Programme
| SPACE for National Development | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 - 14 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PROGRAMME | |||||||||||||||||||
| DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Theme:
Space Applications Products & Services |
Theme: Industry Support |
Theme: The future is now |
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| 08:00 - 8:45 | REGISTRATION and MORNING COFFEE | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 -9:10 | Welcome by SANSA CEO | 9:00- 9:30 | Technical Keynote 2: African Solutions to Space Weather Threats Lee-Ann McKinnell |
Technical Keynote 3: The Fourth Industrial Revolution and South Africa Dr Lindiwe Mkhonza |
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| 9:10 - 9:30 | Keynote by Address by DSI | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Technical Keynote 1: Knowledge Hubs and Results Orientated observations Gilberto Camera (GEO) |
9:30 - 11:00 | Plenary 3 : Positioning South Africa as a hub for space solutions in Africa Showcasing South Africa’s unique national space facilities: Space Weather Centre; Ground Station; Digital Earth South Africa; AIT facility; Test Range and launch site |
Plenary 6: Space & the 4IR Space as an integrator of the 4IR for Africa. |
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| 10:00 -11:00 | Showcasing Session 1: Applications & Research |
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| 11:00 -11:30 | COFFEE BREAK | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11:30 -13:00 | Plenary 1: Towards agenda 2063: the role of space applications in sustainable development. What role can space applications play in advancing the South African responses to Agenda 2063, SDG’s, Space Weather commitments, NDP etc? |
11:30 13:00 | Plenary 4 : Towards a National Space Cluster How do we accelerate innovation & tech startups in the South African Space Industry ? |
Plenary 7: Space Education for Development Is space education ready to produce the future workforce needs of industry to keep South Africa globally competitive? |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | LUNCH | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14:00 -15:30 | Plenary 2: The power of space and in-situ observations in addressing natural resource and disasters management. Advances in space science and earth observations to provide the right information at the right time for targeted natural resource and disaster management. |
14:00 -15:00 | Showcasing Session 3: Space Engineering & Space OPS |
Showcasing Session 4: Space-based education systems/ processes/ methods |
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| 15:30 - 16:30 | Showcasing
Session 2: Applications & Research |
15:00 - 16:30 | Plenary
5: Developing a competitive South African Space industry Showcasing South Africa’s innovative space industry capability to access niche global market opportunities. |
Rapporteur feedback from Day 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Rapporteur feedback from Day 1 | 
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| 17:00 - 19:00 | Cocktail & Networking session | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Rapporteur feedback from Day 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Closing Session by SANSA CEO | ||||||||||||||||||
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