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CNN International is the world's leading global 24-hour news network. Launched in 1985, the channel's output comprises its trademark breaking news, business news, sports news, current affairs and analysis, documentaries and feature programming. CNN has remained at the forefront of an increasingly competitive market, with a growing international newsgathering operation and intricate network of regionalised services and affiliates, to establish itself as a truly global brand.

With a strong heritage of offering extensive coverage and analysis of international events and stories of global importance, CNN continues to invest in intelligent and compelling news, setting the standard for forging unique audience connections that truly engage consumers worldwide.

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Mr Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa
Mr Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Tourism South Africa
Mr Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General
Prof. Robert Baade, President International Association of Sports Economists, Chicago
Mr Jean-Claude Baumgarten, President and CEO: World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)
Mr Nico Bezuidenhout, CEO: Mango airlines
Mr Geoff Buckley, Director: New Earth Tourism Pty Ltd and Sydney Urban Adventures
Mr Greg Clark, Chairman: OECD LEED (Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development, Local Economic and Employment Development) Forum on Development Agencies and Investment Strategies
Mr Márcio Favilla Lucca de Paula, Executive Director: UNWTO
Dr Dawid (Dawie) de Villiers, Chairperson: UNWTO Ethics Committee
Mr George S. Dragnich, Executive Director: International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Prof. Ian Goldin, Director: James Martin 21st Century School University of Oxford
Prof. Leo Jago, Nottingham University
Dr Danny Jordaan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO): 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Local Organising Committee, South Africa
Mr Rajiv Kapoor, Visa Inc.
Mr Liu Kezhi, Director-General: Marketing and International Co operation, China National Tourism Administration
Mr Sanjay Kothari, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, India
Prof. Geoffrey H. Lipman, Advisor to the UNWTO SG
Mr Jabulane (Jabu) Mabuza, Chairperson of South African Tourism
Ms Jane Madden, Head of Tourism Division in the Australian Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Ms Tumi Makgabo, Master of Ceremonies
Dr James Dawos Mamit, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Malaysia
Mr Francis (Frank) McCosker, Microsoft
Ms Anita Mendiratta, CNN TASK (Tourism Advertising Solutions and Knowledge)
Mr Francis Mfune, Executive Director: Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA)
Mr Kim Norgaard, CNN
Mr Theodore Oben, Chief: Sport and the Environment Unit, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Mr Gert C. Oosthuizen, Deputy Minister of Sport Recreation, South Africa
Mr Vivian Patrick Petersen, Director-General: Sport and Recreation South Africa
Mr Andrew Pozniak, Google
Mr Christopher Rodrigues, Chairman: Visit Britian
Mr David Sidenberg, Director: Sponsor Value Research Services, and Head: Strategic Consulting & Rights Structuring, BMI Sport Info
Mr Carlos Silva, National Secretary of Tourism Policies, Brazil
Ms Roshene Singh, Chief Marketing Officer: South African Tourism
Mr Chris Smyth, Acting CEO: South African Airways (SAA)
Ms Anitha Soni, Chairperson: International Marketing Council (IMC)
Prof. Bernd Süssmuth, Department of Economics, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg
Prof. Kamilla Swart, Centre for Tourism Research in Africa, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)
Mr Gavin B. Tollman, Joint CEO: The Travel Corporation
Prof. Douglas Michele Turco, Drexel University, Philadelphia
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Nobel laureate
Mr Jérôme Valcke, FIFA Secretary-General (SG)
Prof. Daneel van Lill, Director: School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg

All delegates must apply for the relevant visa BEFORE leaving their country to attend the T20 Ministerial Dialogue and/or the TSME Summit. NO visas will be issued upon arrival in South Africa.