![Welcome and opening remarks](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/rsz_digifest_twitter_header.png)
Welcome and opening remarks
12.30 – 13.00 Dr René Smith
(Executive Dean: Faculty of Arts & Design, DUT)
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![Brand Name and Digital Advertising](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/rsz_digifest_twitter_header.png)
Brand Name and Digital Advertising
13.00 – 13.45 Elisa Bellero (University of Verona)
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![How what we can offer became like gold](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/Sibongile-Musundwa.png)
How what we can offer became like gold
14.00 – 14.50 Sibongile Musundwa
(Director: The Hive Network SA)
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![Synergy in Art and Science Could Save the World](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/Montgomery.jpg)
Synergy in Art and Science Could Save the World
15.00 -15.50 Dr Sean Montgomery
(Founder: Connected Future Labs, New York)
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![Launching of DigiFest2020 Virtual Exhibition](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/rsz_digifest_twitter_header.png)
Launching of DigiFest2020 Virtual Exhibition
15.50 – 16.00![Public Digital Display of Artworks](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/rsz_digifest_twitter_header.png)
Public Digital Display of Artworks
19.00 – 21.00 Venue: City Campus, DUT & HfK, Bremen or
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![From intellectual property to the marketplace](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/logo.jpg)
From intellectual property to the marketplace
09.00 – 09.50 Prof. Keolebogile Shirley Motaung
(DUT TTI Director
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![Digital Experiences: How AR & VR is being used in Design and Arts](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/Ritesh.png)
Digital Experiences: How AR & VR is being used in Design and Arts
10.00 – 10.50 Ritesh Kanjee
(Founder: Augmented Startups)
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![What is going on now? A DUT Fine Art and Ecole Suprieure d'Art La Reunion (ESA Reunion)](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/David.jpg)
What is going on now? A DUT Fine Art and Ecole Suprieure d'Art La Reunion (ESA Reunion)
11.00 – 11.50 Roundtable Discussion: David Tshabalala (DUT), Caroline Dickinson (ESA Reunion)
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![Radiocracy](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/Robin.jpg)
Radiocracy
12.00 – 12.30 Panel Discussion: Robin Sewlal (DUT), Franklin Huizies (NCRF & AMARC)
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12.30 – 14.00
BREAK
![The Design and Development of Pseudo Drones](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/logo.jpg)
The Design and Development of Pseudo Drones
14.00 – 14.45 Prof Pete Burnett (DUT)
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![Counter Monuments / Contra Monumentos](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/logo.jpg)
Counter Monuments / Contra Monumentos
15.00 – 15.45 Panel Discussion: Tasneem Seedat (DUT), Andréia Machado (LabInter, UFSM), Niresh Singh (DUT), Luyanda Zindela (DUT), Camila dos Santos (LabInter, UFSM), Luiz Augusto Alvim (LabInter, UFSM), René Smith (DUT)
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![The Future of Design](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/logo.jpg)
The Future of Design
17.00 – 18.00 Prof G. Mauricio Mejia
The Design School, Arizona State University, USA
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![An overview of African Languages within Human Language Technologies](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/rsz_digifest_twitter_header.png)
An overview of African Languages within Human Language Technologies
09.00 – 09.45 Dr Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza
(University of Western Cape)
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![Synergy Stories - The Past , Present & Future](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/rsz_digifest_twitter_header.png)
Synergy Stories - The Past , Present & Future
10.00 – 10.45 Sifiso Shange
(Founder: AFRI MODERN)
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![HfK/DUT 2020 Virtual Summer School Reflections](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/rsz_digifest_twitter_header.png)
HfK/DUT 2020 Virtual Summer School Reflections
10.50 – 11.30 DUT & HfK, Bremen
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![Virtual Reality Workshop](http://digifest.dut.ac.za/2020-programme/wp-content/uploads/rsz_digifest_twitter_header.png)
Virtual Reality Workshop
09.00 – 16.00Facilitated by VRTL Academy (Limited spaces for registered students in the Faculty of Arts and Design)