Theme: ILLUMINATION:Convergence and Divergence of Light

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Bethel City Auditorium
39 Waterworks Road, Abakaliki
Abakaliki, Ebonyi, 480251
Nigeria

Agupusi Chizurum

Author and Creative Director

Agupusi Chizurum is a visual artist and photographer who is passionate about giving expression to people through his photographs. He is an author, an entertainer and the Creative Director at Latro Studio. His works have been featured severally in various platforms with an exhibition on the cards. He has so far created a niche for himself in the photography industry and has raised the bar.

Emeka Odibeli

Management Consultant

Emeka Odibeli is a Certified Management Consultant living in Abakaliki, Nigeria. with a reach to over 14,000 trained people.He is the Former Head of Business Development and a resident Faculty at the CBN-South East Entrepreneurship Development Center. Contributory Facilitator at the Facebook-Fate Foundation Aspiring Digital Entrepreneurs training. A Certified Google Digital Skills trainer and astute Digital Marketing consultant.Speaker, Mentor, Management Consultant, Life Coach and Development expert.

Femi Abraham

Leadership Expert

Abraham holds a First Class degree in Physics from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, and also a certificate in management from the Lagos Business School. Abraham is a writer who has published over 30 op-ed on topics relating to youth employment,entrepreneurship and Africa's development.As someone who is passionate about education, he is facilitating the creation of Nigeria's first open-source online learning lab for Educators, a project sponsored by the United States Consulate. Abraham designs and facilitates youth leadership development programmes

Godwin Nwabueze

Artist

Godwin Nwabueze, is the CEO of Master piece art empire art gallery, he studied fine and applied art in institute of management and technology (IMT) Enugu State of Nigeria. he majored in painting and to express himself with colours. he promotes culture with my paintings, he has participated in several national and states art exhibitions in Nigeria.

Nafisa Atiku

Lawyer

Nafisa Atiku is a lawyer,writer, program associate at She Leads Africa,and founder of NYouthSpeaks; a civic education platform that sensitizes Nigerian youth on critical national issues and through economic empowerment helps them to make a difference in their local communities. A member of the board of WomenInPolitics.Ng, a dynamic NGO dedicated to enhancing women’s participation in politics. She’s a 2018 Walter Carrington Alumnus, a fellowship created by the US Consulate Lagos, Nigeria which focuses on civil liberties and democracy.

Ngozi Opuruiche Chukwu

Writer + Data analyst

I am a writer. I write in a bid to influence cultures in a bid to engender socio-cultural transformation. I lead an outfit called The Tizarh Company where words are handled as actual things- tools for helping individuals and brands to realize, deepen and maintain healthy relationships with themselves, others and their surroundings. Some of the proceeds are used to support institutions that are driving positive social change in education, women empowerment and public waste management. I am also a data analyst and an aspiring cognitive ergonomist.

Nkem Nweke

Software Asset & Consulting Manager

Nkem Nweke has over 13 years of active experience in the Technology. With a career spanning business sales strategy, technology consulting and advisory focusing on Digital Transformation..He has worked in several technical capacities with organizations like Dimension Data and Hewlett Packard. He currently works with Microsoft as a Software Asset & Consulting Manager.With a PMP certification in Project Management, he holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and MBA in Business Administration/Projects from the University of Manchester, UK.

Obinna Uzoije

Author and Industrialization Advocate

Obinna Uche Uzoije Author, Child of Industry Pioneer of the Child of Industry Revolution,Advocate for good governance and industrial revolution. In a virgin dimension, he has created a unique perspective in the genre of industrialization and has pushed it on a pivot of strategic sharing and learning..He is the convener of the annual Child of Industry Essay Contest in the South East – giving children a platform to think and write about productivity.

Ogechukwu Maduagwu.

Activist

Ogechukwu Stella Maduagwu. is the president of "Initiative for the Eradication of Traditional and Cultural Stigmatization in our society, IFETACSIOS ".she speaks to people's conscience against the believes and practices of obnoxious traditions and cultures and the need for their abolition traditionally.

Otubo Victor

Leadership Consultant

OTUBO VICTOR is a Lead fellow at the Centre for International Leadership and Economic Development of the Pan-African Career And Employability Centre, UK. He is the pioneer researcher of statecraft leadership, globally and a thought leader on 3rd world economic development. He is an entrepreneur and an independent advisor and consultant to government of nations on economic development, change management, leadership and conflict resolution

Raymond Ukwa

Sustainable development advocate

Raymond Ukwa is a sustainable development advocate, working on issues of women and girls advocating for the elimination of harmful traditional practices and gender based violence. He served as a country ambassador of the Girl Generation and an SMA at the UNICEF/UNFPA joint program on FGM/C abandonment in Nigeria (endcuttinggirls). He currently serves as Community Engagement Manager for Youth Network for Community and Sustainable Development, He has several awards and nominations including the United Nations SUTA.

Rina Okonkwo

Historian

Rina Okonkwo came to Nigeria in 1973 from the United States.worked at the University of Nigeria for forty years. She retired in 2011, She joined the Department of History, International Studies and Diplomacy at Godfrey Okoye University in 2012. She is currently Head of Department of History and Dean Faculty of Arts at Godfrey Okoye University,.Rina serves as the Resident Historian at the Centre for Memories,she is the author of several books and journal articles.