Pretoria Branch Talks
The Pretoria Branch of the S2A3 presents talks during the university semester. They are usually scheduled at 17:15 on the first Wednesday of the month and presented in the Sci-Enza, but there are exceptions. If you want to receive notices of forthcoming talks, please join our mailing list.
Talk Archive 2004
7 April 2004: Dr Phil Coleman, Protechnik Laboratories, Highveld Technopark, Centurion. An Overview of Chemical Defence R&D in South Africa.
5 May 2004: Dirk Robinson, Department of Information Technology, University of Pretoria. Handling of Computer Viruses at the University of Pretoria.
8 June 2004: Louis Barendse, Big Skies Astronomy. Venus Transit: Venus, morning and evening star (Presented in conjunction with the Discovery Centre, UP)
4 August 2004: Professor Casper Schutte: UNISA, UP, NBN. The ancient Egyptian weighing of the soul and its meaning for modern civilization.
1 September 2004: Mrs Els ten Krooden: UNISA. The electronic library of the future
6 October 2004: Deryck Yelverton. Marion Island
Talk Archive 2003
3 March 2003: Dr Paulette Bloomer: Dept of Genetics, University of Pretoria: "Conserving genetic heritage in endemic species of southern Africa".
7 April 2003: Prof CJH Schutte:, Dept Chemistry, Univ. of Pretoria and UNISA, National Bioinformatics Network: "Discovering paleolithic mathematics: A journey into the past”.
5 May 2003: Prof WJR Alexander: Professor Emeritus, Dept of Civil and Biosystems Engineering, University of Pretoria: Climate change and the return of Hurst’s Ghost
2 June 2003: Prof Lucas Venter: Dept of Computer Science, UNISA: Are all computer scientists computer literate?
4 August 2003: Prof Paul Swart: Complex systems, pattern recognition and evidence based medicine
1 September 2003: Mr Manfred Scriba: Manufacturing and Materials Technology, CSIR: Nanotechnology - the next "big" wave
6 October 2003: Dr Gilbert Siko: Dept of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria: Early detection of Tuberculosis
Talk Archive 2002
4 March 2002: Dr Eben Mulder: Pebble bed reactors.
2 April 2002: Dr Lynne Webber: The biological behaviour of HIV: Why is this virus so diabolically successful and will we ever beat this adversary?
6 May 2002: Dr Etienne Barnard: Molo Afrika Speech Technologies : Can Artificial be Intelligent?
3 June 2002: Prof Albert van Jaarsveld: Prospect for a sustainable South Africa?
5 August 2002: Dr Rob Toms: Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Monitoring and sustainability of Mopane worm crop harvesting
2 September 2002: Prof Derck Smits: Solar Eclipse.
7 October 2002: Prof Jan Boeyens: Prime Numbers, Atoms and Space-Time Structure of the Universe.