Fully customized. Never off the shelf.
Built for your Cape Town stage.
Sylvie di Giusto calls the United States home, and airport lounges around the world her second office. She is a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame keynote speaker who helps organizations, and the people inside them, become impossible to replace. She has worked with leaders from Germany to the UK and Hong Kong, and brings two keynotes to Cape Town stages: Forever Human and The Power of Choice, live or as the world’s first 3D immersive keynote.
Cape Town has a way of putting things in perspective: one look at Table Mountain and the slides on your laptop suddenly feel very small. With an Austrian mother, a French father, a Spanish grandmother and an Italian grandfather, plus family ties to Switzerland and the UAE, I learned early that every audience brings its own world into the room, and Cape Town brings a big one.
For nearly twenty years I sat on your side of the table. I led the leadership academy of Europe’s largest retail and tourism group, decided which leaders rose, and booked the speakers who stood in front of them. I collaborated with teams from the UK to Hong Kong, and my insights come from real leadership practice, not theory, which a Cape Town room will notice within minutes.
Whether it’s an African innovation summit or a leadership conference for a global brand, I tailor every keynote to the local context and the global trends behind it. Today I live in Florida, I’ve served audiences in more than 25 countries, and my keynotes travel from South Africa to Southeast Asia. Cape Town is a stage worth crossing an ocean for.
The better the machines get, the more your people will set you apart.
AI just made everyone equally capable. Sylvie names the ten moves a machine still can’t make and shows your audience how to lead, sell and connect with the human signals technology can’t fake.
Why it lands in Cape Town: in the city that hosts Africa Tech Festival, your audience is shaping the continent’s digital future. This makes sure people stay at the heart of it.
Explore Forever Human
What your people know rarely gets them chosen. What others see in them does.
Clients, talent and the room decide in seconds. Sylvie reveals the five dimensions that quietly decide who gets kept, followed and chosen, and how to shape them on purpose.
Why it lands in Cape Town: in a city of many languages and cultures, it gives your people a shared framework for how trust is earned and who gets chosen.
Explore The Power of ChoiceNo slides, no pre-recorded hologram beamed in from somewhere else. Sylvie stays live in the room while holograms appear around her, and your leaders, sponsors and theme can step into the story. In Cape Town, our team works hand in hand with your venue and AV partner, so the wow never costs you a sleepless night.
Explore the 3D experienceCape Town hosted 58 international association meetings in 2024, up from 42 in 2023, and climbed 15 places to 35th in the world in the ICCA rankings. Here is what helps when you plan yours.
| Venue | Area | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| DHL Stadium (Cape Town Stadium) | Green Point | 55,000 |
| Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC 1 exhibition halls) | Foreshore | 9,500 |
| CTICC Auditorium 1 | Foreshore | 1,516 |
| Artscape Opera House | Foreshore | 1,487 |
Capacities as published by CTICC capacity charts / Cape Town Tourism / Artscape.
Sylvie di Giusto is a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame keynote speaker and has worked with leaders across Europe and Asia. She delivers two keynotes, Forever Human on the human edge in the age of AI and The Power of Choice on how people get chosen, either on a traditional stage or as the world’s first 3D immersive keynote.
Yes. Every keynote is researched and customized for your people, your industry and your theme, and Sylvie’s multicultural background helps her connect with audiences of many nationalities in Cape Town.
Yes, wherever there is a stage and a room that can go dark. Sylvie’s team works directly with your Cape Town venue and AV partner, checks the floor plan early and sends the full tech requirements. See how the experience works.
Forever Human. It shows audiences the ten moves a machine still can’t make, and turns AI anxiety into a clear plan for the human skills that grow in value as technology gets better.
The Power of Choice. It reveals the five dimensions that decide who gets kept, followed and chosen, and shows people how to shape those judgments on purpose. It is built on Sylvie’s book The Image of Leadership.
Yes. Sylvie speaks in more than 25 countries. Her team handles travel and logistics, so you work with one contact from the first call to the show.
Yes. Sylvie partners with speaker bureaus around the world. If a bureau already supports your event, Sylvie’s team will work directly with them from the first call to the show, so you keep the partner you trust.
Sylvie’s team handles it with you. Sylvie speaks internationally all year, so her team knows the paperwork a cross-border keynote can involve: business visas or work permits, invitation letters, and any tax forms South Africa requires for foreign speakers. They check the requirements for South Africa early, tell you exactly what they need from you, and take care of the rest, so nothing stands between your date and the stage.
As early as your dates are set. Peak conference seasons in Cape Town fill venues and hotels fast, and the 3D immersive keynote needs a few weeks of custom work for your audience. Check availability to hold your date.
Yes. Both keynotes are available in person, hybrid or virtual, and each version is customized to your audience and theme.
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