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: Baracuda Foyer |
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| 09:00 - 11:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Rogers Mwavu Venue: Baracuda |
Workshop (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Rogers Mwavu Venue: Baracuda |
Workshop (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 17:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Rogers Mwavu Venue: Baracuda |
Workshop (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| Sunday 17 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration Venue: Baracuda Foyer |
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| 09:00 - 11:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Rogers Mwavu Venue: Baracuda |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Rogers Mwavu Venue: Baracuda |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 17:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Rogers Mwavu Venue: Baracuda |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| Monday 18 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 07:00 - 08:00 |
Registration Venue: Eco Ballroom Foyer |
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| 08:00 - 09:30 |
Plenary Session: Innovations in Infectious Disease and
Surveillance in Africa Facilitators: Brad Newsome Venue: Eco Ballroom Rapporteur: 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 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 DS-I Malaria: Automated Mobile Microscopy for Malaria Diagnosis and surveillance in Uganda |
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| 09:30 - 11:00 |
Plenary Session: Data Science for Early Detection, Risk
Prediction & Improved Disease Diagnosis [Session 1] Facilitators: Venue: Eco Ballroom Rapporteur: MUDSReH: MUST Data Science Research Hub MADIVA: Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation, visualisation and application D-SINE: Harnessing Data Science to Promote Equity in Injury and Surgery for Africa BCX-Africa: Utilizing data science to evaluate the applicability of blood cell traits polygenic risk scores for disease prediction in Africa |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Plenary Session: Data Science for Early Detection, Risk
Prediction & Improved Disease Diagnosis [Session 2] Facilitators: Venue: Eco Ballroom Rapporteur: 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 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 |
Welcome & Opening Facilitators: Michelle Skelton & Laura Povlich Venue: Eco Ballroom Rapporteur: |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 19:30 |
Network Exchange Poster Viewing/AI/ML technology; tools; resources demo's/mhealth apps/Cocktail Dinner Facilitators: Francis Agamah Venue: Jambo |
Project Spotlight Exhibition & Science Communication
Session Facilitators: Nchangwi Munung Venue: Jambo |
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| Tuesday 19 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 08:00 - 09:00 |
Registration Venue: Baracuda Foyer |
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| 09:00 - 10:00 |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Data Governance WG Facilitators: Michelle Skelton & Dorcas Mwigereri Venue: Baracuda Rapporteur: |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Training WG Facilitators: Jasmit Shah Venue: Sail Fish Rapporteur: Wisdom Akurugu |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Plenary Session: Unlocking Innovation with Synthetic Data:
Demonstrating Impact, and Expanding Possibilities for Data
Science Research Facilitators: Tiffani Lash Venue: Baracuda 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 SYNAPSE: SYNthetic Healthcare DAta Platform for Data Science Training |
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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: Baracuda Rapporteur: ODSP: eLwazi Open Data Science Platform HE2AT: The HarmonAIze Project: Pioneering Automated Climate and Health Data Harmonization and Integration DATICAN: Data Management and Compute Platform for Data Science Training UZIMA-DS: Sustainable Cloud Operations for Research and Environmental Impact (SCORE - EI) MUDSReH: MUST Data Science Research Hub (MUDSReH) - Democratized Trusted Research Environment (dTRE) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 18:00 |
Steering Committee Meeting Facilitators: Gaone Retshabile, Amina Abubakar, Michelle Skelton Venue: Sail Fish Rapporteur: |
ECR Session: Spotlight on ECR Presentations Venue: Baracuda |
Resource Café Venue: Manta Ray |
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| 18:00 - 20:30 | Cultural Celebration Event | |||||||
| Wednesday 20 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Parallel Session: Data Science for Maternal, Child, and
Environmental Health Facilitators: Venue: Baracuda 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 DSpace: Utilizing Data Science to Predict and Improve Health Outcomes in Pediatric HIV Developing data science solutions to mitigate the health impacts of climate change in Africa: the HE2AT Center (HE2AT) |
Parallel Session: Ethical Legal & Social Implication
Projects Facilitators: Venue: Sail Fish 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 |
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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: Baracuda 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) SYNAPSE: SYNthetic Healthcare DAta Platform for Data Science Training |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Partnerships & Outreach WG Facilitators: Aminu Musa & Tumai Venue: Baracuda Rapporteur: |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Data Management WG Facilitators: Samuel Iddi & Natalia Blanco Venue: Sail Fish Rapporteur: |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Research Administrators WG Facilitators: Tanian Natus & Brad Newsome Venue: Manta Ray Rapporteur: |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 18:30 |
Plenary Session: Capacity building & Training [Training
Hubs & 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 DSSD: NYU-Moi Data Science for Social Determinants Training Program |
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| Thursday 21 May 2026 | ||||||||
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Session: Pilot Projects Facilitators: Venue: Sail Fish Rapporteur: |
Spotlight on ECR Presentations Facilitators: Venue: Sail Fish Rapporteur: |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Session: Navigating NIH Opportunities Facilitators: Laura Povlich & Noffisat Oki Venue: Baracuda Rapporteur: |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Plenary/Joint Session: Sustainability Facilitators: Venue: Baracuda Rapporteur: |
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| 15:00 - 17:00 |
Report Back/Wrap Up/Prize Giving/Closing Facilitators: Venue: Baracuda Rapporteur: Data Governance WG Training & Education WG Partnerships & Outreach WG Data Management WG Research Administrators WG ECR Awards |
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| Friday 22 May 2026 | ||||||||
| eLwazi ODSP SAB Meeting / Closed Ad hoc Project Meetings (Pre-Arranged) | ||||||||