SASUF Research and Innovation Week 2023
The Research and Innovation Week is a concept of bringing together researchers, teachers, students, university management representatives, and so many more from all the 40 SASUF partner universities.
The week was divided into two parts: Satellite events taking place all across South Africa, and the Sustainability Forum hosted by University of the Western Cape.
Summary - SASUF Research & Innovation Week 2023
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Satellite Events
27-28 March
The Satellite Events were hosted all across South Africa. The events were free and open to everyone. Some were hosted in a hybrid format - allowing people from all over the world to attend! 🌍 -
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Sustainability Forum
29-31 March
The Sustainability Forum was only open to delegations from the SASUF Partner Universities. It was held at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town.
Pictures from the week
List of articles on SASUF Research & Innovation Week 2023
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Rhodes University
“Rhodes University shines at SASUF Research & Innovation Week 2023”
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Uppsala University
“SASUF - strong connections”
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North West University
“SASUF 2023: Sustainability takes the spotlight”
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Umeå University
“Global challenges in focus at Swedish-South African research and innovation week”
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Sol Plaatje University
“SPU hosts 2023 SASUF Hybrid Colloquium”
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Örebro University
“Focus on research and innovation when representatives from 40 Swedish and South African universities meet”
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University of the Western Cape
“SASUF 2023: All hands on deck, leave no one behind and move forward together”
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
“South Africa – an important research ally for SLU and Sweden”
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National Research Foundation
“SASUF: The NRF hosts Swedish Vice-Chancellors and Heads of Funding Agencies”
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Jönköping University
“Meeting in South Africa within strategic alliance for research”
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Tshwane University of Technology
“Swedish higher education delegation visits TUT to showcase joint research work and explore further collaboration opportunities”
Poster presentations at the SASUF Sustainability Forum, Cape Town
The poster session is a visually enticing presentation focused on an idea for collaboration or research interest that is of relevance to both Sweden and South Africa. The posters presented acted as a pitch for a possible project.
While visiting the poster session, attendees were encouraged to think about the call for SASUF-NRF Seed Funding. This was perfect to have in the back of your mind when approaching researchers who were pitching their ideas to initiate collaborations!
Access the digital version of all posters presented at the Sustainability Forum below in the six SASUF sub-themes:
Satellite Events
- Open for everyone
The Satellite Events were hosted all across South Africa by researchers, teachers and students, and in come cases toghether with local NGOs and organizations. The events were free and open to everyone.
Some were hosted in a hybrid format - allowing people from all over the world to attend!
Access the conference platform Sched here: https://satelliteevents2023.sched.com/
SASUF Sustainability Forum, 29-31 March 2023
Hosted by the University of the Western Cape
The Sustainability Forum was not a public event, it was only open to nominated delegations from the SASUF Partner Universities. It was held at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, on 31-29 March 2023.
To the right, you can see an overview of the schedule for the three days. The Wednesday started off with lunch and registration for all delegates, followed by a session about funding opportunities targeted towards both South African and Swedish researchers. Thereafter, there was a poster session for all the researchers that wish to initiate new collaborations between Sweden and South Africa.
Thursday and Friday was focused on the parallell workshops (about 6-8 parallell sessions per block). All sessions were available on the conference platform Sched. https://sasuf2023.sched.com/
Focusing on SASUF’s 6 sub-themes
Theme 1: Climate change, natural resources and sustainability
Theme 2: Education for a sustainable society
Theme 3: Social transformation through change: Knowledge and social development strategies
Theme 4: Health - Understanding the burden of disease in Sweden and South Africa
Theme 5: Sustainable urbanisation, travel and tourism in the 21st Century
Theme 6: Digital technologies, big data and cybersecurity