Invited Plenary Speakers
Gamma-ray bursts and other transients: Ephemeral tests of extreme physics
Ralph Wijers
Professor of High-Energy AstrophysicsAstronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
From RISING at GSI to the DESPEC Fast-Timing Project at FAIR: The New Nuclear Spectroscopy of the Most Exotic Isotopes
Patrick Regan
Department of Physics, University of Surrey, United KingdomWidening the net: attracting and keeping women in physics
Diane Grayson
University of PretoriaNeutron imaging – a powerful set of methods complementary to X-rays
Burkhard Schillinger
Technische Universität München, GermanyAn Introduction to Space Weather: How it Impacts South African Technology and Society
Mark Moldwin
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space SciencesUniversity of Michigan, USA
Communicating Science – How to wake the sleeping, gray cat
Elsabe Brits
Specialist science journalist, “Die Burger”Spin caloritronics – more than spin-dependent thermoelectrics
Gerrit Bauer
Institute of Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan andKavli Institute of NanoScience, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Some things physicists have learned about physics education by doing research in cognitive science
Ramon Lopez
Department of Physics,The University of Texas at Arlington, USAIn situ RBS and XRD investigation of thin film formation
Andre Vantomme
Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Leuven, BelgiumNon-Specialist Lectures
Toward the Great Quest to Decipher Galaxies: The WISE High-Resolution Galaxy Image Atlas
Tom Jarrett
Department of Astronomy, UCT/CaltechATLAS+CMS Higgs Combination
Ketevi Adikle Assamagan
University of Johannesburg/Brookhaven National LaboratoryDigital Holograms
Andrew Forbes
National Laser Centre/CSIRResidual stress assessment of helical coil spring production for the motor vehicle industry
Andrew Venter
NecsaUse of neutron diffraction for residual stress mapping in industrial applications
Vladimir Luzin
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation(Some more non-specialist lectures will be added once they are confirmed)
