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Events Home ASAPA Annual Conference, August 26-27, 2023

Conference Program:

ASAPA Summer conference was held on August 26-27, 2023. The August 26 program focused on the use of technology and scientific methods to assess the situation and help Sudan. August 27 program was dedicated to collaboration and outreach opportunities with Sudanese universities and efforts around the globe.

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Day 1: Use of Technology and Scientific Methods to Help Sudan


  • Introduction
  • Sudan—Atrocities of the War (Ms. Hala Elkarib)
  • Sudan Conflict Observatory – Movement through Satellites (Mr. Nathaniel Raymond)
  • Spatiotemporal Event Forecasting in Social Media (Prof. Chang-Tien Lu)
  • The Declaration of Principles: The Way Forward (Dr. Suliman Baldo)
  • ASAPA Action Plan (Brainsorming Session)

  • Updates on the Base Map System in Sudan (Ahmed Dawod)
  • Khartoum Mobility and Transit Mapping Initiative (Awad Abdelhalim, Ilham Ali, and Abubakr Ziedan)
  • The situation in the Gezira and Sudan Solidarity Collective work (Nisrin Elamin)
  • Status of Higher Education in Sudan During the War (AmgedAbdelatif and Akram Elkhalifa))
  • Beyond the Destruction of Sudan and out of the Wreckage of Khartoum: The Birth of PEACE and SVMA (Hanan Tahir and Ammar Mustafa)
  • Brainstorming Session

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