Entertainment: I am African Dance & Poetry by 34/18 Youth Dance Company

Welcome by Morena Letsosa, President of the ICC 2023 Local Organizing Committee

Welcome by Dr Sepo Hachigonta, Acting Executive Director: Strategic Partnerships, National Research Foundation of South Africa, 

Welcome and Address by Tim Trainor, President of the International Cartographic Association (ICA)

Messages of Goodwill from the Presidents of the ICA Sister Societies

Keynote ‘Maps for a just climate transition’ by Prof Barend Erasmus, Dean of the Faculyt of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria

Entertainment: South African Youth Choir

Introduction to the Guest of Honour by M Ramasodi

Address and official opening of the ICC 2023 by the Guest of Honour, Minister Angela Thokozile Didiza, Minster of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

Entertainment: African Poet/Storyteller by Malika Ndlovu

Closing Remarks by Morena Letsosa, President of the ICC 2023 Local Organizing Committee