Consulting Engineers South Africa S Young Professionals Forum

CESA YPF

Consulting Engineers South Africa’s Young Professionals Forum

Sustainability Imbizo 2013

13 - 14August ׀Premier Hotel, Kempton Park

IMBIZO MAIN THEME

Sustainability is Every Young Professional’s Business

CESA YPF invites Young Professionals, Speakers and Sponsors to participate in discussions regarding their and rightful positionin communities and built environment professions.

MEANING

Sustainability means a lot of things to different people;

To our communities it means availability of drinking water, sanitation, roads, roof over their heads, schools, clinics and medicine, etc.

For us it means development of skills and innovation, leadership, and providing solutions to sustainable development and much more. The development of people and institutions is the prerequisite for the development of sustainable infrastructure.

“The development of people and institutions comes before development of infrastructure.”

-Arthur Taute, President of FIDIC GAMA

AIM

The Imbizo is aimed at empowering YPs with best leadership experience embracing leading in general, as community activists and leading as professionals, as engineering activists.

The second objective is aim at establishing and maintaining structures, some may call it a platform for collective effort, for YPs to role model school leaners and for senior infrastructure professionals, majority been engineers to mentor YPs.

Third leg of the Imbizo provides solutions to skills development and retention by both public sector and private sector. No skills, no water, no housing, no roads, but 100% poverty.

REACH

The Imbizo’s impact extends beyond the delegates attending it has an immeasurable reach to our communities, augurs well for our country’s transformation and developmental agenda. It is also a springboard for client bodies and other continental professional associations to institute young professional forums or similar platforms to empower youth from kindergarten to workplace.

Though the Imbizo is arranged by young professionals within the consulting engineering sphere its success and reach will depend on support from sponsorship by consulting engineering firms, CESA affiliates, government and government institutions and private sector.

IMPORTANCE

Investments on young professionals and young professionals forum are critical to ensuring continued communication, collaboration and partnership between the public client bodies and the private sector in their quest to professionalise the built environment and to create a conducive sustainable environment for consulting engineering firms to best deliver the best interest of the clients, the consulting engineering industry and the public.

Draft Programme: CESA YPF Sustainability Imbizo 2013

Sustainability is Every Young Professional’s Business

DAY 1 – 13 August 2013, Tuesday
17h30 – 18h00 / YPs arrival, Refreshments
Programme Director
Jeshika Ramchand-Moonsamy
YPF Deputy Chairperson & Iliso
18h10 – 18h20 / Welcome Address
Jeshika Ramchand-Moonsamy
18h20 – 18h40 / YPF Vision
Likhaya Nkoki
YPF Chairperson & Carifro
18h40 – 18h50 / Introduction of Guest Speaker
Kieren Brown (PDNA)
18h50 – 19h20 / Key Note Address
Naren Bhojaram
CESA President & Royal HaskoningDHV
19h20 – 19h30 / Vote of Thanks
Tafadzwa Mukwena (YPF TreasurerBigen)
19h30 – 22h00 / Entertainment and Networking
DAY 2 – 14 August 2013, Wednesday
Programme Director – Likhaya Nkonki, YPF Chairperson
7h30 – 07h45 / YPs arrival, Refreshments
Theme: Yesterday, today & tomorrow Leaders
07h45 – 09h00 / Welcome and Introduction of Guest Speakers
Likhaya Nkonki
What it means to be a leader in such a time as this!
Gugu Moloi
Founder of Iman’ Africa Holdings
Message of Support
Clint Koopman
Chief Executive of ILISO Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Question & Answer Session
09h00 - 09h30 / Teaand Coffee Break
(with CESA Council Members)
09h30 - 10h00 / Council Welcome
Jeshika Ramchand-Moonsamy
Special Address and Introduction of Council
Abe Thela
CESA Deputy President
Theme: YP Business
10h30 – 11h30 /

YP National mandate/adoption of business plan 2014

Jeshika Ramchand-Moonsamy (Iliso)
Noqobo Bongoza (Goba)
11h30 – 12h30 / YPF Branch Capacitation
Branches
12h30 – 13h30 / Lunch
Theme: Sustainability Solutions
13h30 - 13h50 / Development and retaining professionals in the public sector
Adrian Peters
Head: Engineering, eThekwini Municipality, and Vice President of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
13h50 – 14h10 / Enterprise Sustainability and Skills development and retention of professionals – private sector
Imraan Mahomed (AECOM)
14h10 – 14h30 / Responsible development
Lucas-Jan Ebels (UWP)
14h30 – 15h00 / Panel discussion - Sustainability Solutions
Facilitator: Likhaya Nkonki
15h00 – 15h20 / Presentation & adoption of Imbizo resolutions
Tafadzwa Mukwena (Bigen)
15h20 – 15h30 / Wayforward and Farewell message
Likhaya Nkonki
Transition: Travel from Imbizo to Awards Gala Dinner
18h00 / Arrival at CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards (Vodaworld, Midrand)