Theme: Leading with Heart

Leading with Heart explores the role that empathy, compassion and other emotions play in driving sustainable solutions that impact human beings.

Guga S'thebe
Washington St, Langa
Cape Town, Western Cape, 7455
South Africa

David Parry-Davies

Activist

After a successful corporate career, this writer, speaker, host of The Eco-Logic Awards and editor of The Enviropaedia publication turned to his ‘heart's-calling’. He will be sharing his idea that encourages us to evolve (our hearts and minds) to become Eco-Logical human beings.

Giancarlo Beukes

Co-founder

Co-founder of Impulse Biomedical, a start-up company spun out from the Medical Devices lab at the University of Cape Town, which commercialises affordable healthcare technologies for the developing World. Their vision is to develop affordable healthcare technologies for developing and emerging markets, with the aim of ensuring accessibility for all to necessary life-saving technologies.

Gokul Nair

Co-Founder

Co-founder of Impulse Biomedical, a start-up company spun out from the Medical Devices lab at the University of Cape Town, which commercialises affordable healthcare technologies for the developing World. Their vision is to develop affordable healthcare technologies for developing and emerging markets, with the aim of ensuring accessibility for all to necessary life-saving technologies.

Rufaro Nyamuda

CEO

Founder and CEO of KeepSafe Schools, Rufaro is motivated by helping people from all walks of life, because of her background as a medical doctor and where she comes from. Her idea is that children can and should be empowered to create safer schools.

Ruth Hall

Professor

Ruth Hall is passionate about social justice and says her mission is “to make land reform sexy,". She is an expert advisor to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to reshape policy on land and respond to the controversial question of land expropriation without compensation.