This is the official programme for the PRIS 2018 event.
TIME
ITEM
08:00 – 08:55
Registration:
Guests, judges and exhibitors: Downstairs, T Block entrance
Oral and poster presenters, general attendees: Upstairs
InQubate innovation stream: Outside T4
09:00 – 09:15
Opening plenary (T1):
Professor Kevin Kirkman, Dean of Research, CAES
Introduction – Dr Akshay Saha, School of Engineering
Official welcome – Professor Albert Modi, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, CAES
Role of InQubate – Mrs Suvina Singh, Director, UKZN InQubate
09:15 – 09:45
Keynote Lecture (T1) – Mr Neil Macleod, water and sanitation specialist consultant to the World Bank: “The role of Research in developing African cities of the future”