Submission Process

What to expect if selected

Speaker fees are not paid. Speaker benefits will be outlined in the formal acceptance letter. As a not-for-profit organisation, only limited funds are available to speakers from outside South Africa for travel and accommodation and those wishing to apply for this must submit a written motivation on email to joanne@confco.co.za at the same time as submitting their abstract online.

Promotion – SAPICS will initiate active campaigns to promote the conference in general while highlighting some of the programme topics. Speakers are encouraged to promote their attendance and their topic to potential delegates in the lead up to the conference. Active, insightful participation (not spam) on the various social media platforms, as well as the distribution of conference information to your networks are some of the easiest ways to get delegates interested in your session.

Written Papers are requested from all speakers but are not mandatory. These written (white) papers are encouraged and highly sought after and are published by SAPICS via its website. Please indicate on the submission form if you are planning to provide a white paper if selected to speak.

Speaker Awards will be presented at the closing of the conference on Tuesday 21^st July as follows:

Best Speaker Award Best speaker at the Conference overall (selected from the speaker evaluations completed by the audience)

SAPICS Trophy Best written paper (selected by a panel of supply chain experts)

Most Innovative Presented to the speaker with the most Innovative presentation (selected by the audience)

Best Workshop Selected from the speaker evaluations completed by the workshop audience.

Finally, by submitting the application you agree to the terms and conditions below.

We look forward to receiving your submission and to learning from you!

Terms and Conditions

The submitted application is provided to SAPICS under the following terms and conditions.

The Speaker Selection Committee, at its sole discretion, will determine the acceptability of the submitted presentation. In addition, the Conference Committee will determine whether or not to publish a submitted paper either in whole or in part. SAPICS agrees to provide the author of the submitted paper with appropriate credit if the paper is published.
Authors of the submitted work/paper freely permit SAPICS to publish the submitted work/paper in any media so selected free of any compensation and/or royalty claims.
Authors of the submitted work/paper testify that the submitted paper does not contain confidential and/or proprietary information not owned by the author.
Speakers must adhere strictly to the duration selected on the application form. Time should be allocated by the speaker for questions and answers within this duration.
Individuals submitting an abstract are doing so with the understanding that they agree to abide by the conditions, deadline policies and the decisions of the Conference Committee.
If for any reason an accepted speaker is subsequently unable to attend the Conference, substitutions will NOT automatically be accepted, and the paper and substituted presenter shall be accepted solely at the discretion of the Speaker Selection Committee.
The written paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document for publication on the SAPICS website. Papers will be edited and formatted before being returned to the author for final approval.
Presentations must ideally be in Microsoft PowerPoint format and utilise the standard conference template provided by the Conference Secretariat. The PowerPoint presentations will also be published online post-conference together with the written paper where applicable. Alternative presentation suggestions will be considered.
A proposal should not be submitted unless the speaker is available to appear on any day of the SAPICS Conference.
Under no circumstances should the conference’s podium be used for direct promotion of a speaker’s product, service or for monetary self-interest.