IEEE AFRICON 2023 Speaker Lineup

Prof. Saifur Rahman

IEEE President and CEO, USA

Dr. Tom Coughlin

IEEE President Elect, USA

Prof. Vincenzo Piuri

2023 IEEE Region 8 Director

Prof. Conrad Tucker

Interim Director of CMU-Africa & Associate Dean International Affairs-Africa

Sekou L. Remy

Staff Research Scientist, IBM Research Africa (Kenya Lab)

Maike Luiken, PhD

Adjunct Research Professor, Western University, Canada

Prof. Fisseha Mekuria

Professor, Faculty of Technology & Society, Dept. of Computer Science, Malmo University, Sweden

Dr. Jari Handelberg

Chairperson, StartNorth, Finland

Adam Lane

Director for Government and Public Affairs, Huawei Kenya

Caroline Muthee

Deputy Managing Director Ericsson Kenya & Commercial Director, South and East Africa at Ericsson

Ramy Hashem

Managing Director, Nokia Kenya

Costas Stasopoulos

Chair, IEEE Industry Engagement Committee

Toni Mattila

Chair IEEE Region 8 Action for Industry Subcommittee

Prof. Izael Da Silva

Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Strathmore University, Kenya

Lwanga Herbert

Chair, IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board

Kamran Ahmad

Founder & CEO, Kivu Choice

Dr. Vanathi Gopalakrishnan

Assoc. Professor of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh

Richard Mathenge

Organizer, African Content Moderators Union

Michael Mbuthia

East Africa Regional Director, AfricaNenda

Ganesh Mani, PhD

Distinguished Service Professor of Innovation Practice, Tepper @CMU

Prof. Vikass Monebhurrun

Corresponding Member, IEEE Region 8 Standards Coordination Subcommittee and IEEE Technical Activities Board Committee on Standards

Ms. Moira S. Patterson

Director, Global Market Affairs & Standards Partnerships, IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA)