The Future Pre-Awards Conference!

The organisers The Future Awards 2010 have announced the second edition of the annual The Future Pre-Awards “Do Something” Conference. It holds on Saturday, 6 February 2009, a day before the awards night.

“We will be giving young people the rare opportunity to meet some of the highest achieving young Nigerians you can find,” Chude Jideonwo, the event’s creative director said. “The conference was an idea that started last year as an extension of our plans to use The Future Awards to develop more practical programmes that can give young people access to knowledge skills and experience that can move them forward. As usual, the focus of our efforts is on role modelling, and this follows that trend.”

The conference, which has the payoff, “Stop watching. Stop waiting. Stop wanting. Do something!”, holds at the main hall of the popular Welcome Centre, International Airport Road, Ikeja at 10am. The gate fee for the conference is, as usual, highly subsidised at N500, and participants can register at the venue of the event by 8am, or they can register on the website www.thefuturenigeria.com before then to get confirmed seats.

The Full List of Speakers

Mutiu Sunmonu, MD, Shell Nigeria

Pat Utomi, Centre for Values in Leadership
Atedo Peterside, MD, IBTC Chartered
Ben Bruce, Chairman, Silverbird Group
Dapo Olumide, MD, Virgin Nigeria
Gbenga Oyebode, Chairman, Access Bank
Abike Dabiri, Member, House of Representatives
Ituah Ighodalo, Principal Partner, Banwo & Ighodalo
Reuben Abati, Chairman, The Guardian Editorial Board
Mo Abudu, Presenter, Moments with Mo
Nicholas Okoye, MD, Anabel Mobile
Tonye Cole, MD, Sahara Energy
Detoun Ogwo, ED, After Graduate Development Centre
Poju Oyemade, Covenant Christian Centre
Fela Durotoye, CEO, Visible Impact
Kolawole Ogunbajo, CEO, Avis Nigeria
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Actor/Producer
MI Abaga, Singer/Performer
Mosunmola Umoru, Farmer/TFA Business Owner of the Year 2009
Tolu Ogunlesi, CNN Africa Journalist of the Year
Cobhams Asuquo, Singer/Music Producer
Hassan Rilwan, Publisher, Sardauna Magazine
Omawumi Megbele, Singer/Actress
Dapo Oyewole, Executive Director, Centre for African Policy & Peace Strategy
Gbenga Sesan, ED, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria