All stakeholders are invited to join us for the launch of the AAU Europe Regional Office.  For virtual participation,  kindly find below the streaming Link-  https://tinyurl.com/AAUEROLaunch

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On behalf of the University of Nottingham and the Association of African Universities (AAU), we are delighted to invite you to virtually join the opening celebration of the AAU Europe Regional Office, a new division of the Association based at the campus of the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. The Europe Regional Office’s role is to centrally coordinate AAU’s existing and emerging partnerships across Europe, facilitating cooperation between AAU member institutions across the European academic community.

This launch event is being held on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at the University of Nottingham, UK, featuring a showcase of collaborative research and the projects of the Office, plenary discussions concerning the future development of higher education across Africa, and a formal opening ceremony.

Please register to view all the sessions of the event below. The programme for the event can be downloaded here – https://blog.aau.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Programme-_AAU-Europe-Regional-Office-Launch.pdf

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09.30 – Welcome from Nottingham Vice-Chancellor Shearer West and AAU President, Bakri Osman Saeed.

09.50 – Panel discussion: University collaborations between Europe and Africa: Strengthening research and teaching excellence

AAU Secretary-General, Oyewole Olusola Bandele
Nottingham Vice-Chancellor, Shearer West
10.30 – Presenting the AAU Europe Regional Office

A presentation of the aims and future activities/events of the AAU ERO, from Professor Juliet Thondhlana

11.00 – Session Break

11.30 – AAU ERO Projects Focus

Data Ethics in Education – Kathryn Bailey
Research Writing Workshops – Felicia Nkrumah Kuagbedzi & Yuwei Xu
Mapping the Landscape of AI design and use in Higher Education in Africa – Bernd Stahl
Capacity Building/Executive Education – Amanda Chukwudozie, Lucy Cooker & Jim Green
Research Management in Africa – Beate Knight
Partnership to strengthen the engagement of African stakeholders in computational and artificial intelligence activities – through the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society – Christian Wagner and Nodumo Dhlamini
12.00 – Official Launch Ceremony

12.20 – Session Break

13.30 – Panel Discussion: Transformative partnerships: Advancing the research ecosystem between African and European higher education sectors

Beate Knight- Head of Programmes, Association of Commonwealth Universities
Prof. Frederick Ato Armah – Director of Research and Programmes, Association of African Universities
Rita Dickson– Vice-Chancellor, KNUST
Maeve Fitzpatrick, Strategic Lead International Research, UoN
14.15 – Session Break

14.45 – Africa-focused research at the University of Nottingham: Showcase

Lara Bianchi – Business and Human Rights in South Africa
Eleanor Mitchell – Clinical Trials in Nigeria with the University of Lagos
Lorna Kiamba – Clean Energy for low-income homes in Kenya
Bernd Stahl – Sustainable eThics Reviews of digital heAlth Technology dEsiGn In sub saharan afriCa (STRATEGIC)
Pete Russell – SA Design and Build Studio Project/s
Jo Darkwa – Implementation of Bio-Rural Energy Scheme (IBRES) for Ghana
15.15 – Closing comments, from Professor Juliet Thondhlana, Head of the AAU ERO