A Joint Initiative Of
AI and Leadership Lecture Series
"Preparing Humans to Lead Machines Where They Want Them to Go"
November Tue 17 – Thu 19 2026
12:00 noon Jamaica | 1:00 p.m. Eastern Caribbean | 5:00 p.m. GMT
What to Expect
Welcome remarks from senior leaders of the two lead collaborating institutions, plus a short orientation to the Learning Week format — what's live, what's recorded, and how registration works.
Dr. Francis O. Severin
Pro Vice‑Chancellor and Principal, The University of the West Indies Global Campus
Prof. Eric Appau Asante
Associate Professor of Educational Innovations & Coordinator, AI Courses - KNUST & Head, Department of Teacher Education
Dr. Kofi Osei-Kusi
President & Member of the Governing Council, Pan‑African Leadership Institute (PALI)
Global South Collaborative 4 Part Lecture Series
The Global South has too often been positioned in the global AI conversation as a consumer of tools built elsewhere — not as a co‑designer of the products, systems, and governance frameworks that will define how AI is adopted.
This series pairs Caribbean and African institutions as peers, building a durable, cross‑regional body of AI leadership knowledge together — anchored on two executed partnership agreements between The UWI Global Campus, PALI, and KNUST.
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
— African proverb, the principle behind the Global South Collaborative
The Learning Week
One institution leads each day, all addressing the same shared focus — Building AI‑Ready Institutions: Preparing People to Lead and Adopt AI in Education & Training — so you hear three different Global South perspectives on the same questions.
Day 1 · Tue 17 Nov
The UWI Perspective
12:00PM JA| 1:00PM EC | 5:00PM Accra
35‑minute presentation and Q&A.
Presenter: Dr. Craig Ramlal, AI Innovation Centre, The UWI
Day 2 · Wed 18 Nov
The PALI Perspective
12:00PM JA| 1:00PM EC | 5:00PM Accra
35‑minute presentation and Q&A.
Presenter: Dr. David Noye, Pan‑African Leadership Institute
Day 3 · Thu 19 Nov
The KNUST Perspective & Synthesis Panel
12:00PM JA| 1:00PM EC | 5:00PM Accra
KNUST presentation and Q&A, followed by a Synthesis Panel with all three presenters.
Presenter: Prof. Eric Appau Asante, Founding Director, E‑Learning Center, KNUST
Speakers
Three institutional presenters carry the Learning Week from day to day.
Webinar 1 · The UWI
Dr. Craig Ramlal
Executive Director, AI Innovation Centre, The UWI · Chair, CTU Caribbean AI Task Force
Appointed in 2023 to the UN Secretary‑General's High‑Level Advisory Body on AI; contributed to Singapore's National AI R&D Plan and ECLAC's AI agendas for Small Island Developing States.
Webinar 2 · PALI
Dr. David Noye, BSc, PG.Dip, MSc, DIT
Founder & CEO, AtiFixia AI LLC · Facilitator, Pan‑African Leadership Institute
Researcher, engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur whose doctoral work moved from early AI applications into nanotechnology. Technology development supported by U.S. federal agencies including NSF, NASA, and DOE. Leads AtiFixia AI's "AI‑in‑a‑Box™" SaaS platforms for engineering, education, government, and business.
Webinar 3 · KNUST
Prof. Eric Appau Asante
Associate Professor of Educational Innovations · Founding Director, E‑Learning Center, KNUST
Immediate past Director of E‑Learning for KNUST and its affiliates; Star Ambassador, Association of Commonwealth Universities; Project Lead, Partnership for Enhanced and Blended Learning. PhD, KNUST. Author of Maximizing E‑Learning in a Constrained Ecosystem.
Who Should Attend
- Tertiary education and training institutions across the Caribbean and continental Africa
- Teachers' colleges, Faculties of Humanities and Education, and HEI staff generally
- Executive‑level learners (35–60) with leadership responsibility, navigating how AI affects their organisation
- Administrators, faculty, principals, and lecturers at all levels
What You Will Walk Away With
- A shared framework for institutional AI readiness — policy and governance together
- Three institutional perspectives — UWI, PALI, and KNUST — in direct comparative dialogue
- Leadership competencies for AI adoption: strategic judgement, ethical leadership, organisational change, role redesign
A Growing Program — More to Come in 2027
Series 1 is the pilot for a four‑part program. Three more Learning Weeks follow in 2027, alongside a paid Continuing Professional Education course.
CPE Course · 2027 A deeper, paid follow‑on course builds on each Learning Week once all four have run. Details and pricing to follow.
Series 2
AI Leadership in Business & Global Markets
Series 3
Automated Decision‑Making in Jurisprudence & Welfare
Series 4
Innovation Partnerships & Enterprise Financing
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Learning Week free to attend?
Yes. All three sessions are free and open to registrants.
What time zone are sessions in?
12:00 noon Jamaica | 1:00 p.m. Eastern Caribbean | 5:00 p.m. GMT, each day, 17–19 November 2026.
Is there a cost for the follow‑on course?
A paid Continuing Professional Education (CPE) course is planned for 2027. Details and pricing to follow — join the Learning Week to be notified first.