SERA e-News

February/March 2010, Vol 7, No 2

Stakeholders heed SERA Focus Area team's call to address food security concerns

ACGT helps plot malaria research trajectory at 2010 SAMI Conference

Collaboration in Human Language Technologies spurs national network

Stakeholders heed SERA Focus Area team's call to address food security concerns
	The SERA Food, Health and Nutrition (FHN) Focus Area team recently held a workshop aimed at forming a collaborative team to improve food security issues in southern Africa. The aim was to draw on the expertise of all relevant role players in addressing food security issues in South Africa.

ACGT helps plot malaria research trajectory at 2010 SAMI Conference
	The ACGT was recently represented at the annual SAMI (South African Malaria Initiative) Conference 2010 in Cape St Francis. The meeting was followed by an open SAMI Steering Committee Meeting. The main purpose of the Conference was to review the progress of SAMI-funded projects.

Collaboration in Human Language Technologies spurs national network
	The first National HLT Network event organised by the Human Language Technology Research Group at the CSIR Meraka Institute - which began as a flagship collaborative initiative of the Digital@SERA Focus Area - attracted 85 participants from government, academia and industry.

USEFUL LINKS

CSIR Science Real & Relevant Conference 2010

NRF Call Schedule 2010-2012

Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: March 2010

ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

Global summit seeks to transform agricultural research - The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development seeks revolutionary answers to the problem of hunger. Source: SciDev.Net

World-class 'green' building to be erected at the University of Pretoria - A sod-turning ceremony was held at the construction site of UP's new Plant Science building, marking the University's commitment to 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. Source: AUP website

Ministers promise decade for African science - African science ministers will stage a 'decade of science' to keep the profile of science and technology high among their leaders. Source: SciDev.Net