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Leadership Engagement Meeting

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New Brookfields Hotel

New Brookfields Hotel
Description

This event is a Leadership Engagement Meeting organized by SLREN, scheduled in December 2024 at New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The meeting builds on recent FCDO-supported activities to embed sustainable practices in open science). It aims to bring together leaders from higher education, regulatory bodies, and research funders to discuss and advance open science, research infrastructure, and national research and education networks (NREN) in Sierra Leone.

Dr Thomas Songu
    • 09:00 → 10:45
      Priority Area 1: Coordination and Prioriry
      • 09:00
        Welcome Remarks 5m
        Speaker: Mrs Fatmata Kaiwa
      • 09:05
        Workshop overview 10m
        Speaker: Dr Thomas Songu (SLREN, Njala University, SierraLeone)
      • 09:15
        Keynote Address 15m

        Keynote Address by the Hon Minister of Technical & Higher Education

        Speaker: Dr Ramatulai Haja
      • 09:30
        Break & Photos 30m
      • 10:00
        Presentation1: An overview of Global Responsible Research Assessment Trends 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Oluwadiya Kahinde
      • 10:20
        Presentation 2: Institutionalising Open Science Policy of Sierra Leone 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Rev Edwin Momoh
      • 10:40
        Q&A 5m
    • 10:45 → 12:15
      Priority Area 2: Enhancing Research Infrastructure: Positioning SLREN for the provision of interner connectivity in HEIs
      • 10:45
        Positioning SLREN for the provision of internet connectivity and digital platforms in HEIs 20m
        Speaker: Dr Thomas Songu (SLREN, Njala University, SierraLeone)
      • 11:05
        Bridging the Scholarly Divide: A sustainable and Inclusive Approach to Persistenct Identifiers 20m
        Speaker: Omo Oaiya (WACREN)
      • 11:25
        Enabling Academic Publishing with Open Access Books 20m
        Speaker: Miriam Conteh-Morgan (University of Sierra Leone)
      • 11:45
        Interactive Q & A 30m
    • 12:15 → 13:00
      Lunch 45m
    • 13:00 → 14:15
      Strengthening Research Capacity
      • 13:00
        An overview of the National Online Grant Management Syetm 20m
        Speaker: Dr Thomas Songu (SLREN, Njala University, SierraLeone)
      • 13:20
        Building Capacity for Research Data Manageent (RDM) Coordination on Campus 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Jonas Redwood-Sawyerr
      • 13:40
        Transforming from Print Journals to Digital Publishing through Diamond Open Access 20m
        Speaker: Miriam Conteh-Morgan (University of Sierra Leone)
      • 14:00
        ○ Interactive Q & A 15m
    • 14:15 → 14:45
      Tea Break 30m
    • 14:45 → 17:30
      Roundtable DiscussionL Cultivating a Culture of Research Excellence: Mativating Researchers , Posterting an Innovative Academic Environment
      • 14:45
        Panel Discussions 1h 45m

        Panelists:
        ○ Chair: National Science Technology and Innovation Council
        ○ Vice-Chancellors & Principals
        ○ Chair, Consortium of Academic Libraries, Sierra Leone
        ○ CEO, Sierra Leone Research & Education Network (SLREN)

        Speakers: Jonas Redwood-Sawyerr, Prof. Rev Edwin Momoh