CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
16 November - Col. Jurie van Staden - Chairman
08:30 (30min) Registration
09:00 – 09:15 (15min) - Welcome – Prof. Harry Wichers
09:15 – 09:45 (30min) - Opening Speech
Cranfield University, UK – Prof Jackie Akhavan
Topic: Ensuring Quality Education and Training in the Explosives Sector – the EUExcert approach.
09:45 – 10:15 (30min) - CSIR – Mr Frikkie Mostert
Topic: Challenges in Explosive and Explosive Application Research
10:15 – 10:30 (15min) - Q&A
10:30 – 11:00 (30min) - Tea Break
11:00 – 11:30 (30min) - North-West University – Mrs Joe-Nimique Cilliers
Topic: The North-West University’s role in Education and Research in Explosives Engineering
11:30 – 12:00 (30min) - Eagle Explosives – Mr Gert Barnard
Topic: Knowledge, Skills and Experience – What are the RSA Educational Requirements
12:00 – 12:30 (30min) - UP – Wolter de Graaf & Prof William Spiteri
Topic: The Application of Immersive Virtual Reality Capabilities to support Education and Training in Blasting Engineering.
12:30 – 13:00 (30min) - Q&A
13:00 – 14:00 (60min) - Lunch Hour
14:00 – 14:30 (30min) - Czech Republic – Prof. Svatopluk Zeman (Research)
Topic: New Trends in Research of Energetic Materials
14:30 – 15:00 (30min) - University of Cape Town - Genevieve Langdon
Topic: Structural response to explosion loading: research at BISRU, UCT
15:00 – 15:30 (30min) - Ecole de Mines d’Ales, France – Nicolas Long
Topic: High speed imaging and related optical techniques for explosives material and consequences characterizations
15:30 – 16:00 (30min) - Q&A
16:30 Cocktail
17 November
09:00 – 09:45 (45min) - InterPersonis, Germany – Mr Carsten Wächter
Topic: Concepts on enhancing safety culture in the explosives
industry
09:45 – 10:15 (30min) - ECO PARTNERS – Charlaine Baartjes
Topic: Environmental Regulations affecting decision making in Explosives Management
10:15 – 10:45 (30min) - UNISA - Prof Heinz Schenk & Andreas de Beer
Topic: The UNISA model of lifelong and life-wide learning for explosives management students in Higher Education
10:45 – 11:15 (30min) - Tea Break
11:15 – 11:45 (30min) - RDM – Mr Willie Verster
Topic: Analysis of the need for explosives technical qualifications in the SA explosives industry
11:45 – 12:15 (30min) - SASOL – Ron van Dijke
Topic: The challenges and potential of the African Explosives sector (Technology, training, regulatory etc.).
12:15 – 12:45 (30min) - AEL – Mr Henco Bezuidenhout
Topic: Is Explosives Researchers Needed in the South African Explosives Industry
13:00 – 14:00 (60min) - Lunch Hour
