Partnering on Energy, Security, Environment and Health in Africa
The 4th Biennial Conference of the African Science Integration Network (AScIN 2024) is scheduled to hold from July 15 - 19, 2024 at the Centre for Energy Research and Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
The African Science Integration Network (AScIN) is a forum for the exchange of the latest scientific discoveries and research ideas in the form of presentations and discussions in theoretical and experimental research in very broad areas of the physical sciences in a multidisciplinary approach. The network connects researchers and scientists from African universities with professional researchers from industry, and seeks to provide mentoring for aspiring researchers and scientists, as well as postgraduate students.
AScIN 2024 is the fourth edition of AScIN's biennial conference, whose theme is "Energy, Security, Environment and Health in Africa". This theme has been carefully chosen to mobilize efforts to meet certain challenges in critical areas of life such as energy and energy security, environmental protection and its requirements to ensure excellent and affordable health for all. These goals are fully integrated into the 17 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the last of which is the global partnership between countries and international institutions to achieve these goals by 2030.
Sub-themes
Energy
Assessment of Nuclear energy and other electricity generation technologies,
Role of solid mineral in energy generation,
Sustainable energy transition,
Local solutions to energy access,
Energy security - electricity, oil and gas,
Politics of energy and sustainable supply,
Energy financing for economic development,
Energy materials, renewable energy, solar, wind and fuel cells, perovskite energy harvesters, energy storage, biofuel, graphene and 2D materials.
Affordability and standardization of Solar Energy supply.
Review of Energy Curriculum Development in Africa
Security
Nuclear Techniques for Attaining Civil Security
Cyber space security
Militating or mitigating against insecurity using –
Remote sensing,
drone construction and application,
Sensors and smart materials,
Robotics,
Artificial intelligence
Military, Economic, Border, Energy, Food, Health and Environmental Security,
Ethical considerations, challenges and dilemmas in tackling insecurity,
Advances in fundamental physics and mathematics.
Health and Environment
Application of Nuclear Techniques in Environmental Management and Pollution Studies
Pollution Control and Management
Biodiversity Conservation
Environmental- Health Risk Assessment and Management
Water Resource Management
Waste Reduction and Management
Ecotourism and Green Economy
Disaster risk reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
Drug delivery
Biomaterial, tissue engineering dental implants
Nanomedicine for diagnostic and therapeutics
Date: July 15 - 19, 2024
Venue: Centre for Energy Research & Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Chief Host: The Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Host: The Director, Centre for Energy Research & Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
List of Speakers
Prof. AZOUMAH Yao Ketowoglo, University of Lomé and DG KYA-Energy Group (Togo)
Prof. Anthony Okoh, University of Fort Hare, South Africa.
Prof. Tunde Ojumu, Cape Pennisula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
Prof. A.M. Aibinu, Vice Chancellor of Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria
Dr. George Owusu Essegbey, the Director of the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) of the Council of Science and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana.
Dr. Almamy Konte, Senior Expert in Innovation Policy at the African Observatory in Science Technology and Innovation (AOSTI) of the African Union Commission based in Equatorial Guinea
Dr. Temitope A. Taiwo is the Interim Director of Argonne's Nuclear Science and Engineering Division, USA
Dr. A. T. Raji, School of Computing, College of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa
