Third Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
3 November - 9 November 2023
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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 |
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) | |||||||||
Facilitated Panel Discussion & Q&A | |||||||||
Dinner/Ideathon Venue: Garden Marquee Tent |
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 |