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25 & 26 JULY 2024
CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria

2024 Lighting the Future Nurses Conference

Join us for this year’s Nurses Conference.

In the future it is said that lighting is expected to be increasingly used to promote the health and well-being of the occupants of spaces. The technical term used for this new trend, is biophilic lighting – a term that refers to incorporating the healing characteristics of the natural elements of nature such as sunlight, green plants, or water.

While all our healthcare and educational institutions are not yet able to do so, we are well aware that good nurses and teachers can contribute to the well-being of their clients.

Take up your torch and join us at the CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria for our annual Lighting the Future Conference for nurses and midwives where we will work together towards a better tomorrow for our patients and students.

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Meet Our Expert Faculty

Expert talks affecting day to day nursing practice

Cllr Cilliers Brink
Mayor of Tshwane

In 2012, he obtained his LLB Degree from UP and in 2013 he went on to obtain his Practical Legal Training Certificate from the LSSA Practical Law School. In 2016, Brink became the MMC for Corporate and Shared Services in the City of Tshwane. He held this position until May 2019, when he got sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP). As an MP, he served on the Portfolio of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. In September 2022, Brink became National Spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance, a position he held until he was elected as the Executive Mayor of Tshwane.

Mr Martin Kuscus
Owner and founder of Martin Kuscus and Associates
Published book Credibility Matters

Martin is a business leader, author, speaker, and transformational coach. He was the former MEC of Finance in the North West Provincial Government from 1994 until 2004. Before that, he spent 17 years in the nursing profession. In June 2004 he became CEO of the South African Bureau of Standards a position he held until July 2009, positioning the organisation amongst the top ten certification bodies in the world. He then started his own business ventures.

Ms Lizette de Villiers
Qualified teacher
Co-Author of through the looking glass

Lizette qualified as a teacher. She is also a professional graphologist and completed her Honours degree in Psychology at the University of Johannesburg in 2005. She participated in designing and developing Shadowmatch (www.shadowmatch.com) and the business design tool NXTmove (www.nxtmove4ir.com). Lizette is the author and co-author of several publications. The latest publication is Through The Looking Glass Into The Mirror (authors Pieter de Villiers, Lizette de Villiers, and Jan Niemand).

Mr James Waterson
Senior Medical Affairs Manager, Medication Management Solutions
EMA. Becton Dickinson and Company

James Waterson has been a registered nurse for over 30 years in the United States and the United Kingdom. He has worked primarily in critical care pediatrics and in organ transplantation, and received his master’s degree in Medical Education from the University of Dundee in 2009. He worked and taught in the United States, the Middle East, China, and Switzerland for a number of years, and was director of nursing education for Dubai Health Authority before taking up his current position of Medical Affairs Manager for the Middle East and Africa with Becton Dickinson.

Dr Joana Woods
Senior Research Clinician (MBChB/ Dip of HIV medicine/MPH)
MBBCh (Wits), Dip of HIV (CMSA), MPH (UWC)

Dr Woods currently work as a Senior Clinical Research at Ezintsha, a sub-division of Wits Health Consortium (Wits University), in clinical trials. They are involved in ART optimization research, new long-acting agents (eg ART injectables), PREP programmes, and COVID treatment trials. Dr Woods have a background in public health, having also worked in primary healthcare setting for years- in TB/HIV care, as well as mentoring clinicians in clinical care of patients with advanced HIV disease.

Dr Gale Ure
Vice chairperson of the Life Healthcare health research ethics committee
PHD in bioethics and health law, D Lit et Phil in psychology

Dr Ure holds double doctorates – one in psychology and the other in bioethics and health law, and is an honorary lecturer in bioethics and health law at Wits Medical School, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics. She has been a PEPFAR fellow seconded to World Vision International working with carers of orphans of Aids and vulnerable children in rural Thaba Nchu and Matatiele, South Africa.

Mr Reinhardt Jobse
Giggle Guru
Specialises in Group Laughter Therapy

Reinhardt Jobse is a passionate advocate for empowering others to make a positive impact, utilizing his expertise in coaching, speaking, and facilitating. He specialises in helping individuals, teams, and organisations unlock their hidden potential to thrive effortlessly.

Professor Leaticia Rispel
Professor of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand
Research Chair on the Health Workforce

Laetitia Rispel is a professor of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she holds a Research Chair on the Health Workforce as part of the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI). She is an NRF rated researcher, whose research interests are in human resources for health and the performance of the health care system.

Mr Chris Fenning
Award-winning business author, instructor and speaker

Chris Fenning makes it easier for us to communicate at work. He helps experts talk to non-experts, teams talk to executives, and much more. Chris’s practical methods are used in organisations like Google and NATO, and have appeared in the Harvard Business Review. He is also the author of multiple award-winning books on communication and training that have been translated into 16 languages.

Dr Jeanneth Nxumalo
SANC Deputy Registrar

Ms Jeanneth Nxumalo is the SANC Deputy Registrar responsible for the core business of the South African Nursing Council (SANC) since July 2022. She has been working at the SANC since July 2005 to date and occupied various positions. She also worked as a Nurse Educator at the former Gazankulu College of Nursing (Limpopo) for 14 years, Evuxakeni psychiatric and Tintswalo hospitals as a professional Nurse.