Overview

On November 27 2025, please join us and our co-hosts for a side event: Bridging Research Futures: Canada–South Africa Collaboration for Emerging Scholars. The session will bring together leading Research Chairs from the Universities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Ottawa showcasing how innovative partnerships strengthen the training of new and emerging researchers.

This session will explore how collaborative research networks like OpenAIR connecting researchers across 20+ African countries and Canada, can extend global commitments to inclusive innovation, sustainable development, and climate action beyond 2025.

Date: November 27, 2025 Time: 14:00 – 15:30

Venue: Tiyo Soga Room National Research Foundation (NRF) NRF Building, South Gate, CSIR Complex Meiring Naudé Road, Brummeria Pretoria, South Africa

To RSVP, please click this LINK.

Event is hosted by:

• Prof. Caroline Ncube, University of Cape Town, SARChI Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development
• Prof. Erika Kraemer-Mbula, University of Johannesburg, DST–NRF–UNU Trilateral Research Chair in Transformative Innovation
• Prof. Jeremy de Beer, University of Ottawa, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Intellectual Property Law
• Prof. Chidi Oguamanam, University of Ottawa, Sustainable Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance

The panel will be moderated by Dr. Ghati Nyehita, University of Cape Town, Leader, Open AIR’s New and Emerging Researchers Group (NERG)