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Key Note Speakers
Professor Wole Michael Olatokun
Professor Wole Michael OLATOKUN, is a UNESCO Fellow and professor of Social Informatics, Knowledge Management and ICT Policy. He holds master and doctorate degrees in Information Science obtained from the Africa Regional Centre for Information Science (now Department of Data and Information Science), University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He started his teaching and research career in October 1997 and rose through the ranks to become professor with effect from 1 October, 2012. He was Visiting Senior Lecturer at University of Botswana between 2008 and 2010 and Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, Canada between November 2013 and February 2014. He is a versatile professor who teaches and has published extensively in the areas of Analysis of National ICT policy issues, Digital Literacy, Social Informatics, e-Governance, Knowledge Management, ICT and Development, Information Ethics, Digital inclusion, Gender and ICT and Indigenous Knowledge. Some of his key research experience include:
1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Sesigo Impact Assessment Baseline Study at Northern Botswana, January – December 2009
2. Project on an Impact Assessment Study of HIV/AIDS intervention in Botswana, February – July, 2010
3. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Mid-Term Review of Sustainable Mechanisms for Improving Livelihoods and Household Empowerment (SMILE) project August 2016-March, 2017
4. Tertiary Education Fund (TETFUND) Project on Developing Standards for Monitoring, Assessment, and Evaluation of Peace and Conflict Management Projects in Nigeria – 2020-2022
Professor Olatokun has published ninety-eight papers in form of books, chapters in books, refereed conference proceedings and refereed, Scopus indexed local and international journals. He has served as external examiner/assessor in several institutions/universities in Nigeria, India and South Africa. He has also served and still serving as reviewer and editorial board member to several journals both in Nigeria and outside. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of ICT Development, Applications and Research. Professor Olatokun was the Director of Africa Regional Centre for Information Science, University of Ibadan (2014-2020) and Honorary Professor at the Information Studies Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal and Department of Information and Knowledge Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a Member of Society for Information Science and Technology of Nigeria, Nigerian Library Association and Informing Science Institute (USA).
Professor Kgomotso Moahi
Kgomotso Moahi has worked in academia for the past 37 years. She started her academic career at the University of Botswana as a Documentalist, after which she joined the Department of Library and Information Studies as a lecturer. As a professor in library and information science she has researched and published in the areas of health information systems, library sciene, and indigenous knowledge systems. She occupied several administrative and management positions at the University from Departmental chair, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, and acting appointments as DVC Academic Affairs and Vice Chancellor. After 35 years of service at the University of Botswana, she moved to the Botswana Open University where she is currently the DVC Academic Services as well as Research Innovation and Partnerships.
Assistant Professor James Lowry
James Lowry is the founder and director of the Archival Technologies Lab (ATL) at Queens College, City University of New York, where he is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. He is an Honorary Research Fellow and former co-director of the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies, where he taught following a ten year career in archives and records management. As a practitioner, James worked in Australia, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. James is convenor of Archival Discourses, the International Intellectual History of Archival Studies research network, and editor of the Routledge Studies in Archives book series.