2010 INDUCTION DINNERS SPONSORED BY AURECON

The new Fellows who were inducted in Pretoria with
President Bob Pullen. They are (fltr) Willie van Biljon,
Bryan Perrie, Hylton Macdonald, Bob Pullen,
Peter van Niekerk, Trevor Balzer and Prof Stephan
Heyns.

This year both the Gauteng and Western Cape Induction Dinners were sponsored  by Aurecon - on 27 October 2010 in the Grand Lounge of the Pretoria Country Club and on 10 November  2010 in the Palmyra Room at Kelvin Grove in Cape Town. Fellow Gustav Rohde, Aurecon Chief Executive for Africa and the Middle East, delivered an excellent address at both occasions

In Pretoria Fellows Trevor Balzer, Stephan Heyns, Bryan Perrie, Willie van Biljon and Peter van Niekerk were inducted while Fellow Allan Wijnberg was inducted in Cape Town. Fellow Hylton Macdonald, who could not attend the 2009 induction dinner, was introduced to the Fellows. Newly elected Fellows Bram de Klerk and Thomas Stacey could not attend the Induction Dinners this year

NEW FELLOWS ELECTED IN 2010

President Bob Pullen
congratulates new Fellow Dr Allan
Wijnberg during the Induction
Dinner in Cape Town

Eight new Fellows were elected in 2010. They are:

•           Trevor Balzer, Chief Operating Officer and Acting Director-General, Department of Water Affairs.
•           Bram de Klerk, Group General Manager, Sasol Group Services, Sasol Ltd.
•           Prof  Stephan  Heyns, Division Head, Structural Mechanics, University of Pretoria.
•           Bryan Perrie,   Managing Director, Cement & Concrete Institute.
•           Prof Dick Stacey, Visiting Professor, School of Mining Engineering, University of the  Witwatersrand.
•           Peter Van Niekerk, Specialist, Water Resource Engineering, Department of Water Affairs.
•           Dr Allan Wijnberg,  Director and COO, Prestedge Retief Dresner and Wijnberg (PRDW) (Pty) Ltd. Consulting  Engineers.
•           Willie Van Biljon,   CEO, Advanced Technologies and Engineering

SAAE TAKES PART IN CAETS WORKING GROUP ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF LOW-EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES FOR ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

In  January  2010  SAAE was invited by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) to take part in a CAETS project entitled  “Evaluation of Strategies to Deploy Low Emission Technologies for Electric Power Generation in Response to Climate Change”.  Although initiated by ATSE, the Japanese Academy hosted the Working Group which took place from 2 – 3 March 2010 in the Celestine Hotel in Tokyo. The Working Group consisted of representatives of the Academies of Germany, Australia, Canada, Japan, India, Korea, England and South Africa.  Fellow Willem du Preez  represented SAAE and he prepared and presented a Country Status Paper on the topic. The Executive Summary and Recommendations of the Working Group Report  is available from the SAAE office on request and the full report  can be viewed on or downloaded from the CAETS website (www.caets.org) under “Statements and Reports”.

31^ST ANNUAL MEETING OF CAETS, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, JUNE 2010<

SAAE was invited to attend the CAETS Annual Meeting and Symposium 2010 entitled  “Sustainable Food Systems – Food for All Forever” which was hosted by the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, ATV, and CAETS from 29 to 30 June 2010 in Copenhagen. A CAETS Convocation, where all CAETS members are expected to be represented, is held only every second year. In the alternate year CAETS holds an Annual Meeting of its Council Members and CAETS and the host country jointly present a symposium on a topic that is of international importance.  The official CAETS Symposium Statement on “Sustainable Food Systems – Food for All Forever”   can be viewed on or downloaded from the CAETS website (www.caets.org) under “Statements and Reports”.