Speaker Index:WEDNESDAY 06 OCTOBER 2021
THURSDAY 07 OCTOBER 2021
FRIDAY 08 OCTOBER 2021
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Conference Leader – Universities South Africa (USAf)
Conference Coordinator – Council on Higher Education (CHE)
Chairperson of Universities South Africa & Vice-Chancellor – Nelson Mandela University
Chief Executive Officer – Universities South Africa
Honourable Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Rector and Vice-Chancellor – Stellenbosch University
Vice-Chancellor & Chair, International Consortium on Higher Education
Secretary-General, International Association of Universities (IAU) | Executive Director, International Universities Bureau
Principal Investigator for the Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate Research Project.
Stockholm Resilience Centre-Stockholm University | EXXARO CHAIR – University of the Witwatersrand
Vice-Chancellor – Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Acting-Deputy Director General – University Branch – Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Engagement and Transformation – Nelson Mandela University
Chairperson – USAf Teaching and Learning Strategy Group | Vice-Chancellor – Rhodes University
Dean of Humanities – University of Pretoria
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching and Learning – University of Cape Town
Chief Director: Social Inclusion and Quality-Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
Rector & ViceChancellor – University of the Western Cape
Chairperson – USAf Transformation Strategy Group | Vice-Chancellor – University of South Africa
Senior Director of Social Impact and Transformation – Stellenbosch University
Executive Director: South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) (DSI) – North-West University | Chairperson – USAf Community of Practice for African Languages (CoPAL)
Previous NEC Member –South African Union of Students (SAUS)
Director: Social Justice and Transformation – Vaal University of Technology & Chairperson – USAf Transformation Managers’ Forum (TMF)
PhD Candidate – University of Pretoria & Author
Member of the USAf Funding Strategy Group & Senior Director: Institutional Planning – University of Pretoria
Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science & Innovation
Director: Group Finance – University of Cape Town
President of the Student Representative Council (SRC) – University of the Western Cape
The University of the Witwatersrand | Previous Vice-Chancellor and Principal – Sol Plaatje University
Member of the USAf World of Work Strategy Group & Vice-Chancellor – University of Johannesburg
Board Chairperson, National Research Foundation (NRF), Independent Science for Development Council Member, CGIAR
Deputy Director-General – International Cooperation and Resources – Department of Science and Innovation
Chairperson – Higher Education Information Technology South Africa (HEITSA) | Chief Information officer – University of the Witwatersrand
Chief Executive Officer – Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA)
Vice-Chancellor – Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Chairperson of the USAf Research and Innovation Strategy Group & Vice-Chancellor – University of Mpumalanga
Chief Executive Officer – National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation – University of the Witwatersrand
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation, and Internationalisation – Nelson Mandela University
Chairperson – Council on Higher Education, University of Pretoria
Director Research Management, University of Mpumalanga
Director: Centre for Education Rights & Transformation, University of Johannesburg
CA (SA) | Executive Director – The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
Director: Teaching Development– Nelson Mandela University
Senior Director: Academic Centre for Teaching and Learning – University of the Free State
Manager: College of Health Sciences Student Support Services – University of KwaZulu-Natal
President – South African Association of Senior Student Affairs Professionals (SAASSAP) | Executive Director: Student Life and Transformation – North-West University
Researcher and Director: Student Affairs – University of the Free State
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Student Development and Support – University of the Western Cape
Vice-Chancellor – Tshwane University of Technology
Vice-Chancellor – University of the Witwatersrand
Higher Education Information Technology South Africa (HEITSA)
Trustee of Engineers Against Poverty U.K, Adjunct Professor – University of the Witwatersrand, Chair of ISO TC 59 / SC18, Member of the Certification Board of FIDIC Credentialing Limited and a Director of Infrastructure Options (Pty)Ltd
Senior Director of Institutional Planning – Nelson Mandela University
Vice-Chancellor – Torrens University Australia
Chairperson of Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology
Executive Chairman – The Da Vinci Institute
Acting Head PC4IR PMO: Department of Communications & Digital Technologies
Managing Director – Higher Education Information Technology South Africa (HEITSA) – North-West University
Acting Vice-Chancellor – Mangosuthu University of Technology
Vice-Rector: Research – University of the Free State
Director of the Centre for Engaged Research – Dublin City University
Research Integrity Officer – University of Stellenbosch
Professor, Future Africa and Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences – University of Pretoria
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation and Partnerships – University of Limpopo
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation and Engagement – Durban University of Technology
Dean and Professor of Science Education – University of Pretoria
Chief Executive Officer – National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)
Research Chair Claude Leon Foundation – Earth Justice and Stewardship – Climate Change and the engaged university – University of the Witwatersrand
Head of the Urban Futures Centre (UFC) – Durban University of Technology
Professor Extraordinarius in Education | Former SARChI DST/NRF Research Chair in Development Education
Founder President of Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) & UNESCO Co-Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education – Delhi, India, Reflect on democracy in India
Head of Department-History And Political Studies – Nelson Mandela University
President Student Representative Council – Walter Sisulu University
Department of Community Health Studies – Durban University of Technology
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic & Professor of Law – University of the Western Cape
Professor Chris Brink served as Vice-Chancellor (President) of Newcastle University in the UK from 2007 till 2016, as Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University 2002-2007
President – National Institute for Humanities & Social Sciences Alumni Association (HSSAA) | Board Member – NLB & NLU at the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) – Tshwane University of Technology
Director: Transformation and Employment Equity Office – University of the Witwatersrand
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor – University of the Witwatersrand
University of Pretoria – Former Deputy Director General University Branch – Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
Chief Executive Officer Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET)
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Board Chair & Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana
Vice-Rector: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies – Stellenbosch University
SARChI Chair on Computational Modelling of Materials, Director of Materials Modelling Centre at the University of Limpopo and CSIR Fellow
Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation – University of Cape Town
InSETA Research Chair: Digitalisation & Director: NEMISA KZN e-Skills CoLab – Durban University of Technology
Professor of Economics | Director: Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) – University of Cape Town
Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship – the University of Bath, UK | Co-founder of Kinetic Thinking
Acting Executive Director: National Labour and Economic Development Institute
Commonwealth of Learning Chair, University of South Africa
Distinguished Professor of Education – Stellenbosch University & Member of the Council on Higher Education
Director: Leadership in Higher Education – University of South Africa
Chairperson: Monitoring, Research and Advice Committee (MRAC) of the Council on Higher Education
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation and Engagement – Tshwane University of Technology
Director: Community Engagement – University of Venda
Director: Community Engagement and Development (CEAD) – Mangosuthu University of Technology
Director: Engagement Office – Nelson Mandela University
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching, Learning and Community Engagement- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
HELM ULDP Programme Leader – Nelson Mandela University
Post-Doctoral fellow in higher education studies – Stellenbosch University
Chairperson: EDHE Studentpreneurs Community of Practice, with members of the EDHE Studentpreneurs Community of Practice
EDHE Studentpreneur of the Year 2020 – graduate of the University of Venda – CEO & Founder: Struu Artzz Entertainment
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching – Stellenbosch University