ASSAf successfully nominated nine top young South African scientists to attend the 7th Lindau Meeting of the Laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel in Lindau, Germany.

The successful young scientists are: Daniela Lamparelli, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits); Gracious Nyoni, Wits; Hayley Wakefield, University of the Western Cape (UWC); Moegammad Faeez Nackerdien, UWC; Nimi Hoffmann, Rhodes University; Nozuko Lawana, University of Fort Hare; Bongumusa Makhoba, University of Zululand; Ombeswa Ralarala, University of Limpopo and Tumisang Loate, University of Pretoria.

They will join an estimated 450 young scientists from more than 100 countries along with 40 Nobel Laureates.

In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting has been postponed from its original dates in August 2020 to 24 to 28 August 2021.