TRACKS THE PROGRAMME IS TRACK-DRIVEN AND FOCUSED

AROUND THEMATIC AREAS

TRACK 1 BUILD

BUILDING A SMARTER FUTURE

TRACK 2 POWER UP

POWERING A FUTURE AFRICA

TRACK 3 AUTOMATE

DRIVING A FUTURE AFRICATHROUGH AUTOMATION

TRACK 4 CONNECT

CONNECTIVITY ANDCOMMUNICATION FOR AFUTURE AFRICA

TRACK 5 EMPOWER

CAPACITY BUILDING FOR AFUTURE AFRICA

TRACK 6 CHANGE

AFRICA'S CHANGE-MAKERS

PROGRAMMEAT A GLANCE 27 - 29 NOVEMBER 2019

CONFERENCE DATES

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DAY 1 WEDNESDAY27 NOVEMBER 2019

10h00 REGISTRATION + EXHIBITION OPENS11h30 - 13h00 SATELLITE CONFERENCE: NUCLEAR SESSION 1

TAKING STOCK OF SOUTH AFRICA'S EXPERIENCES IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

13h00 - 13h30 COMFORT BREAK + EXHIBITIONSATELLITE SESSION: NUCLEAR SESSION 213h30 - 15h30

Taking Stock: South African Nuclear Medicine

Taking Stock: South African Nuclear Power Generation at Koeberg

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16h00 - 18h00 OPENING PLENARY: IMAGINE TOMORROW

18h00 - 21h00 WELCOME COCKTAIL AND LAUNCH OF THE SAIEE POWERAND ENERGY SECTION NUCLEAR CHAPTER

Welcome Remarks

Chairman's Remarks

Leading at the Edge of Chaos

ABOUT THE SAIEE POWER AND ENERGY SECTION NUCLEAR CHAPTER

DAY 1 WEDNESDAY27 NOVEMBER 2019

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08h30 - 10h30 PLENARY 2: POWERING SOLUTIONS

LIGHTS ON: A SOLUTIONS PANEL ON SOUTH AFRICA'S POWER CRISIS

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DAY 2 THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019

DAY 2

10h30 - 11h30 REFRESHMENT BREAK, EXHIBITION +

Renewable and Smart Energy Revolutions for Sustainable Development

The Impact of Non-Technical Losses : A South African Perspective Compared to Global Trends

Sustaining Engineering in a Digitised World

What if Africa was Orange?

11h30 - 13h00 PARALLEL SESSIONS

CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING:

S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6BUILD POWER UP AUTOMATE CONNECT EMPOWER NUCLEAR

INNOVATION STAGE

THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019

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THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019

SESSION 1: ENGINEERING NET-ZERO

Topic TBA

78 Corlett Drive: A Case Study

Old Mutual Building - The Pinelands Campus

Vodafone: A Case Study

SESSION 1: ACCELERATING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ESI

H2Village: Solar PV - Hydrogen Hybrid Energy System for Off-Grid Rural Communities in Africa

Potentials of Brushless Wound-Field Electrical Machines for Technology Localisation in South Africa

Best Practice Generation Adequacy Metrics for the Future South African Power System

Wind Power Battery Storage Project

Accelerated Replacement of the Eskom Coal Fleet: An Opportunity to Transform the ESI

Hydrogen Based Power Generation and Distribution / Fuel Cells

DAY 2 THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019

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SESSION 1: NEXT GENERATION AUTOMATED INDUSTRIES

Edge Intelligence - Unlocking the Power of Sensor Networks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Enable a Smarter Future

Smart Metering

Digital Twin

SCADA Systems in Industry

SESSION 1: FUTURE NETWORKS. NOW

Connecting Africa’s Next Billion: Dynamic Spectrum Management in Cognitive Radio Networks

Balancing Connectivity as an Enabler rather than a Disabler of Progress in South Africa

Twenty Years of Radio Climatological Modeling in Southern and Subtropical Africa

Functional Printing for a Future Africa

Additive Manufacturing

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THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019DAY 2 THURSDAY

28 NOVEMBER 2019

SESSION 1: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EDUCATION AND THE 4THINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - A PANEL

The Impact of 4IR on Technical Skills Development, Pre and Post Qualification

In an Ever-Changing World - How are we Upskilling the Next Generation of Engineering Practitioners?

Future-proofing our Careers and Organisations

The Unbundling of the Electrical Utility and the Rise of the Energy Entrepreneur

Graduate Skills to Support the 4th Industrial Revolution

THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019DAY 2 THURSDAY

28 NOVEMBER 2019

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SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION: NUCLEAR SESSION 3

Global Developmenrs

Navigating the Ever-changing World of Work

The State of Financial Resources and Instruments for Renewable and Alternative Energy Technologies to Power Human CapitalDevelopment Facilities. Challenges and Opportunities for Sub Saharan Africa

Achieving Business Goals in a Technology-Driven Future: The Challenge of Communication

South Africa's Challenges and Opportunities

Brownfield Solutions

Greenfield Solutions

13h00 - 14h30 LUNCH BREAK, EXHIBITION + INNOVATION STAGE

THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019DAY 2 THURSDAY

28 NOVEMBER 2019

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13h00 - 14h30 CONTINUED.INNOVATION STAGE

14h30 - 16h00 PARALLEL SESSIONS

Technology Innovation Begins with Us - The Case for Making South Africa a Technology Entrenched Society

Sustainable Development for Africa Through Strategic Change in Intellectual Property: Law Policy, Engineering andConstitutional Law Reforms

Bringing Healthcare to Africa: Reality or Myth?

CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING:

S7 S8 S9 S10 S11BUILD POWER UP AUTOMATE CONNECT EMPOWER NUCLEAR

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THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019DAY 2 THURSDAY

28 NOVEMBER 2019

SESSION 2: SMART CITIES

Smart Cities and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Topic TBA

SESSION 2: RESILIENCE AND THE CO-ORDINATION OF THE POWER SYSTEM - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

Climate Resilient Aspects of Power Infrastructure

How to Foster Collective Sensemaking For a More Resilient Outcome to Power System Incidents

Smart Energy Co-ordination for Microgrids

Electric Mobility and the Smart Grid

THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019DAY 2 THURSDAY

28 NOVEMBER 2019

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Session curation in progress. 

SESSION 2: BIG DATA AND DATA SCIENCE

Electricity and Cable Theft Detection and Prevention using Artificial Intelligence

Lessons from the Front Lines: Building a Data-driven Culture in a Large Enterprise

SESSION 2: SECURED CONNECTIVITY

Secure Our Cyberspace: Leveraging Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Critical Infrastructure - Leading us into the 4th Industrial Revolution

Cybersecure Future: The Pitfalls in the Conventional Engineering Approach - Playing It Safe

Cyber Security in Current and Future Infrastructure

SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION: NUCLEAR SESSION 4

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THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019DAY 2 THURSDAY

28 NOVEMBER 2019

19h00 - 00h00 GALA AWARDS DINNER

JOIN US AS WE HONOUR THE VISIONARIES, THE ENGINEERS OF CHANGE AT THE 2019 SAIEE AWARDS

GALA DINNER TICKETSZAR 650 per person

DRESS CODE

Black Tie

GUEST SPEAKERSARAY KHUMALO

Step up, step forward, it's an Everest Expedition!"

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THURSDAY28 NOVEMBER 2019DAY 2 THURSDAY

28 NOVEMBER 2019

DAY 3

07h00 - 08h30 WOMEN'S BREAKFAST AND LAUNCH OF SAIEE WOMEN INENGINEERING CHAPTER

09h00 - 16h00 AFRICA'S CHANGE MAKERSTHE GREAT ENERGY DEBATE

09h00 - 11h00 PLENARY 3: CONNECTING TO AFRICA'S NEXT

Bringing Digital to Traditional in a Connected World

Reflections on South Africa's Space and Nuclear Weapons Programme

Keynote Address

FRIDAY29 NOVEMBER 2019

15

TREND TALK SERIES

How Can Blockchain Solve Africa's Challenges?

What Should We Be Doing for Young People to Prepare Them for the New World?

The 4th Industrial Revolution: Debunking the Myths

The Internet of Things (IoT) in Electricity

11h00 - 12h00 REFRESHMENT BREAK, EXHIBITION + INNOVATION STAGE

The Importance of Contracts for Contractors

The Waste We Engineered

Developing Team Leaders Whose Teams are The Nucleus of Continued Business and Socio-Economic Change

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DAY 3 FRIDAY29 NOVEMBER 2019

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FRIDAY29 NOVEMBER 2019

12h00 - 13h30 PLENARY 4: SPARKING OPPORTUNITIES

100% Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) Penetration in an Island Country – Challenges and Opportunities

Robotics and Mechatronics: The New Imperatives

Municipalities of the Future

13h30 - 14h30 LUNCH BREAK, EXHIBITION + INNOVATION STAGE

Robotic Process Automation: Lessons Learned

Mapping the Way Forward for Africa in the 4IR

DAY 3 FRIDAY29 NOVEMBER 2019

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14h30 - 16h00 CLOSING PLENARY: ENGINEERING AN AFRICA FOR THE FUTURE

Data Science: The Pursuit of Making Impact in Society Through Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Keynote Address

Closing Remarks

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FRIDAY29 NOVEMBER 2019DAY 3 FRIDAY

29 NOVEMBER 2019

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