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)