Zim to host 2017 Research Symposium

Bianca Leboho Herald Reporter
Zimbabwe is set to host the eleventh edition of the International Research Symposium in 2017, in the resort town of Victoria Falls, officials announced yesterday.

The symposium will be hosted by the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ) in partnership with the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) at Elephant Hills Resort in Victoria Falls.

Addressing journalists at a press conference in Harare yesterday, RCZ executive director Mrs Susan Muzite said the research symposium was going to allow entrepreneurs among other delegates to exchange information, research findings and ideas for wealth creation.

“The Zimbabwe international research symposium is an international event dedicated to showcasing the latest scientific research results. It is an opportunity in line with Zim-Asset for forging links for research collaboration across all disciplines and institutions,” said Mrs Muzite.

“We will host the eleventh edition of the symposium from the 16th of February up to the 17th of February in 2017. We expect a minimum of 1 000 delegates from all parts of the world to attend the symposium”.

Mrs Muzite said there was need for adequate time to ensure that the research symposium gathered enough momentum to enable it to be a successful event.

She said the research symposium was open to policy makers, captains of industry in various disciplines, students, entrepreneurs, artisanal miners and the media.

“The symposium is an opportunity for people with great ideas to be heard despite educational backgrounds. All the papers presented at the symposium will also be published thus it is an opportunity not to be missed,” added Mrs Muzite.

ZTA chief operations officer Mr Givemore Chidzidzi said the symposium was an opportunity for ZTA to market Zimbabwe’s tourist resorts, particularly Victoria Falls as the symposium is set to attract the international business community.

“As the tourism sector, we want to promote business tourism because it is compulsory and has fewer factors that may deter its occurrence, compared to leisure tourism,” he said.