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  • CII Chapter Lunch Hour Webinar - 18 April 2024, 12:30 - 13:30pm Central

    Posted on March 27, 2024

    The core objective of this initiative is to achieve a 20% improvement on time on tools and in addition a 20% improvement in productivity. Turning the negative spiral of DFL productivity upwards.

  • Celebrating Excellence: The Top Masters Research Students in Technology Management

    Posted on March 26, 2024

    The Graduate School of Technology Management at the University of Pretoria annually recognizes its outstanding Master's research students in Engineering Management, Project Management, and Technology and Innovation Management. The 2023 Top Students were honored during a hybrid event on Tuesday,...

  • 200 Programmes to develop Project Management skills

    Posted on March 11, 2024

    The University of Pretoria has often been hailed as the leaders in project management research, education and training. Monday 26 February 2024 marked the 200th time that a comprehensive programme in project management (PPM) kicked off, this time with 60 enrolled course participants.

  • 13th Wood Conference, 24 February 2024 - Cape Town

    Posted on March 06, 2024

    The Protobuilding programme is revolutionising this approach. We're breaking free from traditional constraints by developing a design thinking process for optimised housing solutions. Through the empathise, define, imagine, prototype, and test phases, we're fostering a culture of innovation and...

  • 33rd IPMA World Congress 27 to 29 November 2024

    Posted on February 26, 2024

    The academic programme of the Congress is a unique opportunity for you to contribute to a vibrant community, showcase your expertise, and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of project management. The 33rd IPMA World Congress will be held from 27 to 29 November 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.

  • 34th SAIIE CONFERENCE: Call for papers - 14 - 16 October 2023

    Posted on February 15, 2024

    Humanity stands on the brink. Climate change, dwindling resources, poverty, illiteracy, and technological disruption represent clear and present dangers to our posterity. However, all is not lost. “Because knowledge belongs to humanity, and it is the torch that illuminates the world,”

  • SADC Tip Training

    Posted on January 25, 2024

    The Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH) delivered training to Southern African Development Community (SADC) policymakers on Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP). The training took place at the Future Africa campus, University of Pretoria, between 4 and 6 Dec 2023. Delegates from 12 SADC...

  • Data Clustering: Applications and Trends

    Posted on December 15, 2023

    Clustering has primarily been used as an analytical technique to group unlabelled data for extracting meaningful information. The fact that no clustering algorithm can solve all clustering problems has resulted in the development of several clustering algorithms with diverse applications. We...

  • Congratulations to Anne Crafford on her promotion as Associate Professor

    Posted on December 14, 2023

    Congratulations to Dr Anne Crafford, Executive for Transformation at the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA), on her promotion to the esteemed position of Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria.

  • Clive Enoch, Winner of the Annual Africa PMO of The Year Award

    Posted on December 08, 2023

    Organisations in South Africa and, indeed, the world are increasingly reliant on Project Management Offices (PMOs) as the backbone of their project activities, with the purpose of setting guidelines, implementing methodologies, maintaining standards, and otherwise contributing to benefits...

  • Dr Schalk Grobbelaar as winner of the Mail & Guardian " Greening the future" (Sustainable Design) 2023 Award

    Posted on December 04, 2023

    Schalk Grobbelaar, a senior lecturer at the GSTM, is a key figure in sustainable design. As chairperson of a strategic partnership with York Timbers, he leads multidisciplinary research and training programs, focusing on advanced wood products for a sustainable built environment and bioeconomy in...

  • High Level AI Forum for African Vice Chancellors-Address by Prof Mugabe

    Posted on November 20, 2023

    On 7th of November 2023, Prof John Ouma Mugabe of the Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) addressed African Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities on effective governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Africa.

  • Mass Timber and its impact on the South African Building Industry

    Posted on November 17, 2023

    This week Schalk Grobbelaar was a speaker at the Green Building Convention in Cape Town hosted by the Green Building Council South Africa. The session was filled with enthusiasm and the growing interest in timber construction was clearly noticeable.

  • Lifetime Achievement Award - Congratulation Prof Joe Amadi-Echendu

    Posted on November 15, 2023

    The Lifetime Achievement Award is the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM’s) most prestigious award to a person who has: ● personal integrity; ● an established history of distinguished service in one or more fields related to Engineering Asset Management...

  • Prof Lavagnon Ika visits the GSTM

    Posted on November 10, 2023

    Lavagnon Ika is Full Professor of Project Management (PM) and former MSc Program Director at the Telfer School of Management (uOttawa). He's jointly affiliated with the uOttawa School of International Development and Global Studies. He holds an MSc and a PhD in PM from the Université du Québec....

  • CII - SA Chapter: Lunch Hour Webinar - 23 Nov. 12:30 - 13:30

    Posted on November 06, 2023

    Construction projects are executed with the input from a variety of project participants, including the owner’s team, professional team and the contractor. In some procurement models such as design-build projects, the relationship between the professional team and the contractor allows...

  • Virtual Lunch Hour Seminar with Prof Ika, Friday, 27 October 2023 12h00

    Posted on October 26, 2023

    In this talk, Prof Ika explores the nexus between project management and grand challenges in Africa, where sociopolitical complexity is high and institutional challenges are paramount. He suggests that, despite a shared overarching concern for organizing work and delivering change, project...

  • 11th South African System Dynamics Conference 16 - 17 November 2023

    Posted on October 17, 2023

    South Africa System Dynamics Chapter (SASDC) is hosting our hybrid 11th annual South African System Dynamics Conference to create a networking platform where researchers can present novel work which contributes to systems thinking, system dynamics (theory, methodology or empirics), systems...

  • ISEM Conference 2023 - Best paper award to Martin Lekarapa & Schalk Grobbelaar

    Posted on October 17, 2023

    Martin Lekarapa (MPM graduate) and Dr Schalk Grobbelaar received the award for best paper in the proceedings of the recent ISEM2023 Conference for their study which focused on examining the difficulties in budget development for heritage building projects.

  • 15 Project leadership lessons from SA's pursuit towards the Rugby World Cup 2019

    Posted on September 28, 2023

    IPMA CASE STUDY SERIES “Zero to Hero” 15 Project leadership lessons from South Africa’s pursuit towards the Rugby World Cup 2019, Giel Bekker & Inga Minelgaité. Publisher and owner of the IPMA Case Study - © International Project Management Association (IPMA®)...

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