Accommodation

The Westin Cape Town

Distance to venue: 0 km

Memorable experiences await at The Westin Cape Town, a centrally located 5 star hotel.

Enjoy exclusive rooms with unique views over the V&A Waterfront, Table Mountain and the whole of Table Bay. The Westin offers 483 guest rooms and suites and the latest amenities for guests’ total comfort and rejuvenation.

Price from: R5,500.00

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Southern Sun The Cullinan

Distance to venue: 0.2 km

Southern Sun The Cullinan is a premier hospitality destination offering grand hotel accommodation in the heart of Cape Town just moments from the Waterfront.

Our award-winning hotel is located in one of Cape Town’s most sought after areas, within easy reach of the renowned Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Long Street and other popular landmark

Price from: R5,250.00

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Southern Sun Waterfront

Distance to venue: 0.4 km

The Southern Sun Waterfront hotel in Cape Town is located in the heart of the city’s most tourist friendly precinct, and is a short walk from the V&A Waterfront. Stylish and inviting, our hotel provides comfortable and convenient accommodation for business and leisure travellers alike.

Price from: R4,700.00

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AC Hotel by Marriott Cape Town Waterfront

Distance to venue: 0.8 km

A perfectly precise hotel experience awaits at AC Hotel by Marriott Cape Town Waterfront, conveniently located just minutes away from the buzzing Victoria & Alfred Waterfront and just a 25-minute drive from Cape Town International Airport.

Our 188 spacious rooms feel stylish, yet efficient and boast unparalleled views over the imposing Table Mountain, Lion’s Head and Signal Hill.

Price from: R4,600.00

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The Onyx

Distance to venue: 0.2 km

Conveniently located opposite the Cape Town International Convention Centre, The Onyx, a harmonious blend of hotel and residential offerings, commands the attention of passers-by with its bold external features and keeps guests enthralled with its sophisticated internal finishes and its highly luxurious atmosphere. Onyx is similar in appearance to black sapphire; a rare, striking gemstone, which perfectly mirrors the property’s essence.

Price from: R3,800.00

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Protea Hotel North Wharf

Distance to venue: 0.4 km

With spacious, luxury apartment-style rooms, four-star service and an ideal location, this hotel is perfect for business travellers and families with kids on a leisure holiday.

Leisure travellers are close to the CBD, Table Mountain, Cape Town’s harbour and even some of the city’s most premium beaches. Our huge, fully-equipped apartments are the reason guests return again and again.

Price from: R4,500.00

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Hotel Sky Cape Town

Distance to venue: 0.12 km

Say hello to the newest addition to Cape Town’s iconic skyline! Hotel Sky Cape Town is now open at one of the City Bowl’s best addresses, directly opposite the Cape Town International Conference Centre. With 535 stunningly designed rooms and suites, Hotel Sky Cape Town is the ideal destination for both local and international business and leisure travellers, as well as day guests seeking a delicious meal or a sundowner with a view. We’ve taken every precaution to safeguard the health and safety of our guests with stringent hygiene policies.

Price from: R 2,750.00

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The Rockefeller

Distance to venue: 0.12 km

The Rockefeller is set to be a storied establishment and an icon of contemporary elegance in the mother city. This trendy hotel will be a plush oasis set in the sprawling Cape Town metropolis – making it the quintessential residence to live, work and play. Avant-garde and polished, The Rockefeller is urban luxury at its best – emanating glamour from the moment you step into its cavernous lobby. Once inside, The Rockefeller will maintain a sense of privacy and sanctuary only accorded to those on the inside of its big, glass doors.

Price from: R 2,400.00

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Paul Kappo
Prof Abidemi Paul Kappo is a full Professor of Biochemistry and Group Leader of the Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Group at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a structural biologist with over 25 years of academic research experience. He obtained his PhD from the University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, by determining the structure of the RING finger domain of the splicing-associated protein, RBBP6, using heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy. His research focuses on applying structural biology and structural bioinformatics techniques to discover and design new/novel biopharmaceuticals against infectious diseases. Additionally, dissecting the nexus between schistosomiasis and other infectious diseases for biotherapeutics, as well as schistosomiasis and cancer for vaccinomics, using molecular biophysics techniques and biomathematics, has been at the forefront of his research lately. He is a rated researcher by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, has published widely on infectious diseases, and has graduated several MSc and PhD students. His research has been primarily funded in the past generously by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and, lately, by the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF). Prof Kappo is highly skilled in scientific organization and advocacy, having served as the President of the South African Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) for two terms (2018-2022) and is presently the Vice-President of the Federation of African Societies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (FASBMB) since 2022. He is a visiting scientist at the Department of Biochemistry, Lagos State University (LASU), and holds an adjunct Research Professorship with the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Lagos, Nigeria.

Monique Williams
Designation: Senior lecturer
My research is focused on studying the physiology of mycobacteria, with a specific interest in biosynthetic pathways that are required by the bacteria during infection. Pathways of interest include molydopterin co-factor biosynthesis, ergothioneine biosynthesis and iron-sulphur cluster biogenesis.

Karl Storbeck
Karl Storbeck (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, UK. He obtained his PhD in Biochemistry (SU) in 2008 and was appointed to Faculty in 2012. His research is focused on investigating the biosynthesis and metabolism of steroid hormones with a particular focus of understanding the role of 11-oxygenated androgens in health and disease.

Theresa Coetzer
Professor Theresa Coetzer (University of KwaZulu-Natal) received her PhD in Biochemistry from the former University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. She was a J William Fulbright Fellow at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA in 1995 and is a former President of the South African Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB). Her research focusses on proteolytic enzymes as diagnostic and drug targets in African parasitic diseases: mainly animal and human trypanosomiasis (nagana and sleeping sickness) and also trichinellosis and theileriosis. Her research expertise encompasses protein/protease isolation and characterisation, and immunochemical techniques, including chicken egg yolk antibody (IgY) production against peptide epitopes and proteins.

Addmore Shonhai
Addmore Shonhai is Professor of Biochemistry based at the University of Venda in South Africa. His research involves understanding the role of heat shock proteins in the development infectious agents. Another area of interest involves using heat shock proteins as biotechnological tools to enhance recombinant protein production in E. coli. He is a current council member of the South African Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (SASBMB). He is a recipient of a prestigious Georg Foster Fellowship, awarded to him by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany. He is life-time member of the Cell Stress International Society.

Francois van der Westhuizen
Francois started his academic career in 1993 as junior lecturer and is currently Professor of Biochemistry and the Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) at the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the North-West University (NWU). His teaching expertise has been enzymology, molecular biology and bioenergetics. After receiving his PhD in 1998, his research focus narrowed to mitochondrial disease. Since 2002 he helped establish the Mitochondria Research Group at the NWU, which focusses on mitochondrial- and other neuromuscular diseases in SA, as well as research on bioenergetics and mtDNA and their role in health and disease.

Jo-Anne de la Mare
Prof Jo-Anne de la Mare is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics at Rhodes University and President of the South African Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. As the Principal Investigator of the Female Cancers Research at Rhodes University (FemCR2U) group, her research focuses on preclinical drug discovery for female cancers including triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and cervical cancer. In addition, the development of drug resistance models for triple negative breast cancer and cervical cancer cell lines from South African women is geared towards developing more relevant disease models for the African context.

Ed Sturrock
Ed Sturrock is a full professor in the Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences and a founding member of the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM) at the University of Cape Town. He received his PhD in 1994 and went on to do a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School where he started his research on angiotensin-converting enzyme. In 2003 he was awarded a Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowship. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and the University of Cape Town, a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, has a National Research Foundation A2 rating, and is a recipient of the South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Gold Award. He has published over 130 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and five granted patents.

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