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Announcement
Gas - the game changer for Southern Africa?
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The Fossil Fuel Foundation (FFF) invites you to attend a one-day conference entitled:
Gas - the game changer for Southern Africa?
DATE: Wednesday 21 May 2014
TIME: 8 am to 4.30 pm
VENUE: Glen Hove Conference Centre, Melrose, Johannesburg
COST: FFF members: R3500; Non-members: R4000; Academics: R3000; Students: R2500; Retired: R3000
Scope
Click here to for the detailed programme
The conference will cover:- Resources and reserves of gas in South Africa and neighbouring countries - natural gas, shale gas and coal bed methane
- Imports and infrastructure development
- Potential economic impact of gas on South Africa
- Regulatory, legislative and commercial issue
The conference will be looking at where South Africa is heading in respect of the use of gas as an energy carrier. The impacts of the amendments to the Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Act will be considered and whether these amendments may derail the necessary investments, particularly in respect of shale gas.
CPD Points will be awarded.
Who should attend? - Technical: exploration geologists; reservoir analysts; drilling engineers, pipeline designers; energy specialists; environmentalists
- Commercial: traders and marketers; diplomatic commercial attachés; drilling and pipeline contractors; independent power producers
- Financial: investors and promoters; analysts; financial agencies and executives
Programme and registration Click here for the second announcement and programme
Click here for the registration form Further information For further information, contact RCA Conference Organisers, Tel 011 487-2260, email events@rca.co.za
Visit the Fossil Fuel Foundation website to become a member
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Views and opinion
Barriers to cost-effective broadband in South Africa
by André Hoffmann, deputy president of the SAIEE, and executive planning, Link AfricaClick here for the full articleIn this article, André Hoffman discusses some of the less obvious challenges to cost effective broadband delivery in South Africa, and unpacks some of the complexity and impact these have on the retail consumer's cost of broadband services. He expresses views on matters like "fiefdoms" and the issuing of "yellow cards" to some players, and will try to put the case for the average "'Joe Blogger" to get more than "Hobson's choice" in a world where the information-rich get more and the marginalised continue to get less. The three barriers covered in the article are: Barrier 1: Fiefdoms Barrier 2: Local government Barrier 3: The strategy to "own it all" by service providers The article concludes with a number of constructive proposals... ( more) Please click here to provide comments, feedback and further suggestions using the comment facility provided at the bottom of the article, or email your comments to annette.thompson@ee.co.za André Hoffman is currently deputy president of the South Africa Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE), and is a passionate evangelist for an affordable broadband enabled future for our region.
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