<p><strong> Institutional Development Expert, Enabel Uganda</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bart is an innovation coach with a passion for digital technology. He has been working abroad for the Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance (VVOB) in Kenya, in Vietnam and in Zambia. He has been managing ICT integration in education-projects and helped to set up learning centered learning places where students, teachers and lecturers come to learn, teach or undertake research while using ICT. He helped establish distance education programmes and launched e-learning courses on Moodle and Blackboard.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since 2017 Bart Cornille is working for Enabel on D4D projects (Digital for Development). In Uganda he is currently facilitating the digital transformation of the NTCs (National Teacher Training Colleges). He holds a Masters and a Teachers Degree of the Ghent University. He obtained a post-graduate in Open and Distance Education at UNISA (South-Africa) and a certificate on guiding online communities of the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom). He also worked with IDRC, UNESCO, University of Antwerp and DROPS.As co-founder of Bongo Hive, a Zambian technology and innovation hub, he continues to support the hubs&rsquo; mission and vision abroad.</span></p>

<p><strong>Head of Citizenship (Corporate Social Responsibility) at Absa Bank Uganda Limited</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Juliana is a PRINCE2 certified project management professional with over 12 years&rsquo; experience. She serves as the Head of Citizenship (Corporate Social Responsibility) at Absa Bank Uganda Limited (Formally Barclays Bank) with the key responsibility of defining and developing the strategies that underpin the bank&#8217;s citizenship objectives as well as implementing several programmes.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Juliana has previously held several Project Management roles and served as a Senior Project Manager for the Bank&rsquo;s Chief Operations Office delivering projects for business units like Information Technology, Operations, Procurement and Corporate Real Estate Services.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prior to joining Absa Bank, Juliana worked as a Project Management Consultant at the Uganda Management Institute and with DHL International in the United Kingdom.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She holds a Master of Science Degree in Project Planning and Management from the school of Development studies, Bradford University UK and a Bachelor of Science in Development Studies from Makerere University.</span></p>

<p><strong>Program Director Refactory &#8211; Clarke International University</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael is also the ICDL Africa Country Manager for Uganda. He is passionate and practices Leadership Development, Business Technology Strategy and Business Advisory services. He holds an MBA from MsM/ESAMI Business School and is a Franklin Covey Certified Facilitator.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He possesses 19 years of working experience in both the private and public sectors. Michael worked with Makerere University for 12 years in varied capacities as a researcher, trainer and head of Corporate Relations. He also worked with coffee exporting firm managing supply side operations in western Uganda. He has extensive consulting experience with government, private, regional and international institutions.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael is an Adjunct Lecturer with the ESAMI Business School. He is Chair of the Board of Advisors AIESEC Uganda, Board Member Uganda Youth Forum and Director Transformation Business Network Uganda. Michael was a member of the ICT Technical Working Group of the Presidential Investor Round Table. Michael is a member of the Advisory group for the Government of Uganda on the 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies. He is a member of several technology innovation review panels both locally and internationally.&nbsp; He is a Rotarian and is passionate about mentoring the next generation of technology business leaders.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><strong>Project Manager, GIZ</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valentina is a Project Manager of the &ldquo;Employment and Skills for Development in Africa (E4D)&rdquo;, a regional program implemented by GIZ and funded by the British, German and Norwegian governments. The program aims to improve employment opportunities in Africa in cooperation with the private sector. Within this initiative she looks after i) &ldquo;ReadytoWork,&rdquo; an initiative in partnership with Absa Bank and UMA, aiming at supporting youth in the transition from school to the world of work by providing vocational and university graduates with soft skills and industry relevant work experience; ii) the&nbsp; &ldquo;Professional Drivers Training of Uganda (PDT-U)&rdquo; initiative launched in cooperation with a broad spectrum of local and international companies operating in the Oil &amp; Gas and Transport Logistics sectors and aiming at building capacity in the Heavy Good Vehicle and Passenger Service Vehicle driving training sector. She joined E4D Uganda in May 2019. Previously, she was based in Mozambique where she spent 11 years working with several NGOs and international organizations.</span></p>