Conference Programme

Sun 18th April

1. Training course for children to make sports films on mobiles

This training course lasts from the 16th - 18th April

3. Sports Reporting Workshop

A one-day training course for African sports broadcasters

Trainer: Caj Sohal, Director "Your Game", a BBC Sports Project in Africa, and Executive Producer BBC Radio 5 Live.

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in partnership with Commonwealth Games Canada and Kicking AIDS Out
0900 - 1600 | Umkombe Room / Ballroom 1

4. Regulatory Workshop

This is for Broadcasting Regulators and for those closely concerned with regulator issues, and is supported by UNESCO, Southern Africa. It covers Regulating for Quality Content, Preparing for the transition to Digital and Effective Enforcement. Facilitators are Tim Suter, MD Perspective Associates and ex-OFCOM and Robert Nkuna of ICASA.

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in partnership with UNESCO
0900 - 1600 | Tau Room

5. Media and Health Workshop

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In partnership with Welcome Trust and Commonwealth Games Canada.
0900 - 1600 | Umkombe Room

6. The Media and Social Justice – what role for the Commonwealth?

This is run in cooperation with the Commonwealth Foundation and looks at the role of the Commonwealth. It covers the role of the media in Democracy and Governance, in Economic Development, and in Conflict, as well as in Gender Issues. It is led by the Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, Mark Collins.

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0900 - 1600 | Li-Duba Room

7. Management and Financial Control Workshop

This is aimed at providing a practical approach to management. It covers control through corporate governance, delegation, standard setting, performance measurement, capital projects & business plans. The afternoon will be devoted to case studies. The speakers will be Mervyn Warner, CBA Finance Consultant and Neil Dormand, CBA Technology Consultant.

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0900 - 1600 | Ballroom 1

7A. Public Service Broadcasting in South Africa

1000 – 1300 | By Invitation, at SABC

8. AIBD-CBA meeting

1500 - 1530 | By Invitation, Restaurant Terrace

9. CBA Committee meeting

1630 - 1800 | By invitation, Restaurant Terrace Room

10. Evening Welcome Reception

In the chair: Group CEO of SABC, Solly Mokoetle.

Speaker: Dina Pule, Deputy Minister of Communications.

And a Vote of Thanks by the President of the CBA, Abubakar Jijiwa, DG Voice of Nigeria.

Hosted by SABC and the Ministry of Communications
1900 | Garden of the Sandton Hilton

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