2ND IASSIST AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP, West Africa

IASSIST in collaboration with the University of Ibadan hosted the 2nd IASSIST West Africa Regional Workshop at University of Ibadan, Nigeria from 4th – 7th oct 2022

Keynote Speakers: Prof Sandra Canon (President IASSIST), Prof Wole Olatokun (University of Ibadan), Prof Mandla Ntombela (IASSIST, Southern Africa)

Objectives

• Provide opportunities for collegial exchange of sound professional practices
• Promote international exchange and capacity
• Foster and promote a network of excellence for data service delivery
• Advance infrastructure in the social sciences

Main Theme :  Data Literacy and the Fourth industrial revolution

Sub themes

• Issues with the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Development Programs.
• Data Literacy and considerations for industrial development.
• AI , Robotics, Data Literacy and Wealth of Modern Nations
• Data literacy and tertiary education
• Fourth Industrial Revolution : Readiness and Future Considerations
• Data collection and preservation.
• Data protection legislations
• Indigenous Knowledge : Data literacy and factors of production management.