Day 2 & 3

Glenn Moncrieff, data scientist from SAEON’s Fynbos Node, facilitated the Data Visualisation in R workshop on Day 2. There were three sessions throughout the day, which allowed time for delegates to grasp concepts as well as for hands-on practice with actual data.

Towards the evening, the interns that attended the Indibano each gave a five-minute talk on why they chose to do an internship with SAEON, what their duties or responsibilities are and what they wish to achieve during their internships.

The Integration of QGIS in R workshop on Day 3 was facilitated by Hayden Wilson, scientific programme officer from SAEON’s uLwazi Node. There were three sessions throughout the day, which gave delegates enough time to learn concepts and work through examples.

Next on the programme was guest speaker Dr Alastair Potts, a senior researcher at Nelson Mandela University. Dr Potts gave a short talk on Multidisciplinarity, followed by a walk around the Irma Booysen Floral Reserve (picture) where he explained the Dune Thicket Fynbos/Dune Thicket Forest mosaic to delegates.