Africa’s advertising and media showcase, Mega Media Expo, is coming to the Sandton Convention Centre on 4 & 5 March. This will be the second Mega Media, after its successful launch in Cape Town last year.
The show concentrates on advertising mediums available to marketers and media buyers and includes exhibitors like The Citizen, BizCommunity, AdReach, Media24, Alive Advertising, Foozi and others. Apart from the exhibits, the event also aims to educate and offer marketers short 30-min workshops on interesting topics. This year the topics and speakers include:
Wednesday 4 March 2009
11:00 | The Journalist of the future - Robin Parker (BizCommunity.com)
12:00 | Mobile marketing - the 7th mass media - Harry Trisos (Mobilety)
13:00 | Building brands for 2010 and beyond - Thebe Ikalafeng
14:00 | Marketing to the youth - Jason Levin (HDI Youth Marketing)
15:00 | Marketing in for an "Attention Economy" - Heather Swart (Zoom Advertising)
Thursday 5 March 2009
11:00 | On-line marketing - Achieving results - Christine da Silva (Altersage)
12:00 | Media Selection - a qualitative approach - Mike Freedman (Freed Thinkers)
13:00 | The challenge of change - Micheal Jackson (The other Micheal Jackson)
14:00 | The media and credit risk - Mandy Kayser (Corexalance)
15:00 | Media on demand - Stanley Edwards (Platypus Productions)
Entrance to the expo and workshops are free of charge to all marketers. The show is open from 10am to 6pm on both Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 March 2009. For more information call the organizer, CADEK Media on 021 855 4750 or visit www.mediaexpo.co.za
