Keynotes
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Dr. Brent McCusker is the Department Chair and Professor of Geography at West Virginia University. He has published extensively on land use and livelihoods systems in sub-Saharan Africa, specifically South Africa and Malawi. His current research focuses on the implications of climate change on rural livelihoods and broader economic development in Malawi. He also works with USAID’s GeoCenter on livelihood vulnerability analysis and mapping across a range of countries in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia. |
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Prof. Jennifer Fitchett ([email protected]) is an Associate Professor of Physical Geography at the University of the Witwatersrand, and the incoming president of the Society of South African Geographers. Her research is situated within the discipline of Biometeorology, exploring climate and climate change, and the impacts on plants, animals and people. This has included research into changing climatologies of tropical cyclones, droughts, extreme temperature events and seasonality, and applied climate research on tourism and climate change, climate change and health, and plant phenology. She holds a Y1 rating from the National Research Foundation, and was elected of the South African Young Academy of Science in 2020. She also currently serves as the African Councillor of the International Society of Biometeorology |
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Prof. Abel Ramoelo ([email protected]) - is a Director of the Centre for Environmental Studies, and an Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria. Abel completed his first and second degrees in Environmental Sciences at the University of Venda, in 2003 and 2004, respectively. He then completed his MSc in Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation for Environmental Management and Modelling at four European Universities: Southampton, Lund, Warsaw and, the University of Twente (ITC). He holds a PhD degree in remote sensing from the University of Twente (ITC). Research interest is in using passive or optical (hyperspectral and multispectral) and active (SAR/LiDAR) remote sensing data at various scales for informing decisions about natural resource and environmental issues (i.e. biodiversity conservation, land degradation, climate change impact, water resources), and food security. He successfully supervised over 16 MScs and PhDs. He published over 80 peer-reviewed scientific and conference papers, and book chapters. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geo-Information Science, and Editor-in-Chief for SANParks’ KOEDOE journal: African Protected Area Conservation and Science journal. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the ISPRS International Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. |
Important Dates
- Conference Duration
- 12 September 2022 - 16 September 2022
- Registration
- 3 June 2022 - 8 September 2022 [CLOSED]
Organiser
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- Conference organizing team
- Contact Email
- [email protected]
- Contact Number
- 012 420 2882