Council Of Events Professionals Africa

17/09/2026

Very pleased to report that the "Chief Event Officers Playbook" was highly commended in the marketing and sales category at this years Business Book Awards. Congratulations to Sasha Frieze and the Practical Inspiration Publishing team. All the learners who participated in our online event management course received a copy at the start of the course.

21/07/2026

♻️ Last chance to register!

Tomorrow, the EGF, EXSA and AAXO will tackle one of the biggest sustainability challenges facing our industry: event waste.

Join industry leaders from RX Africa, Scan Display, Heritage and Chat'r Xperience as they discuss practical ways to reduce waste through better planning, smarter design and greater collaboration.

📅 Tomorrow | 12:00–13:00
💻 Online

👉 RSVP: https://zurl.co/s8WIx

Know someone involved in events, exhibitions or venues? Please share this with them.

16/07/2026

🌱 Ready to build your event greening knowledge?

Join Greg McManus for a practical one-day workshop covering the foundations of successful event greening.

Register: https://www.eventgreening.co.za/events/

08/07/2026

Designing for Everyone: Event Safety Through the Lens of Disability and Universal Access

A conference, expo, summit or festival each carries its own risk profile — crowd surges and bottlenecks at festival gates, fire and electrical risk in exhibition halls, medical emergencies during long summit days, and the ever-present threat of load-shedding cutting power to lifts and assistive technology mid-event. For guests with disabilities, these risks compound. An audio-only fire alarm is silent to a deaf attendee. A blocked accessible exit is, in practice, no exit at all.
During SACIA's Event Safety Summit, Manda, managing editor of THISABILITY newspaper, will explore event safety through the lens of disability and universal access.

Event Safety Summit
Date: 27-28 July 2026
Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre
Web: www.sacia.org.za
Tickets: https://sacia.org.za/event-6611245

17/06/2026

It's just 6 days to go before the start of our Event Management training course. If you've not yet registered, you can do so at https://sacia.org.za/event-6654913

Exhibitions & Events Association of Southern Africa (EXSA) SA Events Council John Arvanitakis Angelique Smith Hanlie Delport Lisa Welthagen

11/06/2026

Registrations are now open for the Event Greening Forum's upcoming webinar:

Creating, Implementing & Evaluating Your Sustainability Policy

Learn why sustainability policies matter, how they can benefit your organisation, and how to create a policy that supports meaningful action and continuous improvement.

📅 25 June 2026
⏰ 10:00 (SAST)
💻 Online
🎟️ Free

Register now: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/Lb-_84swRJGvAKuLqxBBCQ #/registration

More info: https://www.eventgreening.co.za/events/

11/06/2026

07/06/2026

On Wednesday, 3 June 2026 students from Tshwane University of Technology Main campus were inducted as student members of SACIA. These students have all passed the qualifying exam for a professional designation in event management, and will be inducted as a member of SACIA's Young Professionals Forum once they have graduated. Amazingly, this group achieved an average score of 79% on the qualifying exam - perhaps reflecting the close alignment between the classroom learning provided at the University and the competencies assessed in our qualifying exam. A big thank you to Hanlie Delport and the team at Exhibitions & Events Association of Southern Africa (EXSA) for sharing their GED celebrations with us - and a huge round of applause for Lisa Welthagen and the academic team at TUT.

29/04/2026

Please check out this article in the latest issue of Meetings magazine - https://online.fliphtml5.com/mkoxp/Meetings-March-April-26/ =98

23/04/2026

10-module online course in Event Management

This 10-week, online course covers the fundamental elements of event management, including the creation of corporate events such as conferences and conventions. It involves studying the brand, identifying its target audience, developing the event concept, and coordinating the technical aspects before launching.

The course is presented by leading academics, as well as industry practitioners who hold the SACIA Certified Event Professional designation. During the course, we will cover the various elements of event management, including event administration, operations, marketing, design and risk management, with a particular emphasis on the legislation and bylaws that impact event management in South Africa.
On conclusion of the course, all participants will write the qualifying exam for a SAQA-registered professional designation in event management.

Date: 23 June - 25 August 2026 - lectures take place at 7pm every Tuesday
Cost: R13,225. incl VAT
Register at

of corporate events such as conferences and conventions. It involves studying the brand, identifying its target audience, developing the event concept, and coordinating the technical aspects before launching.