Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, former United Nations General Assembly President, will chair the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto first Mass Communication International Conference scheduled for June 7.
This is contained in a statement by Dr Danladi Bako, Chairman of Organising Committee of the conference on Friday in Abuja.
He said that the event would start with a pre-Conference lecture by Prof. Fatma El-Sayed of Cairo University, Egypt by 1pm.
Bande was at one time the Vice Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.
Bako said that Bande expressed delight of the honour of chairing the first International Conference on Media and its intersection with Artificial intelligence in an ever-changing digital world.
The opening ceremony is scheduled for June 8 at the University Auditorium.
The Vice Chancellor, who is the chief host said: “We are very ready to host the international academic community”.
Bako said that Prof. Attahiru Jega, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the University Governing Council, with his council members would be in attendance at the opening ceremony.
Highlight of the conference is the Keynote lecture by double Fulbright scholar Prof. Kehbuma Langmia of Howard University, Washington DC.
The theme of the Conference is “Media and National Development in the Era of Artificial intelligence.”
The theme, Bako said, would set the ”trajectory for robust intellectual discussions by lead paper Presenters and panelists drawn from different universities from Nigeria and stakeholders from the Nigerian society.”
It is expected that the department of Mass Communication of the host University will also unveil the maiden edition of its journal.
The journal is titled ALKALAMI Journal of Communication and Media Studies.
The four-day event promises to be memorable and fulfilling for visitors and the academic community at large.(NAN)
Edited by Ismail Abdulaziz
