Eko-Konnect 2025 Users Conference
📍 Lagos, Nigeria
Pathways to a Digital Future: Empowering Nigeria's Research and Education Network. This year's conference focuses on utilising digital infrastructure and collaborative platforms to improve practice, output, and visibility of the Nigerian REN community's research output.
The Eko-Konnect 2025 Users Conference brings together practitioners in the research and education community including Senior Management (Vice Chancellors and Deputy Vice Chancellors), Policymakers, Directors of ICT, Librarians, researchers and Service Providers and Funders from the Nigerian and West African regions.
Conference Theme
Pathways to a Digital Future - Empowering Nigeria's Research and Education Network. This year's Conference will focus on utilising digital infrastructure and collaborative platforms to improve practice, output, and visibility of the Nigerian REN community's research output and scholarly outputs. It will also examine ways to improve REN users' digital identity and mobility to take full advantage of local and global digital services and adhere to globally accepted standards for research and scholarly practice.
Conference Sessions
- Session 1: Collaborative Platforms for Research and Knowledge Exchange
- Session 2: Improving Global Research Impact With Persistent Identifiers
- Session 3: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) For Research Advancement
- Session 4: Digital Skills for the Future: Building Capacity in Education and Research
- Session 5: Advancing eduroam in Nigeria: Securing Wi-Fi Mobility
- Session 6: Enhancing Governance with eduID.ng
- Session 7: Towards Sustainability: Financing and Policy Frameworks for REN Growth
- Presentation of Papers: Papers presentation from the community
Key Speakers
- Prof. Charles Uwadia - Chair, Eko-Konnect Research and Education Initiative
- Dr. Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan - HOD, Library and Information Science, FUTMinna
- Prof. Conrad Omonhinmin - Dean, Post-Graduate School, Covenant University
- Mr. Owen Iyoha - CEO, Eko-Konnect Research and Education Initiative
- Ms. Lombe Tembo - Engagement Lead, ORCID
- Mr. Bosun Obileye - Regional Engagement Specialist, Africa Datacite
- Mr. Omo Oaiya - CSO, West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN)
Conference Highlights
The two-day conference features presentations on policies for Open Access Repositories, revolutionising academic publishing with Open Access Books, shared repository services, the Nigerian ORCID Consortium, DOIs for metrics and impact, ARKs for Global South adoption, AI tools for research, digital learning advancement, eduroam implementation, eduID.ng governance, and financing higher education infrastructure.
Why It Matters
The Eko-Konnect Users Conference serves as a critical platform for advancing Nigeria's research and education network infrastructure. By bringing together key stakeholders, the conference facilitates knowledge sharing, policy development, and collaborative initiatives that strengthen the REN ecosystem across Nigeria and West Africa.