Pan-African Physics Roadmap—Community Discussion

Tuesday Oct 19, 2021, 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM GMT

Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

Abstract:

We propose an open discussion about how to get involved and participate in the African Physics Strategy (ASFAP)

https://africanphysicsstrategy.org/

We will have a short introduction of the current status and plan for ASFAP, followed by a panel discussion.

Panelists:

• Prof. Peter Jenni (Former Spokesperson of the ATLAS Experiment, CERN-Retired, ASFAP Observer, Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg)
• Prof. Fernando Quevedo (Former Director of ICTP, ASFAP Advisor, University of Cambridge)
• Prof. Farida Fassi (ASFAP Steering Committee, Mohammed V University, Morocco)
• Dr. Gopolang Mohlabeng (ASFAP Observer & Young Physicist Forum, Queen's University)
• Dr. Marie Chantal Cyulinyana (ASFAP Women in Physics, University of Rwanda and National Council for Science & Technology, Rwanda)
• Prof. Mirjana Povic (ASFAP Convener of Astrophysics & Cosmology WG, Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute)

chat.txt

zoom_0.mp4

1:00 PM → 1:05 PM Introduction

Speaker: Dr Kétévi Adiklè Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

ASFAP-CommunityDiscussionOct19.2021.pdf

1:05 PM → 1:25 PM ASFAP Status and Plan

Speaker: Dr Fairouz Malek (LPSC-Grenoble, CNRS and UGA, France)

ASP_20211019.pdf

1:25 PM → 2:25 PM Panel Discussion: "Pan-African physics roadmap—community discussion"

Speakers: Prof. Farida Fassi (Universite Mohammed V (MA)) , Prof. Fernando Quevedo (University of Cambridge) , Dr Gopolang Mohlabeng (Queen's University) , Dr Marie Chantal Cyulinyana (University of Rwanda & National Council for Science & Technology, Rwanda) , Prof. Mirjana Povic (ESSTI, Ethiopia) , Prof. Peter Jenni (Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg (DE))

ASFAP.Panel,discussion.19Oct2021.P.Jenni.pdf