4 – 8 December 2023
SCIENCE FORUM SOUTH AFRICA 2023
The SDCfA hosted the Science Forum South Africa 2023 from 4 – 8 December 2023 with over 6000 attendees. The Forum serves as a large, open, public platform for debating the science and society interface.
The programme and activities included two and a half days of side events, two days of main conference sessions, networking cocktails, exhibitions (74 stands) and the awarding of the Science Diplomacy Awards.
2023 SCIENCE DIPLOMACY AWARDS
SPECIAL POSTHUMOUS RECOGNITION FOR CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE DIPLOMACY
- Carolina Ödman-Govender, Associate Professor in Astrophysics at the University of the Western Cape & Associate Director for Development and Outreach at the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy
- Dr Daniel Adams, Former Chief Director: Basic Sciences and Infrastructure, Department of Science and Innovation
- Special Mention: Dr Lee-Anne McKinnell, Former Managing Director, South African Space Weather Programme
SCIENCE ADVICE WITH GLOBAL IMPACT AWARD
Professor Rémi Quirion, Inaugural Chief Scientist of Quebec since July 2011. President – International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) in 2021.
TRANSFORMATIVE INTERNATIONAL STI PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOUTH AFRICA AWARD
Science and Technology section
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of South Africa
INTERNATIONAL STI PARTNERSHIPS ADVANCING THE AFRICAN AGENDA AWARD
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Africa partnership
LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION IN INTERNATIONAL STI COOPERATION TO SERVE SOCIETY
Dr Heide Hackmann, Director for Future Africa & Strategic Advisor on Transdisciplinary and Global Knowledge Networks, University of Pretoria
GLOBAL STI PARTNERSHIP ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN GLOBAL SCIENCE
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)