Second Africa-EU Renewable Energy Research & Innovation Symposium (RERIS) 2018 - Documentation
Tuesday 23 January 2018
8:00 | SHUTTLE FROM HOTELS, REGISTRATION | Room |
9:00 | OPENING SESSION Chair:Prof. Nqosa Mahao, Vice Chancellor, National University of Lesotho (NUL) |
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9:45 | TEA BREAK AND GROUP PICTURE | |
10:15 | CONFERENCE PROGRAMM Mr Markus Theobald, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to Lesotho |
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10:30 | PLENARY SESSION: “TRANSLATE RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE!” (PLENARY) ROOM Keynote:
Prof. Wikus van Niekerk, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Panel: |
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14:00 | Thematic sessions I | |
RERIS.I.1: Energy socioecomomics I Keynote: Economic viability and social impact of renewable energy deployment in Africa - Prof. Abdellah Khellaf, Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables, Algeria Chair: Dr Ed Brown, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Presentations:
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Phuthiatsana 1 | |
RERIS.I.2: Decentralised renewable and household energy solutions I Keynote: Simulation and optimization of renewable energy hybrid power system for Semonkong, Lesotho - Dr Leboli Zak Thamae, National University of Lesotho Chair: Prof. Marco Rupprich, MCI - The Entrepreneurial School®, Austria Presentations:
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Phuthiatsana 2 | |
RERIS.I.3: Power generation, distribution and transmission Keynote: Wide scale deployment & integration of solar PV into electricity grids: Technical and economic implications for utilities - Prof. Joseph Mutale, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Chair: Prof. Abdellatif Zerga, Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES), Algeria Presentations:
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Qiloane | |
NULISTICE Keynote 1 |
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NULISTICE.I.1: Entrepreneurship and information Technology Presentations: tba |
Machache 1 | |
Session N.I.2: Environment and Natural Resource Management Presentations: tba |
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NULISTICE.I.3: Material Science and Nano-Technology Presentations: tba |
Mokorotlo | |
16:00 | Poster session | Foyer |
17:30 | Shuttle to hotels |
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
8:00 | Shuttle from hotels | |
9:00 |
EU-Africa Joint Programmes for Research & Innovation Ms Irene Bonvisutto, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission Chair: Ms. Eva Kagiri, Finnish University Partnership for International Development (UniPID) |
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10:00 | Tea break | |
10:30 | Thematic Sessions II | |
RERIS.II.1: Energy socioecomomics II Keynote: Why we need a social sciences agenda in international energy research - Dr Ed Brown, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Chair: Prof. Thameur Chaibi, National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry, Tunisia Presentations:
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Phuthiatsana 1 | |
RERIS.II.2: Decentralised renewable and household energy solutions II Keynote: Development of decentralized rural household biogas digesters, a case study from South Africa - Prof Sampson Mamphweli, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Chair: Prof. Venkata Ramayya Ancha, Jimma University, Ethiopia Presentations:
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RERIS.II.3: Energy research, innovation, education and entrepreneurship Keynote: A Pan-African Research Agenda on Water, Energy and Climate Change - Prof. Abdellatif Zerga and Dr Erick Tambo, Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences incl. climate change (PAUWES), Algeria tbc Chair: Prof. Joseph Mutale, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Presentations:
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Qiloane | |
NULISTICE Keynote: |
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NULISTICE.II.1: Agriculture and Climate Change |
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NULISTICE.II.2: Environment and Natural Resource Management |
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NULISTICE.II.3: Biotechnology and Food Safety |
Mokorotlo | |
12:30 | Lunch | |
14:00 | Thematic sessions III | |
RERIS.III.3: Energy socioecomomics III Keynote: Lessons from Kenya about what’s holding back solar technology in Africa - Prof. Izael Pereira Da Silva, Strathmore University, Kenya Chair: Dr Albert Butare, Former Minister of State in charge of Energy, Communication and Water in the Republic of Rwanda, tbc Presentations:
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Phuthiatsana | |
RERIS.III.2: Decentralised renewable and household energy solutions III Keynote: Private sector involvement in off-grid electrification - Mr Balthasar Klimbie, Key Expert of the SE4ALL EU Technical Assistance Facility Chair: Prof Sampson Mamphweli, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Presentations:
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Phuthiatsana 2 | |
RERIS.III.3: Energy resource mapping and planning
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Qiloane | |
NULISTICE 2018 Keynote 3 |
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NULISTICE 2018 Keynote 4 |
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NULISTICE.III.1: Entrepreneurship and information Technology |
Machache 1 | |
NULISTICE.III.2: Environment and Natural Resource Management |
Machache 2 | |
NULISTICE.III.3: Material Science and Nano-Technology |
Mokorotlo | |
16:00 | Poster session | Foyer |
17:30 | Shuttle to hotels |
Thursday, 25 January 2018
8:00 | Shuttle from hotels | |
9:00 |
Cooperation Pitch session
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10:00 | Tea break | |
10:30 |
RERIS Training workshop |
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NULISTICE roundtable |
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12:30 | Lunch | |
14:00 | Open Poster Session and visit to NULISTICE EXPO and Innovation market | |
17:30 | Shuttle to Gala Dinner |
Friday, 26 January 2018
9:00 |
Field trip the outskirts of Maseru |
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NULISTICE EXPO and Innovation market |
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