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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">Please join the following ASSAf sessions during the
<a href="https://www.innovationbridge.info/ibportal/?q=innovation-bridge-event"><span style="color:#002060">Innovation Bridge/Science Forum South Africa 2019</span></a>, from tomorrow 4-6 December 2019, CSIR ICC, Pretoria. Please find attached for more information.
 The full programme is available at </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="https://www.innovationbridge.info/ibportal/?q=innovation-bridge-event/programme">https://www.innovationbridge.info/ibportal/?q=innovation-bridge-event/programme</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">4 Dec. 11:00-12:30:
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">Unravelling age and the aging mind-set in the Fourth Industrial Revolution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">4 Dec. 13:30-15:00: Science Engagement - Sharing Lessons between Singapore and South Africa</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">4 Dec. 13:30-15:00:
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">Tackling air pollution and health in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">4 Dec. 17:00-19:30: Industrial Parks as supportive environments for STI collaboration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">5 Dec. 15:30-15:00: Gender-based violence and femicide: Where have we failed, what more do we need to do?
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002060">6 Dec. 9:00-10:30: Pure or Applied Science in the age of the Anthropocene: Which does 'South Africa 2030' need more urgently?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Ina Smith</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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