09:30 – 09:45

Opening and Welcome

09:45 – 10:00

The NRF OA Statement: Funder and Technical Requirements - Repository Alignment and Associated Standards.

Mr. Lazarus Matizirofa

10:00 – 10:10

Questions and Answers

10:10 – 10:25

Open Access & Scholarly Publishing

Ms. Denise Nicholson

10:25 – 10:35

Questions and Answers

10:35 – 10:50

Comfort Break

10:50 – 11:05

Open access institutional repository Policy of VUT

Dr. Emsie Dicks

11:05 – 11:15

Questions and Answers

11:15 – 11:30

Ms. Susan Veldsman

11:30 – 11:40

Questions and Answers

11:40 – 12:10

Predatory publishers: the bane of Open Access publishing

Dr. Carina van Zyl

12:10 – 12:20

Questions and Answers

12:20 – 12:30

Vote of thanks and Closure