The Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce to speak at the TIC.
March 8th, 2008 by 
stuart
I got an invitation a few days ago to a Speaker Forum at the Technology Innovation Centre (TIC), where the guest speaker is supposed to be the Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce. The invitation says to come & hear about:
- The Minister’s plans for the MSME sector.
- Policies that will address major challenges affecting business growth.
- Business incubation as a developmental tool.
- And much more.
I will admit that my first reaction to this invitation was “yawn, not another speech”. After all, why would the Minister say anything new about these important topics to such a small audience? But the more I think about it, the more curious I get. I have not heard the Minister say anything about these topics before, so anything he says will be probably be important (and some of it may even be interesting). I am also kind of curious to find out, exactly what is meant by a Speaker Forum. It sounds like a speech followed by a Q&A session, but maybe it will turn out to be something else.
The danger of course, is that I will go and get trapped at some kind of press conference that I would be better off watching on TV from the comfort of my favourite chair. Still, even that might be interesting (certainly it would be new for me). So on Monday I will see if I am not too late to accept the inivitation.
