6th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting
| 6th DS-I Africa Meeting | ||||||||
| Friday 15 May 2026 | ||||||||
| Pre-Meeting Activities/Office Hours | ||||||||
| Saturday 16 May 2026 - Workshops and Training Activities | ||||||||
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration Venue: |
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| 09:00 - 11:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea / Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 17:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| Sunday 17 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration Venue: |
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| 09:00 - 11:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea / Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 17:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| Monday 18 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration Venue: |
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| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Plenary / Joint Session: Unlocking Innovation with Synthetic
Data: Demonstrating Impact, and Expanding Possibilities for Data
Science Research Facilitators: Tiffani Lash Venue: Rapporteur: UZIMA-DS: Improving AI/ML-readiness of Synthetic Data in a Resource-Constrained Setting D-SINE: Harnessing Data Science to Promote Equity in Injury and Surgery for Africa DSSD: NYU-Moi Data Science for Social Determinants Training Program MUDSReH: MUST Data Science Research Hub (MUDSReH) - Democratized Trusted Research Environment (dTRE) SYNAPSE: SYNthetic Healthcare DAta Platform for Data Science Training |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea / Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Session: Projects and Collaborative Projects through Supplement
Awards Facilitators: Brad Newsome Venue: Rapporteur: CHEAQI-MNCH: Landscape fire smoke and birth outcomes in Sub Saharan Africa DATICAN: Data Management and Compute Platform for Data Science Training MADIVA: Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation, visualisation and application UZIMA-DS: Sustainable Cloud Operations for Research and Environmental Impact (SCORE - EI) |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Welcome & Opening Facilitators: Michelle Skelton & Laura Povlich Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 19:30 |
Network Exchange: Poster Viewing, AI/ML technology, tools,
resources demos, mHealth apps, Cocktail Dinner Facilitators: Francis Agamah Venue: Jambo |
Project Spotlight Exhibition Facilitators: Francis Agamah Venue: Jambo |
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| Tuesday 19 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration Venue: |
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| 09:00 - 10:00 |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Data Governance WG Facilitators: Michelle Skelton & Dorcas Mwigereri Venue: Rapporteur: |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Training WG Facilitators: Jasmit Shah & Wisdom Akurugu Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea / Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Plenary Session: Data Science for Early Detection, Risk
Prediction & Improved Disease Diagnosis Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: DSpace: Utilizing Data Science to Predict and Improve Health Outcomes in Pediatric HIV BCX-Africa: Utilizing data science to evaluate the applicability of blood cell traits polygenic risk scores for disease prediction in Africa DS-IAFRICA-TB: Tuberculosis in households with infectious cases in Kampala city: Harnessing health data science for new insights on TB transmission and treatment response DS-I Malaria: Automated Mobile Microscopy for Malaria Diagnosis and surveillance in Uganda CHD AI: Artificial intelligence assisted echocardiography to facilitate optimal image extraction for congenital heart defects diagnosis in Sub-Saharan Africa Advancing discovery for developmental disorders - expanded analysis of the DDD-Africa resource (DDD-Africa) ILERA: Integrated modeLs for Early Risk-prediction in Africa (ILERA) study GCAP: Genome-wide characterization of complex variants and their phenotypic effects in African populations |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Plenary Session: From Infrastructure to Insight: Building
Skills and Systems for Scalable Health Research in
Africa Facilitators: Noffisat Oki Venue: Rapporteur: ODSP: eLwazi Open Data Science Platform HE2AT: The HarmonAIze Project: Pioneering Automated Climate and Health Data Harmonization and Integration INFORM Africa: Role of Data Streams in Informing Infection Dynamics in Africa (INFORM Africa) CAMRA: Combatting AntiMicrobial Resistance in Africa Using Data Science INSITE: INnovative data Science to Impact the TB Epidemic GDRS - Ghana: Geo-enabled detect and respond system for antimalarial resistance in Ghana |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee | |||||||
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Resource Cafe Session 1 Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Spotlight on ECR Presentations | |||||||
| 18:00 - 20:30 | Cultural Celebration Event | |||||||
| Wednesday 20 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Parallel Session: ELSI Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: BridgELSI: Bridging Gaps in the ELSI of Data Science Health Research in Nigeria PUBGEM-Africa: Public Understanding of Big Data in Genomics Medicine in Africa DSI-LAW: DS-I Africa - Law REDSSA: Research for Ethical Data Science in Southern Africa |
Parallel Session: Data Science for Maternal, Child, and
Environmental Health Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: DICE: Leveraging Data Science Applications to Improve Children's Environmental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa CHEAQI-MNCH: Characterizing Effects of Air Quality in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: The CHEAQI-MNCH Research Project UZIMA-DS: UtiliZing health Information for Meaningful impact in East Africa through Data Science MUDSReH: MUST Data Science Research Hub |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea / Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Plenary Session: Capacity Building & Training (Research
Education Projects) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: DS-ZOOFOOD: Application of Data Science to Build Research Capacity in Zoonoses and Food-Borne Infections in West Africa ENEZA: Eneza Data Science: Enhancing Data Science Capability and Tools for Health in East Africa GRASP: Growing Data-science Research in Africa to Stimulate Progress WACE-DSRE: West Africa Center of Excellence for Data Science Research Education Data Science and Medical Image Analysis Training for Improved Health Care Delivery in Nigeria (DATICAN) Leveraging artificial intelligence/machine learning-based technology to overcome specialized training and technology barriers for the diagnosis and prognostication of colorectal cancer in Africa |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Plenary / Joint Session (Training hubs and Training
projects) Facilitators: Laura Povlich & Venue: Rapporteur: COBIP: Computational Omics and Biomedical Informatics Program APHREA-DST: Advancing Public Health Research in Eastern Africa through Data Science Training DS-CHANGE: Data Science for Child Health Now in Ghana WASHA-Takwimu: Research Training on Harnessing Data Science for Global Health Priorities in Africa MakDARTA: Makerere University Data Science Research Training to Strengthen Evidence-Based Health Innovation, Intervention and Policy DST-HIRWA: Research Training in Data Science for Health in Rwanda |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea / Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 18:30 |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Partnerships & Outreach WG Facilitators: Aminu Musa & Tumai Venue: Rapporteur: |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Data Management WG Facilitators: Samuel Iddi & Natalia Blanco Venue: Rapporteur: |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Research Administrators WG Facilitators: Tanian Natus & Brad Newsome Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| Thursday 21 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Session: Navigating NIH opportunities Facilitators: Laura Povlich & Noffisat Oki Venue: Rapporteur: |
Session: Session title Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | Spotlight on ECR Presentations | |||||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea / Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Plenary / Joint Session: Sustainability Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Report Back / Wrap Up / Prize Giving / Closing | |||||||
| Friday 22 May 2026 | ||||||||
| eLwazi ODSP SAB Meeting / Closed Ad hoc Project Meetings (Pre-Arranged) | ||||||||