Third Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
3 November - 9 November 2023
Friday 3 November
| Onsite Registration Desk Venue: Auditorium Foyer |
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Saturday 4 November
| Datathon & Synthetic Data Training Workshop | |||||||
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| 08:30 - 18:00 | Welcome and Introduction | ||||||
| Venue: Ballroom | Venue: Kivu | ||||||
| Datathon Teams | Datathon Teams | ||||||
Sunday 5 November
| Venue: Ballroom | Venue: Kivu | Venue: Muhazi | Venue: Auditorium | |||||||
| 09:00 - 13:00 | Datathon Teams | Datathon Teams | Possible topic: Global Health Ethics and Research in Medical Imaging (PUBGEM/MUDsReH) | |||||||
| Lunch Break (Garden marquee tent) | ||||||||||
| 14:00 - 18:00 | Recap/Write-up | DGWG Planning Session (Tentative) (16:00-18:00) | Opportunities for Healthcare Research by use of Synthetic Data | |||||||
Monday 6 November
| Working Group & Project PI Meetings | |||||||
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| Venue: Auditorium | Venue: Ballroom | Venue: Kivu | |||||
| 08:30 - 12:00 | Data Management Working Group | Research Hubs PI Meeting Facilitator: |
Training Hubs PI Meeting Facilitator: |
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| Partnerships & Outreach Working Group | ELSI PI Meeting/Adhoc Group Meetings/Networking Facilitator: |
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| Lunch Break (Garden) | |||||||
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Opening Session Venue: Ball Room |
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| Welcome: Chair & Co Chair of DS-I Africa Steering committee: | |||||||
| University of Rwanda Leadership: Vice Chancellor University of Rwanda |
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| Rwanda Ministry of Health: | |||||||
| Excecutive Secretary of Rwanda National Council for Science and Technology: | |||||||
| Rwanda Biomedical Centre: | |||||||
| Dr Peter Kilmarx - Acting Director, Forgarty International Center (NIH) | |||||||
| eLwazi ODSP CC | |||||||
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Steering Committee Meeting Venue: Auditorium |
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| 17:00 - 20:00 | Welcome Reception/Networking Exchange Garden Marquee Tent |
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Tuesday 7 November
| Theme 1: Sustainable Data Analysis Pipelines Facilitators: Henry Mwambi & Lori Scott-Sheldon Rapporteur: |
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| 08:30 - 12:00 | Keynote: TBA | ||||||||
| Project: Open Data Science Platform Presenter: Nicola Mulder Title: |
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| Project: HE2AT Presenter: Matthew Chersich Title:Developing data science solutions to mitigate the health impacts of climate change in Africa |
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| Project: MUST Data Science Research Hub (MUDSReH) Presenter: Celestino Obua Title: |
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| Project: Research for Ethical Data Science in Southern Africa (REDSSA) Presenter: Keymanthri Moodley Title: |
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| Project: Research Training in Data Science for Health in Rwanda Presenter: Davila Roman Title: |
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| Facilitated Panel Discussion & Q&A | |||||||||
| Facilitated Panel Discussion Q&A (including panellists and keynote speakers) | |||||||||
| Tea Break (Poster Viewing) Venue: Ballroom Foyer |
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| Venue: Kivu | Venue: Auditorium | Venue: Muhazi | Venue: Briefing room inside ballroom | ||||||
| Data Governance WG | Training Working Group - Overview & Competency Mapping | Adhoc Meeting | Adhoc Meeting | ||||||
| Lunch Break (Garden) | |||||||||
| 13:00 - 19:00 | Welcome New Projects Venue: Ballroom |
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| New Project Elevator Talks/Poster Presentation | |||||||||
| Tea Break (Poster Viewing) | |||||||||
| Theme 2: Data Governance and Cross-Border Data Sharing Facilitators: Barbara Sina & Sudha Srinivasan Rapporteur: |
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| Keynote: Dr Dirk Brand | |||||||||
| Keynote: Dr Ciara Staunton | |||||||||
| Project: DS-I Africa - LAW Presenter: Donrich Thaldar Title: |
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| Project: Harnessing Data Science to Promote Equity in Injury and Surgery for Africa (D-SINE) Presenter: Alain Chichom Title: |
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| Project: Data Science for Child Health Now in Ghana (DS-CHANGE) Presenter: peter Amoako-Yirenkyi Title: |
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| Project: Combatting AntiMicrobial Resistance in Africa Using Data Science (CAMRA) Presenter: Christian Happy (TBC) Title: |
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| Facilitated Panel Discussion & Q&A (including panellists and keynote speakers) | |||||||||
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| Dinner/Ideathon Venue: Garden Marquee Tent |
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Wednesday 8 November
| 08:30 - 13:30 | Theme 3: Opportunities to harness artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) for health in Africa Facilitators: Bonnie Joubert, Chris Jack Rapporteur: Carol Shreffler |
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| Keynote: TBC | |||||||
| Project: Research Training on Harnessing Data Science for Global Health Priorities in Africa Presenter: Davila Roman Title: |
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| Project: Role of Data Streams In Informing Infection Dynamics in Africa- INFORM Africa Presenter: Alash'le Abimuku Title: |
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| Project: Advancing Public Health Research in Eastern Africa through Data Science Training (APHREA-DST) Presenter: Berhane Kiros Title: |
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| Project: Makerere University Data Science Research Training to Strengthen Evidence-Based Health Innovation, Intervention and Policy (MakDARTA) Presenter: David Patrick Kateete Title: |
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| Project: Public Understanding of Big data in Genomics Medicine in Africa (PUBGEM-Africa) Presenter: Syntia Nchangwi Title: |
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| Facilitated Panel Discussion & Q&A (including panellists and keynote speakers) | |||||||
| Tea Break (Poster Viewing) Venue: Ballroom Foyer |
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| DS-I Africa Trainee Session (Speed Presentations & Q&A) (70 min) | |||||||
| Lunch Break (Garden Marquee Tent) | |||||||
| 14:30 - 18:30 | Theme 4: Strategies for Effective and Equitable Partnerships Facilitators: Amit Mistry & Tiffani Lash Rapporteur: |
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| Keynote: Professor Agnes Binagwaho (TBC) | |||||||
| Project: Computational Omics and Biomedical Informatics Program (COBIP) Presenter: Bill Hersh Title: |
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| Project: NYU-Moi Data Science for Social Determinants Training Program (DSSD) Presenter: Rumi Chunara Title: |
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| Project: UZIMA-DS: UtiliZing health Information for Meaningful impact in East Africa through Data Science Presenter: Amina Abubakar Title: |
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| Project: MADIVA (Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation, visualisation and application) Presenter: Scott hazelhurst Title: |
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| Project: Bridging Gaps in the ELSI of Data Science Health Research in Nigeria (BridgELSI) Presenter: Shawneequa Callier Title: |
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| Facilitated Panel Discussion & Q&A (including panellists and keynote speakers) | |||||||
| Closing | |||||||
Thursday 9 November
| 08:30 - 12:00 | Workshop Venue: Ballroom |
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| eLwazi ODSP CC Consultations (by appointment) | Excursion | ||||||