Workshop Programme

7 – 10 September 2026 | The Manhattan Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa

All times are South African Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2). Select a speaker’s name for the title and abstract. The programme is subject to change.

Schedule

Short course, keynote & plenary talks Participants' talks Industry talks Breaks, meals & social programme

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Time	Monday 07/09/2026	Tuesday 08/09/2026	Wednesday 09/09/2026	Thursday 10/09/2026
Short Course
Chair	Chinedu	Georgina	Nouralden	Chinedu
08:30 – 10:30	08:30 – 09:30 Registration 09:30 – 09:45 Opening Remarks Prof L. Nongxa 09:45 – 10:30 Keynote Talk Prof S. Moshokoa	Theme 1: Combinatorial Optimization Prof J. Grobler	Theme 2: Stochastic Control Theory Prof O. Pamen	Theme 3: PDE-Constrained Optimization Prof S. Migórski
10:30 – 11:00	Break
Participants' Talks
Chair	Abass	Maggie	Georgina	Nouralden
11:00 – 11:30	Chibueze Okeke	Talat Nazir	Zakaria Ali	Winfrida Mwigilwa
11:30 – 11:55	Chidi Nwakpa	Mohamed Elfadul	Ciara Losel	Keneth Motjeane
11:55 – 12:00	Comfort Break
12:00 – 12:25	Professor Ndlovu	Nneka Umeorah	Bernard Adjei	Francis Nwawuru
12:25 – 12:50	Koketso Malebana	Anesu Pisira	Jean Menjanahary	Ndapandula Hamupolo
12:50 – 13:15	Kazeem Aremu	Maryam Iqbal	Ali Haroon	Timothy Bisakaya
13:15 – 14:15	Lunch
Plenary Talks
Chair	Abass	Maggie	Georgina	Nouralden
14:15 – 15:00	Talk 1 Prof M. Banda	Talk 3 Prof S. Migórski	Talk 4 Prof J. Grobler	Talk 5 Prof O. Pamen
15:00 – 15:15	Break
Industry Talks
Chair	Matthews	Matthews	Matthews	Maggie
15:15 – 16:15	Talk 2 Dr L. Jolaoso	Industry 1: DANCE A. Higginson & K. Brooks	Industry 2: Isazi G. Ilung & F. Lok	Closing
16:15 – 17:00	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion
19:00 – 22:00		Cocktail & Poster Session	Workshop Dinner

Full talk titles, abstracts, poster listings and speaker biographies are available in the workshop booklet.

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