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| Dale ImermanDale Imerman heads up marketing at Peresys, a technology provider to the financial markets, forming the largest connected trading community in Africa. He's been a crackerjack online strategist, advertiser and digital publisher for over a decade and regularly contributes to Prestige magazine, African Investor and a tally of online resources. He welcomes comments on his fun blog (www.idale.co.za), followers on Twitter (@idale) and can be reached 24/7 on . [Discovery Invest Leadership Summit] Kick-off at press conference10 Aug 2010 19:10:00 Some of the world's leading business thinkers will bring South Africans their secrets and insights at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit on Wednesday, 11 August 2010, at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. I'll be there, thanks to Bizcommunity.com. The impressive list, of whom I was able to meet a few, includes Rudy Guiliani, former mayor of the city of New York; revered businessmen Johann Rupert, Adrian Gore and Tokyo Sexwale; and Dr Mamphela Ramphele, renowned SA businesswomen and thought leader. Nassim Taleb, best-selling author of Black Swan, will certainly enlighten the audience with his profound insights on how to design ways to live in a world we don't quite understand. And lastly, co-author of Freakonomics Stephen Dubner promises through his wry humour and strong storytelling to illustrate how economics, at its root, is about incentives; and how, if you understand the incentives that lead a schoolteacher to cheat, you can understand what caused the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Press briefing I was fortunate enough to attend the press briefing held today, Tuesday 10 August, at the Discovery Offices in Sandton, where four of the speakers vaguely discussed what they would be presenting at the summit the following day. Armed with my iPhone and a Twitter account, I began sharing their stories and will continue doing so from the summit itself tomorrow throughout the day. Here is what you've missed so far... please note the hashtag for the event is #dils2010. Press conference Live-tweeting from the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit tomorrow... What?! You haven't heard of the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit?!?! Meet Adrian Gore from Discovery now to find out more about tomorrow's Leadership Summit. Will be live tweeting from the event all day. Also meeting Stephen Dubner (#FFREAKONOMICS) now... he's talking at the #Discovery Invest Leadership Summit I'm live tweeting tom... Have you read Freakonomics?? #freakonomics http://twitpic.com/2dcokz The speakers arrived at the press conference: Dubner, Ramphela, Taleb & Gore... http://twitpic.com/2dcx5x Adrian Gore says summit will expose people to cutting edge thinking... http://twitpic.com/2dcxr7 Nassim Talib will discuss how if you're too big you hurt others when you collapse and forecasting errors... http://twitpic.com/2dcz4z Mamphela Ramphele will speak about leadership in a complex society...How do we close gap of our vision vs reality http://twitpic.com/2dczyb Stephen Dubner "I'm here to talk about "crack kings and prostitution ;-)" lol http://twitpic.com/2dd0lk A surprise! Tokyo Sexwale will also be speaking at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit tomorrow! http://twitpic.com/2dd19d Covering the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit 2010 #dils2010 tomorrow. Seem that Altruism, the selfless concern for the welfare of others, is going to be a big discussion point at #dils2010 tomorrow Nassim Taleb talks about double dip recession "trying to solve problem by increasing risk!" will say more tomorrow... #dils2010 Stephen Dubner is a legend! And he signed my copy of Freakonomics! #dils2010 #freakonomics http://twitpic.com/2dfzhx
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