The South African Plastic Pipe Manufacturer’s Association (SAPPMA) will be hosting its 9th Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 20 August 2013 at the Bytes Conference Centre in Midrand.

Dr TaddyBlecher, Chairperson of the SA National Government task team on Entrepreneurship, Education and Job Creation, and CEO of the Maharishi Institute and the Community and Individual Development Association, has been invited as keynote speaker.

Dr Blecher is considered to be a pioneer of the free tertiary education movement in South Africa, and has helped to create six free access institutions of higher learning.  He was recipient of the World Economic Forum “Global Leader of Tomorrow” award in 2002, and was a World Economic Forum “Young Global Leader of the World” in 2005.  Some of his other accomplishments include being a Skoll Global Social Entrepreneur, an Ashoka Fellow, and having been awarded two honorary doctorates.

“We would like to invite both members and non-members to what promises to be a very relevant and interesting talk by one of his top 5 most influential entrepreneurs in the world over the last 30 years,”  says SAPPMA CEO, Jan Venter.

Other highlights on the programme include the announcement of the annual SAPPMA merit award winners during the awards ceremony, followed by a lunch.  To RSVP or obtain more information, kindly email Louise Muller at admin@sappma.co.za or call (011) 314-4021.