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The COVID-19 pandemic has turned many industries on its head. Life is no longer quite the same and the inherent weaknesses of our world are quite evident. Can the new normal become a better normal? In this talk, phenomena representative of the turmoil we find ourselves in and how conducting business with a clear purpose can contribute to a better normal will be addressed.   Speaker: Dr Debbie Human-Van Eck is a member of faculty at Stellenbosch University where she heads up the Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing and teaches marketing communication, brand management and consumer psychology. She is also a co-worker at the neuro-marketing research lab that has been established at Stellenbosch University’s Department of Business Management. Dr Human-Van Eck’s academic interests include neuro-marketing, non-profit marketing, creativity and design thinking. In addition to her responsibilities at Stellenbosch University, she is the co-founder of the non-profit organisation, Living Legends, and she consults in the profit and non-profit sector. She is also the infatuated wife of sculptor Gerhard van Eck and the proud mother of little Biha.   The sponsors of this webinar: Food Focus DSA

Consumers are agonizing about their futures, creating somewhat of an emotional pendulum life. Extract from a hybrid methodology based consumer research project conducted April-May 2021 highlighting daily consumption moments. Speaker: Janet Deel-Smith, VP Business Development and Marketing Mane Flavour Sub-Saharan Africa Janet's career in international trade, innovation and consumer insight has spanned over 25 years along with two business degrees to her name. Africa’s rich food heritage is as diverse as its landscape and realizing the potential linked to consumer need innovation, understanding and taste optimization is a passion. Janet Deel-Smith holds the position of  VP Business Development & Marketing MANE Flavours Sub-Saharan Africa.