Schneider Electric presents Food and Beverage Innovation Day – to focus on critical trends and development with high-level speakers and discussions

Well-known business news anchor, Nzinga Qunta will host the day which will include opening remarks by Devan Pillay, Cluster President, Schneider Electric, Anglophone Africa and keynotes by best-selling author and renowned speaker, Vusi Thembekwayo and Mohamed El Khateb, Regional Segment Leader, MEA and India at Schneider Electric.

Schneider Electric is encouraging all food and beverage (F&B) & CPG decision-makers, senior management as well as leaders with a focus on energy management, digitisation, automation and sustainability to attend the event.

“Our Food and Beverage Innovation Day will undoubtedly provide delegates with insightful and tangible information on future trends, innovation and practical interventions in this exciting industry,” says Vikash Rampathi, Segment Marketing Lead at Schneider Electric.

In a bid to ignite economic growth in South Africa, many F&B companies have recently made key investments in the country. From food giants establishing manufacturing facilities to enable local food production, to beverage leaders injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into strategic projects, the global F&B industry is beginning to see the potential of South Africa’s lucrative market.

To this end, sustainability, digitisation, agility, and profitability will be more important than ever in driving the F&B industry’s growth trajectory. The Food and Beverage Innovation Day speaker and panel topics will include:

• Vusi Thembekwayo - observable trends and food & beverage industry challenges; the need to transform the value chain end-to-end, by putting sustainability and human capital at the centre of the conversation.
• Panel Discussion - Gerhard Greeff (Chairman: MESA Board).
  • The state of the manufacturing industry, counting the costs of unreliable power, water shortages regulations and fuel cost.
  • How digital transformation can be a catalyst towards efficiencies and cost reduction.
• Peter Grobler (Managing Director: Astratek).
  • Hygienic engineering in design, machine specification, food safety and contamination avoidance.
  • This will improve brand image, and avoid personal liabilities, and claims
• Symphony of practical solutions: How does data become actionable insights.
• Optimum control through resilient technology | Sustainability through smart energy.

If you will be attending and are interested in speaking to any of the below Schneider Electric speakers, please respond to this email by the 20^th of June (Tuesday).