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)
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