Schedule

Symposium Schedule

24 April 2023

14:00 - 16:00 Registration and Information Desk

25 April 2023

08:30 – 17:30 Registration and Information Desk
08:30 – 18:30 Delegate’s Lounge
09:00 – 11:00 TSI Annual General Meeting
TSI Members Only
11:00 – 12:30 Agronomy Steering Committee Meeting (Invite Only)
12:45 Bus departs for the Castle tour and lunch
13:00– 16:00 Castle Tour and Lunch – (Registration Required)
16:45 Bus Departs for the Welcome Reception
17:00 – 18:30 Welcome Reception – Signet Library

26 April 2023

08:00 – 18:30 Registration and Information Desk
08:30 – 18:30 Delegate’s Lounge
07:30 – 9:00 Women in Sulphur Breakfast (Women Only - must register with Sarah Amirie)
09:00 – 10:30 Speaker Session 1
Global Economic Outlook | Dr. Sevi Rodrguez Mora | University of Edinburgh
Global Energy Outlook | Paul McConnell | S&P Global
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:30 Speaker Session 2
Bulk Freight Outlook | Ghigo Ravano | IFCHOR
Sulphur, the 4th Major Crop Nutrient | Dr. Ismail Cakmak | Sabanci Universtiy
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:00 – 16:00 Sulphur Crop Nutrition Seminar
  • Dr. Ismail Cakmak – Synergistic Effects of Sulphur Nutrition on Root Nutrient Uptake and Transport
  • Dr. Rob Mikkelsen/Yara Director of Agronomy – Sulphur is key to nutrient efficiency
  • Dr. Alan Blaylock/Nutrien Agronomy Mgr – Review of Dr. Eve-Lyn Hinckley research on Sulphur’s impact of the environment
  • Dr. Malcom Hawkesford/Rothamsted Research – : Sulphur use efficiency in crops from a molecular physiological perspective
  • Dr.Shamie Zingore – Director, R&D/APNI – African Agriculture's need for Sulphur
12:45 Bus departs for the Culture tour and lunch
13:00 – 16:00 City Culture Tour and Lunch – (Registration Required)
17:00 – 18:30 Evening Reception – Waldorf Astoria, Castle Suite & Castle Lounge

27 April 2023

08:00 – 12:30 Registration and Information Desk
08:30 – 18:30 Delegate’s Lounge
08:30 – 09:45 Speaker Session 3
Sulphur Projects | Richard Hands | BC Insight
Batteries Metals Outlook | Anna Fleming | Benchmark Minerals
09:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:30 Speaker Session 4
Phosphate Topic | Andy Jung | The Mosaic Company
Sulphur and SA Supply and Demand Outlook | Fiona Boyd and Freda Gordon | Acuity Commodities
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch

Golf at Gullane Golf Club - Thursday, 27 April 2023
11:30 – 11:40 Change to Golf Attire (Those golfing are encouraged to wear professional golf attire to the morning speaker sessions)
11:30 – 11:45 Boxed Lunch Pickup for Golfers
11:45 Bus Departs

Note: Events are subject to change; schedule updates will be posted to the Symposium website as required.