know if you are a member of any specific association that caters to either the Railway or Harbour industries.

Day 1 only : R 3200 plus Vat

Full conference package R 5500.00 plus Vat

Gala ticket: R 300.00 plus Vat – transport to and from the venue is an additional cost – please enquire if you are interested in making use of the arranged transport.

Contact:
Karen
rhconference@global.co.za
Mobile - +27 (0) 83 3789 883
Telephone - + 27 (0) 11 467 8759
Facsimile - + 27 (0) 86 6095 785

Seats are limited and your booking is only confirmed once payment has been made.