The purpose of the symposium is to bring together ALC grant holders and partners from across Africa, and students at South African universities who are working in the various ALC sponsored projects.  The workshop programme is designed to facilitate student presentations and interaction with project
leaders.Time is allocated for getting to know one another and to exchange ideas and to share knowledge.The format of the workshop will be as follows:

• Each project leader will have the opportunity to introduce the project, followed by a student presentation (Total time allocated 20 minutes).

• Additional project presentations in the form of posters.

• A limited number of rental pool student presentations will also be accommodated.

• Three keynote speakers will also address delegates.

The school will take place from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 September 2010 at the Zevenwacht Wine Estate under the auspices of the African Laser Centre.

More about Zevenwacht Wine Estate.

See map of the Zevenwacht Wine Estate.

See road map to the Zevenwacht Wine Estate.

More about Stellenbosch and surroundings.

If you are an ALC grantholder or a student studying at a South African university on an ALC project and would like to attend the symposium, please take note of the dates in the table below.

The symposium is being organised by the Laser Research Institute in the Department of Physics, at the University of Stellenbosch for the African Laser Centre.

 Programme Committee

 Prof Andrew Leitch, NMMU

Time slots of 20 minutes duration each for oral presentations. This include an introduction by the project leader (< 5 min), presentation by the student, and 3 minutes allocated to questions at the end.  Presentations in English.

Prizes will be awarded the best presentations. The assessment will be done by the scientific advisory committee

This page is used to announce the latest news regarding the workshop and progress with arrangements.

1. Preliminary programme:  Please click here for programme.
   Please consult the programme to establish your presentation time.
   Please contact Workshop Secretariat or Prof Erich Rohwer if you have any programme queries.

2. Oral presentations:  Due to the full programme, the format of the orals will be as follows.
   Invited speakers:  40 minutes.
   Other speakers:  20 minutes, including project leader introduction, student presentation and questions.  Project leaders are requested to be brief to allow adequate time for student to present and for questions.

3. Poster Presentations:  If you have a poster presentation, the poster size is A0.  Material to attach poster to boards will be supplied.  Please also note that you will have a 2 minute oral introduction of your poster.  For this you will be allowed 1 Power Point slide.

4. Workshop Outing:
   There will be a sight seeing tour to Table Mountain and surroundings on Saturday afternoon.

5. Local transport arrangements:
   See TRANSPORT below.  The organisers will provide transport from the Cape Town International airport to Zevenwacht and back on the following days:
   Thursday afternoon 23 September:  Cape Town Airport to Zevenwacht.
   Sunday  morning 26 September:  Zevenwacht to Cape Town Airport.
   Please contact Workshop Secretariat or Dr Neethling if you have any transport queries.

Accommodation has been reserved at  Zevenwacht Wine Estate.

A shuttle transport service between Cape Town International airport and the Zevenwacht Wine Estate will be available for participants at the beginning and end of the school. Participants who would like to make use of this transport are expected to arrive in Cape Town on 23 September 2010 preferably in the afternoon and depart on 26 September 2010 after breakfast.

The shuttle service will be run by Farhills Discovery Tours and will meet you at the airport Arrivals terminal.  Your name will be displayed on a sign at the exit.  Please phone the shuttle service (021 919 9548 or 082 799 4983) if your flight is delayed.

Images from ALC Workshop (2010)

Group 1 - [Click on image for larger view - 817KB]

| Main Gallery | Group 2 -- 1.4MB | Group 3 -- 605KB |

Images from previous ALC Workshop (2009)

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