| Programme: Opportunities  offered by the IEA implementation agreements for ocean energy to South African  research organisations and developers (Thembakazi Mali - Senior Research Manager  Clean Energy, SANERI) The  importance of being patented - Patents and the role in the commercialisation of  ocean energy devices (Rowan Joseph - von Seidels Intellectual Property  Attorneys) Ocean  energy research in South Africa - Some lessons learnt (Deon Retief -  Coastal Engineering Consultant) CSIR's role  in wave energy development in South    Africa (Marius Rossouw, CSIR Built  Environment) The role of  the coastal engineering consultant in harnessing ocean energy in South Africa  (Geoff Smith - Associate of WSP Africa Coastal Engineers) Axial flow  turbines for ocean current and wave power system (Theo von Backström -  Professor at Stellenbosch   University) Scotrenewables  tidal turbine: A case study of developer/institutional collaboration within the  Scottish Marine Renewable Energy policy framework (Rhydar Harris - Prestedge  Retief Dresner Wijnberg Pty Ltd) Recent developments  in wave energy along the coast of southern Africa (James Joubert - PhD student  at Stellenbosch University) A novel  wave pump energy converter (Edmund Swart - Inventor)   |