SAJU 6 Programme – Day 3

8.1) Panel: The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) – Prospects and Challenges

Room: OMEGA

Time: 11:00 – 12:30

Prof. Pedro Miguel AMAKASU RAPOSODE MEDEIROS CARVALHO, Kansai University
Prof. Scarlett CORNELISSEN, SUJC
Prof. Sadaharu KATAOKA, Waseda University
Prof. Hiroki NAKAMURA, Musashino University

Moderator: Prof. Shinichi TAKEUCHI, African Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

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8.2) Panel: Health and Wellbeing – Social Justice and Development

Room: Magnifica 3

Time: 11:00 – 12:30

Decolonizing the Biomedical Sciences postgraduate curriculum: first steps…

Prof. Faadiel ESSOP, Division of Medical Physiology, BMRI, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University

Teachers’ perceptions of precipitating factors for Substance abuse among learners in selected secondary schools in the Capricorn District of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Maphuti CHUENG, Department of Health Sciences, University of Venda
Merriam MOHLALA, Department of Health Sciences, University of Venda
Khuliso MATSHOVHANA, Department of Health Sciences, University of Venda
Valeria BALOYI, Department of Health Sciences, University of Venda
Azwinndini MUDAU, Department of Health Sciences, University of Venda

The presence of women in the leadership of listed manufacturing pharmaceutical companies with operations in South Africa

Dr Nsovo MAYIMELE, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology

Understanding the right to inclusion as a student with disabilities in TVET Colleges

Ms. Selina KUNGWANE, University of South Africa & Ms. Anneline KORF-TALJAARD, Boland Technical and Vocational Education Training College

Including Indigenous health knowledge within higher education curriculum as an issue of epistemic justice

Dr. Ohajunwa CHIOMA, Africa Centre for HIV and AIDS Management, Stellenbosch University
Dr. Vagiri RAJESH, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo
Dr. Anne OUMA, Umea University
Dr. Anthea HANSEN, Department of Health Professions Education, Stellenbosch University

Moderator: Prof. Ashraf KAGEE, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University

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8.3) Panel: Systems and Technologies For the Future – Engineering, Adaptive Technologies

Room: Magnifica 1

Time: 11:00 – 12:30

Developing an Artificial Intelligence algorithm for enhancing production efficiency in a factory of the future

Prof. H.J. VERMAAK, Stadio Higher Education & Dr. J. COETZER, Central University of Technology, Free State & Stadio Higher Education

Adoption of smart irrigation technologies by South African small-scale farmers

Dr. Alfred KGOPA, School of Computing, UNISA & Dr. Bessie Baakyanan MONCHUSI, School of Engineering, UNISA

Introduction into the technical cooperation in earth science and mining between South Africa and Japan since 1991: present (post-COVID19) and future

Dr. Yasuo YABE, Tohoku University & Prof. Musa MANZI, professor of Geosciences, Wits University

Using Artificial Intelligence in energy management of Smart Grids

Prof. Amr ELTAWIL, Dean, School of Innovative Design Engineering, Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST)

Embedded machine vision for products’ inspection and grading

Prof. Mohamed SAYED, Dean, School of Electronics, Communication and Computer Engineering, E-JUST

Moderator: Prof. Natasha Sacks, Professor of Advanced Manufacturing, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University

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8.4) Panel: Social Justice and Development – Society/Social Relations/History

Room: Magnifica 4

Time: 11:00 – 12:30

Street as the place for conviviality?: Relationships between people, products, and place in Cape Town CBD

Ms. Matsuri NAKAMURA, MA Candidate, Anthropology, UCT

Becoming Black: Reading Steve Biko in Japanese

Dr. Tomohiro KAMBAYASHI, Department of English, Konan University, Kobe

Japan’s policy towards South Africa in the late apartheid period

Ms. Kumiko MAKINO-YAMASHITA, Senior researcher, IDE-JETRO

In search of recognition: Youth engagement in ‘traditional’ dancing in Nyanga

Rise TANINO, MA Candidate, Anthropology, UCT

Building the “rainbow nation” through mass media: television, cultural diversity, and national unity in post – Apartheid South Africa

Dr. Tomohiro HARA, Department of Economics, Musashi University

Moderator: Dr. Tawanda Sachikonye, Southern African Liaison Office (SALO)