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Sujet :	[SPAM] AI4D-Africa Fwd: AI4D Soft Launch: Meet Our Speakers and Panelists
Date :	Sat, 5 Dec 2020 12:19:05 +0300
De :	Sally Mugure <skmu...@gmail.com>
Pour :	ai4d-...@googlegroups.com

Hi all,

We hope to see you at the launch of the AI4D Africa program on Monday, December 7th at 14:30 - 16 UTC. We have lined up exciting and experienced speakers and panelists as we delve deep into the opportunities that inclusive AI innovations present for Africa. Learn more about them in the newsletter below.

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Register: WEBINAR - AI4D Soft Launch: Driving Inclusive Innovation using AI

With Regards

Sally

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From: AI4D <soc...@ai4d.ai>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 at 11:31
Subject: AI4D  Soft Launch:  Meet Our Speakers and Panelists
To: <skmu...@gmail.com>

See you on Monday

AI4D Soft Launch: Driving Inclusive Innovation Using AI Join us on Monday, December 7th 14.30 - 16 UTC as we launch the AI4D Africa program on a webinar on the topic of driving inclusive innovation using AI in Africa. We have lined up a stellar panel to share ideas on how AI development  in Africa will provide new opportunities to advance innovation, inclusion and gender equality. REGISTER NOW Meet our speakers & panelists Speakers: Dr. Jean Lebel President, IDRC, Canada Jean leads the Centre’s contributions to Canada’s development, foreign policy, and global innovation efforts. He is responsible for significant funding partnerships with Canadian and foreign governments, philanthropic organisations, and the private sector.  Carin Jämtin  Director-General, Sida, Sweden Before being the Director General of Sida, she served as a member of parliament in the Swedish government, a Minister for International Development Cooperation and Secretary General at the Olof Palme International Center. Carin is now responsibility for implementing government and parliament decisions as well as for resolving overall issues regarding Sida’s organisation. Dominique Charron (Moderator), Vice-President, Programs and Partnerships, IDRC, Canada Prior to her role as vice-president, Dominique was the director of IDRC’s Agriculture and Environment program. She supervised research focused on increasing agricultural productivity and food security, reducing vulnerability to climate change, and protecting the public against infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases. She will also be moderating the panel Petrarca Karetji Head, Pulse Lab Jakarta, UN Global Pulse, Indonesia Petra has more than 25 years of professional experience, undertaking a range of international development industry roles. He currently heads up Pulse Lab Jakarta a big-data innovation lab that is now emerging as an analytic partnership accelerator for development and humanitarian action. Alan AtKisson, Assistant Director-General and Director, Department of Partnership & Innovation, Sida, Sweden Alan AtKisson serves as Assistant Director-General of Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, where he leads the Department of Partnership and Innovation. He has over 30 years of experience, working in over 50 countries, and has advised numerous governments, leading companies, global NGOs, and the United Nations.   Our panelists: Neema Iyer Neema Iyer is an artist and a technologist. She is the founder and director of Pollicy, a civic technology organization based in Kampala, Uganda. Pollicy uses data, design and technology to improve how citizens and government engage around public service delivery. Renata Avila Renata Avila, (Guatemalan, 1981) is a International Human Rights Lawyer and author, with more than fifteen years of experience working in cutting edge issues related to technology and society.  She co-founded and advises the <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms. Kathleen Siminyu Kathleen Siminyu is an AI Researcher who is Regional Coordinator of Artificial Intelligence for Development Africa(AI4D Africa). She has long running experience working with AI communities on the African continent, including the Nairobi Women in Machine Learning and Data Science community as well as with the Deep Learning Indaba. Araba Sey Araba Sey is a Principal Researcher with Research ICT Africa and a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Washington Information School. Her research examines the relationship between digital and social inequality. Dr. Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende She is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Makerere University and is currently the head of the Makerere Artificial Intelligence and Data Science research Lab.Joyce leads a team of researchers that carry out research in the application of machine learning techniques in solving problems in the areas of agriculture and health and a large part of her work focuses on building language resources for Uganda languages. We are very excited to host this webinar and see the launch of the AI4D Africa program -  a program that is dedicated to a future where Africans across all regions create and use artificial intelligence to lead happier, healthier and greener lives! See you then! REGISTER FOR THE EVENT Follow us on Twitter. ai4d.ai @AI4Dev @IAPD_afrique view this email in your browser Copyright © 2020 AI4D Africa Program, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: AI4D Africa Program 150 Kent St Ottawa, ON K1P 0B2 Canada Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. view this email in your browser

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