05 - 07 March 2014

05 - 07 March 2014
Venue: Thamsanqa Kambule Auditorium, Unisa
Science Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Patrons:
Prof Mandla Makhanya – Vice Chancellor, Unisa;
Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng – Vice Principal,
Research & Innovation, Unisa;
Prof IOG Moche – Executive Dean, CSET, Unisa.
Symposium Chair:
Prof VS Vallabhapurapu ([email protected])
Symposium Coordinator: Dr Themba Tshuma
([email protected])
BRICS countries are marching ahead in the energy sector with new energy strategies. There is a rapid development in
industry and energy consumption escalating into a kind of critical breakdown in these countries. Research and
Innovation is also happening in a massive way in the energy sector to counter such a criticality. This creates a context of
sharing ideas and strategies in this very important area of ‘energy innovation’ in the BRICS countries. Unisa will be
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hosting the Second Annual BRICS Symposium from 5 to 7 March 2014, following the success of this event last year.
This will form part of Unisa’s Annual Research and Innovation week. The symposium will create an opportunity for
scientists and other scholars from the BRICS countries get together to present latest developments in energy research
and share ideas.
This year the symposium focuses on innovation in energy and materials that are associated with new emerging energy
technologies. The symposium will cover the following topics:
1. Renewable energy and strategies
2. Superconductivity and energy applications
3. Nanotechnology and energy applications
Contact details and website:
Prof VS Vallabhapurapu ([email protected])
[email protected]
www.unisa.ac.za/csetbrics
4. Biotechnology for energy, biofuels and wasteenergy conversion
5. Hydrogen energy, fuel cells and batteries
6. Nuclear energy and environmental issues
7. International Law and Socio-Economic implications
International Advisory Committee
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Liye Xiao, (Applied Superconductivity Laboratory, CAS,
Beijing China)
Sam Zhang (Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore)
Vitaly Vysotsky (Russian Scientific R&D Cable Institute,
Moscow)
Ghantasala MK (Western Michigan University, USA)
Balakumar S (University of Madras, India)
Roul BK (IMS, Bhubaneswar, India)
Malik Maaza (iThemba Labs and Unisa, South Africa)
Kenneth Ozoemena (CSIR, South Africa)
Kopelevich Y (UNICAMP, Brazil)
Vasudeva Rao V (SNIST, India)
Pranayee Datta (Guwahati University, India)
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Adriano Moehlecke (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do
Rio Grande do Sul – PUCRS, Brazil)
Mohamed Sabry Abdel-mottaleb (Nile University, Egypt)
Wei-Kan Chu (Texas Center for Superconductivity, USA)
Ana Flávia Nogueira (UNICAMP, Brazil)
Mkhulu Mathe (CSIR, South Africa)
Mohite KC (University of Pune, India)
Kamakshi Prasad (JNTU, Hyderabad, India)
Jun-ichi Shimoyama (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Yanwei Ma (Key Laboratory of Applied
Superconductivity,
Beijing China.)

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