The Committee has as its only objective, the arranging of the conferences which includes the following:

Booking of Venue, including facilities and meals.
Deciding on topics, with a very strong emphasis on practical upskilling of the GP in his / her practice.
Arranging for and paying speakers for their contribution.
Applying for 10 CPD points, being 8 ordinary points and 2 ethic points.
Arranging for the “electronic scanning” of all delegates, so that the points may be registered to the delegates, through MYCPD, (Medical Practice Consulting – MPC)
Recruiting sponsors, to help defray the costs of the meeting.
Other administrative tasks such as the compiling and printing of the program, Online registrations forms, website maintenance, information of delegates, both prior and on the day, circulating a survey.

Our Steering Committee comprises of the following persons:

Dr. Elijah Nkosi is the Company Secretary & Director of IPAF.
Dr. Elijah Nkosi is practicing as a Family Practitioner in Soweto.
Executive Director of the South African Medical and Dental Practitioners (SAMDP).
Founder member and current CEO of the GP network called the SAMDP Provider Network (SP Net).
Former Trustee of Profmed.
Former chairman of the board at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital from 1999 to 2012.

Mr Herman Kohlöffel

Mr Kohloffel concurrently serves as a Medical Administration Director as well as Managing Director of a Medical IPA Operations Company and Strategic Medical Healthcare Property Investment Company.
His health care career started in 1987 when he served in the medical corps for 2 years and then after completing his studies joined the private sector in 1993 where he began as a PR consultant to a Pharmaceutical Company. He has been involved with the NHC Ltd group since 1995 where he still currently serves as Managing Director.