The Aerotropolis Institute Africa (AIA) has the pleasure of inviting you to an online business seminar: "Advanced Aerial Technology in Mitigating Disasters".

 Tim: Jun 25, 2024 09:00 - 10:30 AM

Speakers are:

AMIT RAMDATH Amit Ramdath is an Entrepreneur, Engineer and the CEO of AutonoSky who has founded and driven multiple ventures since launching Byte Orbit in 2003. In 2020, he started AutonoSky which redefines interactions for sectors ranging from rescue services to commercial applications. Amit has also founded other ventures, including Dine4Six, Neda Hygiene, ImpressMe, and Frontier Lab, each contributing to different facets of technology and innovation. His technical expertise spans software development, drone piloting, and UAV technology.

ANAS AL-HAMATI Anas Al-Hamati is a Deputy Director of the Gift of the Givers Foundation who holds over a decade of experience as a project manager in the humanitarian field. Anas holds a Bachelor’s Degree in French literature from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Sana’a (Yemen), a postgraduate degree in management practice from Henley Business School (Johannesburg, South Africa) and an MBA in business administration from the University of Reading, UK and is soon graduating from the International Christian University (Tokyo, Japan) with an MA in Peace Studies, specializing in “The Impact of State Fragility on Instability and conflict: Development Acceleration Strategies for Reforming Fragile States’. Anas has successfully facilitated negotiations for the release of hostages held by militant groups in Mali, Syria, and Yemen, which includes the release of Al-Qaeda captive Yolande Korkie in Yemen.

JOHAN MINNIE Johan Minnie is the Manager (Head of Centre): City of Cape Town Disaster Risk Management Centre. The professional holds 31 years of South African and international experience in dealing with the multidisciplinary planning and execution of risk reducing, resilience enhancing, and response coordination activities. Johan has managed and participated in risk and resilience projects in all spheres of government as well as in the conservation, transport (road, rail, maritime and aviation), energy (nuclear, coal and solar), petrochemical (onshore and offshore, exploration to retail), industrial (rail engineering and manufacturing) and commercial (retail, office, leisure) sectors. His experience ranges from parts of South Africa and further expands to Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAE, Pakistan, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia before again focusing on his favourite place in the world, Cape Town.

 FOR ENQUIRIES CONTACT: BRADLEY MEARS - MEARSB@UKZN.AC.ZA 

Click here to register: https://ukzn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A7yiFfuRSoSw7FaEAfRTtA#/registration