The Sierra Leone Research and Education Network (SLREN) and the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE) will convene prominent figures from the fields of science, research, and innovation in Freetown for the next iteration of the LIBSENSE National Open Science Symposium.

The objective of the Symposium is to initiate a comprehensive dialogue concerning the implementation of open science nationally within the West African nation.

This is the sixth Symposium after successes in Tunisia, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Botswana.

See here for more information on the Freetown event scheduled for August 23 and 24.