{"id":2495,"date":"2026-07-30T06:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/?page_id=2495"},"modified":"2026-07-30T06:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:10:16","slug":"zssa-conference-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/zssa-conference-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"ZSSA Conference 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2495\" class=\"elementor elementor-2495\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3458939 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3458939\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"home\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dbbcad\" data-id=\"7dbbcad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d3cdb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d3cdb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2339\" height=\"1654\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ZSSA-2025-SAVE-THE-DATE-new-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2331\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ZSSA-2025-SAVE-THE-DATE-new-1.jpg 2339w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ZSSA-2025-SAVE-THE-DATE-new-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ZSSA-2025-SAVE-THE-DATE-new-1-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ZSSA-2025-SAVE-THE-DATE-new-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ZSSA-2025-SAVE-THE-DATE-new-1-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ZSSA-2025-SAVE-THE-DATE-new-1-2048x1448.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2339px) 100vw, 2339px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b8dd29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b8dd29\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4598cf9\" data-id=\"4598cf9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b79ff43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b79ff43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dear Fellow Zoologist, The Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA) is delighted to invite you to the upcoming 41<sup>st<\/sup> ZSSA 2025 conference which will be held at ATKV Goudini SPA, Rawsonwille Western Cape, 27\u201330 July 2025 (Starting on the 27<sup>th<\/sup> with Registration and Welcome Function, Departure morning 31<sup>st<\/sup> of July 2025).<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The conference-themed \u201cBiodiversity &amp; Conservation\u201d will represent an ideal platform for sharing and exchanging your research findings, as well as fruitful engagement and discussion on future collaborations. Zoologists from various specializations are most welcome to register and participate. For now, a few main subtopics for the scientific program are proposed.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Conservation for the future of biodiversity<\/li><li>The AI tools for biodiversity research<\/li><li>OMICs and molecules: key tools for biodiversity and conservation<\/li><li>Aquatic biodiversity<\/li><li>Terrestrial biodiversity<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-352462f\" data-id=\"352462f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e845e6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e845e6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>However, if you find your research does not fully align with the above, we encourage you to submit your abstract and we will maximize our effort to accommodate your work in the conference program.<\/p><p>We are looking forward to seeing you at Goudini.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Sincerely,<\/p><p><strong>Iva Prikrylova<\/strong><\/p><p>ZSSA 2025 Chairperson<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Local Organising Committee<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Dr Iva Prikrylova (Chairperson) &#8211; University of Limpopo<\/li><li>Prof Anusuya Chinsany-Turan \u2013 University of Cape Town<\/li><li>Prof Susan Dippenaar &#8211; University of Limpopo<\/li><li>Dr Celiwe Ngcamphalala &#8211; \u2013 University of Cape Town<\/li><li>Dr Melissa Boonzaaier \u2013 IZIKO Museum, Cape Town<\/li><li>Ms Nothando Duma &#8211; IZIKO Museum, Cape Town<\/li><li>Ms Loraine Shuttleworth \u2013 ZSSA Student Representative<\/li><li>Ms Elma Marais \u2013 ZSSA Secretary<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6be1af9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6be1af9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8f8450\" data-id=\"e8f8450\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a0ed55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2a0ed55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b348e06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b348e06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AWARDS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9cc880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9cc880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Best Poster Winner:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1473d3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1473d3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Juanita-Wessels.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2477\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Juanita-Wessels.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Juanita-Wessels-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Juanita-Wessels-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Juanita-Wessels-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-343d9f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"343d9f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Juanita Wessels  <\/br> (University of Pretoria)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4240f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4240f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Best Masters Degree Presenters:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d69eea0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d69eea0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-49d6849\" data-id=\"49d6849\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae6a57e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae6a57e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Martine-vd-Berg.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Martine-vd-Berg.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Martine-vd-Berg-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Martine-vd-Berg-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Martine-vd-Berg-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6a8041 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6a8041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MSc 1st: Martin\u00e9 van den Berg <\/br>(University of Cape Town)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f76513e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f76513e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lea-Smit.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2480\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lea-Smit.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lea-Smit-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lea-Smit-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lea-Smit-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba55ed9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba55ed9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MSc 3rd: Lea Smit  <\/br>(University of Pretoria)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee72c62\" data-id=\"ee72c62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d05627 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d05627\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rakolota.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2479\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rakolota.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rakolota-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rakolota-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rakolota-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baea726 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"baea726\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MSc 2nd: Vanessa Rakolota  <\/br>(University of the Witwatersrand)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16bfff6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"16bfff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zain-Armin.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zain-Armin.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zain-Armin-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zain-Armin-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Zain-Armin-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f4127a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f4127a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MSc 4th: Zain Armien <\/br> (University of KwaZulu-Natal)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6c2be6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6c2be6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Best PhD degree Presenters:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-71f4260 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71f4260\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f81cf7d\" data-id=\"f81cf7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acce444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"acce444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rampartab.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2482\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rampartab.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rampartab-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rampartab-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rampartab-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-394e30d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"394e30d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD 1st:  Chanel Rampartab <\/br>(University of the Witwatersrand)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c1f97d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c1f97d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Shuttleworth.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2484\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Shuttleworth.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Shuttleworth-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Shuttleworth-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Shuttleworth-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d05583 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d05583\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD 3rd: Loraine Shuttleworth <\/br>(University of Pretoria)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-287ade1\" data-id=\"287ade1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58a6de5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58a6de5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Makuya.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2483\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Makuya.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Makuya-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Makuya-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Makuya-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76984c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76984c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD 2nd: Lindilani Makuya <\/br>(University of the Witwatersrand \/ CNRS)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e057dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e057dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Best Post Doctorate Presenter:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8086a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a8086a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vermaak.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2485\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vermaak.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vermaak-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vermaak-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vermaak-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c929de3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c929de3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Anja Vermaak <\/br>(North-West University)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d70a4c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d70a4c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CODE-OF-CONDUCT.pdf\">CODE OF CONDUCT<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d53a050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d53a050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MEET OUR SPEAKERS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab761ea elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ab761ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3c06c elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"0d3c06c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1381\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1381\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Prof Nico Smit<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1382\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1382\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Prof Susan J Cunningham <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1383\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1383\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dr Nkabeng Mzileni<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1384\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1384\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dr Wayne Florence<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1385\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1385\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dr Lucy Kemp<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1386\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1386\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dr Maria Eugenia Pereyra<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1381\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Prof Nico Smit<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1381\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1381\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2404 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Nico-Smit_2025-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Nico-Smit_2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Nico-Smit_2025-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Nico-Smit_2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Nico-Smit_2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Nico-Smit_2025-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Nico-Smit_2025-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Nico-Smit_2025-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prof-Nico-Smit_2025-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Prof Nico Smit <\/strong><\/p><p>Prof Nico Smit is a Professor of Ecology in the School of Biological Sciences at North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa. Nico\u2019s research focuses on the biodiversity, taxonomy, and ecology of marine and freshwater parasites and he has authored and co-authored more than 250 scientific papers and three edited books on these and other related topics. To date, 23 PhD and 39 MSc students have graduated under his supervision. His research and teaching excellence have internationally been recognised through visiting Professor appointments at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, University of Queensland, Australia, and Masaryk University, Czech Republic, and through his current appointment as Adjunct Professor of Marine Biology and Ecology at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science, University of Miami, USA. National recognition for his research excellence includes an Honorary Medal from the South African Academy for Science and Arts\u2019 Faculty of Natural Science and Technology for a significant contribution towards the advancement, and development of Science in South Africa and the Elsdon-Dew Medal from the Parasitological Society of southern Africa (PARSA) in recognition of significant contributions to the advancement of Parasitology in Africa. Nico has also contributed to the management of national and international academic societies as president of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA), president of the South African Society of Aquatic Scientists (SASAqS), and committee member of the International Symposium on Fish Parasites (ISFP). He currently serves as a Steering Committee Member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Parasite Specialist Group. During the past 8 years, he has refereed papers for 17 international journals, served as associate editor of three international journals, and was guest editor for two special issues of the International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. He is currently rated by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) as an internationally acclaimed scientist (B1) in the field of aquatic parasitology.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1382\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Prof Susan J Cunningham <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1382\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1382\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2405 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Susie-2021-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Susie-2021-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Susie-2021.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Prof Susan J Cunningham<\/strong><\/p><p>Prof Susan J Cunningham is the Director of the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, at the University of Cape Town. She grew up in New Zealand and obtained her BSc in Ecology &amp; Biodiversity from Victoria University of Wellington and PhD in Ecology at Massey University. Susie joined the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology as a post-doctoral fellow in 2010, was appointed to the academic staff of the Fitz in 2015, and became Director in 2023. She leads the behaviour branch of the \u2018Hot Birds Research Project\u2019 \u2013 a research programme aimed at understanding climate change impacts on birds, in close collaboration with ecophysiologist Prof. Andrew McKechnie of the University of Pretoria. A major focus of Susie\u2019s research is on understanding the behavioural and ecophysiological responses of birds to high temperatures, with a view to predicting climate change impacts. Her work in this area focuses on fitness consequences associated with thermoregulatory trade-offs, using predominantly Kalahari species, but also Fynbos, Karoo, marine and urban birds, as model taxa. Susie is also interested in the behavioural flexibility of animals in the face of ecological change: how environmental factors including temperature, aridity and urbanisation, drive behavioural decisions and their consequences for individual fitness, the evolution of life histories, and conservation in a changing world.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1383\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dr Nkabeng Mzileni<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1383\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1383\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nkabeng-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nkabeng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nkabeng-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nkabeng-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Nkabeng.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Dr Nkabeng Mzileni <\/strong><\/p><p>Dr Nkabeng Mzileni has a background in game ranch management and conservation biology. She has a BSc in Ecology and Game Ranch Management from St Francis Xavier University, Canada. Her MSc in Game Ranch Management is from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, researching cheetah reintroductions and DTech from the Tshwane University of Technology, studying bovine tuberculosis in lions. Nkabeng lectured at the Tshwane University of Technology before joining a conservation NPO and then moving to South African National Parks where she spent 5 years as a Regional Ecologist of the Arid parks and currently is the General Manager of the scientific nodes, Cape and Arid Research Units of SANParks.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1384\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dr Wayne Florence<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1384\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1384\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2407 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dr-Wayne-300x292.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dr-Wayne-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dr-Wayne.png 479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Dr Wayne Florence <\/strong><\/p><p>Dr Wayne Florence is a South African Museum Director and natural heritage curator\/scientist who has 25 years of experience in performing collections-based research as well as exhibitions curation, project management &amp; design, research management and administration, science mentorship, life science education, science engagement &amp; communication, public speaking, collaboration &amp; partnerships, fundraising and management. He is currently the Director of Research and Exhibitions at Iziko Museums of South Africa and manages a multi-disciplinary team in the fields of art, natural history, social history, and exhibition design and production. He prides himself on being passionate about generating and communicating heritage knowledge for dissemination through peer-reviewed and popular publications and exhibitions to the benefit of diverse audiences. Dr Florence strongly believes in a progressive approach to museum management that encourages a collaborative approach to content development and finds it rewarding to empower emerging museum scientists to think beyond their formal training in the interest of heritage promotion.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1385\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dr Lucy Kemp<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1385\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1385\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2408 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lucy-Kemp-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lucy-Kemp-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lucy-Kemp.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Dr Lucy Kemp <\/strong><\/p><p>As the daughter of ornithologists, Dr Lucy Kemp actively sought a different direction for her career in conservation, choosing instead to study Marine Biology for her MSc at the University of Cape Town in 2006. Despite this, after working on numerous projects for species such as African Wild Dogs and Black Rhino in Namibia, in 2011 she took the role of project manager for the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project. Alongside her work, Lucy completed her PhD on the Conservation biology and molecular ecology of the Southern Ground-Hornbill with the University of the Free State. Her main interest is how to take sound scientific evidence and use that to formulate on-the-ground conservation action, that considers socio-economic realities, cultural sensitivities, and conservation biology. Now as a professional conservation biologist, she feels that this flagship species is an excellent candidate for testing conservation tools and connecting people throughout Southern Africa through a common conservation interest, and growing love for this icon of our savannahs.<\/p><p>The Mabula Ground Hornbill Project aims to slow and reverse the decline of the Endangered Southern Ground Hornbill, in South Africa. With the help of their supporters and collaborators, her small team uses a variety of mitigation methods, including reintroductions and environmental education, to combat the many anthropogenic threats faced by the species, such as poisoning, loss of nests, and persecution for territorial window-breaking. By mitigating these threats, the project hopes to slowly rebuild the population of such a charismatic and culturally significant species, and in doing so contribute to the conservation of the many other savannah species facing the same issues.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1386\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Dr Maria Eugenia Pereyra<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1386\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1386\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2409 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Maria-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Maria-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Maria-970x1024.jpg 970w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Maria-768x811.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Maria-1455x1536.jpg 1455w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Maria-1940x2048.jpg 1940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Dr Maria Eugenia Pereyra<\/strong><\/p><p>Dr Maria Eugenia Pereyra is a biologist from Argentina. She completed her studies at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. Since her PhD, she has primarily investigated bone microstructure to infer growth dynamics, metabolic implications, and life history traits in reptiles. Her current research, conducted at the University of Cape Town, primarily explores the growth dynamics of neosuchian crocodiles by analyzing postcranial bone microstructure in both extant and extinct species. Her goal is to establish a robust comparative framework for reconstructing their life history and evolutionary trajectories. By integrating histological data with paleobiological and ecological perspectives, she seeks to refine our understanding of vertebrate growth strategies through deep time.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eabbfc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"eabbfc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d1e907 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d1e907\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> February 2025 \u2013 <\/strong>Registration, accommodation booking, and abstract submission open<\/p><p><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> March 2025<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Abstract submission deadline<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> April 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Abstract acceptance notification<\/p><p><strong>15<sup>th<\/sup> May 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Early registration &amp; payment deadline<\/p><p><strong>15<sup>th<\/sup> June 2025<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Accommodation payment deadline<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>15<sup>th<\/sup> July 2025<\/strong> &#8211; Regular registration &amp; payment deadline<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5437e95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5437e95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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width=\"274\"><p><strong>Delegate member*<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"151\"><p><strong>R 5,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"170\"><p><strong>R 5,800<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"274\"><p><strong>Delegate non-member*<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"151\"><p><strong>R 6,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"170\"><p><strong>R 6,800<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"274\"><p><strong>Day registration dinner excluded**<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"151\"><p><strong>R 1,400<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"170\"><p><strong>R 1,600<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"274\"><p><strong>Day registration (Mon\/Tue dinner included)**<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"151\"><p><strong>R 1,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"170\"><p><strong>R 1,900<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"274\"><p><strong>Day registration (Wed Gala dinner included)**<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"151\"><p><strong>R 1,800<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"170\"><p><strong>R 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The ATKV Goudini Spa is in the Boland mountains approximately a 45\u201360 minute drive from the Cape Town International Airport along the National Road (N1) close to Worcester and Rawsonville. The resort offers indoor and outdoor naturally heated pools and hiking and mountain bike routes. There are several wineries in the area, such as Badsberg, Slanghoek, Du Toitskloof, Goudini, and Opstal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-354b90c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"354b90c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accommodation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-958a9ff elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"958a9ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d160f42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d160f42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ATKV Goudini Spa offers a variety of self-catering accommodations. We have made a block booking for specific units for the conference delegates. <strong>VERY IMPORTANT<\/strong>: Bookings should be made via the online booking form below<\/p><p><strong>Luxury Rondawels (<a href=\"https:\/\/goudinispa.co.za\/accommodation\/rondawels\/\">https:\/\/goudinispa.co.za\/accommodation\/rondawels\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"104\"><p><strong>SLEEPS<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"304\"><p><strong>SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"193\"><p><strong>RATE PER UNIT<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"104\"><p>Sleeps 1 \u2013 3 (Suggested for single people who prefer their own unit)<\/p><\/td><td width=\"304\"><p><strong>4-bed\u00a0 rondavel<\/strong> (1 bedroom):<\/p><p>One bedroom with double bed. Open plan kitchen, dining &amp; living area with two single sleeper couches with air-conditioning. Oven<\/p><p>with induction stove in the kitchen. One bathroom with shower. Towels provided. Private Braai facility. Parking<\/p><\/td><td width=\"193\"><p>Single: R1 335.00\/night<\/p><p>Double: R667.50 pp\/night<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"104\"><p>Sleeps 3 &#8211; 4<\/p><\/td><td width=\"304\"><p><strong>5-bed luxury rondavel<\/strong> (2 x bedroom):<\/p><p>Main bedroom with double bed. Second bedroom with two single beds. Complete four plate stove, oven, and extractor fan in kitchen. Living area with sleeping coach and air conditioning. One bathroom with shower, basin, and toilet. Covered braai. Parking.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"193\"><p>Single: R1\u00a0675.00\/night<\/p><p>Double: R837.00 pp\/night<\/p><p>Triple: R558.33 pp\/night<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Slanghoek Villas (<a href=\"https:\/\/goudinispa.co.za\/accommodation\/slanghoek-villas\/\">https:\/\/goudinispa.co.za\/accommodation\/slanghoek-villas\/<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"104\"><p><strong>SLEEPS<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"302\"><p><strong>SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"195\"><p><strong>RATE PER UNIT<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"104\"><p>Sleeps 1 &#8211; 4<\/p><\/td><td width=\"302\"><p>Slanghoek Villas 3 x bedrooms (furthest from conference venue)<\/p><p>One bedroom with a double bed and private veranda. The other two bedrooms, with two single beds each and a private veranda. Two bathrooms with showers. Aircon in the main bedroom and living area. Induction stove and oven in the kitchen. Dining room with chairs, kitchen and veranda with covered braai area. Shaded parking.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"195\"><p>Single: R2\u00a0650.00\/night<\/p><p>Double: R1350.00 pp\/night Triple: R833.33 pp\/night<\/p><p>Four: R662 pp\/night<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83380fe elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"83380fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/conference-accommodation-booking-form\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PLEASE COMPLETE THE ACCOMMODATION BOOKING FORM 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original deposit amount asked, from 15 up to 29 days before arrival 50% and from 0 up to 14 days before arrival 100%.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><strong><em>Arrival &amp; Departure Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><em>Arrival time: 14:00<\/em><\/p><p><em>Departure: 10:00<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4523aa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4523aa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7aa1a6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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data-id=\"8670215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Zoological Society of Southern Africa is a non-profit organisation for scientists and researchers in all fields of zoology in southern Africa. Currently, the society has about 330 members from various institutions. The society biannually organises the conference, creating a vibrant atmosphere for initiating collaboration and knowledge exchange. The 41st ZSSA Conference 2025 themed \u201cBiodiversity &amp; Conservation\u201d will take 27 \u2013 30 July 2025 at ATKV Goudini SPA, Rawsonville, Western Cape. The congress is dedicated to bringing together 150 established researchers and postgraduate students. On behalf of the Organising Committee, we look forward to welcoming you as a valued Partner and Sponsor.<\/p><p><strong>SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-929f5fd elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"929f5fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1531\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1531\" aria-expanded=\"false\">PLATINIUM R 50,000<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1532\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1532\" aria-expanded=\"false\">GOLD R 25,000<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1533\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1533\" aria-expanded=\"false\">SILVER R 12,500<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1534\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1534\" aria-expanded=\"false\">BRONZE R 5,000<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1531\" aria-expanded=\"false\">PLATINIUM R 50,000<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1531\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1531\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><ul><li>Full congress registrations (2 persons)<\/li><li>Exhibition space<\/li><li>Logo on the cover page of the abstract book that will be available online on the congress website during and after the event<\/li><li>Logo on website<\/li><li>Logo in the book of abstracts (e-version)<\/li><li>Inclusion in special mailshot to attendees<\/li><li>Bag insert (company brochure placed in the delegate bags), max 4 pages<\/li><li>Intersession slide acknowledgement<\/li><li>Ten-minute presentation<\/li><li>Pull\/Roll up the banner on the stage next to speakers during the congress (provided by partner)<\/li><li>Colour advertisement and introduction in the final programme (full page + 150 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OPPORTUNITIES<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed625b9 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"ed625b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2481\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2481\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Gala Dinner<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2482\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2482\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Welcome Reception<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2483\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2483\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Brunch<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2484\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2484\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Coffee Break<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2481\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Gala Dinner<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2481\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2481\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><strong>R 25,000 (Exclusive)<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Logo included in all material related to the gala dinner<\/li><li>2x Free-standing pull-up banners or branding in the venue during the gala dinner<\/li><li>5-minute welcoming address to guests<\/li><li>Full-page advertisement in the final programme (sponsor to supply final print-ready artwork in PDF format)<\/li><li>Insert into delegate bag (max 8 pager \u2013 sponsor to supply insert)<\/li><li>1 x free delegate passes to full congress<\/li><li>Acknowledgement on a website and in the final programme (max 75 words)<\/li><li>Logo in the looped presentation in the plenary venue<\/li><li>Recognition on official programme, pre-event marketing and proceedings<\/li><li>Sponsor will have the opportunity to distribute giveaways and branded items at the dinner (sponsor to supply)<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2482\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Welcome Reception<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2482\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2482\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>R 12,500 (Exclusive)<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Logo included in all material related to the welcome function<\/li><li>2 x free-standing pull-up banners in the venue during the welcome function<\/li><li>5-minute welcoming address to guests<\/li><li>Full-page advertisement in the final programme (sponsor to supply final print-ready artwork in PDF format)<\/li><li>Insert into delegate bag (max 8 pager \u2013 sponsor to supply insert)<\/li><li>Acknowledgement on the website and in the final programme (max 75 words)<\/li><li>Logo in the looped presentation in the plenary venue<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2483\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Brunch<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2483\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2483\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>R 8,000\/day (3x)<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Branding at all tea\/coffee stations for the day (sponsor can supply)<\/li><li>2x free-standing pull-up banners in the catering area on the day of sponsorship<\/li><li>Acknowledgement on the congress website and in the final programme (max 75 words)<\/li><li>Logo in the looped presentation in the plenary venue<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2484\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Coffee Break<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2484\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2484\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>R 4,000\/day (3x)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7edc9cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7edc9cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f12c98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f12c98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abb16e6\" data-id=\"abb16e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cd71f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0cd71f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Platinum Sponsors<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f7f463 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f7f463\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b90ea5\" data-id=\"9b90ea5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-991f739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"991f739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCB-Logo-1024x595.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2437\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCB-Logo-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCB-Logo-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCB-Logo-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCB-Logo-1536x893.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NCB-Logo-2048x1191.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e55f31\" data-id=\"6e55f31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91ef8e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"91ef8e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZSSA_logo_new_2013-1024x798.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2429\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZSSA_logo_new_2013-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZSSA_logo_new_2013-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZSSA_logo_new_2013-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZSSA_logo_new_2013.jpg 1394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d681dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d681dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4de3066\" data-id=\"4de3066\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e466c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40e466c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Silver Sponsors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1f5a75 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1f5a75\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c9867f\" data-id=\"1c9867f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79e2018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79e2018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DIPLOMICS-LOGO-Grey-with-Transparent-copy-2-1024x195.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2430\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DIPLOMICS-LOGO-Grey-with-Transparent-copy-2-1024x195.png 1024w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DIPLOMICS-LOGO-Grey-with-Transparent-copy-2-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DIPLOMICS-LOGO-Grey-with-Transparent-copy-2-768x146.png 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DIPLOMICS-LOGO-Grey-with-Transparent-copy-2-1536x293.png 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DIPLOMICS-LOGO-Grey-with-Transparent-copy-2-2048x391.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7191bb0\" data-id=\"7191bb0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d62084 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d62084\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WA_Logo_Horizontal_ColorMAIN-LOGO.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2431\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WA_Logo_Horizontal_ColorMAIN-LOGO.png 750w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WA_Logo_Horizontal_ColorMAIN-LOGO-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-92cd69e\" data-id=\"92cd69e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f9271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64f9271\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MadHornet2-1200pix-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2432\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MadHornet2-1200pix-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MadHornet2-1200pix-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MadHornet2-1200pix-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MadHornet2-1200pix-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MadHornet2-1200pix-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MadHornet2-1200pix-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MadHornet2-1200pix.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5340f7c elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5340f7c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd829d5\" data-id=\"dd829d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df99da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5df99da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"965\" src=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZooOmics-Logo-1024x965.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2433\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZooOmics-Logo-1024x965.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZooOmics-Logo-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZooOmics-Logo-768x724.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZooOmics-Logo-1536x1447.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zssa.co.za\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZooOmics-Logo-2048x1930.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c064ae8\" data-id=\"c064ae8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7021dc5\" data-id=\"7021dc5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c62dcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c62dcf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10139ca\" data-id=\"10139ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15852c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15852c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bronze Sponsors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6fb75a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6fb75a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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