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11 - 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 | CONFERENCE CENTRE, ELANGENI HOTEL, DURBAN, KWAZULU NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018 INVITATION Please accept this invitation to attend and participate in the SATN International Conference on 11 - 13 September 2018. The world is in the midst of a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (4IR), in which the drivers of the 4IR include among others the Internet of Things, Big Data, Robotics and resulting Cyber-Production Systems and research and innovation. The Partnership between Industry, Business and Technology Focused Universities is central to a country preparing itself for the challenges and opportunities that the 4IR will present. The three-day conference will explore some of these challenges and showcase some of its innovations, new technologies and research that the Universities in partnership with Industry have developed.The conference will also feature key players from across this diverse ecosystem nationally and internationally from enablers to users of the technology required to drive the 4IR. To share and showcase exciting innovations, research findings, and business and entrepreneurial opportunities with Industry and Universities To explore new partnerships between Higher Education and Industry to help meet the industry and academic demands of the 4IR . The conference will explore excellent examples of best practice in responses to the 4IR with a rich narrative of innovative partnership enhanced development of teaching and learning content, experiences and activities. We hope to develop a database of industry, business and universities who will work together to ensure that we in SA meet the challenges and opportunities that the 4IR is presenting. PROGRAMME: Please find attached the preliminary conference programme CONFERENCE THEME BENEFITS IN ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE: THE 4 th ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION CONFERENCE TOPICS: International Experience and Trends Implications for Higher Education University Industry Partnerships in the Changing World of Work 4th Industrial Revolution & Sustainable Futures * * * *
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11 - 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 | CONFERENCE CENTRE, ELANGENI HOTEL, DURBAN, KWAZULU NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA
INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE 2018
INVITATIONPlease accept this invitation to attend and participate in
the SATN International Conference on 11 - 13 September 2018.
The world is in the midst of a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (4IR), in which the drivers of the 4IR include among others the Internet of Things, Big Data, Robotics and resulting Cyber-Production Systems and research and innovation. The Partnership between Industry, Business and Technology Focused Universities is central to a country preparing itself for the challenges and opportunities that the 4IR will present.
The three-day conference will explore some of these challenges and showcase some of its innovations, new technologies and research that the Universities in partnership with Industry have developed.The conference will also feature key players from across this diverse ecosystem nationally and internationally from enablers to users of the technology required to drive the 4IR.
To share and showcase exciting innovations, research findings, and business and entrepreneurial opportunities with Industry and Universities
To explore new partnerships between Higher Education and Industry to help meet the industry and academic demands of the 4IR .
The conference will explore excellent examples of best practice in responses to the 4IR with a rich narrative of innovative partnership enhanced development of teaching and learning content, experiences and activities.
We hope to develop a database of industry, business and universities who will work together to ensure that we in SA meet the challenges and opportunities that the 4IR is presenting.
PROGRAMME:Please find attached thepreliminary conference
programme
CONFERENCE THEME
BENEFITS IN ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE:
SOME OF OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS:
THE
4thROLE OF UNIVERSITIES
INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION
CONFERENCE TOPICS:International Experience and Trends
Implications for Higher Education
University Industry Partnerships in the Changing World of Work
4th Industrial Revolution & Sustainable Futures
****
Prof Seeram Ramakrishna, FREgProf of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He is the nanotechnology and materials informatics pioneer in Singapore. Member of World Economic Forum Committee on Future of Production-Sustainability and chairs the Circular Economy Taskforce
Prof Ronald QuincyDirector of Center for Nonprofit Management and Governance, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USAFormer Associate Vice President, Assistant to the President, of Harvard University; Chief Operating Officer of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change; Executive Director/President of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.; President of the White House Fellows Association and Chairman, White House Fellows Foundation; Senior Management Consultant, Towers Perrin (the world’s 11th largest management consulting firm); and Foreign Policy Advisor, U.S. State Department, Africa Bureau
Mr. Raletlhogonolo (Andile) TlhoaeleDeputy Chairperson of the B-BBEE ICT Sector Council and CEO of INFORCOMM (Pty) Ltd responsible for business development. Former member of the Presidential BEE Advisory Council’s Subcommittee on Instruments to Promote BEE, Verification and Charters; former chairperson of the Association of BEE Professionals (ABP) and former deputy chairperson of MICT SETA
Honourable Minister Naledi PandorMinister of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
Mr Trevor RamanPresident of the Saab Grintek Defence (SGD)
Mr Gavin RajahTop South African couturier and humanitarian activist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and renowned Iconic South African Fashion Designer
Dr Joseph RyanCEO, Technological Higher Education Association (THEA), Ireland
Dr Adriana MaraisTheoretical physicist, Head of Innovation at SAP Africa and aspiring extra-terrestrial. She will present on “The Allure of the Unknown“The reason I want to go to Mars”
Prof Chris AdendorffProfessor in Future Studies, Nelson Mandela University (NMU)
ACCOMMODATION:
Should you have any further queries, you are welcome to contactMs Christelle Venter - [email protected] or Ms. Kogie Pretorius - [email protected].
REGISTRATION:To register for the conference, please visit our website https://www.satnconference.com
View our website for more details: https://www.satnconference.com/:
Please note that preferential rates have been negotiated for this conference at the Elangeni Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu Natal.
Please register early to avoid disappointment!
Dr Anshu Padayachee CEO: South African Technology Network (SATN)
“ WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION AT THIS IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. ”
Kind Regards
Your world to a better future
11 - 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 | CONFERENCE CENTRE, ELANGENI HOTEL, DURBAN, KWAZULU NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA
INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE 2018
INVITATIONPlease accept this invitation to attend and participate in
the SATN International Conference on 11 - 13 September 2018.
The world is in the midst of a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (4IR), in which the drivers of the 4IR include among others the Internet of Things, Big Data, Robotics and resulting Cyber-Production Systems and research and innovation. The Partnership between Industry, Business and Technology Focused Universities is central to a country preparing itself for the challenges and opportunities that the 4IR will present.
The three-day conference will explore some of these challenges and showcase some of its innovations, new technologies and research that the Universities in partnership with Industry have developed.The conference will also feature key players from across this diverse ecosystem nationally and internationally from enablers to users of the technology required to drive the 4IR.
To share and showcase exciting innovations, research findings, and business and entrepreneurial opportunities with Industry and Universities
To explore new partnerships between Higher Education and Industry to help meet the industry and academic demands of the 4IR .
The conference will explore excellent examples of best practice in responses to the 4IR with a rich narrative of innovative partnership enhanced development of teaching and learning content, experiences and activities.
We hope to develop a database of industry, business and universities who will work together to ensure that we in SA meet the challenges and opportunities that the 4IR is presenting.
PROGRAMME:Please find attached thepreliminary conference
programme
CONFERENCE THEME
BENEFITS IN ATTENDING THIS CONFERENCE:
SOME OF OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS:
THE
4thROLE OF UNIVERSITIES
INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION
CONFERENCE TOPICS:International Experience and Trends
Implications for Higher Education
University Industry Partnerships in the Changing World of Work
4th Industrial Revolution & Sustainable Futures
****
Prof Seeram Ramakrishna, FREgProf of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He is the nanotechnology and materials informatics pioneer in Singapore. Member of World Economic Forum Committee on Future of Production-Sustainability and chairs the Circular Economy Taskforce
Prof Ronald QuincyDirector of Center for Nonprofit Management and Governance, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USAFormer Associate Vice President, Assistant to the President, of Harvard University; Chief Operating Officer of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change; Executive Director/President of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.; President of the White House Fellows Association and Chairman, White House Fellows Foundation; Senior Management Consultant, Towers Perrin (the world’s 11th largest management consulting firm); and Foreign Policy Advisor, U.S. State Department, Africa Bureau
Mr. Raletlhogonolo (Andile) TlhoaeleDeputy Chairperson of the B-BBEE ICT Sector Council and CEO of INFORCOMM (Pty) Ltd responsible for business development. Former member of the Presidential BEE Advisory Council’s Subcommittee on Instruments to Promote BEE, Verification and Charters; former chairperson of the Association of BEE Professionals (ABP) and former deputy chairperson of MICT SETA
Honourable Minister Naledi PandorMinister of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
Mr Trevor RamanPresident of the Saab Grintek Defence (SGD)
Mr Gavin RajahTop South African couturier and humanitarian activist, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and renowned Iconic South African Fashion Designer
Dr Joseph RyanCEO, Technological Higher Education Association (THEA), Ireland
Dr Adriana MaraisTheoretical physicist, Head of Innovation at SAP Africa and aspiring extra-terrestrial. She will present on “The Allure of the Unknown“The reason I want to go to Mars”
Prof Chris AdendorffProfessor in Future Studies, Nelson Mandela University (NMU)
ACCOMMODATION:
Should you have any further queries, you are welcome to contactMs Christelle Venter - [email protected] or Ms. Kogie Pretorius - [email protected].
REGISTRATION:To register for the conference, please visit our website https://www.satnconference.com
View our website for more details: https://www.satnconference.com/:
Please note that preferential rates have been negotiated for this conference at the Elangeni Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu Natal.
Please register early to avoid disappointment!
Dr Anshu Padayachee CEO: South African Technology Network (SATN)
“ WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION AT THIS IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. ”
Kind Regards
Your world to a better future
