CASE STUDY
SATC Virtual Conference
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bout the Southern African Transport Conference The Southern African Transport Conference is the longestrunning transport conference in the Southern African region. Besides the presentation of research and technology transfer papers, capacity building – in the form of workshops – is also an important focus. The SATC has always served as a forum to share experiences and exchange ideas on current transport-related issues. In the past, sessions were included to discuss provincial and municipal transport issues, such as ‘Transport infrastructure provision’, ‘Establishment of transport authorities’ and ‘Transport performance indicators’. During discussions with the thenMinister Mac Maharaj, the importance of the SATC in the transport debate was appreciated and, in recognition of this fact, the Minister agreed to become the Patron of the SATC. Subsequently, Ministers of Transport from Jeff Radebe to the current Minister Fikile Mbalula have also also fulfilled the role of Patron, which has no financial responsibility. In conclusion, the SATC is recognised as the premier forum for the debate of current transport-related issues. History A forerunner to the SATC was an annual transport research conference organised by the National Institute for Transport and Road Research (NITRR) of the CSIR, where papers were presented, revealing the progress of research in South Africa. The first conference was held in 1981
34 Business Events Africa August 2021
Dates: 5-7 July 2021 Conference organiser: We Are Virtual Delegates: 85 institutions represented by delegates Live event dates platform analytics: Day 1 Day 2 Platform log ins 2,178 2,072 260 269 Unique attendees
Day 3 1,723 235
Total 5,973 764
The virtual conference noted an overall unique visitor attendance of 764 over the three days collectively. These visitor/attendee figures are further broken down per day as follows: Event statistics Registered Delegates 468 Streams/Tracks 7 Plenary Talks 5 Sessions/Talks 131 84 Student Essays 5 Speakers Exhibitors 8 Country split of registered delegates: Countries Represented South Africa 436 Botswana 1 China 10 Chile 1 Canada 1 Germany 3 India 1 Mozambique 1 Namibia 2 Netherlands 2 Nigeria 2 Sudan 1 Uganda 1 UK 2 USA 1 Zimbabwe 1 N/A 2 TOTAL 468 www.businesseventsafrica.com
