Leadership Convention pulls in the talent - AMASA joins forces with Tomorrow’s Leaders
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The Advertising Media Association of South Africa (AMASA) has joined forces with the Tomorrow’s Leaders Convention in a bid to put the spotlight firmly on the media industry’s current and emerging talent.


AMASA has announced it will be hosting the Media and Advertising Industry Leaders Summit breakaway session at the prestigious Tomorrow’s Leaders Convention, at the Sandton Convention Centre on the 10th of March.

AMASA has been at the forefront of media education and training in South Africa for the past 38 years. As a non-profit making organisation, it interfaces with the AAA School of Advertising, hosts monthly distinguished industry speaker forums and co-ordinates the prestigious Roger Garlick Award which recognises innovation in media. AMASA is also responsible for the development and examination of the AAA media management module course.

AMASA has created a Bursary Fund which is made available to deserving graduate students. The AMASA Bursary Fund aims to inject talent into the media industry to aid the current shortage of skills entering the field. AMASA is committed to investing its resources in identifying, developing, attracting educating and keeping talented media and advertising individuals.

The Tomorrow’s Leaders Convention places the focus on South Africa’s corporate leaders of the future, recognizing them for the success they have already achieved in their careers. This year’s event – the second of its kind – will be addressed by ANC Treasurer General Matthews Phosa, Head of Anglo American SA Kuseni Dlamini, former DA leader Tony Leon and a number of other high profile people from a wide cross section of South African society.

The Convention comes at a time when South Africa and the world face economic turmoil on a scale not seen in nearly a century.

It will debate a wide range of issues including business, the oil industry, telecommunications,   science and technology, mining, media, transformation in investment, sustainable construction and engineering and South Africa’s burgeoning casino industry.

Hosted by Leadership Magazine and platinum sponsor Anglo American, the event attracts dynamic leaders who have already achieved unusual success in their careers and who are earmarked to head their companies and organisation in the future.

The editor of Leadership, Robbie Stammers, says the Convention is a unique opportunity to debate pressing leadership issues and provides a vital networking platform for the country’s emerging talent.

“The Convention will result in a blueprint for corporate South Africa, to be published in a coffee table book which, we believe, will become the bible of business in this country for years to come,” says Stammers.

According to event director, Dylan James, the nomination period is still open for the 2009 Convention and organisations have been invited to nominate their future leaders to attend, at no cost.

“South Africa has an abundance of highly talented leaders and the best way to ensure their future role in our country can be summed up in one word: recognition,” says James. “The Convention is the perfect opportunity to do just that”.

He believes the involvement of AMASA at this year’s event will help focus attention on the role of the media in a changing society.