Research and Innovation Dialogue 2018
The 6th Research and Innovation Dialogue of Universities South Africa (USAf), held at the Emperors’ Palace from 31 May to 1 June, turned out to be a great success. Up to 80 delegates attended the Dialogue, representing all of South Africa’s public universities – at the level of vice-chancellors, deputy vice-chancellors and directors responsible for research and innovation. Senior leaders from the National Research Foundation and other science councils were also in attendance, as were representatives of some embassies in South Africa (German, Japanese and Swiss), as well as industry representatives and senior officials from the departments of Higher Education and Training and Science and Technology.
This Dialogue is a platform from which senior academics, researchers, industry and other agencies engage on matters of priority interest and concern – pertaining to research and innovation. This year’s event focused on two themes: Post-graduate Training and Funding and Internationalisation and Inter-institutional Collaboration.
The link below leads to the Dialogue programme, which is hyperlinked to speeches and presentations delivered at the two-day event.
 Day 1:From left: Prof Cheryl de la Rey, Chairperson of Universities SA’s Research and Innovation Strategy Group and Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria; HE Helene Budliger Artieda, Swiss Ambassador to South Africa; Mrs Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, Hon Minister of Science and Technology; Prof Ahmed Bawa, USAf’s Chief Executive Officer and Dr Joanna Newman, Chief Executive and Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, who delivered a keynote address on Day One. |
 Day 2:The Dialogue delegation included, in the middle row, the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Hon. Naledi Pandor — flanked on her right, by Prof Ahmed Bawa, USAf CEO (front row); Prof Cheryl de la Rey (back row), Chairperson of USAf’s Risk and Innovation Strategy Group, next to whom is Prof Thandwa Mthembu, Chairperson of the USAf Board. To the Minister’s immediate left is Dr Joanna Newman, Chief Executive and Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. |
The link below leads to the Dialogue programme, which is hyperlinked to speeches and presentations delivered at the two-day event.
Click below to access a compendium of biographies of the speakers at the R&I Dialogue 2018. In some cases the presentation abstract is also offered.
Click here to browse the R&I 2018 gallery.
