Programme

Programme

PROGRAMME
DAY 1 – 18 July 2024
09:00 – 16:00	Pre-Conference Workshop Mental Health Leadership – Pixley Hospital, Durban Chairs – Bonga Chiliza, Rachael Dangarembizi
16:00 – 18:00	Registration
18:00 – 18:30	Official Opening and Welcome (Premier Hotel, Umhlanga)
18:30 – 19:30	Keynote Presentation Imagining a bold future for African neuroscience Anthony Figaji – University of Cape Town, South Africa
DAY 2 ~19 July 2024
08:00 – 09:00	Registration	08:15 -09:00	Hacks for surviving your postgrad life –Dr Hayley Tomes (UCT Neuroscience Institute)
09:00 – 10:00	Plenary Talk (An IBRO-sponsored plenary talk) Nodding syndrome in Africa: 60 years of research but the enigma continues Angelina Kakooza Mwesige – Makerere University, Uganda
10:00 – 10:30	Tea Break & SANS Poster Session
10:30 – 13:00	Oral Session 1 – Neuroinfections Ursula Rohlwink; Ndyebo Mabovula; Amalia Awala; Zama Msibi; Diketso Mathebula; Joseph Raimondo
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch & SANS Poster Session
14:00 – 15:45	Oral session 2 – SANS Student Competition 8 “rapid-fire” oral presentations
15:45 – 16:00	Tea Break
16:00 – 17:00	DEI Event  Does diversity matter? Chairs – Sahba Besharati (SANS TEC) and Alicja Puścian (ALBA)
17:00 – 18:00	Panel Discussion Fostering fair and equitable collaborative partnerships between basic and clinical neuroscientists in Africa
18:15 – 19:30	SANS Annual General Meeting
DAY 3 ~ 20 July 2024
08:00 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 10:00	Plenary Talk (An IBRO-sponsored plenary talk) Neuroethical considerations of innovative neuroinventions for neuropsychiatric disorders in Africa Dr Olivia Matshabane – Stellenbosch University, South Africa
10:00 – 11:00	Tea Break & SANS Poster Competition
11:00 – 13:00	Oral session 3 Developmental Neurosciences Dorit Hockman; Pieter Naude;Basil Enicker; Annerine Roos; Nynke Groenwold		Oral Session 4 Addiction and Psychiatric Disorders William Daniels, De wet Wolmarans; Kimberly Williams; Demi Govender; Foutsop Auralien
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Oral Session 5 Neuroinflammation & Neurodegeneration Aletta Millen; Nto Johnson Nto; Nomusa Shezi; Thandazile Juwele; Kuzolunga Xulu		Oral Session 6 Behavioural Neurosciences Thomas Tagoe; Subashchandrabose Chinnathambi; Sooraj Baijnath; Alicja Puścian; Khalid El Allali
16:00 – 18:00	Break
18:00 – 19:00	Keynote Presentation The social minds of humans and other apes Christopher Krupenye – John Hopkins University, USA
19:00 – 21:00	SANS Gala Dinner, Prize Giving and Closing Remarks

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