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Deep Green Energy Innovation
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The Idea Generator is excited to invite you to attend the Deep Green Innovation event
Date & Time: 29 October 2025, Registration 8:30
Program
| 9:00 - 9:25 | Welcome and Introductions | Dr Lesiba Mollo (Civil Eng, FEBIT, CUT) |
| 9:25 – 9:35 | Purpose of the event | Ms Nozi Nkoe, Chief Director Environmental Quality & Protection, DESTEA, FS |
| 9:35 – 10:00 | Presentation: Renewable Energy plans in Free State | Director: M Mokalobe, DESTEA, FS |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Presentation & Announcement of Modushelter challenge winners and handing over Triple-E Award | Prof Wendy Setlalentoa, DVC: RIE, CUT |
| 10:30-11:00 | Presentation: Micro-digester tech | Dikeledi Manyekwane, Limpopo University |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Presentation: Eco-car | Prof N Luwes, CUT |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Presentation: Solar energy initiative | Dr P Hohne, CUT |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Presentation: Deep Green Tech | Karoline Valentin Ry, Aarhus University, Denmark |
| 13:00 | Conclusions & Vote of Thanks | Dr Izabeth Conradie (idea Generator / i-GYM), CUT) |
Conclude with a campus tour – soccer field and sunflower charging installation (WhatsApp tour video tour for international online collaborators)
Special Guests:
- Modu-Shelter Design project Winners
- Dr Michelle Erasmus & Dr Izabeth Conradie Triple-E Award
- Eco Car Team
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Meeting ID: 353 837 576 364 8
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Invitation to Student Innovation Challenges 2025
Invitation to Student Innovation Challenges 2025
Proposals (Completed PowerPoint entry submissions as per the template provided) will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Competition dates will be announced online.
Click on the link to download the Entry Form and PowerPoint Presentation Template:
Entry Form and PP Template
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Masterclass: Marketing in Tourism link:Join the meeting now | Masterclass: Legal Aspects of a Business link:Join the meeting now |
CUT: turning job seekers into job creators
Education in innovation and entrepreneurship is now a focus within Universities of Technology (UoTs), aiming to transform more graduates from job seekers into job creators.
The Idea Generator, launched on March 31, 2017, seeks to foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within the CUT community.
This initiative provides a development hub where students and staff, guided by experts and lecturers, can advance their ideas, projects, and inventions towards marketable products.
Innovative concepts developed here are directed to CUT units such as the Product Development Technology Station (PDTS), FabLab (Makerspace), and the Technology Transfer Office (TTO), which specialize in prototyping, research, and business development.
Additionally, the IdeaGym hosts an annual Student & Staff Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge, offering participants the chance to pitch their inventions and ideas to a panel of experts. Successful ideas are then supported by the IdeaGym and other relevant CUT units to encourage further development.
Dear Student and Staff members - CUT supports innovators & entrepreneurs
Registered CUT students and staff can post an innovation idea or project by completing the Idea Generator Idea Posting form available at https://cut.questionpro.com/igymapplication
You will be contacted through the ideagenerator@cut.ac.za email to schedule a one-on-one meeting, either in person or online, to discuss your idea or project and receive guidance on becoming an entrepreneur.
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Success Stories
CUT Masters student flourish as dedicated start-up entrepreneur in Hydro-IT
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