South Africa: Conferences
2024 and 2025 CONFERENCES
- Africa Energy Indaba, March 4-6, 2025, Cape Town, South Africa. Co-sponsored by the South African National Energy Association (SANEA) in association with the World Energy Council, and supported by the African Union.
- Africa Climate Action Roundtable, May 7-8, 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa--Hybrid Event. Co-sponsored by The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, African Risk Capacity Ltd, African Union Development Agency-NEPAD, World Food Programme (WFP), Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), African Export-Import Bank, and others.
--See especially: Programme - African Association for Lexicography: AFRILEX 2024: 28th International Conference of the African Association for Lexicography, July 1-4, 2024, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference, October 30-November 1, 2024, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
--See also: Conference materials - 45th Durban International Film Festival, July 18-28, 2024 (Durban, South Africa)
- World Congress of Epidemiology 2024 -- "Epidemiology and complexity: challenges and responses," September 24-27, 2024, Cape Town, South Africa. Triennial Congress of the International Epidemiological Association.
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2022 and 2023 CONFERENCES
- AIS 2023--Africa Internet Summit, September 26-30, 2023, Johannesburg, South Africa
Co-sponsored by The Internet Society, AFRINIC, and AfNOG. - AFRILEX--African Association for Lexicography: AFRILEX 2023: 27th International Conference, September 26-29, 2023, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
--See also: Programme, abstracts, and CFP for 26th International Conference of the African Association for Lexicography, June 27-29, 2022, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa -and- 25th AFRILEX "Virtual" International Conference, June 29-30, 2021 - Library and Information Association of South Africa / Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations: LIASA-CECSAL 2022 Conference--"Against All Odds: Resilience of Libraries in a Post-Truth World," October 4-7, 2022, Gauteng, South Africa
2021 CONFERENCES
- ICASA 2021--21st International Conference on AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Infections in Africa, December 6-11, 2021, South Africa Organized by the Society for AIDS in Africa.
2019 CONFERENCES
- "The State of African Philanthropy: Setting the Agenda," May 16-17, 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa. Co-sponsored by the University of the Witwatersrand School of Business--African Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment, the African Philanthropy Forum, TrustAfrica, and the Harvard University Center for African Studies (USA). -- Conference programme
- Southern African Historical Society : 27th Biennial Conference--"Trails,Traditions, and Trajectories: Rethinking Perspectives on Southern African Histories," June 24-26, 2019, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
The deadline for proposals is December 15, 2018.
2018 CONFERENCES
- "Africa in the World: Shifting Boundaries and Knowledge Production," May 25-28, 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa Co-sponsored by the American Anthropological Association and the African Studies Association of the United States.
--The deadline for proposals is January 31, 2018. - African Association for Lexicography: AFRILEX 2018: 23rd International Conference, June 27-29, 2018, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa--"Call for Papers"
--The deadline for proposals is March 31, 2018. - 8th Africa Conference on Sexuality and Reproductive Health, February 12-16, 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 9th AfPIF--African Peering and Interconnection Forum, August 21-23, 2018, Cape Town, South Africa. Co-sponsored by The Internet Society, Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa, & African XIP Association.
- "Enslavement, Conflict, and Forced Marriage in Africa: Research Methods, Research Ethics, and the Political Economy of Knowledge Production," June 25-28, 2018, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
--"Call for Papers": The deadline for applications is February 19, 2018. - International Congress of Linguists 20th Conference, July 2-6, 2018, Cape Town, South Africa
"The Dynamics of Language"
2017 CONFERENCES
- CLASA 2017--Conference of the Language Association of South Africa, June 26-29, 2017, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa -- "Multilingualism and Transformation in the Knowledge Age."
- Fak'ugesi 2017--African Digital Innovation Festival and Conference, September 6-16, 2017, Braamfontein, South Africa"Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival is a non traditional electronic arts or media festival. In this its objective is not only to showcase existing work, but allow the festival to become a location for making and interrogating digital cultures."
--Fak'ugesi Conference, September 14, 2017: programme & panelists - 38th Durban International Film Festival, July 13-23, 2017 (Durban, South Africa)
- 2017 Jozi Book Fair--"Women and Literature", August 31-September 3, 2017, Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa Co-sponsored by the National Library of South Africa and Bohlale ba Basebetsi, Khanya College--Education for Liberation.
-- Includes information from 2016 Jozi Book Fair - World Economic Forum on Africa 2017--"Achieving Inclusive Growth," May 3-5, 2017, Durban, South Africa
- 20th Time of the Writer= Le Temps des Ecrivains, International Festival of Writers, University of KwaZulu-Natal--Durban, March 13-18, 2017 (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)This site provides information about the programme, the participants, and related links; plus information on previous festivals.
2016 CONFERENCES
- Black Portraiture(s) III: Reinventions--Strains of Histories and Cultures, November 17-19, 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa Co-sponsored by New York University--Institute of African American Affairs, Harvard University-Hutchins Center for African & African Amerian Research, and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
--See especially: Program schedule
- Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa: 11th Annual EISA Symposium 2016
"Current Democratic Realities in Africa: Where Are We Headed Beyond the Vote?" October 20-21, 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2016 Jozi Book Fair--"Youth Rising", September 1-4, 2016, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, South Africa Co-sponsored by the National Library of South Africa and Bohlale ba Basebetsi, Khanya College--Education for Liberation.
-- Includes information from 2015 Jozi Book Fair - 21st International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa, July 18-22, 2016 (via UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland)
- 37th Durban International Film Festival, June 16-26, 2016 (Durban, South Africa)
- Jomba 2016: 18th Annual Contemporary Dance Experience, August 24--September 3, 2016, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
- University of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute:
6th International Conference on Africa, Unity for Renaissance, May 22-16, 2016--"The Knowledge, Spiritual and Struggle Heritage for Re-imagining Innovative Africa" (Pretoria, South Africa) - University of Witwatersrand: "The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa," 23-25 November 2016, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
A conference co-hosted by the Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History Online (SAHO).
--See: Draft Programme -and- Abstracts and biographies
2015 Conferences
- 7th Edition Africities Summit, 29 November--3 December 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa
- University of Cape Town, South Africa: "Southern African Pasts Before the Colonial Era, Their Archives, and Their Ongoing Present/Presence," July 16-18, 2015
***The extended deadline for proposals is February 12, 2015!
2014 Conferences
- International Union of Architects World Congress, August 3-7, 2014, Durban, South Africa Co-sponsored by the South African Institute of Architects, Randburg, South Africa.
- African Literature Association: 40th Annual Conference of the ALA-- "Texts, Modes and Repertoires of Living In and Beyond the Shadows of Apartheid," April 9-13, 2014, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa--See also: African Literature Association Home Page (via Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- 14th Congress of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association of Prehistory and Related Studies, July 14-18, 2014, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- 18th Poetry Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal--Durban, October 13-18, 2014 (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)The site offers information on the festival and conference; plus highlights, biographies, and bibliographies from previous festivals: 2002-2013.
- 17th Time of the Writer= Le Temps des Ecrivains, International Festival of Writers, University of KwaZulu-Natal--Durban, March 17-24, 2014 (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)This site provides information about the programme, the participants, and related links; plus information on previous festivals.
2013 CONFERENCES
- 6th MIM Pan African Malaria Conference, October 6-11, 2013, Durban, South Africa Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM, Stockholm, Sweden; via South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa)
- 16th Time of the Writer = Le Temps des Ecrivains, International Festival of Writers, University of KwaZulu-Natal--Durban, March 18-23, 2013 (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)This site provides information about the programme, the participants, and related links.
- Africa Energy Indaba, February 19-21, 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa
"Presented by the South African National Energy Association (SANEA) in association with the World Energy Council, and supported by the African Union and the NEPAD Planning & Coordinating Agency." - Conference on "The Durban Moment: Revisiting Politics, Labour, Youth, and Resistance in the 1970s," February 21-23, 2013, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa (via SAHO--South African History Online, Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa)Registration and abstracts and papers are availalble online.
2012 Conferences
- 16th Poetry Africa, 15-19 October 2012, Durban, South Africa (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)
2011 Conferences
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2011: Durban, South Africa,
November 28-December 9, 2011 (UNFCCC, Bonn, Germany)- The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UNFCCC and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol.
- Official site of COP17/CMP7, Durban, South Africa
- See also: Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
- Poetry Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal--Durban, October 2011 (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)15th Poetry Africa, October 17-22, 2011
The site offers information on the upcoming poetry festival and conference; plus highlights, biographies, and bibliographies from previous festivals: 2002-2009. - South African History Online: "One Hundred Years of the ANC: Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today," 20-24 September 2011, Johannesburg, South AfricauKhongolose--100 Years of Struggle for Freedom: a joint venture between SAHO, the History Workshop at the University of Witwatersrand and the Department of Historical Studies University of Johannesburg.The deadline for abstracts/proposals is February 28, 2011.
- "Women Changing Africa" -- Barnard's 2011 Global Symposia, March 15, 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa (Barnard College, Columbia University, New York)
2010 Conferences
- Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI) Launch Conference, October 11-12, 2010, Johannesburg, South Africa (via University of South Africa, Tshwane/Pretoria)The web site includes the programme, speakers' profiles, abstracts, and conference reports.
- Jozi Book Fair, August 7-9, 2010, Museum Africa, Newton, Johannesburg, South Africa Co-sponsored by Botsotso Publishers and Khanya College--Education for Liberation.
- Cape Town Book Fair, South Africa, 30 July--2 August 2010--plus June 2009 Book Fair Releases & News. Sponsored by PASA--Publishers' Association of South Africa, Goethe Institute, and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
- IST-Africa 2010 Conference & Exhibition, 19-21 May 2010, Durban, South Africa Hosted by the Government of South Africa through the Department of Science and Technology.The deadline for proposals in November 6, 2009!
"IST-Africa 2010 focuses on the Role of ICT for Africa's Development and specifically on Applied ICT research topics addressing major societal and economic challenges, which is part of the European Commission's Information Communications Technologies (ICT) Theme of FP7."
2009 Conferences
- South African Society of Atmospheric Sciences: SASAS 2009: "Beyond the Box," September 9-10, 2009, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- South African Cities Network -- 3rd Urban Conference: The State of South African Cities, 24-25 November 2009 (Braamfontein, South Africa)
- "An established network of South African cities and partners that encourages the exchange of information, experience and best practices on urban development and city management...An initiative of the Minister for Provincial and Local Government and nine city municipalities, in partnership with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA)."
- SACN Home Page
- African Digital Scholarship & Curation, 12-14 May 2009, CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria, South AfricaThe deadline for registration payments is March 31, 2009.
- Cape Town Book Fair, South Africa, July-August 2010 Preview -and- June 2009 Book Fair Releases & News Sponsored by PASA--Publishers' Association of South Africa, Goethe Institute, and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
- 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa (IAS, Geneva, Switzerland)
- 4th South African AIDS Conference--"Scaling up for Success," March 31--April 3, 2009, Durban, South Africa
- "Africa Region Workshop on Vulnerable Groups and HIV/AIDS," Cape Town, South Africa, March 11-13, 2009 (via The World Bank, Washington, DC)
- World Economic Forum on Africa, June 10-12, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa (via Geneva, Switzerland)
2005-2008 Conferences
- Highway Africa Conference on "Citizen Journalism, Journalism for Citizens", 8-10 September 2008, Rhodes University, South Africa (Grahamstown)
- Cape Town Book Fair, South Africa, 14-17 June 2008 Sponsored by PASA--Publishers' Association of South Africa and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
- Cape Town Book Fair, South Africa, 16-19 June 2007 Sponsored by PASA--Publishers' Association of South Africa and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
- Jomba 2007: 10th Contemporary Dance Experience, August 24--September 1, 2007, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (Centre for Creative Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa)The site provides information on this annual festival and links to highlights from the previous programmes since 2000.
- 16th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers, Cape Town, South Africa--Communiqué: December 11-14, 2006 (The Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK)
- 11th International AFRILEX Conference, 5-7 July 2006, University of Venda for Science and Technology, Thohoyandou, South Africa. (African Association for Lexicography, via University of Pretoria, South Africa)The deadline for proposals is May 31, 2006.
- International Sociological Association: XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology, "The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalising World", 23-29 July 2006, Durban, South Africa (via Universidade Complutense de Madrid, Spain)Final deadline for abstracts is March 31, 2006!
- 2nd South African AIDS Conference, 7-10 June 2005, International Conference Centre, Durban, South AfricaThe deadline for abstract submissions and registration is February 28, 2005. The site includes a link to information from the First SA AIDS Conference of August 2003.
2004 Conferences
- Conference on "African Development and Poverty Reduction: The Macro-Micro Linkage," Somerset West, South Africa, 13-15 October 2004. Co-sponsored by the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, and Cornell University--USA. (Cape Town, South Africa)The deadline for proposals in April 15, 2004.
- International Conference on A Decade of Freedom: Celebrating the Role of the International Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa's Freedom Struggle, 10-13 October 2004, Durban, South Africa. Sponsored by the University of Kwazulu-Natal.
- IDLELO: First African Conference on the Digital Commons, January 11-15, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa. Co-sponsored by The Free Software, Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA), and African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) project, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. (University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa)
2003 Conferences
- 5th Annual African Development Finance Conference and Awards 2003, 8-9 October 2003, Johannesburg, South Africa (via Africa Centre for Investment Analysis, University of Stellenbosch, Bellville, South Africa)
- Highway Africa 2003 Conference, 8-10 September, Grahamstown, South Africa (South Africa)
- "Highway Africa is a major continental conference on new media issues for journalists, which aims to bring African media into the centre of debates about the Global Information Society. It includes panel discussions and debates, as well hands-on skills training workshops. The seventh year of this annual meeting of the African journalism community is organised by the Rhodes University Department of Journalism and Media Studies in Grahamstown, South Africa and co-hosted by the SABC."
- Conferences 1997-2002
- 19th International Political Science Association World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 29 June - 4 July 2003: "Democracy, Tolerance, Justice: challenges for political change" (IPSA, Canada)This site offers general information, the program, and an index of participants; plus, a link to the IPSA home page.
- TAMA 2003 South Africa--Technology in Advanced Management Applications Conference, 17-21 February 2003, Pretoria, South Africa: "Multilingual Knowledge and Technology Transfer."This website contains general information, thematic outlines and the programme. Warning: no abstracts.
- World Economic Forum: Reports from the Africa Economic Summit, June 2003, Durban, South Africa...and WEF Annual Meetings since 1999(Geneva, Switzerland)
- This site includes summaries of the discussions and information about the participants, plus overall reports. "The WEF is a business-centered organization acting as an interface with all stakeholders in society...membership is primarily drawn from the world's 1,000 leading global companies..."
- WEF Home Page (General)
2002 Conferences
- Report on the World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August-4 September 2002 (via The United Nations Digital Library, New York, USA)
--See also: Summaries of round tables -and- Other search results in the UN Digital Library
--Plus: French version of original website: Sommet mondial sur le développement durable: Page d'accueil - 2nd Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, Durban, South Africa, 29 July to 2 August 2002 (via M-Web, South Africa)Organized by the Commonwealth of Learning (Canada), the South African Institute for Distance Education, and the South African Department of Education, this conference will explore various approaches to 'open and distance learning'.
2000-2001 Conferences
- "Africa Connects: Education in the Internet Age, Cape Town, South Africa, 10-13 July 2001 (Western Cape Schools' Network, SchoolNet SA, International Education and Resource Network--I*EARN, and the University of Cape Town)General conference information, call for papers, and registration. The deadline is June 1, 2001. "Using the Internet and computers in schools, to support and transform education. AFRICA CONNECTS will cover a wide range of topics in educational computing and educational use of the Internet, in the form of presentations and hands-on workshops. A central theme will be developing access to technology in Africa and developing countries."
- ACT 2001: The African Computing & Telecommunications Summit, Pretoria, South Africa, 30 July to 2 August, 2001 (AITEC: African IT Exhibitions and Conferences, Cambridgeshire, UK)General information and links.
- "Combating Racism: A Nation in Dialogue" -- National Conference on Racism 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 30 - September 2, 2000 (via South African Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg)Background reports and news, conference details, etc.
- 6th Annual Conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres, 13-15 June 2000: Kruger National Park, South Africa Co-sponsored by ACCORD and the South African Department of Foreign Affairs.General information about the conference and related links.
- International Association for the Study of Forced Migration: 7th International Research and Advisory Panel, January 8-11, 2001: Eskom Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa (via University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)Call for papers and related links to IASFM. The proposal deadline is April 1, 2000. "The 50th anniversary of the 1951 Geneva Convention will be celebrated in 2001. The Convention has become the tool of refugee protection. Its position in relation to wider human rights has raised, in the course of its 50 years of use, a wide range of questions and issues ... It is appropriate that in this anniversary year, practitioners and scholars join within their association to discuss the state of play -- the record of the past 50 years, the current situation(s) and where the Convention, on paper or in practice, should or could go from here."
- "World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance" -- Durban, South Africa, 31 August - 7 September 2001 (United Nations, New York)
- This site features general information, documents, conference-related texts, press releases, etc. See also:
1999 Conferences
- The Aftermath: Women in Post-War Reconstruction Conference, Johannesburg College of Education, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 20-22, 1999 (via the University of the Witwatersrand)General information, agenda, documents, and publications.
- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban, South Africa: November 12-15, 1999 (The Commonwealth Secretariat and South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs, Pretoria; via Durban, South Africa)General information, programme, background papers and statements, plus access to the CHOGM Bulletin (including back issues and related links) and an archive of other CHOGM documents.
1998 Conferences & Proceedings
- "Academic Partnerships with South Africans for Mutual Capacity Building," October 18-21, 1998: an international conference presented by Michigan State University; to be held in East Lansing, Michigan; in collaboration with Historically Disadvantaged Institutions Forum--Committee on Technikon Principals & South African Universities' Vice Chancellors' Association. (H-Net, Michigan State University)"The conference is limited to 250 participants from universities, educational associations, donors, and government agencies from South Africa, Europe, and North America." To register, use the online form.
- Africa Telecom '98: May 4-9, 1998, in Johannesburg, South Africa. (via International Telecommunication Union, a UN specialized agency, Geneva, Switzerland)An exhibition and forum for communications technologies. Previous Africa TELECOMs have taken place in Cairo, Egypt in 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe in 1990, and Nairobi, Kenya in 1986.
- African Renaissance Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28-29 September 1998: Misc. Papers (Sponsored by Mafube Publishing, SABC 2 and the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki)
- Thabo Mbeki's speech at the conference
- Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja Lecture on "The Crisis in the Great Lakes Region" (Reposted by Africa Policy Information Center, Washington, DC): Part 1 | Part 2
- "The Challenge to be Relevant in the 21st Century": Annual Conference of the International Association of Technological University Libraries. To be held at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, June 1-7, 1998.Call for papers & general invitation. Deadline for proposals: November 15, 1997.
- 12th Non Aligned Movement Summit, 29 August - 3 September 1998, Durban, South Africa (Republic of South Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs)This site offers general information about the summit and links of interest for visitors, NAM supporters, and South African research topics. See the Final NAM Statement. PDF format
- Southern African Association of Archaeologists Conference, 25-28 April 2000 -- Plenary Session Papers ("Archaeology 2000: The Nature of Archaeology in the New Millenium" Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)Full papers from the plenary sessions by Martin Hall, Janette Deacon, Johan Binneman, Aron Mazel, and A.B. Esterhuysen; plus information about the conference and post-conference excursion -- see the conference home page.