2020 MESA Virtual Conference - RSPH

2020 MESA Virtual Conference

January 2021 — SA Instrumentation & Control*

2020 brought about a lot of uncertainty, anxiety, fear, broken economies, and a complete halt to what we have come to know as ‘life’… I wonder why? Jokes aside, COVID-19 has left devastation and destruction in its wake, normally words we use to describe natural disasters, but this virus has firmly cemented itself into that category. I’m pretty sure the organising team over at MESA Africa were scratching their heads trying to get a Yes or No to go ahead and plan this two-day virtual conference. Many of us would probably have thrown in the towel as this is a historically attend-in-person event, and going digital must have complicated matters. I mean, you have to get a platform to host several people, share video, audio and slides (live), interact via chatbox, ensure the connection from where you are recording is on near-5G grade latency and reliability …

*Republished with kind permission of SA Instrumentation & Control.

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