6th National Global Change Conference

The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) and the National Research Foundation (NRF), in partnership with the University of Mpumalanga (UMP) are organizing the 6th National Global Change Conference. The conference will be held at the UMP on 1-4 December 2025. The theme of the conference to be announced soon.

The National Global Change Conferences are held biennially under the banner of the Global Change Grand Challenge (GCGC) – one of the focus areas known as grand challenges from the Ten-Year Innovation Plan (TYIP) of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). The recently adopted Decadal Plan 2022-2032, under the new White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation, has placed heightened emphasis on the importance of science, technology and innovation in achieving sustainable development. The conferences provide a platform for networking and knowledge sharing among global change stakeholders, and bring together between 350-600 change agents from the research and development sector, business, industry, government, and civil society, to share and debate the latest research and technology developments, and innovative solutions to some of the environmental sustainability challenges facing society.

The first call for oral and poster presentations and Expression of Interest (EOI) for host side events or exhibition will be issued in April 2025, and posted on the websites of conference partners: www.nrf.ac.za; www.dsti.gov.za; and www.ump.ac.za

For further inquiries:

Email: globalchange2025@ump.ac.za; Kogilam.Govender@dsti.gov.za;
NV.Manana@risa.nrf.ac.za
Phone: +27 13 002 0221 (Dr Naledi Nthite);
+27 12 843 6526 (Ms Kogilam Govender); and
+27 12 481 4358 (Ms Ntombizini Manana)

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