Program

Stages

Main conference room (Exhibition Room)

09:00

10:00

11:00

12:00

13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00

18:00

19:00

SAHS Chair Address

09:00 - 09:05

Dr Tendai Sawunyama

Guest Speaker WRC

09:05 - 09:15

Prof Stanley Liphadzi

Guest Speaker UWC

09:15 - 09:25

Prof David Holgate

Guest Speaker DWS

09:25 - 09:35

Ms Deborah Mochotlhi

Guest Speaker SACNASP

09:35 - 09:45

Dr Nompumelelo H. Obokoh

Navigating Water Security in Africa: Innovative Strategies for a Changing Climate

09:45 - 10:30

Dr Mohsin Hafeez (IWMI)

Tea Break

10:30 - 11:00

A yield gap analysis to assess vulnerability of commercial sugarcane to climatic extremes in southern Africa

11:00 - 11:15

Simphiwe Ngcobo

Exploring The Use Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Rgb Data For Crop Monitoring And Mapping Within A Smallholder Setting

11:15 - 11:30

Evania Chetty

Mapping To Assess Precision Weed Mapping In A Smallholder Farm Using Multispectral Uav Imagery And Geospatial Cloud Computing Infrastructure

11:30 - 11:45

Knowledge Muchaonyerwa

A novel approach for mapping areas suitable for rainfed production of bambara nut and cowpea

11:45 - 12:00

Simon Lake

Calibration and testing of AquaCrop for sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and taro (Colocasia esculenta) landraces

12:00 - 12:15

Thando Mthembu

Lunch

12:15 - 13:15

Exploring Remotely Sensed Rainfall Datasets As Inputs Into Hydrological Models For South Africa

13:15 - 13:30

Stefanie Schütte

The use of Microcontrollers and UAV-Derived Bathymetric Data for Hydraulic Modelling to Inform E-Flow Assessments

13:30 - 13:35

Keanu Singh

Application of Google Earth Engine As a Tool for Flood Mapping In EThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

13:35 - 13:40

Glen Mkhonta

Testing A Pixel-Based Change Detection Method For Creating Landslide Inventories

13:40 - 13:55

Jaco Kotze

Mapping Groundwater-Dependent Invasive Species with Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Heuningnes Catchment, Western Cape, South Africa

13:55 - 14:10

Mmasechaba Lebogang Moropane

Spatial Construction of Missing Turbidity Data for Dynamic Estuarine Waters Based on Sentinel-2 Imagery and Ensemble Techniques

14:10 - 14:25

Naledzani Ndou

Assessing The Performance Of Daily Rainfall Data From The Ascat Soil Moisture Observations Estimated Using The Sm2Rain Algorithm.

14:25 - 14:40

Sniko Nyameni

Finding causes for lower-than-expected urban flood peaks through remote sensing, field investigation and hydraulic modelling

14:40 - 14:55

Ione Loots

Tea Break

15:00 - 15:30

Workshop 1: Dr Jane Tanner (RU): Determining the South African hydrological contribution to three initiatives: ARUA CoE Doctoral School, Africa Europe Cluster of Research Excellence and FRIEND-Water

15:30 - 17:00

Friend Social

17:00 - 19:00

Breakaway venue

09:00

10:00

11:00

12:00

13:00

14:00

15:00

16:00

17:00

18:00

19:00

Tea Break

10:30 - 11:00

The South African River Flow Monitoring Network: A review of the historical trends, challenges and network design

11:00 - 11:15

Jeremy Naidoo

Using 4IR tools to monitor and predict agricultural water availability in South Africa

11:15 - 11:30

Dr Michael van der Laan

Establishment of an instrumentation network for long term hydrological monitoring across six different South African landscapes

11:30 - 11:45

Nolusindiso Ndara

Use of the National Integrated Water Information System (NIWIS) for water resource information management In South Africa

11:45 - 12:00

Setjhaba Mofokeng

WaterSphere 360: Geeks go global, how the digital revolution just invited everyone to the innovation pool party

12:00 - 12:15

Jason Hallowes

Lunch

12:15 - 13:15

Tea Break

15:00 - 15:30

Workshop 2: Dr Mamohloding Tlhagale (WRC): Charting the way forward in hydrology and water security research in Africa

15:30 - 16:00

Friend Social

17:00 - 19:00

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Main conference room (Exhibition Room)

SAHS Chair Address

Guest Speaker WRC

Guest Speaker UWC

Guest Speaker DWS

Guest Speaker SACNASP

Navigating Water Security in Africa: Innovative Strategies for a Changing Climate

Tea Break

A yield gap analysis to assess vulnerability of commercial sugarcane to climatic extremes in southern Africa

Exploring The Use Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Rgb Data For Crop Monitoring And Mapping Within A Smallholder Setting

Mapping To Assess Precision Weed Mapping In A Smallholder Farm Using Multispectral Uav Imagery And Geospatial Cloud Computing Infrastructure

A novel approach for mapping areas suitable for rainfed production of bambara nut and cowpea

Calibration and testing of AquaCrop for sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and taro (Colocasia esculenta) landraces

Lunch

Exploring Remotely Sensed Rainfall Datasets As Inputs Into Hydrological Models For South Africa

The use of Microcontrollers and UAV-Derived Bathymetric Data for Hydraulic Modelling to Inform E-Flow Assessments

Application of Google Earth Engine As a Tool for Flood Mapping In EThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Testing A Pixel-Based Change Detection Method For Creating Landslide Inventories

Mapping Groundwater-Dependent Invasive Species with Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Heuningnes Catchment, Western Cape, South Africa

Spatial Construction of Missing Turbidity Data for Dynamic Estuarine Waters Based on Sentinel-2 Imagery and Ensemble Techniques

Assessing The Performance Of Daily Rainfall Data From The Ascat Soil Moisture Observations Estimated Using The Sm2Rain Algorithm.

Finding causes for lower-than-expected urban flood peaks through remote sensing, field investigation and hydraulic modelling

Tea Break

Workshop 1: Dr Jane Tanner (RU): Determining the South African hydrological contribution to three initiatives: ARUA CoE Doctoral School, Africa Europe Cluster of Research Excellence and FRIEND-Water

Friend Social

Breakaway venue

Tea Break

The South African River Flow Monitoring Network: A review of the historical trends, challenges and network design

Using 4IR tools to monitor and predict agricultural water availability in South Africa

Establishment of an instrumentation network for long term hydrological monitoring across six different South African landscapes

Use of the National Integrated Water Information System (NIWIS) for water resource information management In South Africa

WaterSphere 360: Geeks go global, how the digital revolution just invited everyone to the innovation pool party

Lunch

Tea Break

Workshop 2: Dr Mamohloding Tlhagale (WRC): Charting the way forward in hydrology and water security research in Africa

Friend Social

SAEON

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