SCALE SOUTH AFRICA
Call For Speakers
We invite you to submit a proposal to be a speaker at Scale South Africa or Scale Open South Africa.
This is a unique opportunity to share your experience, knowledge and expertise with our audience on how to scale successfully scale a short-term rental business.
We are looking for presentations and panel discussions that showcase best practices, innovative strategies, and lessons learned to educate hundreds of professional property managers from across South Africa and surrounding countries.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What you need to know to submit your proposal
How long are the sessions?
Individual session
Sessions will last approximately 25 minutes plus an additional 5 minutes of audience Q&A.
Panels
Panels will last approximately 30-45 minutes. Up to 1 hour if the topic requires more than 4 panellists.
What should be included in the proposal?
All submissions must be educational or advisory in nature and must not include promotions for products or services.
Please note that we expect a high number of applications for a very limited number of sessions available. We aim to match submitted sessions with the most popular topics selected by our attendees.
What topics should be focused upon?
The most popular topics amongst previous Scale Show attendees include the following:
AI, Branding, Data Benchmarking, Destination Management, Environmental Sustainability, Franchising Models, Future Trends, International Growth, OTAs, PR, Professionalisation, Profitability, Property Acquisition, Raising Capital, Reputation Management, Staffing & Team Growth, and Technology & Innovation.
What is the deadline to present my proposal?
In general, we accept proposals for a conference up to two months before the event.
Is there a way to have a guaranteed speaking opportunity?
Only Headline Sponsors are offered a speaking/workshop opportunity.
If you submit a speaking proposal, we will carefully evaluate it but unfortunately we cannot guarantee that it will be accepted.