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Design Indaba Conference 2016
Experience the wonder of creativity. Design Indaba Festival 2016 presents its flagship creative conference from 17 to 19 February 2016 in Cape Town and broadcast live to 6 Southern African cities.

In 2016 for the first time Design Indaba Festival moves its annual conference to Artscape Theatre, in a renewed format of the annual festival of creativity.
A variety of exhibitions and special features will happen alongside the flagship event and live broadcasts via simulcast to selected Southern African cities.
Bringing together a widely varied programme of talks, exhibits, film, music and other special performances, visitors to the 2016 event can expect to find a veritable theatre of creativity.
View the programme below (expand to view speaker profiles) or download as a PDF.
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Watch videos from previous years in our Conference Talks section.
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Event Information
Event Information
Venue: New venue for 2016!- Wednesday, 17 February, 2016 (All day)
- Thursday, 18 February, 2016 (All day)
- Friday, 19 February, 2016 (All day)
Artscape session venues:
Conference – The Opera House
Simulcast – The Theatre
Media Simulcast – The Arena
Ticket InformationConference 2016 registration is open!
Individual Bookings / Group Bookings
Simulcast South Africa / Simulcast Namibia
Conference 2016 rates
Individual ticket prices Book now Full Indaba (three-day ticket) R7 900.00 One-day ticket R3 065.00 Two-day ticket R6 130.00 Early Bird*/Directory discount (10%) R7 110.00 Alumni*/Academic discount (15%) R6 715.00 Group bookings Book now Group (5-10) discount (5%) R7 505.00 Group (11-25) discount (10%) R7 110.00 Group (26-plus) discount (15%) R6 715.00 Design Indaba Simulcast
Cape Town
Book now Simulcast: Over-25s R1 600.00 Simulcast: Age 25 and under R1 400.00 JHB, KZN, PE, Potchefstroom
Book now Simulcast: Full event ticket R1 030.00 Simulcast: One-day ticket R380.00 Simulcast: Two full event tickets R1 880.00 Windhoek
Book now Simulcast: Full event ticket R1 030.00 Simulcast: One-day ticket R380.00 Simulcast: Two-day ticket R630.00 Simulcast: Two full event tickets R1 880.00
Registration for the main Conference is at Artscape on Tuesday 16 February, from 13:00 to 19:00, and on Wednesday morning from 07:00. The Conference will commence each day at 09:00 sharp so please arrive early to be registered and seated by 08:45.
During the Conference, late registration will be open on Wednesday until 18:00; Thursday from 07:00 to 17:00; and Friday from 07:00 to 10:00.
Registration times for the Simulcast is the same as the above from Wednesday to Friday. There is no early registration on Tuesday for the Simulcasts.

Time schedule coming soon.


Design Indaba Conference is hosted in Cape Town and broadcast to various cities via live Simulcast.
The Potchefstroom Simulcast is being held at NWU at the Potchefstroom Campus School for Music Conservatory / Konservatorium. View Map