In This Form You Are Asked for the Following

NSTF Annual General Meeting – 17 November 2017 Nominations and Suggestions Form

Name: ______

Organisation: ______

In this form you are asked for the following: 1. Suggestions for NSTF Discussion Forums in 2018 – themes, speakers and partners 2. Nominations for NSTF Executive Committee Members 3. Nominations for NSTF-South32 Awards Adjudication Panel for 2018

1) Suggestion for topics for 2018 NSTF Discussion Forums The main work of the Forum is to communicate – to promote discussion and debate of issues in science, engineering, technology (SET) and innovation, and in particular to promote interaction with Government around these issues. We cordially invite you to give your input and active involvement in this regardWhat speakers you would like to listen to and interact with, which partners should be included, what audiences should be involved and what follow-up actions should be taken? Please be as specific as possible.

Audiences the NSTF communicates with:  Organisations and individuals interested in SET-related issues  Researchers  Engineers  SET communicators  SET educators  Learners and students  General public  Government ministries  Government departments and officials  Parliamentary portfolio committees  The media

For 2018, we already have the following topics that we have to address: 1. 2018 is part of the International Decade (2014-2024) for Sustainable Energy for All. We want to host a discussion forum on all issues relating to Energy and environmental sustainability, taking a critical approach and engaging with government policy in this regard.

1 1.1What themes and topics would you like NSTF to address in its Discussion Forums during 2018? Theme suggestions: 1. Sustainable Energy for All – themes?

1.2What speakers would you like to engage with or give an opportunity to present? Speaker suggestions: 1. Sustainable Energy for All – speaker suggestions?

2. 1.3What potential partner organisations do you think should participate in planning and follow-up? Partner suggestions: 1. Sustainable Energy for All – partner suggestions?

2. 1.4What outcomes or follow-up actions would you suggest? e.g. Who should the recommendations be submitted to? Follow-up suggestions: 1. Sustainable Energy for All – follow-up suggestions?

2 2.5Any other suggestions?

2) NSTF Executive Committee (Exco) members: There are two vacant sector positions on the Exco that you can nominate for as follows:  Higher Education alternate representative  State Owned Enterprises main and alternate representatives

The full list of current Exco members are listed in the 2017 NSTF Annual Report on page 47-48. Appointments will be decided by the Exco, according to suitability and availability of the candidates.

Current NSTF Exco members Your nomination here... Prof. Lesley Cornish Higher Education Sector (Wits) Representative VACANT Higher Education Sector Nomination: Alternate Representative

VACANT State Owned Enterprises Sector Nomination: Main Representative

VACANT State Owned Enterprises Sector Nomination: Alternate Representative

3 3) Adjudication Panel for the 2018 NSTF-South32 Awards: You may submit as many nominations as you wish. Appointments will be decided by the Exco, according to suitability and availability of the candidates. See the list of 2017 adjudicators below. Adjudicators are needed who are qualified in academia, research, engineering, or business, or experienced in SET-related civil society work. Ideally there should be two Adjudicators per sector, to share the work or discuss the nominations together, and stand in for each other if one cannot attend a meeting of the panel. NSTF-South32 Awards nominees are not only assessed on the quality of their research, but also on:  Impact on society  Capacity building  Communication of their field of research  Innovation

You are allowed to nominate past adjudicators. At least one Adjudicator is required for each of the following sectors:

NSTF Awards Adjudication Panel 2018 Chair and head Mr Denis Hunt, Director adjudicator and Board member: NSTF Vice-chair Prof. Chris Chimimba, University of Pretoria (UP) Elected sector members of the Panel 2017 Past Your nomination/s here... [You Adjudicators may re-nominate past for 2017 Adjudicators] Business sector Ms Mariana Purnell, Available to serve General Manager: Agbiz again Grain Civil society and Dr Siyabulela Ntutela, labour sectors Chief Executive Officer (CEO): AfricaBio Alternate: Ms Tebogo Available to serve Gule, CEO: Sci-Bono again Discovery Centre Higher Education Dr Nthabiseng Taole, Available to serve sector Director: Department of again Research and Innovation Support, UP Professional Prof Neil Coville, Emeritus Available to serve Science: bodies (one Professor, School of again representative Chemistry, University of representing the Witwatersrand (Wits) Science and one (Science) Engineering) Alternate: Prof Gillian Available to serve Drennan, Associate again Professor, School of Geosciences, Wits Mr Wally Mayne, Available to serve Engineering: Contractual Affairs again Manager: ConsultingEngineers South Africa (Engineering) Mr Felix Reinders, Institue Available to serve 4 for Agricultural again Engineering, Agricultural Research Council Science councils Ms Nicky Koorbanally, Not available and statutory Group Manager: Lisencing bodies and Ventures, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Alternate: Dr Tshepo Malefetse, Research and Development Coordinator: MINTEK State-owned Mr Barry McColl, Senior Available to serve enterprises Regional Manager: Africa, again sector Middle East, SE Asia & Australia, EPRI International Inc Alternate: Ms Kammy Available to serve Young, Innovation again Manager: Eskom Science Ms Ina Roos, Independent Communication science communication consultant