Raquel de Castro Maia, talks about the indigenous flora and fauna on Gondwana Game Reserve along the Garden Route and the discovery of a rare orchid population that was thought to be nearly extinct

Yvette Young, founder of Adult for People with Autism (APPA) talks about the challenges that parents of autistic adults face and the limited number of autism-specific facilities on offer for autistic adults

Our guest presenter, Dr. Imtiaz Sooliman who is a world-renowned Philanthropist and Founder of ‘Gift of the Givers’ spoke about how he terminated his practice in June 1994 to concentrate fully on Gift of the Givers Foundation, which he founded in 1992. He is later joined by DR Gideon Groenewald hydrologist, geologist and palaeontologist and Dr Yakub Essack-head of the Gift of the givers medical team, who spoke about their meaningful contribution in helping distressed communities across the globe.

Emerging Eastern Cape artist Sonwabiso Ngcai spoke about being crowned as the overall winner of 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards. He took home R150 000 in cash for his sculpture entitled Isigu, or The Snare.

Guy Yachdav, project supervisor spoke about how computer algorithms predict next characters to be eliminated in 'Game of Thrones'.
Computer science students at the Technical University of Munich have developed an application that scours the internet for data on the popular "Game of Thrones series," and uses an algorithm to predict which characters are most likely to survive to the end of its final season.

Astrid Treffry-Goatley, Post-doctoral Fellow at Networks of change and wellbeing at Centre for Visual Methodologies for Social Change at University of KwaZulu-Natal spoke about how storytelling can help alleviate the effects of disease.

A team of researchers from the University of Kwazulu Natal working across education, medicine and health conducted a study which combines storytelling with computer and video production technology.

Our Thought Leader Koffi Kouakou, Africa analyst and scenario strategist spoke about 39 year old Senegal-born Sibeth Ndiaye who has been recently appointed as the French government spokeswoman.

Later we were joined by Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya, Director of Project Management at Mapungubwe Institute For Strategic Reflection who spoke about the MISTRA Arts and National Development Imbizo.

Moude Maodi-Swartz, paralegal officer for the OUT wellbeing at Love Not Hate Legal Clinic spoke about the new LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) legal clinic that has been opened in Hatfield.

A 2016 study by the organisation found that 44% of LGBTI people surveyed said they had experienced discrimination in the previous two years, and 88% hadn’t reported these incidents.

Fehmida Jordaan, founder of the Halaal Goods Market talks about the market, which was launched in July 2017. The Halaal Goods Market is the first artisanal halaal food and design market in South Africa, which offers a variety of goods from halaal meals, delicacies, beverages and clothing.

Anaesthesiologist, Dr Bruce Biccard talks about the in-hospital maternal mortality rate following a Caesarean delivery in Africa, which may be 50 times higher than in high-income countries.

These were the findings of the African Surgical Outcomes Study that followed more than 3500 mothers from 22 African countries during a week of surgery in 2016.