AFRICA 2021

  • 13 - 15 April 2021
  • Lake Victoria, Uganda

Social Programme

The vast Speke Resort offers a variety of venues for social events conveniently located within the same site, but with different surroundings and character.

Cultural excursion

Monday 12 April

An excursion will take place before the conference, beginning mid-morning and including lunch. Details will be announced in due course.

Reception for Chairpersons & Speakers

Monday 12 April

The Stables Restaurant offers an ideal venue for the Speakers’ and Chairpersons’ dinner, before the conference begins. It has a large decked terrace, overlooking a lawn and scenic gardens with blossoming trees.

Welcome Reception

Tuesday 13 April

The Welcome Reception is planned to take place on a vast lawn, directly overlooking Lake Victoria; apéritifs will be followed by a buffet supper and musical entertainment.

Networking Party in the Exhibition

Wednesday 14 April

On the second afternoon of the conference, the exhibition area will remain open into the early evening for a Networking party, giving participants extra time to meet exhibitors and establish new business contacts. Drinks and light snacks will be served.

Farewell Dinner

Thursday 15 April

The AFRICA 2021 Farewell Gala Dinner will provide a chance to discover another area of the resort. Apéritifs will be taken beside an Olympic-sized swimming pool, before dinner, with entertainment, in a semi-outdoor venue surrounded by palm trees.

The Venue

The AFRICA 2021 Conference sessions and Technical Exhibition will take place at the Speke Resort Munyonyo, Lake Victoria, Uganda.

Conference Themes

Themes will include civil engineering and dam construction, safety and cyber security, social and environmental concerns, challenging schemes, multipurpose development, rural electrification, and training and capacity building, among many others.

Technical Exhibition

The leading consultants, contractors, equipment suppliers, professional association and other hydro specialists will showcase their activities and services during the three-day exhibition which will run concurrently with the conference.

Social Programme

A full social and cultural programme is being arranged to give attendees the opportunity to relax in an informal atmosphere with friends from the international hydro community.

Study Tours

Two post-Conference study tours are planned, to give participants an opportunity to visit Uganda’s most important dams and hydropower plants; itineraries are still to be confirmed, and timings checked, so the information below is provisional.

Conference Programme

AFRICA 2021 will take place at the Speke Resort Munyonyo beside Lake Victoria, Uganda. The fourth in the AFRICA regional conference series, previous events have been held in Ethiopia, Morocco and Namibia. 

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Monday 12 April

Pre-conference workshops and Chairpersons' & Speakers' meetings and reception.

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Tuesday 13 April

Opening ceremony, technical sessions begin and evening Welcome reception.

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Wednesday 14 April

Technical sessions continue and extended opening of the Exhibition.

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Thursday 15 April

Technical sessions continue, closing ceremony and Farewell Dinner.

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AFRICA 2021

  • 13 - 15 April 2021
  • Lake Victoria, Uganda

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