Government hosts media briefing on World Economic Forum 2015, 29 May

27 May 2015

Pre-WEF media briefing for WEF Arica

The South African government will host a joint pre media briefing with World Economic Forum on Africa. The media briefing will mark the 25th World Economic Forum on Africa, which will be held in Cape Town, 3 to 5 June.

The media briefing is an opportunity by the Forum and the Government of South Africa to outline the expected outcomes of the meeting, details of the programme and the participants that will be attending. The briefing will also highlight the various projects and initiatives that the Forum and its constituents have been engaged in during the past twelve months.

Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date: Friday, 29th May 2015
Time: 09h30 - 11h00
Venue: Ilanga Room, Hyatt Regency Johannesburg, 191 Oxford Road, Rosebank 2196, Johannesburg
Speaker: Elsie Kanza, Director, Head of Africa, World Economic Forum
              The Hon. Jeff Radebe, Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Government of South Africa

Light refreshments will be served.

SIGN-UP is mandatory to attend. Please reply by Thursday, 28 May via the link below.

I will attend the pre-meeting press conference on Friday 29th May
I will not attend

If there is a schedule clash, we would encourage you to forward this email to your colleague who may be interested to come.

For further information, please contact:
Clare O’Donovan, Senior Account Manager, Fleishman-Hillard
E-mail: clare.odonovan@fleishman.com
Tel: +27 11 548 2024

We also encourage you to consult the useful links in the section below.

Contact person:
Oliver Cann, Associate Director, Media World Economic Forum
E-mail: Oliver.Cann@weforum.org
Tel: +41 (0)79 799 3405

Useful Links for media