Thursday, 8 October 2015 - The Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, officially opened the 5th CSIR Conference to a large delegation comprising representatives from government, research councils, academic institutions, business and industry. The conference, with the theme, ‘Ideas that work’, aims to share the organisation’s research progress, breakthroughs and impact. It is a platform for the CSIR to showcase the outstanding work done by researchers, both established and emerging. In his address, Ramaphosa said that science is at the centre of all human progress. “The work of the CSIR is helping to transform our society. It is changing the way we live, the way we do business, the way we solve problems. It is improving lives, creating opportunities and enabling us to develop more sustainably”.
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Ramaphosa, C. 2015. Address by deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa at the 5th CSIR National Conference. The 5th CSIR Biennial Conference, Ideas that work. CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa 8-9 October 2015
Ramaphosa, C. (2015). Address by deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa at the 5th CSIR National Conference. CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8324
Ramaphosa, C. "Address by deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa at the 5th CSIR National Conference." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8324
Ramaphosa C, Address by deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa at the 5th CSIR National Conference; CSIR; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8324 .
