Past Events
National Online Ethics Discourse on Human Remains Research | South Africa
Invitation to participate in a national online ethics discourse focused on the use of unconsented or state-consented human remains in research, as well as donor consent practices within the South African context.
Date: 22 June 2026
Time: 12:00 - 14:00 (SAST)
Meeting link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/399734120770610?p=ZKhN2FOLYFHmifyiUh
Organisers:
Associate Professor Geney Gunston | geney.gunston@uct.ac.za
Dr Brendon Billings | brendon.billings@wits.ac.za
AACA Meeting 2026 | Minnesota, USA
Annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA)
Date: 12-15 June 2026
IFAA PEAP April Webinar
The IFAA President's Emergent Anatomists Programme will be hosting an online webinar for Emergent Anatomists
Date: 09 April 2026 (13h00 UTC)
Presenter: Dr. Siti Nurma Hanim
Topic: Making Complex Anatomy Understandable: A Cognitive Load Theory Approach
Registration: Click here
Queries: IFAA.PEAP@gmail.com
SOCACON 2026 | Jaipur, India
Society of Clinical Anatomists: World Congress of Clinical Anatomists
Date: 02-04 April 2026
Human Decedent Identification Workshop
Date: 23-27 March 2026
Host: Division of Forensic Medicine and Pathology (Wits) & International Committee of the Red Cross
Queries: allison.gilbert@wits.ac.za
IFAA PEAP February Webinar
The IFAA President's Emergent Anatomists Programme will be hosting an online webinar for Emergent Anatomists
Date: 18 February 2026 (13:00 SAST)
Presenter: Dr. Jo Tomlinson
Topic: The Early Career Anatomists - A Community for Sharing Ideas, Experience and Knowledge
Registration: Click here
Queries: IFAA.PEAP@gmail.com
I.O.F.O.S e-Symposium
Advancements in Forensic Odontology Education
Date: 6 December 2025 (14:00 to 17:00, SAST)
Platform: Online | Cost: Free
Registration: Click here
Registration deadline: 4 December 2025 (15:00, SAST)
HVIRU & FASE Lunch-time Talk
The Human Variation and Identification Research Unit (HVIRU) in collaboration with the Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) cordially invites you to attend our free online Biological Anthropology Lunch-time talk.
Date: 3 December 2025 (15:00 to 16:30, SAST [UTC+02:00])
Presenter: Prof. Peter Zioupos (United Kingdom)
Topic: “Ageing, skeletal maturity and their biomedical and forensic implications: A biomechanician’s view”
Join via Microsoft Teams
Meeting ID: 384 577 528 453 65
Passcode: KZ9Gd9ea
IFAA PEAP November Webinar
The IFAA President's Emergent Anatomists Programme will be hosting an online webinar for Emergent Anatomists
Date: 20 November 2025 (20:00 SAST)
Presenter: Dr. Isabel Adrados & Dr. Kutlwano Xulu (PEAP Co-Chairs)
Topic: Let´s talk PEAP: Reflections and New Directions
Registration: Click here
Queries: IFAA.PEAP@gmail.com
ASSA World Anatomy Day Seminar
The ASSA Terminology Committee and Ethics Interest Group invite you to join us for a seminar where we will be discussing the use of the term body vs cadaver in anatomy and controversies around the terms pudendum and pudere
Topic: “Mind Your Language: Ethics Isn’t Just Semantics”
Date: 17 October 2025 (09:30 to 10:30, SAST [UTC+02:00])
Panelists: Professor Goran Štrkalj (UNSW) and Emeritus Professor Beverley Kramer (Wits)
Facilitators: Dr Brendon Billings (Wits) & Dr Nicholas Bacci (Wits)
ASSA 6th World Anatomy Online Symposium
In celebration of World Anatomy Day, the Anatomical Society of Southern Africa invites you to attend our virtual symposium under the theme 'Ubuntu in Anatomy: I Am Because We Are'
Date: 17 October 2025 (09:00 to 14:30, SAST [UTC+02:00])
Platform: Zoom | Cost: Free
Enquiries: Dr Pamela Pillay (soobramoneypa@ukzn.ac.za)
Registration & Abstract Submission: Click here
Abstract Deadline: Extended to 6 October 2025
Types of submissions:
- Artwork: Anatomical art piece (digital) that symbolizes interconnectedness in Anatomy
- Research: Postgraduate students (honours/masters/PhD) invited to present their research