Day 2, Session 1
Theme 3: Social Transformation
Time: 09:00 – 12:00
Session chair: Dr Lutasha Ndesi

Link; https://uwc.zoom.us/s/94505083271

Speaker: Ms Kirsten Deane
Faculty: Arts and Humanities
Time: 09:00 – 09:15
Topic: Readjusting Disabilities
SDG: 3, 4

Speaker: Ms Lenishia Frank
Faculty: EMS
Time: 09:15 – 09:30
Topic: Seeking a dignified life: An exploration of the aspirations and experiences of women refugees in Cape Town, South Africa.
SDG: 10

Speaker: Mr Luvo Matshoqo
Faculty: EMS
Time: 09:30 – 09:45
Topic: Investigating water and electricity service delivery on South African economic transformation.
SDG: 6, 7

Speaker: Mr Kenan Levendal
Faculty: EMS
Time: 09:45 – 10:00
Topic: Employee Flourishing, career adaptability, work resources and resilience amongst a selected university’s staff in the Western Cape.
SDG: 3, 8

Speaker: Prof Fiona Anciano
Faculty: EMS
Time: 10:00 – 10:15
Topic: Shifting Sovereignty? The political impact of diverse citizens’ practices of substituting for the state.
SDG: 11

Speaker: Ms Boitumelo Papane
Faculty: EMS
Time: 10:15 – 10:30
Topic: Universities as Sites of Protection: Gender-based Violence and the University of the Western Cape.
SDG: 5

Q&A:  10:30 – 10:45

Speaker: Mr Daglous Makumbe
Faculty: EMS
Time: 10:45 - 11:00
Topic: Efficacy of Lockdowns in South Africa: A Contextual Perspective.
SDG: 3

Speaker: Prof Brighton Mupangavanhu
Faculty: Law
Time: 11:00 – 11:15
Topic: Business and Economic Law’s Contribution to Social Transformation in Africa – A Few Insights.
SDG: 9, 13, 16

Speaker: Mr Sibusiso Ngubane
Faculty: Law
Time: 11:15 – 11:30
Topic: The conundrum of aligning ukuzila custom with constitutional values of gender equality for widows in customary marriage
SDG: 5

Speaker: Dr Samuel Lundie, Dr Danica Sims, Prof Rajen Govender & Prof Simone Titus
Institution: UWC, University of Oxford & University of Stellenbosch.
Time: 11:30 – 11:45
Topic: Shifting Assessment Paradigms in South African Higher Education: Evolving towards transformative approaches to policy development.
SDG: 4

Speaker: Ms Tomiwa Fapohunda
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 11:45 – 12:00
Topic: The role of women empowerment on gender-based violence (GBV).
SDG: 5

Q&A: 12:00 – 12:15

LUNCH BREAK 12:15-13:00

Day 2, Session 2
Theme 3: Social Transformation
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Session chair: Dr Makhaya Malema

Link: https://uwc.zoom.us/s/92189894572

Speaker: Dr Philomene Nsengiyumva
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 13:00 – 13:15
Topic: The factors determining female unemployment in South Africa: Evidence from the 2021 Labour Force Survey.
SDG: 5

Speaker: Dr Robyn Tyler
Faculty: Arts and Humanities
Time: 13:15 – 13:30
Topic: Bilingual learning materials as a decolonial crack in Southern schooling: the case of iSayensi Yethu.
SDG: 11

Speaker: Mr Koketso Mokabati
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 13:30 – 13:45
Topic: The demographic aspects of African female migrants and housing type in South Africa: a comparison between the 2001 and 2011 population censuses
SDG: 10 , 11

Speaker: Ms Peace Mbadugha
Faculty: EMS
Time: 13:45 – 14:00
Topic: Development of an entrepreneurial mentorship model for job creation and youth development in South Africa.
SDG: 8 & 9

Speaker: Ms Qanita Bassier
Faculty: Arts and Humanities
Time: 14:00 - 14:15
Topic: Understanding the burden on an ‘infodemic’ during COVID-19- A critical multimodal discourse analysis.
SDG: 3, 16

Q&A:  14:15 – 14:30

Theme 4: Health - Understanding the burden of disease

Speaker: Mr Lwandile Tokwe
Faculty: CHS
Time: 14:30 – 14:45
Topic: Newly diagnosed patients’ voices of living with HIV/PTB co-infection in a rural PHC setting, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
SDG: 3

Speaker: Ms Nokwanda Bokolo
Faculty: CHS
Time: 14:45 – 15:00
Topic: A Systematic Review Protocol for the effectiveness of psycho-educational intervention programmes in addressing the psychological risk factors associated with non-communicable diseases among adolescents.
SDG: 3

Speaker: Dr Sebolelo Mokapela
Faculty: Arts and Humanities
Time: 15:00 – 15:15
Topic: When Congenital Abnormalities Manifest: Awareness Raising and Use of a Health Crisis for Organisational Learning
SDG: 3, 10, 16, 17

Speaker: Mr Cosmos Yarfi
Faculty: CHS
Time: 15:15 – 15:30
Topic: The impact of stroke rehabilitation on the community life of stroke patients in an Orthodox and Traditional medicine context in Ghana.
SDG: 4

Speaker: Dr Rubina Setlhare
Faculty: Education
Time: 15:30 – 15:45
Topic: Child and adolescent mental health
SDG: 3, 4

Q&A: 15:45 – 16:00

Day 2: Close

Day 3, Session 1
Theme 4: Health - Understanding the burden of disease
Time: 09:00 – 12:00
Session chair: Ms Janine Senekal

Link: https://uwc.zoom.us/s/97118853073

Speaker: Ms Nqobile Mokhethi
Faculty: CHS
Time: 09:00 – 09:15
Topic: Exploring barriers to TB contact tracing and screening: Perspective of health care providers in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
SDG: 3

Speaker: Dr Rifqah Roomaney
Faculty: CHS
Time: 09:15 – 09:30
Topic: One in five South Africans are multimorbid: An analysis of the 2016 demographic and health survey.
SDG: 3

Speaker: Mr Gert Rutger Van Lill
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 09:30 – 09:45
Topic: Engineering antimicrobial strains of S. cerevisiae as an industrial platform for non-sterile bioprocesses.
SDG: 12 & 13

Speaker: Ms Toughieda Basadien
Unit: Health Promotion and Wellness (HIV/AIDS)
Time: 09:45 – 10:00
Topic: Psychoeducation and Behaviour Change: A Call for Critical Approaches
SDG: 3

Speaker: Ms Ammaarah Gamieldien
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 10:00 – 10:15
Topic: The Association of Anthropometric Measurements, Blood Pressure Measurements and Lipid Profiles with Mental Health Symptoms in University Students.
SDG: 3

Speaker: Dr Elzaan Booysen
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 10:15 – 10:30
Topic: Heterologous expression of the biosurfactant lyso-ornithine lipid (LOL) and co-formulation of LOL with a green biocide
SDG: 13

Q&A:  10:30 – 10:45

Speaker: Ms Anneline Robertson
Faculty: CHS
Time: 10:45 - 11:00
Topic: Nursing students’ perceptions of the barriers to applying theory to practice in clinical placement settings.
SDG: 4

Speaker: Dr Rukshana Ahmed
Faculty: Dentistry
Time: 11:00 – 11:15
Topic: Hypochlorous acid as an alternative disinfectant agent against E faecalis
SDG: 3

Speaker: Ms Robynne Abrams
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 11:15 – 11:30
Topic: The factors determining women’s time taken to reach healthcare facilities in South Africa: The case of Eastern Cape Province.
SDG: 3

Speaker: Prof Rina Swart
Faculty: CHS
Time: 11:30 – 11:45
Topic: Potential of front-of-pack warning labels to reduce disease burden in South Africa.
SDG: 3, 12

Speaker: Ms Kiyara Govender
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 11:45 – 12:00
Topic: Investigating the relationship between depression and iron status of a South African university student population.
SDG: 3

Q&A: 12:00 – 12:15

LUNCH BREAK 12:15-13:00

Day 3, Session 2
Theme 4: Health - Understanding the burden of disease
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Session chair: Dr Ana Casanueva-Gonzalez

Link: https://uwc.zoom.us/s/94739801727

Speaker: Ms Samantha Cairncross
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 13:00 – 13:15
Topic: Personalized medicine: The discovery and validation of genetic markers associated with radiation-induced side effects in head-and-neck cancer patients in South African populations.
SDG: 3

Speaker: Dr Chanelle Mulopo
Faculty: CHS
Time: 13:15 – 13:30
Topic; Knowledge Translation Platforms for bridging public health and health systems research into Universal Health Coverage related policy and practice in South Africa (KTP-UHC)
SDG: 3

Speaker: Ms Sihle Mamutse
Unit: Health Promotions and Wellness
Time: 13:30 – 13:45
Topic: Reflections on peer to peer led interventions: Looking at the way peers are disseminating information
SDG: 3

Speaker: Ms Nabilah Ebrahim
Faculty: CHS
Time: 13:45 – 14:00
Topic: The determinants of falls among the elderly living in long-term care facilities in the City of Cape Town.
SDG: 3

Speaker: Mr Dewald Schoeman
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 14:00 - 14:15
Topic: The Flexibility of the E Protein PDZ-Binding Motif Potentially Plays a Role in the Virulence of Human Coronaviruses
SDG: 3

Speaker: Dr Nompumelelo Nyembe
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 14:15 – 14:30
Topic: Application of genome-guided approaches for the discovery of novel drug candidates
SDG: 3

Q&A: 14:30 – 14:45

Theme 5: Sustainable Urbanisation

Speaker: Dr Mohamed Djemilou
Unit: DVC: R&I
Time:14:45 – 15:00
Topic: The impact of skills and training on the development and growth of informal traders: a case study of the Long Street Kiosk incubator in Cape Town.
SDG: 8

Speaker: Dr Ronel Davids
Faculty: CHS
Time: 15:00 – 15:15
Topic: The voices of women who are deaf - Exploring their experiences of gender-based violence.
SDG: 5

Speaker: Dr Tinashe Kanosvamhira
Faculty: Arts and Humanities
Time:15:15 – 15:30
Topic: Cultivating Food Justice: Redefining Harvest Sales for Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Low-Income Cape Town Post-COVID-19
SDG: 11

Speaker: Ms Elizabeth Dania
Faculty: Natural Sciences
Time: 15:30 – 15:45
Topic: Women’s household drinking water choice and time to get to water sources in the rural areas: Evidence from 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey.
SDG: 6

Q&A: 15:45 – 16:00

Day 3: Close

Day 4, Session 1
Theme 6: Digital Technologies
Time: 09:00 – 12:00
Session chair: Dr Clement Nyirenda

Link: https://uwc.zoom.us/s/97910169421

Speaker: Dr Carolien Van Den Berg
Faculty: EMS
Time: 9:00 – 09:15
Topic: Advancing Sustainable-Smart Innovations Through a Transdisciplinary Learning Intervention: Insights From The Quintuple Helix Model
SDG: 4, 11 , 17

Speaker: Mr Sydney Mutelo
Faculty: Education
Time:  09:15 – 09:30
Topic: Unmasking the significance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the curricular and pedagogical practices of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
SDG: 4

Speaker: Ms Dominique Bowers
Faculty: EMS
Time: 09:30 – 09:45
Topic: A bibliometric study of disruptive theory and supply chain management research: South African perspective.
SDG: 9, 17

Speaker: Prof Jennifer Chipps
Faculty: CHS
Time: 09:45 – 10:00
Topic: Grassroots uptake of smartphones in education
SDG: 3

Speaker: Ms Tsholofelo Mangadi
Faculty: EMS
Time: 10:00 – 10:15
Topic: Factors influencing the acceptance and use of a South African data-free job search application
SDG: 8

Speaker: Dr Paul Dankers
Unit: Center for Innovative Education and Communication Technologies (CIECT)
Time: 10:15 – 10:30
Topic: The Challenges of Digital Theological Pedagogy in Religious Practises and Narratives
SDG: 9

Q&A:  10:30 – 10:45

Speaker: Prof Riaan Mulder
Faculty: Dentistry
Time: 10:45 - 11:00
Topic: Student perspectives of infusing digital technology in preclinical Prosthetic technique course
SDG: 3, 4, 9

Speaker: Dr Carlyn Keating
Unit: Institutional Planning
Time: 11:00 – 11:15
Topic: Evaluating the outcomes of digital inclusion interventions: A story of unsung heroes and methodological complexities
SDG: 10

Speaker: Mr Siyanda Kobokana
Faculty: Arts and Humanities
Time: 11:15 – 11:30
Topic: Radio as a locus of making “persons' ' under apartheid and post apartheid: Looking at Oom Jimmy and my uncle’s cultures of radio “listenership” in South Africa, Eastern Cape.
SDG: 4

Speaker: Ms Nomonde Zama
Faculty: EMS
Time: 11:30 – 11:45
Topic: Tracing the Intellectual Landscape: A Bibliometric Analysis of Business Analytic and Supply Chain Management
SDG: 11, 12 , 13

Speaker: Mr Johannes Siku & Ms Diana Ogega
Faculty: LAW
Time: 11:45 – 12:00
Topic: Conceptualising AI Tools as a sustainable approach to Higher Education in South Africa.
SDG: 3, 4

Q&A: 12:00 – 12:15

LUNCH BREAK 12:15-13:00

Day 4, Session 2
Theme 6: Digital Technologies
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Session chair: Dr Christopher Shear

Link: https://uwc.zoom.us/s/94105685653

Speaker: Mr Timileyin Olajuwon
Faculty: EMS
Time: 13:00 – 13:15
Topic: Fostering Global Impact through Digital Platforms: The Influence of Social Media on Advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
SDG: 17

Speaker: Mr Isaish Owoeye
Faculty: CHS
Time: 13:15 – 13:30
Topic: Smartphones use addiction among nursing students: A cross-sectional study
SDG: 4

Speaker: Mr Hermanus Smidt
Faculty: EMS
Time: 13:30 – 13:45
Topic: Towards a framework for the adoption of a digital value chain for emerging small-scale farmers in South Africa
SDG: 1, 2, 8, 9 ,10, 12

Speaker: Mr Tak Wing Yu
Faculty: CHS
Time: 13:45 – 14:00
Topic: Student Perspectives on AI: An Exploration of Blessings and Curses in Education and Beyond.
SDG: 4

Speaker: Dr Khalid Mohamed
Faculty: Dentistry
Time: 14:00 - 14:15
Topic: A design of a voice controlled periodontal chart.
SDG: 3

Q&A: 14:15 – 14:30

Speaker: Prof Million Bimerew
Faculty: CHS
Time: 14:30 – 14:45
Topic: Perceived health information technology use, attitudes and barriers among primary healthcare nurses
SDG: 3

Speaker: Mr Oluwaseun Owoeye
Faculty: EMS
Time: 14:45 – 15:00
Topic: USSD Technology a Low Cost Asset in Accelerating Digital Financial Inclusion
SDG: 9

Speaker: Mr Bradley Khumalo
Faculty: EMS
Time: 15:00 – 15:15
Topic: A conceptual framework for the adoption of e-logistics technologies: Towards improved data analytics practice in the Western Cape fishing industry
SDG: 9, 12, 14

Q&A: 15:15 – 15:30

Day 4: Close
Time: 15:30 – 15:35
Speaker: Ms Zinia Bunyula