Programme

We have an intense schedule planned for the 6 days of the Deep Learning Indaba, featuring a two day Africa Research Symposium, two days of deep-dive workshops and plenty of opportunities to network and benefit from mentorship.

Please note that the program is subject to change as we finalise the schedule. More details about the sessions will be available soon !

• Sunday, 17 August

  Day 1: Registration and event opening

• • • 07:00 - 08:30

    • • Breakfast

      • Mentorship

    • 08:30 - 18:00

    • • Registration

    • 11:30 - 12:00

    • • Coffee Break and Networking

    • 13:00 - 14:30

    • • Lunch

    • 14:30 - 16:00

    • • Tutorial 1: Machine Learning Foundations

      • Tutorial 2: Generative Models

      • Tutorial 3: TBC

    • 16:00 - 16:30

    • • Coffee Break

    • 16:30 - 18:00

    • • Practical 1: Machine Learning Foundations

      • Practical 2: Generative Models

    • 18:30 - 22:00

    • • Welcoming Ceremony

• Monday, 18 August

  Day 2

• • • 07:00 - 08:30

    • • Breakfast

      • Mentorship ( Sign-up required )

    • 08:30 - 09:00

    • • Registration

    • 09:00 - 10:00

    • • Opening Remarks

    • 10:00 - 10:30

    • • Alele-Williams Masters Award Ceremony

    • 10:30 - 11:30

    • • Keynote 1: Whose Gold? Aligning AI with Diverse Views on what’s Safe, Aligned, and Beneficial

        Verena Rieser

    • 11:30 - 12:00

    • • Coffee Break

    • 12:00 - 13:00

    • • Tutorial 1: Large Language Models

      • Tutorial 2: Reinforcement Learning

      • Tutorial 3: TBC

    • 13:00 - 14:30

    • • Lunch

    • 14:30 - 16:00

    • • Practical 1: Large Language Models

      • Practical 2: Reinforcement Learning

    • 16:00 - 16:30

    • • Coffee Break

    • 16:30 - 17:30

    • • Keynote 2: Free Energies on the Cusp of Generative AI and Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

        Max Welling

    • 17:30 - 19:00

    • • Sponsors Sessions + Hackathons Launch

    • 19:00 - 20:00

    • • Dinner

• Tuesday, 19 August

  Day 3

• • • 07:00 - 08:30

    • • Breakfast

      • Mentorship ( Sign-up required )

    • 08:30 - 09:00

    • • Registration

    • 09:00 - 11:00

    • • IndabaX Session Program

    • 11:00 - 11:30

    • • DLI Award Ceremony

    • 11:30 - 12:00

    • • Coffee Break and Networking

    • 12:00 - 13:00

    • • Faculty Panel Session

    • 13:00 - 14:30

    • • Lunch

    • 14:30 - 16:00

    • • Community Session

    • 16:00 - 16:30

    • • Coffee Break and Networking

    • 16:30 - 17:30

    • • Ideathon Presentations

    • 17:30 - 19:00

    • • African Datasets

      • African Startups

    • 19:00 - 20:00

    • • Dinner

    • 20:00 - 22:00

    • • WIML Social Event ( Sign up required)

• Wednesday, 20 August

  Day 4

• • • 07:00 - 08:30

    • • Breakfast

      • Mentorship ( Sign-up required )

    • 08:30 - 09:00

    • • Registration

    • 09:00 - 10:00

    • • Keynote 3: Beyond Benchmarks: Building a Science of AI Measurement

        Sanmi Koyejo

    • 10:00 - 11:30

    • • Publication oral presentation

    • 11:30 - 12:00

    • • Coffee Break + Group Photo

    • 12:00 - 13:00

    • • Poster Session 1

    • 13:00 - 14:30

    • • Lunch

    • 14:30 - 16:00

    • • Poster Session 2

    • 16:00 - 16:30

    • • Coffee Break

    • 16:30 - 18:00

    • • Poster Session 3

    • 18:00 - 19:00

    • • AI Policy in Africa Panel Keynote Discussion

        Jane Munga, Vukosi Marivate, Virginia Dignum and Rayid Ghani

    • 19:30 - 22:00

    • • Culture Dinner

• Thursday, 21 August

  Day 5

• • • 07:00 - 08:30

    • • Breakfast

      • Mentorship ( Sign-up required )

    • 08:30 - 09:00

    • • Registration

    • 09:00 - 16:00

    • • Workshops Sessions

    • 11:30 - 12:00

    • • Coffee Break and Networking

    • 13:00 - 14:30

    • • Lunch

    • 16:00 - 16:30

    • • Coffee Break and Networking

    • 16:30 - 17:00

    • • Kambule Doctoral Award Ceremony

    • 17:00 - 18:30

    • • Sponsors Session

    • 17:00 - 18:00

    • • Faculty Mentorship

    • 18:00 - 19:00

    • • Ideathon Mentorship

    • 19:00 - 20:00

    • • Dinner

• Friday, 22 August

  Day 6

• • • 07:00 - 08:30

    • • Breakfast

      • Mentorship ( Sign-up required )

    • 09:00 - 13:00

    • • Workshops Sessions

    • 11:30 - 12:00

    • • Coffee Break and Networking

    • 13:00 - 14:30

    • • Lunch

    • 14:30 - 15:30

    • • Keynote 4: End-to-End Deep Learning for Chicken Diseases Diagnosis

        Dina Machuve

    • 15:30 - 16:00

    • • Maathai Impact Award Ceremony

    • 16:00 - 16:30

    • • Coffee Break and Networking

    • 16:30 - 19:00

    • • Closing Remarks

    • 19:00 - 22:00

    • • Closing Ceremony