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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#ACBDD7" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Read about the Botswana Open Data Open Science Forum, SFSA, OpenCon, SKA and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Academy of Science of South Africa [mailto:communications=assaf.org.za@mail9.suw91.mcdlv.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Academy of Science of South Africa<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 8, 2017 10:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> inacsmith@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> ASSAf Newsletter December 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src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/01ed43f7-a842-4144-9c64-aba387a338d9.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Inaugurates New Members</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br>The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) inaugurated a record number of 41 leading scientists as new Members at its annual Awards Ceremony on 11 October 2017, increasing the total Membership to 542. Mrs Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science of Technology, delivered the keynote address at the event. As the official Academy of South Africa, ASSAf has as core function to honour the country’s most outstanding scholars by electing them to Membership of the Academy. ASSAf Members are drawn from the full spectrum of disciplines.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=2ce7cc6005&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=264 style='width:2.75in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=264 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/bbef097e-d6e2-4fc6-8e9f-51a9c4f13398.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=264 style='width:2.75in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Recognises SKA Leader </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) recognised astronomer and former leader of the biggest global science project in Africa with a gold medal at its prestigious Annual Awards Ceremony held in Pretoria on 11 October 2017. ASSAf annually awards the ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medal for outstanding achievement in scientific thinking to the benefit of society. This year the award was presented to Dr Bernie Fanaroff who retired as Director of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project in 2015.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=1b7ae7bc68&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/1d6c9aee-c9a3-4253-901e-f158998f4185.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Annual Humanities Lecture</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Prof Njabulo Ndebele, Chairman of The Nelson Mandela Foundation and The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, delivered the 2017 ASSAf Annual Humanities Lecture on the topic Steve Biko’s “Envisioned Self” and the Makings of a South African. The lecture was held on 26 October 2017 at the University of Pretoria. The purpose of this event is to promote the humanities in the country and to draw attention to the importance of the humanities amongst school learners, university students, scholars, and South African society.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=578ee3574d&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/e0f835fc-50c3-4c4d-b3f6-6167a47c14c5.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Renowned Nobel Laureate delivers Public Lectures</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>South African born Nobel Laureate and biophysicist, Prof Michael Levitt, delivered a series of public lectures hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) at several universities in November 2017. Levitt who was ASSAf’s Distinguished Visiting Scholar for 2017/18 was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, which he shared with Martin Karplus, Harvard University and Arieh Warshel, University of Southern California. Levitt is a Professor of structural biology at Stanford University, a position he has held since 1987.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=28aee24e7f&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 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style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=142 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/d04a716a-d0ce-4681-82c8-f27e1dd98172.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Study on Revitalising Agricultural Education and Training in South Africa</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Challenges facing South Africa’s agricultural education and training (AET) sector are highlighted in the latest consensus study report released by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) on 27 September 2017. </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=0c7b07a0f2&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=352 id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/6eebc8be-08db-47f6-b6e4-2c0c2f7640da.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Conference Addresses Abandoned Mines</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Innovative ways to minimise the risks associated with abandoned mines in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) were discussed at an international conference hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina on 28 – 30 November 2017.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=93242aa22b&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/21a0c91d-28b0-401c-9052-3f7c3e510fbe.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Science Business Society Dialogue Conference Issues Statement</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Having deliberated on the sustainable use of abandoned mines in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, the delegates of the Science Business Society Dialogue Conference, with the theme Linking Science, Society, Business and Policy for the Sustainable Use of Abandoned Mines in the SADC Region, released a statement.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=c804150401&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more </span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=564 id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/62ac2f2f-1309-41e8-a3be-b0d43672b051.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=564 valign=top style='width:423.0pt;padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Partners at SFSA 2017</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) was, for the first time, a full partner at the international Science Forum South Africa 2017 (SAFS 2017) that took place on 7 – 8 December 2017 in Pretoria. ASSAf partnered with event host, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), as well as the National Research Foundation (NRF).<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=356d5d948f&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=564 valign=top style='width:423.0pt;padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>AMASA 13 held in Nigeria</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) hosted the 13th Annual Meeting of African Science Academies (AMASA 13) in Nigeria on 16 and 17 November 2017. Prior to the start of the AMASA conference, a Learning Collaborative with a focus on science advice was held on 13 and 14 November 2017.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=2fa63cec88&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=564 id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/3b08f5ee-bd24-4a3a-816f-e275da968b41.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td width=564 valign=top style='width:423.0pt;padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Air Pollution and Health Symposium</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf, with the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, in cooperation with the Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (IUF), hosted a symposium on Air Pollution and Health: New Research Perspectives for a Growing Global Crisis. The symposium was held on 7 and 8 November 2017 in Düsseldorf, Germany.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=ada2953550&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=564 id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/424e2630-ff9e-463e-952e-cbe84ef938a6.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/3a0cc65a-38a9-4a86-9ad8-06c923425b4a.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>World Science Forum Held in Jordan</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The eighth World Science Forum (WSF) took place in Jordan from 7 to 11 November 2017. The theme was Science for Peace and a panel of global thought-leaders declared renewed intent to fight poverty and promote just, equitable and inclusive social development based on the restoration, protection and sustainable use of natural resources and ecosystems to promote greater peace and social harmony.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=1cb28eaa8b&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/1ebfb6e9-6d96-4090-96c0-d75d8f1cb2d3.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Storytelling in Science Education</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf, in collaboration with the Embassy of the United States of America in South Africa (US Embassy), co-hosted a panel discussion titled Storytelling and Narrative in Science Education and Communication. The guest speaker was Dr Tyler DeWitt, Research Scientist, High-school Teacher and Digital Content Author.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=9cd2b9e446&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/4475dc82-42a2-4566-9f9c-b2313026acf1.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Panel on Climate Change S&T Meets</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The panel on the Second Biennial Report on the State of Climate Change Science and Technology in South Africa held a meeting on 22 September 2017 at ASSAf. It was the first meeting of the extended panel and the project, intended activities, roles and timelines were discussed.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=42774e758a&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=124 id="_x0000_i1038" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/c439a2ae-5a70-4d1c-b21d-467d0257b730.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Members in the News</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The diversity of its Membership, embracing the full disciplinary spectrum, enables ASSAf to focus on issues of a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral nature and to bring the strengths of a fully inclusive approach to bear on the issues of national and international concern. These Members achieve in their individual fields.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=47b9bcc449&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1039" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/63f57329-5549-4d15-bffc-b12cd33c3a27.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>SAJS to be more open</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Strategic plans for the South African Journal of Science are currently underway to better align it within an open science philosophy. One of the major plans for this alignment will be to move the journal to the new version of Open Journal Systems (OJS). This migration will also form part of an upgrade of the other journals currently hosted by ASSAf on OJS. The new, federated system will be launched in January 2018.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1040" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/f6b36e4c-ba57-4695-b42b-78aa79e15780.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Botswana Open Science Open Data Forum</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Botswana Open Science Open Data Forum took place in Botswana on 30 and 31 October 2017. Botswana shares the same challenges as other African countries regarding open science policy, utilising and adapting the current information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure/fibre connections and building capacity. </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=218a02eba5&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1041" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/e1e55cd1-6622-4a40-984e-317dad2e9299.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>OpenCon Addresses Open Access</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The OpenCon 2017 was held in Berlin, Germany, from 11 to 13 November 2017 with the theme Empowering the Next Generation to Advance Open Access, Open Education and Open Data. More than 200 participants from 175 countries attended the conference. </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=39621167ac&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=176 style='width:132.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1042" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/4a4277c3-9821-41e9-a8ad-aa9a50de92a0.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Staff Matters</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf is the official national science academy of South Africa and has a dual role – to honour distinguished scholars through election to Membership of the Academy, and to provide science advice to government and other stakeholders on critical national and global issues. The ASSAf Secretariat supports the Academy in its endeavours and currently has 34 staff members.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=518902502b&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>SAYAS Inaugurates New Members</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Nine new members of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) were inaugurated on 11 October 2017 at the ASSAf Annual Awards and Inauguration Ceremony</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>.<br><a href="https://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=eef2f6212f&e=3d6872399f" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 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