[DS-I Africa] Online networking event for dat science and health in Africa

[Chris Fourie]

Hi all (",)

Our friends at DS-I Africa, a consortium of various US National Institutes of Health focused on data science for health in Africa, are having an online networking event on **Wednesday 20 September from 14:00 CAT**

This is a superb opportunity to learn more about their projects and meet more prominent individuals that are making an impact on the continent.

Please register here

https://dsi-africa.org/dsi-3rd-virtual-networking-exchange

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**Summary / Goal**

The DS-I Africa Coordinating Center and NIH staff are organizing a Virtual Networking Exchange event that will allow DS-I Africa projects and other data science and health organizations in Africa to:

• share information about their work
  

• network with each other; and
  

• identify potential partners.
  

Previously, DS-I Africa hosted a Virtual Networking Exchange in July 2022, May 2023 and an in-person Networking Exchange as a part of the 2nd Consortium Meeting in South Africa in November 2022. The September 2023 Exchange will feature DS-I Africa projects and academic institutions with a focus on data science and health in Africa.

**How it works**

The Networking Exchange is an informal event that will take place in Zoom through several rounds of breakout rooms. For one week prior to the event, participants can learn about the different organizations that are participating through an interactive website with information and documents about each organization. On the day of the event, participants will join a Zoom session to receive instructions about the event. Then, they will choose a breakout room to visit. In each breakout room, they will hear a presentation from a featured organization and can ask questions. Participants are welcome to move around to different Zoom rooms to learn about different organizations. After an allotted time period, the breakout rooms will close and participants will then join a new round of networking with different organizations.

**How to participate**

To participate, you may register as a participant or as a presenter.

Participants may join the event and move around between different Zoom rooms to learn about different data science and health organizations.

Presenters may represent their organization on the agenda for the event. They will have a Zoom breakout room for an allotted time during which they can share information about their organization and interact with participants interested in their organization.

Note: There is a limited number of slots available for presenters so please register as soon as possible.