We’re excited to share that we are once again Platinum sponsors of the 2025 SARIMA conference. This year’s conference is themed “Expect the Unexpected: Unlocking the Value of Research and Innovation Management”, taking place in Stellenbosch in September.

As Platinum Sponsor of the SARIMA 2025 Conference in Stellenbosch, we’re pleased to have several Spoor & Fisher representatives attending this important regional event.

Join Chyreene Truluck, Cwengile Cwele, Danie Pienaar, Dirk Hanekom, Herman Van Schalkwyk, John Foster, Thandanani Cwele, and Tyron Grant as they connect with research and innovation professionals from across the SADC region. The team looks forward to engaging in meaningful discussions, reconnecting with longstanding clients and collaborators, and fostering new partnerships in the technology transfer space.

As strong advocates for innovation and IP strategy, we’re especially looking forward to these standout workshops, presented by Spoor & Fisher attorneys:

  • Balancing Publishing and Patent Protection – Dirk Hanekom
  • IP and Collaboration: Painless or a Puzzle? – Thandanani Cwele & Cwengile Cwele
  • Guarding Innovation: Strategic Interplay Between Patents and Confidential Know-How – Danie Pienaar
  • The AI Patent Gold Rush – What Works, What Doesn’t, and Lessons from the Field – Herman van Schalkwyk

Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) is a membership organisation that brings together Research and Innovation Management practitioners, to strengthen these disciplines and institutional capabilities across the SADC region. It operates at an individual, institutional, national and international level, as well as across the continuum from research – where new knowledge that can drive innovation is created- through to innovation – which takes new knowledge and translates it into spin offs, products and services.