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SAIEE PAST EVENTS & WEBINARS

This page lists all of the webinars and recordings collected and performed by the SAIEE over the past years and cuurently. Feel free to peruse this page and view some of our videos and recordings.

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SAIEE Bernard Price Memorial Lectures

Date	Topic	Link	Additional Content
58th Bernard Price Memorial Lecture	New Technologies of Intelligent Systems for a Global World	[click here]
60th Bernard Price Memorial Lecture	Carbon Capture and Storage: Ready to Deliver?	[click here]
62nd Bernard Price Memorial Lecture	Re-imagining the Internet in the 21st Century	[click here]
64th Bernard Price Memorial Lecture	Sustainable Engineering Education	[click here]
65th Bernard Price Memorial Lecture	The 4th Industrial Revolution: A.I. and Society	[click here]
67th Benrard Price Memorial Lecture	Automatic Control	[click here]
68th Bernard Price Memorial Lecture	Connectivity	[click here]
69th Bernard Price Memorial Lecture	Leaving a Legacy	[click here]	Presentation: [1] Handout: [1]

SAIEE Annual General Meetings

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
27 April 2018	The SAIEE Challenge: The World is Changing	[click here]
28 March 2019	Digital Transformation: The Enabler for Economic and Social Inclusivity	[click here]
31 March 2020	SAIEE Annual General Meeting 2020 (held Online via webinar)	[click here]
25 March 2021	SAIEE Annual General Meeting 2021(held Online via Webinar)	[click here]
24 March 2022	SAIEE Annual General Meeting 2022 (held Online via Webinar)	[click here]

SAIEE Presidents Inaugural Lecture/Inaugural Address/Invitation Lecture

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
07 April 2020	"The Fifth Industrial Revolution" by Sy Gourrah	[click here]
31 March 2021	"The Future of Work" by Sunil Maharaj	[click here]
21 August 2021	"Enhancing Manufacturing Competitiveness in South Africa"	[click here]
08 September 2022	"Value Creation Through Analytics - a MTN Case Study"	[click here]

SAIEE Technical Talks

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
26 September 2019	ST-Talks: Lightning	[click here]
21 May 2020	Asset Management Series: ISO55K - A General Overview	[click here]	Presentations: [1] [2]
28 May 2020	Asset Management Series: ISO55K - Sample Artefacts	[click here]	Presentation
04 June 2020	Asset Management Series: ISO55K - CIGRE TB787: Implementation in Electric Utilities	[click here]	Presentation
11 June 2020	Asset Management Series: ISO55K - Maintenance Strategies	[click here]	Presentation
18 June 2020	Asset Management Series: ISO55K - Expansion and Operations Planning	[click here]	Presentation
25 June 2020	Asset Management Series: ISO55k - Asset Condition Assessment	[click here]	Presentation
25 June 2020	ST-Talks: Biomedical Engineering	[click here]
30 June 2020	ST-Talk: Blockchain Technology in the Energy Sector	[click here]
02 July 2020	Asset Management Series: ISO55K - Project Portfolio Optimisation	[click here]	Presentation
06 July 2020	SAIEE KZN Centre: Determination of Conductor Current Ratings	[click here]
14 July 2020	SAIEE Women In Engineering: Leadership in a Time of Crisis and Uncertainty	[click here]
22 July 2020	Energy Efficiency in Smart Buildings through IoT Sensor Integration	[click here]
23 July 2020	WattNow Technical Talk: Power Engineering	[click here]	Presentations: [1] [2] [3]
04 August 2020	TEDxTalk: Sy Gourrah - The Future of Women In Engineering	[click here]
20 August 2020	Communications: Television Whitespace (TVWS)	[click here]	Presentations [1] [2]
15 September 2020	The Case for Solar Power in Residential Homes in South Africa	[click here]
16 September 2020	SAIEE KZN Centre: Green Economy	[click here]
22 September 2020	Lightning - Protection of Structures: How To Do It Wrong	[click here]	Presentations: [1]
04 November 2020	wattnow Technical Talk: "Robotics in a Time of Covid-19"	[click here]
18 November 2020	wattnow Technical Talk: "Smart Metering in South Africa"	[click here]
24 November 2020	wattnow Technical Talk: "Wind Power Technology"	[click here]	Presentations: [1]
24 February 2021	SAIEE RMS - Modelling and Simulation of a DC-excited Vernier Reluctance Machine	[click here]
07 April 2021	Corporate Sponsor - Rosatom: "Waste to Energy: An African Perspective	[click here]
26 May 2021	Norm Management - A Chance for Further Waste Minimisation	[click here]

SAIEE Free State Centre

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
22 October 2020	Outline of Renewable Energy in South Africa	[click here]	Presentations: [1] [2]
24 November 2020	Understanding Smart Cities	[click here]
08 June 2021	An Optimisation Driven Declarative Framework & Its Power Applications	[click here]
22 July 2021	Dry Transformers: It's Applications and Practical Examples	[click here]
20 October 2022	Cast Resin Transformers: A Path to a Greener Future	[click here]
09 March 2023	The Education Crisis in South Africa: How Do We Fix It?	[click here]

SAIEE KwaZulu Natal Centre

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
17 August 2020	Optimising Line Designs - Tutorial for TB 638	[click here]
16 September 2020	Green Economy	[click here]
25 November 2020	Esther Fluids for Power Transformers	[click here]
18 February 2021	Electronic Waste	[click here]	Presentation: [1]
30 March 2021	SAIEE KZN AGM: Energy and Sustainability	[click here]
20 April 2021	Innovations in Transmission Line Asset Management	[click here]
20 May 2021	Leveraging Regressions on the Path to Lean Energy	[click here]
15 July 2021	100MW Limit and Associated Grid Tie Considerations	[click here]
19 August 2021	Striving for the Future of Inclusive and Equitable Womens Participation in STEM	[click here]
22 September 2021	Integration of Distributed Energy Resources: Solar PV	[click here]
28 October 2021	Where's My Data? - You Can Only Manage What You Can Measure	[click here]
18 November 2021	Lightning Threat Management	[click here]
24 May 2022	Cable Theft - A Manufacturer's Perspective	[click here]
28 June 2022	Greenhouse-free Solutions for Sustainable Power	[click here]
12 July 2022	Engineering and Patent Law - A Symbiotic Pair for Sustainable Innovation	[click here]
13 September 2022	eThekwini's Independant Power Producer Procurement Programme	[click here]
14 March 2023	Energy Storage in South Africa - Where we've been and where we're going	[click here]

SAIEE Mpumalanga Centre

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
19 November 2020	Large Motors and Drive Systems (Part 1)	[click here]	Presentations: [1] [2]
24 November 2020	Large Motors and Drive Systems (Part 2)	[click here]
02 February 2021	Modelling Approach to Certify the Accuracy Class of CT's and VT's	[click here]	Presentation: [1]
05 August 2021	Principles of Practical Machine Learning	[click here]

SAIEE Free State Centre

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
27 October 2020	Outline of Renewable Energy in South Africa	[click here]
24 November 2020	Understanding Smart Cities	[click here]

SAIEE Railway Chapter

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
21 April 2021	Artificial Intelligence in Engineering	[click here]
23 March 2022	Fuel Cell Rail Motive Power Applications	[click here]

SAIEE Cyber Security Chapter

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
28 April 2021	Cyber Security Skills Development	[click here]
02 September 2021	Maintaining and Remediating the Cloud	[click here]
06 October 2021	Gone Phishing	[click here]

SAIEE Nuclear Chapter

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
07 July 2020	"Implications of the 2.5GW Nuclear on IRP2019"	[click here]
26 August 2020	"Study Committee on Nuclear Nexus"	[click here]	Presentations [1] [2] [3]
09 September 2020	"Unpacking South Africa's Energy Challenges"	[click here]
21 September 2020	"Unpacking Nuclear Environmental Management Strategies"	[click here]
23 September 2020	"Water Security and Clean Water Technologies"	[click here]
	"The Present and Future of Power Systems in South Africa"	[click here]
21 April 2021	"Study Committee on Nuclear Education"	[click here]
16 February 2022	"Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Biology"	[click here]
01 November 2022	"Current Status of Nuclear Build and SMR Developments"	[click here]
16 February 2023	"The Power Cell"	[click here]

SAIEE Women In Engineering Chapter

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
12 August 2020	Energy Transition: Repositioning Women in a New Reality	[click here]
08 March 2021	Celebrating International Women's Day 2021	[click here]

SAIEE Energy Storage Chapter

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
05 November 2020	Unlocking and Enabling Storage as a Sector for South Africa (Day 1)	[click here]
06 November 2020	Unlocking and Enabling Storage as a Sector for South Africa (Day 2)	[click here]
01 April 2021	The Future of Hydrogen Economy in South Africa	[click here]
03 June 2021	Energy Storage Technology - A Need for Clean Options	[click here]
09 September 2021	The Value of Long Duration Flow Battery for Energy Storage	[click here]
15 September 2021	Energy Storage Debate: Battery Storage vs Fuel Cell	[click here]
29 March 2022	Benefits of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) for Utility Scale Batteries in SA	[click here]
18 August 2022	Understanding the Standard Governing Energy Storage Batteries	[click here]
12 September 2022	International Round Table on Energy Storage Systems	[click here]

SAIEE Entrepreneurship & Innovation Chapter

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
24 November 2020	SAIEE Entrepreneurship & Innovation Chapter Launch	[click here]

SAIEE Power and Energy Section

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
30 June 2020	Blockchain Technology in the Energy Sector	[click here]
09 July 2020	Global Electric Power Sector: Engaging with Environmental Issues	[click here]
23 July 2020	Energy Efficiency in Smart Buildings through IoT Sensor Integration	[click here]
13 August 2020	Role of Smart Grid in Facilitating the Integration of Renewables	[click here]	Presentations [1] [2]
18 August 2020	Internet of Things: An Enabling Technology for Remote Condition Monitoring of Power System Equipment	[click here]	Presentations [1]
28 August 2020	How To Write An Effective Technical Paper	[click here]
31 August 2020	Off-Grid Systems for Energy Alleviation	[click here]	Presentations [1] [2]
16 September 2020	Managing Uncertainties of the Future Grid	[click here]
17 November 2021	Blockchain Enabled: Transactive Energy Use Cases	[click here]
08 Novmeber 2022	Development of Green Hydrogen in South Africa	[click here]

SAIEE Rotating Machines Section

Date	Title	Link	Additional Content
19 March 2018	Varibox Radial CVT - The Future, Now	[click here]
16 April 2018	The Effect of the Three-Level Neutral Point Clamped Inverter on the Core Loss of a Synchronous Reluctance Machine	[click here]
28 September 2018	Bearing Currents in Electrical Machines	[click here]
28 September 2018	Control Supply Solutions for Power Plants	[click here]
01 November 2018	Key Design Aspects of a Novel Synchronous Reluctance Motor with a Sinusoidal Rotor Shape for Less Ripple Torque Contents	[click here]
02 November 2018	Synthetic Inertia and VSG's on Microgrids	[click here]
16 May 2019	Challenges with Wind Generator Technology (Part 1)	[click here]
16 May 2019	Challenges with Wind Generator Technology (Part 2)	[click here]
23 May 2019	Shaft Voltage and Current	[click here]
23 May 2019	Modeling and Prevention of Bearing Currents in Inverter-Driven Electrical Machines	[click here]
24 May 2019	Challenges of Revising Grid Codes in the Face of Evolving Power Generation	[click here]
24 May 2019	Synchronous Machine Operators Utopian-Dystopian Stalemate	[click here]
23 October 2019	The Effects of a Changing Grid-Code on Generators	[click here]
23 October 2019	Impact of 'Relaxed' Frequency Control on Rotating Machines	[click here]
24 October 2019	An Introduction to Rotor Dynamics in Induction Motor Driven Systems	[click here]
30 October 2019	eScooters and Micro Mobility	[click here]
10 September 2020	The Refurbishment of SABS' World Class NEFTA High Power Testing	[click here]
13 October 2020	Vibration Measurement and Analysis of Electrical Rotating Machines	[click here]
21 October 2020	Power Generation in New Zealand	[click here]	Presentation: [1]
01 June 2021	Medium Voltage Submersible Mine Shaft Drainage Pump Motors - Rewind and Repair Considerations	[click here]
26 October 2021	Rotating Electrical Machine Insulation	[click here]
25 May 2022	Maximun Power Point Tracking of Wound Rotor Wind Generators	[click here]
27 September 2022	Linear Electric Machines for use in Gravity Energy Storage Systems	[click here]

SAIEE Load Research Chapter

Date	Presentation	Author/Presenter	PDF Link	YouTube Link
n/a	"Load Research?"	Hendri Geldenhuys	[click here]	n/a
03/04/2019	"Current State of Load Research in South Africa and the Future"	Marcus Dekenah	[click here]	n/a
04/04/2019	"Load Modelling Applications in Power System Analysis"	Jaco A. Alberts	[click here]	n/a
04/04/2019	"Load Research Data and Information Dissemination"	Lloyd Setlhogo	[click here]	n/a
26/06/2019	"Load Research Roadmap"	Marcus Dekenah & Dr. Bernard Bekker	[click here]	n/a
26/06/2019	"Archiving the Domestic Electrical Load Study (DELS) Data"	Wiebke Toussaint	[click here]	n/a
26/06/2019	"Feedback Regarding the Load Research Chapter"	Monde Soni	[click here]	n/a
16/07/2019	"Data Visualization for Load Research"	Jacques Booysen	[click here]	[click here]
30/07/2019	"Shedding the Light on Residential Consumer Behaviour in South Africa"	Wiebke Toussaint	[click here]	[click here]
20/08/2019	"Combined System-wide Value of Sectoral Electrical Demand Flexibility in South Africa's Integrated Energy System"	Gregory Ireland	[click here]	n/a
03/09/2019	"Domestic & Non-Domestic Electric Load Modelling"	Keynote Address: Dr. Rob Stephen Presentations by: Dr. Schalk Heunis, Marcus Dekenah, Justice Chihota, Rasmun Moonsamy	n/a	[click here]
17/09/2019	"Geospatial Load Modelling Using a Consumption-driven Philosophy"	Anrich Steyn	[click here]	[click here]
17/10/2019	"Principles of Geo-based Load Forecasting"	Attie Senekal	[click here]	[click here]
31/10/2019	"Estimating Domestic Consumer Electric Load Models Using DPet and DProfile-mixer Software Tools"	Marcus Dekenah	T.B.C	T.B.C
18/02/2020	"Load Research Metering and Meter Data Management Systems"	Tando Figlan	[click here]	[Click Here]
27/02/2020	"Introduction to Building Energy Models for Power and Energy Demand Analysis"	Mike Barker	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
17/03/2020	"Demand Forecasting for Eskom Transmission Network Planning in a Rapidly Evolving Power Sector"	Jana Breedt	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
30/03/2020	"Impact of Lockdown on Power Network at Local Distribution Level"	Various	n/a	[Click Here]
31/03/2020	"Machine-learning Based Demand Models: Potential Game Changers for Electrification"	Stephen Lee	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
06/04/2020	"Impact of Lockdown on the Power System at System Level"	Various	n/a	[Click Here]
21/04/2020	"Introduction to Network Resilience"	Malcom Van Harte	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
19/05/2020	"Protection of Personal Information: The POPI act for Load Researchers, Analysts and Planners"	Ross Saunders	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
17/06/2020	"EPRI's Integration of Renewable Energy Resources"	Aiden Tuohy	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
21/07/2020	"EPRI's Demand Response Program"	Dr. Ron Domitrovich, Chris Holmes and Dr Angela Chuang	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
27/07/2020	"Impact of Covid-19 on Demand and Economy"	Al'louise A van Deventer	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
18/08/2020	ONLINE SEMINAR: "Distribution Network Planning for Renewables"	Chaired by: Monde Soni, Lloyd Setlhogo, Marcus Dekenah Keynote Address: Dr Nhlanhla Mbuli Presentations: Crescent Mushwana, Faure van Schalkwyk, Avinash Ramdhin, Ismail Jefferies, Karin Kritzinger, Aradhna Pandarum, Paul Vermeulen, Mpeli Ramponkanyo & Dr. Sipho Mdhluli	[click here]	[Click Here]
20/10/2020 (a)	"Digitised NERSA Tariff Database"	Josh Dippenaar	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
20/10/2020 (b)	"Modelling the South African Integrated Resource Plan"	Dr Sipho Mdhluli	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
17/11/2020	"Load Models in Power System Simulation"	Geeven V Moodley	[Click Here]	[Click here]
16/03/2021	"GIS Visualization for Planning"	Nic Klopper	n/a	[Click Here]
22/04/2021	"The Impacts of Lockdowns on Load Demand in South Africa"	Dr. Jarrad Wright, Al' Louise van Deventer, Vasu Chetty, Ina Nel	n/a	[Click here]
15/06/2021	"Data Science - Extracting Knowledge from Data"	Ben Bredenkamp	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
28/07/2021	"Data-based Energy Performance Certificates (EPC's) in South Africa"	Barry Bredenkamp	n/a	[Click Here]
17/08/2021	"Advances in Remote Sensing, Aerial Survey and Geospatial Data"	Hal Wooding	[click here]	[Click Here]
21/09/2021	"Interesting Insights into Demographics of SA Households from MAPS"	Andrew Fulton	n/a	[Click Here]
19/10/2021	"A Probabilistic Design Framework for Conductor and Transformer Size Selection in Active Low Voltage Distribution Networks"	Lewis Waswa	[click here]	[Click Here]
16/11/2021	"Computing Our Way To Electric Commuting" (eTaxis for Africa!)	Chris Abraham	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
24/02/2022	"Microgrids: Social, Economic and Technical Perspectives"	Dr. Mahali Elizabeth Lesala, Mr. Ngwarai Shambira	n/a	[Click here]
29/03/2022	"Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) for Utility-Scale Batteries in South Africa"	Frank Spencer	n/a	[Click Here]
21/04/2022	"Business Case for "Going Off-Grid", Technical Considerations and Risks"	Wayne Kitching	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
19/07/2022	"Open-source power system modelling capability in South Africa"	Dr. Peter Klein	[Click here]	[Click here]
18/10/2022	"The Importance of Lighting: Knowledge, Testing and Design"	Casey Fortuin & Andre Blignaut	[Click Here]	[Click Here]
22/11/2022	"Demand Flexibility: Using Direct Load Control of EWHs for Load Conservation and Shifting"	Paseka Mabina	[Click Here]	[Click Here]