Welcome Reception
All participants are invited to attend a welcome reception prior to the start of
the conference, at the Spier Wine Estate. Drinks and snacks will be served and
the evening will kick off the conference week. Reconnect with friends and
colleagues, plan the sessions you will attend, make appointments with producers
or traders and just enjoy the evening.
Conference Dinner
Delegates will be able to enjoy a taste of Africa at Moyo on the Spier Wine Estate.
Prepare yourself for an evening of vibrant African food and entertainment, from
across the continent. Your table might be in a tree house or a Bedouin tent, and
you will be surrounded by historic and contemporary African art, artefacts, design,
and ritual.
 Optional activities (not included in registration fees)
Spier Wine Estate offers a variety of activities for delegate to enjoy at their
own leisure, including a Spier sustainability tour, wine tasting, as well as touching
cheetahs and eagles from their nature outreach projects.
Spier Cheetah Outreach Programme:
Spier has made land available to a group of hand-raised cheetahs in the care of the
Cheetah Outreach Programme. Learn more about these incredible cats from a distance,
or get up close and personal and even step inside an enclosure. Entrance donations
help fund the cheetah outreach programme.
Cheetah outreach assists the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in their efforts to
ensure the survival of the free-ranging cheetah. An education facility aims to
increase global awareness of the cheetah and to raise funds for the centre so it
can run independently.
Eagle Encounters:
Spier is home to Eagle Encounters Raptor Rehabilitation Centre. Eagle Encounters
is a bird of prey rehabilitation, education, conservation and eco-tourism centre.
The long-term vision of the Eagle Encounters Project is that the organisations helps
to preserve the eco-environment by protecting birds of prey through the re-release of
rehabilitated birds back into the wild, and through creating community awareness of
birds of prey. Watch how ancient falconry techniques are used to train them to hunt.
Flying demonstrations are held daily.
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