Mr Sharkay Izally won the best Masters student poster competition with his research on Bayesian accelerated life testing for the exponential model using the MDI prior. Izally, S.R., Raubenheimer, L. and Adekpedjou, A.M. Bayesian accelerated life testing for the exponential model using the MDI prior. The South African Statistical Association Conference. University of Pretoria, Pretoria. South Africa. November 2015