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SAIMM Pyrometallurgy International Conference 2026

Date: 26-28 May 2026
Format: In Person
Location: CSIR, International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa
Theme: Foundations of Competitiveness and Sustainability

GGS Consortium

Date: 28-29 May 2026
Format: In Person

GTT Users Meeting 2026

Date: 8-10 July 2026
Format: Online
Location: Online

openSim 2026

Date: 9 October 2026
Format: In Person
Location: Engineering 4.0 UP Tuks, Pretoria, South Africa

Ex Mente Pyro Community Day 2027

Date: TBC
Format: In Person & Online
Location: TBC

Infacon 2027

Date: 23-27 May 2027
Format: In Person
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Theme: TBC

Past Events

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openSim 2025

Date: 24 October 2025
Format: In-person
Location: Mintek, Randburg
Theme: Fast, Cheap, and Slightly Wrong

Using open source software to explore the power – and the pitfalls – of efficient modelling in a complex world.

Pyro Training 2025

Dates: 17-19 June 2025
Format: In person
Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Essential Theory of Thermochemistry and FactSage Basic Workshop

Pyro Community Day

Dates: 10 April 2025
Format: In person and Online
Location: Engineering 4.0, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Theme: Making 1 + 1 Equal 11 – Synergy between Industry, Research, and Academia

Prominent speakers will address the audience and share their thoughts on collaboration between Industry, Research, and Academia. They will be speaking on various challenges and breakthroughs they have experienced.

Opensim

Ex Mente is proud to be associated with openSim, a group of open-source software users from around South Africa. There is an annual symposium where people in the field present from their experience, discuss ideas, learn from each other and build relationships.

We are involved in organising the event and committed to growing this initiative. Follow us on LinkedIn for more information.