Live event technical and production training organisation, the South African Roadies Association (SARA) will be hosting Africa’s first-ever Live Event Technical & Production Conference (LETPC 2015) from 13 to 16 May 2015, during Africa Month, at the Sunnyside Park Hotel in Parktown, Johannesburg.
The main purpose of this unique conference is to gather relevant stakeholders, professionals and practitioners in the events, technical, production and education sectors, along with international market leaders, to discuss the need for a critical upgrade of skills development, sector training and skill interventions. Currently, the sector’s skill qualification is only at matriculation level and urgently needs to increase to at least NQF 5 in order to match international standards.
The conference is supported by the Department of Arts and Culture, the event’s anchor sponsor. “We encourage all other departments and organisations to support this first-of-a-kind conference,’ says a spokesperson from the Ministry of Arts & Culture.
The conference keynote address will be delivered by the Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa.
SARA president, Freddie Nyathela expressed the organisation’s gratitude towards the department: “It is with great respect and appreciation that SARA acknowledges the vision and ground-breaking support from the Department of Arts and Culture for what is anticipated as an annual conference that will make an indelible and on-going contribution to the development and transformation of the education, event, technical and production sectors in South Africa.’
SARA officials hope that the conference will have the following impact on the events, technical and production sectors in South Africa:
– Increase skills qualifications to NQF 5
– Job creation
– High level of entrepreneurship
– Equity creation
– Public-private partnerships
– Foreign equipment manufacturer training and investments in SA
– Entry level on-the-job training programme management
– Sector development
Industry topics will be addressed by international and local market leaders. International speakers who have confirmed their attendance at LETPC 2015 are:
– John Botham OBE from Semperior LTD (UK)
– Adrian Brooks from Backstage Academy (UK)
– Pauline Tambling CBE from Creative & Cultural Skills (UK)
– Randell Greenlee from VPLT, the German Event Technology Association (Germany)
– Frank Andrewartha from Quest Engineering (Australia)
– Andy Lenthall from Production Services Association UK)
LETPC 2015 is open to practitioners, professionals and stakeholders serving in the events, technical, production and education sectors.
Registration is now open. To register, visit www.letpc.co.za. Register before 20 April 2015 to qualify for the early-bird reduced fee.
