The national president of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Prof. Adesola Aderounmu, will preside over the two-day 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, slated to hold in June 2-3 at Welcome Centre Hotel, International Airport Road, Lagos, reports ITRealms.
Disclosing
this, the Executive Director, Operations, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the
organisers of forum, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke said they are delighted to work with
the new president of NCS in exploring his agenda for the larger Nigerian
society through the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series.
She noted that Nigeria DigitalSENSE
Forum series which began in 2009 has been sustained ever since as an annual
rallying point for Internet stakeholders in the country,
which this year has been slated for Thursday, June 2 and Friday June 3, 2016 .
DigitalSENSE
Africa Media, she said, is an At-Large Structure certified by the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and organizes this annual
forum in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Galaxy Backbone and
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) among others.
This
year’s theme, she also said centres on ‘Internet Governance: Creating
Opportunities for All Nigerians’ on day 1, while Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6
Roundtable with the theme on ‘Creating Opportunities for Nigerians with IPv6’ in
commemoration of the World IPv6 Day 2016.
Equally
she said, DigitalSENSE Africa is a team of internationally reputed and
award-winning Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry analysts
and perception managers; professionally affiliated to African Regional At-Large
Organisation (AFRALO) for shaping the future of the Internet, African Civil
Society for the Information Society (ACSIS), as well as the media caucus of
African Information Society Initiative (AISI) of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA) among others.
She
recalled that Aderounmu is a professor in the Department of Computer Science
and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Fellow of Nigeria
Computer Society, Registered Professional Engineer with Council for Regulation
of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
Professor
Aderounmu, she noted bagged his first degree in Computer Engineering and Masters
in Computer Science from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 1991 and 1997
respectively.
According
to her, Aderounmu became a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering in 2008, seven years after he bagged his PhD. Degree in Computer
Science from the same University.
She
recalled that he was appointed Acting Head of Department of Computer Science
& Engineering between 2004 and 2007, Deputy Director, Information Technology
and Communications Unit, 2005 – 2008, Acting Director, Information Technology
and Communications Unit, 2009 -2011 and Full Director, 2011 to date.
He
is a member of the Screening and Monitoring sub-committee of Tertiary Education
Trust Fund (TETFUND) research fund. He served as a member of curriculum
development for National Open University of Nigeria, and member NUC
accreditation team to various universities in Nigeria. He was Deputy President,
NCS before his election as the President,
Nigeria Computer Society.
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Pix: Professor Sola Aderounmu FNCS
– President NCS
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