Absa Macro Conference 2019

7 November 2019

The Lookout V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002, South Africa

Date & Time

Thursday 7th November, 2019
08:30 – 19:00

Venue

The Lookout V&A Waterfront, Cnr of Granger Bay Boulevard & Granger Bay Road, Cape Town, 8002, South Africa

Don’t miss Lisa Moretti giving a keynote speech on ‘Born Activists: The Shifting beliefs, values and behaviours of the next generation of customers, influencers and leaders at 14:00 – 15:00pm!

08:30 – 09:00 Registration & light breakfast

09:00 – 09:10 Welcome
Garth Klintworth, Head of Global Markets, Absa CIB

09:10 – 09:30 FutureWorld Keynote: Global trends shaping business
Neil Jacobsohn and Anton Musgrave, Futurists and Business Strategists

09:30 – 11:00 Globotics: At the root of inequality, unemployment & populism are radical change
Richard Baldwin, Professor of international Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva

11:00 – 11:30 Tea Break

11:30 – 13:00 Climate Change Africa 2050: Apocalypse or Opportunity?
Prof Francois Engelbrecht – Chief researcher in climate studies, modelling and environmental health at the CSIR & Prof Barend Erasmus – Researcher on climate change impacts and adaptation at Wits University

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Born Activists: The next generation of customers, influencers and leaders.
Lisa Talia Moretti, Digital Sociologist

15:00 – 16:30 Keynote Speaker – Democracy, Social Media & the Proliferation of fake news
Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan, Author, Professor & founding Director at UC Digital Cultures Lab, UCLA

16:30 – 16:40 Closing Remarks
Jeff Gable, Head of FIC Research, Absa CIB

16:40 – 19:00 Cocktail Reception

 

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