Corporate Governance Conferences & Workshops in South Africa. Discount

Conferences

Governance Beyond Boards® Interventions (Mar - May '12)

Dates to diarise:
06 & 07 March ’12
17 & 18 April ’12
15 & 16 May ’12

Following the successes of the 2011 Governance Beyond Boards® Interventions, if you have not already attended this powerful Governance, Risk & Compliance Intervention, we would like to invite you to register yourself and attend one of our Governance Beyond Boards® Interventions. Delegates who have attended this Intervention have rated the knowledge transfer and practical content simply as "excellent". By popular demand, book your seat now and attend the latest Intervention series which will be held at the Focus Rooms, Sunninghill, Sandton our anchor sponsor.

Bonus for early registrations

Register before 31 January 2012 and receive a bonus package of CGF’s Prescribed Officer Guidelines, including the Prescribed Officers Report. These documents will provide you the latest guidance and requirements expected of the organisation’s Prescribed Officers as amended in the Regulations of the Companies Act 2008, and have been peer reviewed by Lucien Caron (Lead Contractor: CGF Research Institute & Ramani Naidoo (Group Company Secretary: Rand Refinery).
The documents have also been assessed by Michael Judin (Goldman Judin Incorporated: Director), Elizna Viljoen (Blue Label: Group Company Secretary) & Andrew Johnston (Altron: Group Company Secretary).

These documents are valued at over R5,000.00.

Target audience & price

The two-day Intervention is aimed at directors (executive & non-executive), prescribed officers, senior managers, marketing, investor relations, human resources, including company secretariat of public & private companies, and state-owned entities.

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For further information, please contact Gretchen Meyer on 011 476 8264/0 or email gmeyer@cgf.co.za or accounts@cgf.co.za

Nuclear Energy (7-10 Feb '12)

Explore the latest developments in nuclear power by attending the Institute for International Research’s 4th Annual Conference on Nuclear Energy, which will be held at the Wanderers Club, Illovo, Johannesburg. The latest discussions concerning the expansion of nuclear energy in South Africa have certainly been controversial, and expert speakers will discuss numerous aspects surrounding this topic. Determining the value and dangers of nuclear energy is the central theme of the IIR’s Nuclear Energy conference. As nuclear energy appears to be a certainty, the risks and challenges faced need to be explored in depth. This event will draw together a wide range of experts from various fields to enable critical discussion around the viability of nuclear energy and its growth in South Africa. Listening to the different viewpoints of key speakers will enable you to evaluate important issues regarding the environmental, safety, localisation and construction as well as the economic viability of and political motivations for developing nuclear energy.

CGF has negotiated a 20% discount for all its constituents attending the event. (If you are not a client of CGF, simply register your details with CGF to receive these discounts.)

8th Annual Behavioural - Based Safety Conference 2012 (13-16 Feb '12)

A behavioural-based safety (BBS) programme or system is unquestionably a key tool in any organisation's SHERQ tool box. Although major advances have been made in the area of behavioural-based safety, 88% of accidents and fatalities are still caused by human error. Given this, as a safety professional, you have the challenging role of ensuring successful behavioural interventions for better workplace safety.

The ultimate aim of any BBS programme is to develop and instill a culture of safety throughout the organisation. Many programmes appear promising to begin with, but once the initial momentum slows down, they do not result in sustained change.

The Institute for International Research’s 8th Annual Behavioural - Based Safety Conference, which will be held at the Convention Dynamics, Isando, Johannesburg, addresses some of the key reasons why some BBS approaches have not been as successful as they might have been, furthermore highlighting research that uncovers the attitudes of organisational leaders and management, against the success of BBS.

IIR’s 8th Annual Behavioural-Based Safety Conference 2012 offers unparalleled insights into the role of senior management in driving BBS as well as how to instill a BBS culture in your organisation. The conference addresses critical safety issues prevalent in major hazard or safety critical industries such as refineries, chemical plants, mines and manufacturing plants.

CGF has negotiated a 20% discount for all its constituents attending the event. (If you are not a client of CGF, simply register your details with CGF to receive these discounts.)

Enterprise Risk Management Africa 2012 (20-23 Feb '12)

Expert Chief Risk Officers (‘CROs’) and Internal Auditors see risk appetite, managing and nurturing it, as vital to ensuring a sustainable and progressive ERM framework. With this in mind, your business risk management opportunities are in:

the CRO’s role in implementing and managing the risk culture;
understanding the major operational risk causes and effects in Africa;
implementing risk management into a comprehensive internal audit framework;
allowing corporate governance to manage both internal and external expectations; and
overcoming the big rocks of IT risk and implementing reliable systems.

Failure to capitalise on the latest developments will leave your organization vulnerable to internal and external risk. Enterprise Risk Management Africa, which will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, will focus on relevant topics, practical framework advice as well as the major challenges and opportunities that risk managers in Africa are experiencing at the moment.

By attending the Enterprise Risk Management Africa 2012, you will hear about the intricacies of risk and how this will affect your business, how to best develop an effective risk culture in your business and amongst other, to gain insights to strategies in effectively implementing technology processes to your risk management framework.

This conference is Africa’s only multi-sector meeting. Attend Africa’s leading risk event and seize the opportunity and discover new ways to protect your business.

CGF has negotiated a 15% discount for all its constituents attending the event. (If you are not a client of CGF, simply register your details with CGF to receive these discounts.)

Environmental Management (06-09 Mar '12)

On the back of COP17, and the World Climate Summit held in Durban in Dec 2011, the Institute for International Research’s Sustainable Environmental Management and Legislation Summit 2012 which will be held at the Wanderers Club, Illovo, Johannesburg is well timed for organisation's to decide how to go about managing its impact upon the environment.

Environmental experts have warned that environmental management is becoming an increasing concern for business, as governments struggle to reach consensus on a wide range of issues regarding the potential impact of climate change on environmental systems. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), comments that: “….the scale of the task at hand exceeds the capacity of the political and economic mechanisms currently available to meet the task. Furthermore, the willingness of governments to move forward ambitiously is severely handicapped unless business provides the impetus”. 10 October 2011, International Green Business Dinner, London.

As an environmental practitioner, your role is to ensure that the business in which you operate meets the environmental management and legislative requirements, which in turn demonstrates your leadership in greening your operations and can even contribute positively to your bottom line.

IIR’s Sustainable Environmental Management and Legislation Summit 2012 is designed to provide a learning platform that will inspire you on how your company can rise to the challenges surrounding compliance with legislation and at the same time, explore the latest developments in sustainable environmental management.

CGF has negotiated a 20% discount for all its constituents attending the event. (If you are not a client of CGF, simply register your details with CGF to receive these discounts.)

The fund and asset consulting forum - 2012 (07-08 Mar '12)

The current trends in the global investment and economic climate is creating uncertainties for investors’. And with most retirement funds revisiting their asset allocations and investment policies; there are mounting pressure on trustees to examine the performance of their money managers. And also to review the framework for assessing value added by their investment consultants. Also, the evolving role of asset consultants is creating conflicts in the industry; and highlighting the need for trustees to review the relationship with their asset consultant. And evaluate the implications of the convergence between asset managers and investment consultants on the governance and accountability of fund operations.

The Fund and Asset Consulting Forum (FACF), to be held at Destiny Exclusive Hotel in Johannesburg, provides a unique platform for trustees, retirement funds, fund managers, actuaries and investment consultants to discuss contemporary issues in fund management. Participants will leverage on interactive panel sessions, debates and keynotes to engage renowned industry leaders and pioneers; while assessing a unique networking platform to develop new and valuable business relations.

CGF has negotiated a 25% discount for all its constituents attending the event. (If you are not a client of CGF, simply register your details with CGF to receive these discounts.)