Conferences & Workshops 2025

Conf​erences & Worksho​​​ps
 

20​25​​​​

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Forthcoming planning
 

Webinars September 2025
 

  • Global flashpoints, SIGLA and TRENDS Research and Advisory (Planned)
  • South Africa, SAMIM and SAMIDRC (Planned)

Conference
 

  • Fourth Maritime security conference,
  • Hosted by RDDC (Denmerk), SIGLA (Stellenbosch University) and KAIPTC (Ghana)
  • 2-3 October 2025
  • Protea Hotel Stellenbosch
     
  • Invitation only
     

Seminar
 

  • Project Report on New security threats, SADC and the Responsibility to Protect, 
     
  • 9 October 2025,
  • STIAS, Stellenbosch
     
  • Invitation only
     

Workshop
 

  • The regulatory environment of unmanned autonomous maritime vessels
  • Partners: NRF Chair, LoS and African Development & SIGLA (Stellenbosch University)
  • November 2025
     
  • Invitation only​
     

 

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​W​ebinar
 

Scoping maritime crime, risks and responses in the Western Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic
 

Aim​​

The webinar aims to point out maritime crime off Africa by highlighting broader trends, current threats and expected future risks. The geographic focus is on the Western Indian Ocean, and Southern Atlantic and include views from the UNODC, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates on risks to trade and good order at sea. Brazil, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates hold membership of the BRICS+ grouping of states that is bound to play a growing role in maritime affairs. Given its declared focus on trade, growth and development, the BRICS+ ambitions ultimately become a function of maritime safety and security as the guarantee for the global trade regime.​

Registration link. Here​

Concept Note: Here​

Programme

  • Chair:  Prof Michelle Nel, Faculty of Military Science,​ Stellenbosch University
  • Speaker 1: Rodrigo Contreras (UNODC GMCP) : An overview on maritime crime off the African continent
  • Speaker 2 : Sara Alneyadi  (TRENDS Research & Advisory)  Maritime crime and maritime trade in the Western Indian Ocean: Some risk perceptions
  • Speaker 3 : Captain(Prof) William Moreira (Brazilian Naval War College) & Dr Erico Duarte (Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sol​) Maritime crime in the South Atlantic. Responses from Brazil and African partners.
  • Discussant: Prof Francois Vreÿ, (SIGLA​) Stellenbosch University
  • Q&A session led by the webinar chair​

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Summary and Closing – TRENDS/SIGLA

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Bios of speakers: Here​

 

Presentations: UNODC​  BRAZIL  ​TRENDS​ 

Video: Here​

Online Platform: TEAMS​​​

Date: 12 March 2025 Time: 13:30- 15:00 (GMT+2)​

Enquiries: Prof F. Vrey​​​

 

Link to report on Cabinda, Angola, Namibia, and South Africa - See Here​
 



 

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