Day 4

Day 4 started off with an exciting Transdisciplinary workshop presented by Professor Emma Archer, another of our guest speakers. Working in groups, delegates had to come up with three of the biggest threats to the environment in Africa and present their group discussions to the rest of the delegates.

Following this workshop, there were three sessions during which delegates presented their MSc/PhD research: 1) Terrestrial, chaired by GSN Chairperson Qondisa Mbekwa; 2) Marine/Estuarine, chaired by GSN committee member Tamanna Patel; and 3) Freshwater and Atmospheric, chaired by GSN committee member Thami Shezi.

Each session was followed by feedback from the panel, which included Dr Gavin Rishworth, Dr Betsie Milne, Dr Shaun Deyzel, Professor Emma Archer, Glenn Moncrieff, Grant van der Heever and Athi Mfikili.

After a day filled to the brim with interesting talks, we closed with a panel discussion (picture) on Reshaping our Future, facilitated by Dr Shaun Deyzel. Thank you to Dr Gavin Rishworth, Dr Betsie Milne and Glenn Moncrieff for being part of the panel.

The day closed with a brief talk by Dr Gavin Rishworth on stromatolites in preparation for the field trip the following day.