ASFAP Community Town Hall

UTC
Fairouz Malek (LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS and UGA, France), Farida Fassi (Mohammed V University in Rabat), Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG)), Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))
Participants
  • Abdelkrim ZEGHARI
  • Abdeslam Hoummada
  • Abush mengiste Mekonen
  • Ahmed Ali Abdelalim
  • Ahmed IMLOUL
  • Alaaeddine Lahbas
  • Albert De Roeck
  • Asmaa Aboulhorma
  • Azwinndini Muronga
  • badr-eddine ngair
  • BallaDiop Ngom
  • Benyounes Bel Moussa
  • Bernard Duah Asabere
  • Bilal Lamrani
  • Bonaventure Dusabe
  • CHACHA MONANKA
  • Charlot Vandevoorde
  • Chilufya Mwewa
  • Christine Darve
  • Christine Steenkamp
  • Claire Lee
  • Daniel M SHADRACK
  • DAVID NIYUKURI
  • Davidson Rabetiarivony
  • Diouma Kobor
  • ebode onyie fabien
  • Edith Zinhle Buthelezi
  • Edwige Takassi
  • Elaf Musa
  • Elsie Effah Kaufmann
  • Emanonfi Elias N'DOLO
  • Emery Nibigira
  • Emmanuel Tsesmelis
  • Faeghe S. Mousavi Khatat
  • Faical Azaiez
  • Fairouz Malek
  • Farida Fassi
  • Farès DJAMA
  • Fati Amadou Oumarou
  • FELIX NDAYISABYE
  • FOBASSO MBOGNOUf FLORETTE CORINNE
  • Gaurav Bajpai
  • Ghofrane Bel-Hadj-Aissa
  • Gihan Kamel
  • Hajar Bayoussef
  • Hamza Abouabid
  • Hassan Abdalla
  • Herman Winick
  • Ibrahim Ayodeji Bello
  • Ibrahim Yahaya Muhammad
  • Ibrahima DIAW
  • Inma Domínguez
  • Isaiah Blankson
  • Jamal Mimouni
  • James Gubernatis
  • Jean Baptiste Fankam Fankam
  • Jeremy Woodward
  • Jesutofunmi Fajemisin
  • Josiah Faniyi
  • Julie Bolcaen
  • Juma SHABANI
  • Justina Achuka
  • Karl Jakobs
  • Kathryn Jepsen
  • Kayode DADA
  • Ketel Turzo
  • Ketevi Adikle Assamagan
  • Kossi Amouzouvi
  • Latifa Elouadrhiri
  • Lerothodi Leonard Leeuw
  • Letrell Harris
  • Lydia Roos
  • M.Chantal Cyulinyana
  • Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou
  • Malak Ait Tamlihat
  • Malik Maaza
  • Marcus Newton
  • Maria Moreno Llacer
  • Marie Clémentine Nibamureke
  • Marina Romani Shalabi Genidi
  • Mark Dalton
  • Marta Losada
  • Martin Owusu-Mensah
  • MARY BISHAI
  • MAYUR KUMAR CHHIPA
  • Mazabalo BANETO
  • Md Anwar Hossain
  • melissa denecke
  • MERIEM ADNOUNI
  • Mesfin Asfaw Afrassa
  • Milohum Mikesokpo DZAGLI
  • Mmantsae Diale
  • Mohamed Ali
  • Mohamed Chabab
  • Mohamed Hassan
  • Mohamed Ouchemhou
  • Mohamed Zaazoua
  • MOHSIN RASHEED
  • MOHSIN RASHEED
  • Monique Engelbrecht
  • Mounia Karim
  • Mounia Laassiri
  • Mourad Telmini
  • Muhammad Saleem
  • Nieldane Stodart
  • Nour Kemicha
  • Noura Nassar
  • Oumar Ka
  • Pascale Vareille
  • Paul Colas
  • Pawel Danielewicz
  • Peter JENNI
  • Petra Rudolf
  • Pieter Neethling
  • Priscilla Masamba
  • Rabiaa Harrak
  • Rachel Crowell
  • Randall Fisher
  • Raphael Emeka
  • Rob Adam
  • Robert Kingsford-Adaboh
  • Samira Hassani
  • Sarah Anyang Agbor
  • Sekazi Mtingwa
  • Shaaban Khalil
  • shaymaa hussein
  • Shimaa AbuZeid
  • SIDI ben abdillah
  • Simon Connell
  • Somiealo Azote
  • Sonia Haddad
  • Soumaya Manai
  • Stephen Nyaranga
  • Steve Muanza
  • Syed Muhammad Tanzeel Sajjad
  • Sébastien Cartier
  • Tana Joseph
  • Uli Raich
  • Ulrich Goerlach
  • Veronica Njaramba
  • William Alexander Horowitz
  • Yasien Sayed
  • Yasmine Sara Amhis
  • Young-Kee Kim
  • Yousef Torman
  • Youssef Moulane
  • Zainab Soumaimi
  • Zakaria Dahbi
Videoconference
ASFAP Community Town Hall
Zoom Meeting ID
61767841334
Host
Ketevi Adikle Assamagan
Alternative hosts
Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim, Simon Connell, Farida Fassi, Fairouz Malek
Useful links
Join via phone
Zoom URL
Steering Committee of ASFAP
    • Session #4

      Session support: Kétévi A. Assamagan

      Convener: Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg)
      • 16
        Ethics Committee

        Public display of the recording: ok

        Speakers: Dr Chilufya Mwewa (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Prof. Nithaya Chetty (University of the Witwatersrand), Prof. Oumar Ka (Cheikh Anta Diop University), Dr Samira Hassani (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
      • 17
        Accelerators
        Speakers: Dr Ahmed Ali Abdelalim (Helwan University, also at CTP, Zewail City of Science and Tech.), Dr Joele Mira (iThemba LABS)
      • 18
        Astrophysics and Cosmology

        Public display of the recording: ok

        Speakers: Dr Bernard Asabere (GSSTI / AVN Ghana), Prof. Lerothodi Leonard Leeuw (University of the Western Cape), Prof. Mirjana Povic (Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute)
      • 19
        Atomic and Molecular Physics
        Speakers: Dr Ibrahim Cheik Njifon (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Dr Obinna Abah (Queens U. Belfast), Dr Stéphane Kenmoe (U. of Duisburg-Essen)
    • 12:00
      Break — Join us for online networking in Gather.Town
    • Session #5

      Session support: Fairouz Malek

      Convener: Mohamed Chabab (Cadi Ayyad University)
    • 13:30
      Break — Join us for online networking in Gather.Town
    • Session #6

      Session support: Kétévi A. Assamagan

      Convener: Lerothodi Leonard Leeuw (University of Johannesburg (ZA))
    • 15:00
      Daily Discussion Session
    • Session #7

      session support: Ketevi Adikle Assamagan

      Convener: Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA))
    • 12:00
      Break — Join us for online networking in Gather.Town
    • Session #8

      Session support: Fairouz Malek

      Convener: Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi (Vice Chancellor, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
    • 13:30
      Break — Join us for online networking in Gather.Town
    • Session #9

      Session support: Fairouz Malek

      Convener: Ulrich Goerlach (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
      • 33
        Young Physicists Forum

        Public display of the recording: ok

        Speakers: Dr Amani Ebrahim (SLAC), Dr Benard Mulilo (University of Zambia), Dr Diallo Boye (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Dr Mounia LAASSIRI (Mohammed V University)
      • 34
        Physics Education
        Speakers: Dr Khalid Berrada (Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco), Dr Mouhamadou Mansour Faye (Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal), Dr Noella Josiane Umuhoza Karemera (University of Rwanda), Dr Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg), Dr Uli Raich (retired)
      • 35
        Optics and Photonics

        no talk

        Speakers: Prof. Alain Dikande (University of Buea, Cameroon), Prof. Jérémie T. Zoueu (Institut National de Polytechnique, Ivory Coast), Dr Rim Cherif (Université de Carthage, Tunisia)
      • 36
        Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

        Public display of the recording: ok

        Speaker: Prof. Conrad Bertrand Tabi (Botswana International University of Science & Technology)
      • 37
        Medical Physics
        Speakers: Dr Hany Ammar (Medicine-Aswan University), Prof. Rajaa Sebihi (Mohmmed V University, Morocco), Prof. Stephen Avery (University of Pennsylvania)
      • 38
        End of the day Sessions discussions
    • 15:45
      Break
    • Session #10

      Session support: Kétévi A. Assamagan

      Convener: Peter Jenni (Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg (DE))
      • 39
        Observers Committee

        Public display of the recording: ok

        Speakers: Prof. Abdesslam Arhrib (AbdelMalek Essaadi university), Dr Claire Lee (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Dr Gopolang Mohlabeng (Queen's University), Dr Jose Salt (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES)), Dr Lawrence Norris (AfPS), Dr Lydia Roos (LPNHE Paris), Dr Maria Moreno Llacer (Univ. of Valencia and CSIC (ES)), Dr Mary Bishai (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Prof. Mourad Telmini (UniversitéTunis El Manar, Tunisia), Prof. Nabila Aghanim (AS, CNRS and Université Paris-Saclay), Prof. Oumar Ka (Cheikh Anta Diop University), Dr Peter Jenni (Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg (DE)), Dr Samira Hassani (Université Paris-Saclay (FR)), Dr Uli Raich (retired), Prof. Yassine Hassouni (Mohammed V University, Morocco)
      • 40
        Event Summary

        Public display of the recording: ok

        Speaker: Dr Fairouz Malek (LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS and UGA, France)
      • 41
        Next Steps

        Public display of the recording: ok

        Speaker: Prof. Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA))
    • Session #11

      Session support: Fairouz Malek

      Convener: Shaaban Khalil Ibrahim (ENHEP Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics (EG))
      • 42
        Communications and networking of Physics in Africa
        Speaker: James E Gubernatis (African Physics Newsletter)
      • 43
        Discussion
        • a) Education and capacity building in Quantum technologies for Africa
          Speaker: Mourad Telmini (UniversitéTunis El Manar, Tunisia)
        • b) AfricaConenct3 testimonial
          Speaker: Mr Yousef Torman (Director for the Arab States Research and Education Network)
        • c) Professional learning communities for STEM training, research and outreach — the case of African scientific and academic networks

          1) Mobility
          - Visa
          - Participation in international science engagements
          - Issue of attraction and retention African cream of the crop into outside institutions
          2) Self-organization and Self-reliance with a sense of independence
          3) Major conferences to be hosted in Africa
          4) African science journal
          - Developed and managed by Africa to promote quality African publications
          5) Physics education and curriculum
          - What sort of physics education do we need to address African issues?
          - Public education and outreach
          - Crosscutting across the all the physics and engagement groups
          6) Network connectivity
          - Regional networks (current status) — to develop into a strong pan-African network
          - Network of African Scientists
          - Internet connectivity
          7) Developing & strengthening collaborations between African physicists
          8) Fact-finding Survey

          Speakers: Azwinndini Muronga (Nelson Mandela University), Fairouz Malek (LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS and UGA, France), Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA)), Kebede Abebe (North Carolina A&T), Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)), Oumar Ka (Cheikh Anta Diop University), Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA)), Sonia Haddad (Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar)
    • 14:15
      Break — Join us for online networking in Gather.Town