The bright eyed bushy tailed crowd (who apparently rode bikes up a mountain early in the morning of day 2) and the red eyed party bunch (need I say more) gathered for the last day of the symposium. Admittedly, the weather was much better than the day before and after the previous day’s socializing it was almost difficult to concentrate. Continue reading

The Panel Discussion – Are we winching?

Okay, so after hearing speeches from Tom Bowman and Matthew Bull, the symposium continued with a panel discussion. The panel discussion was scheduled for 90 minutes and was due to cover several topics. But as you can imagine, with all the heated debate and discussion we were not able to cover everything. Continue reading

Not having been in the Cape for quite some time, I was excited to go down to the Habari Symposium held at the Spier Wine Estates. It is a 2 day conference from 25 to 26 March 2009.  I’m a bit disappointed with the Cape weather, but at least I am having a good time! Here’s a recap of the speakers yesterday:

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