The Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Michael Masutha, will address an event at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Thursday, 21 November 2013, to showcase projects funded through a science and technology (S&T) partnership between South Africa and the European Union (EU).
The Deputy Minister will be joined by the EU Ambassador to South Africa, Roeland van der Geer, and UCT Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price. Researchers including Professors Tim Noakes, Bruce Hewitson, Valerie Mizrahi, Linda-Gail Bekker and Associate Professor Arnaud Malan will present their working health and climate change, among others.
The event will include a tour of the Emavundleni Clinic in Crossroads which is run by the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre (DTHC), housed in UCT’s Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. The DTHC has partnered with the district health services to provide a series of services including TB/HIV integration at community level, mobile services for HIV, TB and STI screening, among others.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has taken full advantage of the S&T Agreement signed between the South Africa and the EU in 2006, participating in various EU programmes such as the Framework Programme 7 (FP7) and the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). As a result, South Africa has emerged as one of the most successful participants from outside Europe in FP7, attracting a direct investment of more than R500 million and over R350 million of EDCTP funding.
All media are invited as follows:
Date: Thursday, 21 November 2013
Part 1: Researchers’ presentations at the University of Cape Town, New School of Economics
Building, Middle Campus
9h00 to 9h05: Welcome by UCT’s Vice-Chancellor, Dr Max Price
9h10 to 9h20: Professor Valerie Mizrahi – MM4TB: More Medicines for Tuberculosis, research consortium assembled to discover anti-infective agents that will combat TB
9h20 to 9h30: Q and A
9h30 to 9h40: Professor Tim Noakes – ICARUS: International Cooperation for the Advancement of Research on the Underlying System of Human Thermoregulation
9h40 to 9h50: Q and A
9h50 to 10h00: Professor Arnaud Malan – FFAST: Future Fast Aerolastic Simulation Technologies
10h00 to 10h10: Q and A
10h10 to10h20: Professor Bruce Hewitson – CLIMAFRICA: Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa: impacts and adaptations
10h20 to 10h30: Q and A
Part 2: Emavundleni Clinic at 14 Sonwabile Road, Crossroads
11h00 to 11h30: Travel to Emavundleni Clinic
11h30 to 12h00: Tour of the Emavundleni Clinic
12h10 to 12h20: Welcome address by Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille
12h20 to 12h30: Address by Professor Linda-Gail Bekker, Deputy Director, Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation
12h40 to 12h50: Address by EU Ambassador, Roeland van de Geer
12h50 to 13h00: Remarks by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Michael Masutha
Enquiries:
Ms Veronica Mohapeloa
Cell: 082 882 3818 (DST)
Mr Frank Oberholzer
Cell: 082 786 6223 (EU)
Ms Mologadi Makwela
Tel: 021 650 5427 (UCT)
