2025 Sarima Conference

2025 Sarima Conference

You are welcome to join the 2025 Sarima Conference from September 2-5 in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

The Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) is pleased to announce its 2025 Conference, scheduled to take place at the Protea Hotel by Marriott Stellenbosch & Conference Centre in Western Cape, South Africa. The conference will feature a comprehensive programme, including keynote addresses, parallel sessions, and opportunities for networking among professionals in research management and innovation. Key topics to be discussed encompass navigating disruption in research management, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within the R&D ecosystem, and strategies for effective technology transfer. Under the theme "Expect the Unexpected: Unlocking the Value of Research and Innovation Management," the conference will explore how research management and innovation can navigate disruption and create impact.

Would you like to speak at conference? Submit your abstract here.

Read more about the programme and register here.

Testimonials

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Great networking and learning opportunities to share knowledge with colleagues from their various areas of expertise.

Bruno Woeran

Merinova OY - TII President, Finland

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This course offers an opportunity to meet likeminded people, share tips and tricks, and dive into different approaches to help you set up and improve KTO processes.

Brechtje Vreenegoor

Radboud University, Netherlands

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I really like the course and the networking. I would like to come again.

Nancy Goel

Qatar Foundation, Qatar

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Great networking, new knowledge and inspiration!

Jonas Rimbäck

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

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Starting or changing any procedure at a TTO/Institution is challenging and I could not think of anything better than learning with the best.

Ricardo Castro

Centre for research in agricultural Genomics, Spain