MINISTER NZIMANDE TO OPEN THE 6TH SCIENCE FORUM SOUTH AFRICA 2020
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, will open the virtual sixth Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) , the 9th December 2020.
Minister Nzimande said that Science Forum South Africa belongs to all with an interest in the crucial role science plays in our society.
“Now more than ever we need conversations about how to best harness the immense potential of science for the betterment of our society,” the Minister said.
Minister Nzimande said that building on the success of the previous events, SFSA 2020 will again serve as a large, open, public platform for debating the science and society interface.
Researchers, scientists, policy makers and students from all over the world are expected to attend this year's event.
The programme will kick-off tomorrow by a high-level plenary and parallel sessions. In addition to the three-plenary session, the programme will comprise with no less than 44 parallel sessions organised over the next three days.
Minister Nzimande said that whilst for this year we may have to forego the animated conversations and vibrant networking within the Corridors of the Convention Centre, he has no doubt that the rich programme presented, will still do justice to the Forum’s leitmotiv of igniting conversations about science.
The event will take place as follows:
9th December 2020
Venue: Virtually
Time: 14h00
Member of the media are invited to join the forum virtual opening session through the following link:https://esastap.org.za/sfsa2020/. Click “event access” and choose a userid and password.
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Issued by:
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DST Building (53), CSIR Campus
Meiring Naude Road
Brummeria
Pretoria
Enquiries: Ishmael Mnisi 066 0378859
