The Silicon Cape Initiative Launch Invitational

Event Details

Time: October 8, 2009 from 7:30am to 2pm
Location: The Bay Hotel Rotunda, Camps Bay
City/Town: Cape Town
Website or Map: http://www.siliconcape.com
Event Type: brand, launch, non-profit
Organized By: 4Di Capital & Yola.com
Latest Activity: Oct. 7, 2009

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Event Description

For the inaugural event, nearly 500 IP entrepreneurs, investors, local government, media and other community participants are to join us for a morning where they can be a part of the conversations to make it all happen.

We extend an invitation to involve everyone on the day via live blogging on this website and Twitter - follow us via @SiliconCape and tag your tweets using #SiliconCape. All talks and interviews will also be filmed and placed online after the event.

FINAL PROGRAMME

07h30 – 08h00 Registration & breakfast served
08h00 – 08h15 Welcome, overview, introductions by MC, Matthew Buckland, Head of 20FourLabs
08h15 – 09h00 THE SHARED VISION for Silicon Cape by leading young Cape entrepreneurs, Justin Stanford (4Di Capital) and Vinny Lingham (Yola.com)
09h00 – 09h05 MC, Matthew Buckland, introduces the next speaker
09h05 – 09h35 THE CHALLENGES in the current South African landscape facing the realisation of the Silicon Cape dream, by Andrea Bohmert (Director & Co-Managing Partner of HP Ventures)
09h35 – 09h40 MC, Matthew Buckland, introduces the next speaker
09h40 – 10h10 THE FUTURE a possible SA-US model for the Silicon Cape presented by Laurence Olivier, South Africa- turned-American Venture Capitalist, with reference to the US – Israeli model
10h10 – 10h40 MC, Matthew Buckland introduces a Coffee break
10h40 – 10h45 MC, Matthew Buckland introduces the Entrepreneurial discussion panel
10h45 – 11h30 THE DIALOGUE: Entrepreneurial panel discussion moderated by, Llew Claasen
11h30 – 11h35 MC, Matthew Buckland introduces the Investor panel discussion
11h35 – 12h20 THE DIALOGUE: Investor panel discussion moderated by, Laurence Olivier
12h20 – 12h25 MC, Matthew Buckland, introduces Dr Mamphela Ramphele
12h25 – 12h40 The Chairperson of the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), Dr Mamphela Ramphele, relays her thoughts on how Silicon Cape resonates with the TIA vision
12h40 – 12h45 MC, Matthew Buckland, introduces Premier Helen Zille
12h45 – 13h15 The Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, presents her summation, support and call to action
13h15 – 13h20 MC, Matthew Buckland introduces the Steering Committee voting procedure, closes and invites delegates to attend a networking lunch
13h20 – 14h00 Networking lunch & Media Interviews

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Comment Wall

Comment by Garth Michel on October 7, 2009 at 8:11pm: I'm not sure if I'm on the list or not, but I'm not going to be able to make tomorrow unfortantely, so there's potentially a free seat going. There doesn't seem to be a way change my status to not attending.

Comment by Justin Stanford on September 30, 2009 at 4:51pm: Candice, you can write to the event manager on this site, his name is Seton Vermaak.

Comment by Candice Holgate on September 30, 2009 at 3:17pm: How do I confirm if I am on the list to attend this event?

Comment by Brandon Golding on September 17, 2009 at 2:01pm: If I'm going to start taking picures that early in the morning I hope that someone has arranged some strong coffee.

Comment by Fred Hatman on September 16, 2009 at 2:15pm: A great initiative such as this deserves the vuvuzela treatment. I intend to blog your baby to within an inch of its short life before, during and after the launch event. :)

Comment by Johan Oosthuizen on September 16, 2009 at 8:01am: Great idea.How can we help and ad value to this project.

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Comment by Marcus J.B. Zandhuis on September 15, 2009 at 4:04pm: Hi there - could i please have a contact number for either Vinny or Justin as we would like to feature this event on CapeTownMagazine.com