INTRODUCTION TO PROJECTS Each young scientist has the opportunity to make a 3-slide presentation on their project along with their supervisors. 09:00 Thurs, THEMES Introduction and welcoming comments Prof. Andre Roodt and Dr. Ulf Dieckmann 09:30 Kgothatso Brucely Shai Extract of Africa: Towards the Equitable and EcologicallySound Governance of Mining and Drilling 09:40 Stephen Oamen Eromobor Systems Analysis for Sustainable Green City Development 09:50 Everardt Burger Systems Analysis for Sustainable Green City Development 10:00 Innocent Chirisa Systems Analysis for Sustainable Green City Development Education Building Auditorium Understanding Individual and Community Responses to Slow and Sudden-Onset Change: Drivers and Options for Building Resilience in the Eden District of South Africa 10:10 Emmanuel Mavhura 10:20 Romao Xavier Transformation of the South African Energy System: Towards Environmental Leadership and Participatory Governance 10:30 Thakane Thato Prudence Ntholi Energy Efficiency in a Sustainable Mining Industry 10:40 TEA 11:00 Given Mutimudye Economic growth under environmental constraints: Toward a low carbon future in South Africa 11:10 Erkka Tapani Rinne Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases 11:20 Nathaniel William Tindall, III Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases 11:30 Takunda Mambo Domestic energy access at the bottom of the pyramid: Health, social, environmental and economic aspects of solid biomass fuel use and potential for change in Southern Africa 11:40 Tafadzwa Makonese Domestic energy access at the bottom of the pyramid: Health, 28 Nov social, environmental and economic aspects of solid biomass fuel use and potential for change in Southern Africa Education Building Auditorium Assessing competing land use options for fuel, food and fibre in subtropical and tropical Africa 11:50 Simon Nampindo 12:00 Mulubrhan Balehegn Gebremikael 12:10 LUNCH Assessing competing land use options for fuel, food and fibre in subtropical and tropical Africa 13:00 Savannah Nuwagaba Stability and complexity of adaptive ecological networks 13:10 Jonas Olof Wickman Stability and complexity of adaptive ecological networks 13:20 Yinghui Yang Stability and complexity of adaptive ecological networks 13:30 Liu Haoqi Stability and complexity of adaptive ecological networks 13:40 Milaine Tchamga Dynamical systems in ecology: Models, analysis and simulations 13:50 Onalenna Gwate World Water Scenarios Initiative: Southern Africa case study 14:00 Johanna Schild World Water Scenarios Initiative: Southern Africa case study 14:10 Fatima Sumbul Water Futures and Solutions 14:20 Abraham Alemayehu Gatta Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into maternal and child health programs in Southern Africa 14:30 TEA 14:40 Blessing Silaigwana Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into maternal and child health programs in Southern Africa 15:00 Witness Chirinda New Approaches to Measuring Ageing in South Africa 15:10 Mercy Shoko New Approaches to Measuring Ageing in South Africa 15:20 Lanoi Maloiy Educational Reform and Social Justice 15:30 Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis Educational Reform and Social Justice 15:40 Alfred Francis Loku Murye 15:50 Gerald Simeon Meke 16:00 Closing comments: Prof. Andre Roodt 18:30 Joint Dinner Exploring the population-environment-development nexus and differential vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa Education Building Auditorium Scaena Theatre Foyer Exploring the population-environment-development nexus and differential vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa