The Nigerian Women Mathematicians (NWM) is organizing a scientific event in celebration of May 12th on the "Enhancing women's participation in STEM through artificial intelligence" This event took place at the international conference/student centre, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, EDO State on May 25th and 26th, 2025.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
May 25, 2025
• Arrival and registration
• Welcome Dinner and Networking
May 26, 2025
• 8:00–9:30 AM – Arrival and registration of participants
• 10:00–10:05 AM – Introduction of Guests - Moderators
• 10:05–10:10 AM – National Anthem
• 10:10–10:15 AM – Welcome Address by the President, Nigerian Women in Mathematics - Professor
Deborah Olufunmilayo Makinde
• 10:15–10:30 AM – Goodwill Messages
• 10:30–10:40 AM – Opening Remark by Dean, Faculty of Science/ President, NMS.
• 10:40–11:20 AM – Keynote Lecture
Speaker: Mrs Edythe A. Ebomoyi (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education,Edo State)
Topic:
• 11:20–11:30 AM – Responses to the Keynote Lecture
• 11:30–12:00 Noon – Group Photograph / Tea Break
• 12:00–12:30 PM – Plenary Session 1
Speaker: Marie Francoise Ouedraogo (Department of Mathematics, University Joseph KI-ZERBO, Burkina
Faso.)
Topic: Empowering African Women in Mathematics Through AI-Driven Education and Research
• 12:30–1:30 PM – 1st Technical session
• 1:30–2:00 PM – Plenary Session 2
Speaker: Tolulope Fadina (Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign, USA)
Topic: AI and Mathematics?
• 2:00–2:30 PM – Plenary Session 3
Speaker: Rev. Prof. Nkechi Madonna Agwu, FIBA, FIMC, FSACK, CADF (Ethnomathematician and
Professor of Mathematics, BMCC, City University of New York.)
Topic: A Colorful Akwete: Mathematical Stories of a Subset of the Nigerian Women in STEM
• 2:30–3:30 PM – Quiz for Secondary School Students
• 3:30–4:30 PM – Lunch
• 4:30-5:30 PM - 2nd Technical Session
• Vote of Thanks
• General Meeting