NIGERIA

GSFN NIGERIA GLOBAL SOUTH HYBRID SUMMIT APR 2024

DAY 1 Decarbonising – reducing greenhouse gas emissions for resilient and sustainable development

DAY 1 Renewable – addressing energy poverty and inequality, and enabling just transition

DAY 2 Reforestation – addressing deforestation and strengthening carbon sinks

GSFN UK CO-HOST: EL ROI LONDON

DAY 2 Peacebuilding – addressing radicalization, ethnicity, religion, and polarization

CHIEF GUEST His Royal Majesty King Paki Silva of The Sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii AND GLOBAL LAUNCH by PROF OLUWAFEMI ESAN, Vice-Chancellor, ELROI LONDON UNIVERSITY

EL ROI LONDON will join GSFN to launch THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPERSONAL SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, announced by PROF OLUWAFEMI ESAN, Vice-Chancellor of ELROI LONDON UNIVERSITY, Ambassador, Global Director.

His Royal Majesty King Paki Silva of The Sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii graced the occasion with their esteemed presence,

The El-ROI London University students community will grace the event on 26 April 2024.

DAY 3 Empowerment – Enabling Youth and Women empowerment and leadership

DAY 3 Empowerment – Enabling Youth and Women empowerment and leadership

GSFN NIGERIA and GLOBAL CO-HOST: COVENANT UNIVERSITY and UNITYNET

GSFN METAVERSE CO-HOST: MetaverseWP

William Jackson joined the GSFN Nigerian Summit Apr 2024. According to William Jackson, GSFN Summit is a beautiful way to connect, collaborate, cooperate and build your networks, either educationally, businesses, and even volunteering to make improvements for our individual and collective communities. We are part of an influential and transformative network that is of use to help us achieve our goals of making the world a better place.  
He adds that he encourages everyone to join and present themselves in these three days to share the interests, passions, and goals of people similar to them and their schools and organizations.
Technology has allowed us to communicate at the Speed of Thought, and we should take advantage of this. Use LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook and other social platforms to keep connected and work increasingly together.
Enjoy the conference, continue asking questions, and provide input from your personal and
professional experiences. I hope to collaborate and cooperate with others in the future.

METAVERSEWP

After three successful monthly summits in Pakistan, Egypt and Kenya, GSFN is committed to delivering an exciting community-led transdisciplinary space championed by universities, schools, businesses, and governmental and non-governmental organisations to amplify the voice of local people, initiate and implement projects to address the current crisis and build capacities of citizens, young and old, men and women, academic and non-academic, entrepreneurs and innovators, co-creating low carbon, energy efficient, well-balanced society, leaving no one behind.

THEMES

DATE	TIME	THEME
25/04/24	15:00-16:00	SUMMIT HIGHLIGHT – The Institute of Transpersonal Sustainability Development Studies LAUNCH
24/04/24	09:00-13:00	Decarbonising – reducing greenhouse gas emissions for resilient and sustainable development
24/04/24	14:00-17:00	Renewable – addressing energy poverty and inequality, and enabling just transition
25/04/24	09:00-13:00	Reforestation – addressing deforestation and strengthening carbon sinks
25/04/24	14:00-17:00	Peacebuilding – addressing radicalization, ethnicity, religion, and polarization
26/04/24	09:00-13:00	PART 1 Empowerment – Enabling Youth and Women empowerment and leadership
26/04/24	14:00-17:00	PART 2 Empowerment – Enabling Youth and Women empowerment and leadership

GSFN INDUSTRY CO-HOST: C.A.S.T.N.E.T. INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

El-Roi London University, Covenant University, UnityNet International and C.A.S.T.N.E.T. International Chamber of Commerce will join GSFN, creating an intersecting space that focuses on building the capacities of transdisciplinary working groups. Researchers, community project leaders, and businesses/business development partners will join the exciting capacity-building Summit and empower NIGERIA through our GSFN – EL-ROI LONDON UNIVERSITY – COVENANT UNIVERSITY – UNITYNET – C.A.S.T.N.E.T. INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NIGERIA GLOBAL SOUTH HYBRID SUMMIT APR 2024 on 24-25-26 APRIL 2024. It will strategise the concentrated newfound forces from youth, women, and entrepreneur communities through debates, focused roundtable talks, policy analysis, case studies, and research findings on urgent national issues, including addressing radicalization, violent extremism and counterterrorism, poor education quality, poor rate of literacy and school attendance associated with the limitation of individuals’ opportunities for personal growth, and unemployability, addressing issues that inhibit women’s economic empowerment and hinder inclusive, low-carbon and resilient economic growth, and addressing unsustainable agriculture practices contributing to environmental challenges such as land degradation, deforestation and decarbonising greenhouse gas emissions for resilient and sustainable development at local, regional, national, and international levels.

The Summit will invest in local capacity development projects, including networking, collaborations, and year-long programs. These projects will stimulate innovation and technological advancement in Nigeria, encourage more people to cocreate local projects, build capacities to execute them and empower local communities.

The Summit’s activities will extend to community development efforts, spreading education programs for underprivileged areas, uplifting marginalised communities, reducing poverty and improving overall social welfare.

The Summit Series will run from 2024 to 2026. It will involve collaborative projects between various stakeholders, including universities and established organisations, taking the lead in advocacy, awareness, training workshops and skills enhancement programmes coordinated by the interested stakeholders.

Discussion, debates, and networking with international experts will be integral to the Summit. We are calling Keynote Speakers, Speakers, Mentors, Students, Young researchers, Union representatives, University representatives from NIGERIA and outside NIGERIA, Sector representatives, STEM, YOUTH, WOMEN representatives, Research-performing organisation representatives, Research funding body representatives, Public body representatives, and relevant stakeholders to participate in interviews, round table discussions, seminars, providing feedback, one-to-one meeting, or attend.

Dr Renuka Thakore from Global Sustainable Futures Network CIC, United Kingdom, joined by Prof Oluwafemi Esan from El-Roi London University, United Kingdom, Dr Olatokunbo Ofuyatan from Covenant University Ota Ogun State, Nigeria, Lloyd Helferty, Co-Founder & Administrator, WE-Energime-Global Cooperation Turtle Island and Charles Johnson, Founder – C.A.S.T.N.E.T. International Chamber of Commerce, invite LEADERS, GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS, YOUNG WOMEN, STUDENTS, EARLY CAREERS, ORGANISATIONS & INSTITUTIONS – everyone to participate in the GSFN – COVENANT UNIVERSITY – UNITYNET NIGERIA GLOBAL SOUTH HYBRID SUMMIT APR 2024 to share knowledge and experiences. This exchange of ideas will contribute to more effective solutions to global challenges and create opportunities for international unity and partnerships.