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FAIR Data, FAIR Africa – Internationalisation of the Health Data Space
August 27, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Venue: LUMC Building 3 Burumazaal Hippocratespad 21, 2333 ZD Leiden, Nederland
- 9:00 – Arrival & registration (Coffee and tea available in the Burumazaal)
- 9.30 – Welcome by Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Reisen, Opening Address by VC Prof. Dr. Mouhamad Mpezamihigo, and Welcome Address by Nur Ali Diria, Director of Eastern College, Somalia
- 9.45 – Presentation of Vodan Regional Hubs and the Spokes of the Africa Health Data Space: Dr. Reginald Nalugala (Kenya), Julia Duncan Cassell (Liberia), Dr. Araya Abrha Medhanyie (Ethiopia), Dr. Abdullah Ibrahim (Nigeria), Dr. Magda Robalo (Guinea Bissau).
Moderator: VC Francisca Oladipo - 10.45 – Mini-presentations of selected Research on the Africa Health Data Space: Samson Yohannes Amare, Getu Tadele, Kokob Gebre Kidanu, Tesfit Gebremeskel, Putu Hadi Purnama Jati, Aliya Aktau, Kai Smits, Ruduan Plug, Misha Stocker
Moderator: Rita Mazzocchi - 12.00 – Medical Practitioners and Leadership: Vision of the Africa Health Data Space: Dr. Amanuel Haile (Ethiopia), Dr. Asma Ali (Kenya), Prof Andrew Kitua (Uganda)
Moderator: Barend Mons - 12.30 – Lunch
- 13.30 – State of the Art in FAIR Open Engineering in Research: Prof. Dr. Katy Wolstencroft (LIACS), Dr. Louise Bezuidenhout (Leiden Faculty of Social Science), Prof. Dr. Thanassis Tiropanis (University of Southhampton), Dr. Jasper Koehorst (Wageningen University), Ezekiel Onyonka Mecha (Nairobi University)
Moderator: Dr. Erik Schultes - 14.15 – Leadership by the Africa University Network on FAIR Open Science (AUN-FOS): VC Dr. Eyasu Yazew (Mekelle University), VC Prof. Dr. Patrick Mwania (Tangaza University), DVC Prof. Dr. Janice Desire Busingye (KIU), Ezekiel Onyonka Mecha (Nairobi University), VC Francisca Oladipo (Thomas Adewumi University)
Moderator: Goitom Tegegn
Short Video on the realization of the Africa FAIR Data Space
- 15.00 – Building Partnerships for the Africa Health Data Space: Jeroen Maas (Phillips), Mayana Wanderley (Microsoft), Nick Egarhos (Snomed), Sjoerd van Groning (Muze), Lars Halvorsen (OHDSI), Kwasi Boahene (PharmAccess)
Moderator: Dr. Lieve Fransen - 16:30 – Standard Setting across Institutions and Funders: Stephanie van Rooden (RIVM), Margreet Bloemers (ZonMw), Michaela Stubbers (Vliruos), Nuffic, Herko Coomans (Ministry of VWS and Dutch Ministry of Health and Global Digital Health Partnership), Sarah Spronk, (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands), Europese Commissie (tbc), Elizabeth Kuiper, European Policy Centre, Shelley Lipon, Chief Operating Officer (SnoMed)
Moderator: Dr. Jenny Coetzee - 17:30 – Announcement of the 2025-Conference on SOLID FAIR Linked Data Spaces at Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC)
Closing Session: Standards for FAIR Data Sovereignty in Africa
H.E. Julia Duncan Cassell, Former Minister of Gender and Social Welfare, Liberia
H.E. Fortune Charumbira, President of the AU Pan-African Parliament
Closure by the President of Leiden University
Moderator: Prof Dr. Mirjam van Reisen