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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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.
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®)...
Posted on September 27, 2023
The inaugural Timber Construction Conference, themed “Growing Timber Connections”, occurred on 12 September 2023 and was held at Future Africa Pretoria. The Conference aimed to promote the widespread adoption of timber construction throughout South Africa, showcasing its numerous...
Posted on September 19, 2023
Norwegian entrepreneurial stakeholders visited University of Pretoria during September to learn more about the South African entrepreneurial ecosystem. Key role players in the Gauteng region, such as UP’s Tuksnovation, Technology Transfer Office, Engineering 4.0, Technology Innovation...
Posted on September 14, 2023
Enhancing the business effectiveness of the capital facility life cycle through research and development and driving business value for your capital projects
Posted on September 06, 2023
In 2023, the Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET'23) had the theme "Managing Technology, Engineering, and Manufacturing for a Sustainable World." The conference alternates between Portland, USA, and other countries, with the 2023 event taking...
Posted on September 06, 2023
Prof Elma van der Lingen, Chair GTSM, would like to congratulate Drs Michelle van Rooyen and Marie-James Sibe for obtaining their PhD degree. The degrees were awarded at the September 2023 graduation ceremony. It takes perseverance, hard work and commitment to complete a PhD degree.
Posted on August 25, 2023
The Timber Construction Conference will be held in Pretoria on 12 September
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