The American University of Technology ATECH in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital host international conference on power of emerging technologies
The two day training held at the global campus located at Oladosu Oladipo Close, Bodija Ibadan is another edition of the Edge Global Conference designed to raise the consciousness of the people to emerging digital technologies and its relevant to human activities and National development.
Participants including students, academics, ICT experts and others were drawn from different part of Africa.
The Director of Programmes, American University of Technology, Dr David
Akanbi while speaking with journalists on the program said ” We want to educate people on how to leverage power of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, machine learning algorithm and the goal is to help people move from current level they are to a place of importance in their career and we want to give them hands on tools ultimately information on the subject matter on how they can leverage it either as individuals or corporate organisation on how they can leverage the power of AI on their businesses.
“We also want to find a way of contributing to the society, we don’t want to be part of the people complaining about things are not working, we want to find a way to see how can we make things happen, there is no perfect situation we only have people that care about the country that wish to impact and this is how we can give back and helping people and see how we can contribute to whatever the government is doing and there aspirations.”
Akanbi, a Akanbi, a Professor of Practice Washington DC, added that
“You can’t embrace what you don’t know about because if I come to advertise product to you and you don’t know about it you will be skeptical about it that is why the level of embracement depends on the level of awareness so a lot of people don’t know that is why they are not embracing, that is why our duty is to make them to know and see the advantages and disadvantages and at the same time, I have this notion that whatever comes with technology you need to have the awareness like how to use it. Today, Artificial Intelligence is very important in today’s world and governs our lives for example if you acquire for a loan in a bank, the responses are AI generated.”
In his keynote address, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Fatai Buhari, called for digital transformation in the Nigerian aviation industry.
Buhari, representing Oyo North Senatorial District in the Red Chamber, highlighted the urgency of adopting AI and other cutting-edge technologies to revolutionise the industry’s operations.
He emphasised that the aviation industry was at a crucial moment where AI and digital technologies could offer solutions to the challenges that hinder its full potential.
The Acting Registrar of the ATECH, Olubukola Adio, said the university was one of the open universities that would be licensed by the Federal Government to offer 100 per cent tech-driven programs.
Adio hinted that the institution was fully equipped with state-of-the-art facilities with electronic classes and developed software that will make teaching and learning seamless adding that the institution is out to beat other competitors in the sector.
Other peakers at the event includes Dr Adeolu Afolabi, Dean Faculty of Computer science Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso ,Dr Olusola Ayoola, founder RAIN Robotics.
One of the participant, Ibijoke Omole-Akerele said ‘It has been very incisive and I have come to understand that AI is very much simplified to any field for you to engage in skills whatever area that your are be it language, communication and film making i irrespective of your field to excel and I have come to understand that if you want to move with the trend you have to be very open and flexible and you’re able to engage AI strategies”
The event was climaxed with presentation of certificate to ATECH Post Graduate Fellowship in Technology Entrepreneurship and Award to Senator Abdulfatai Buhari and Dr Olusola Ayoola