Panel 1: Historical Traditions of Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa - Session One
Bahija al-Chadili
Professor of African History, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, University of Hassan II – Casablanca, Morocco
Darya Ogorodnikova
Researcher, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), University of Hamburg – Hamburg, Germany
Panel 1: Historical Traditions of Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa - Session Two
Carl Davila
Associate Professor, Department of History, The College at Brockport, State University of New York – New York, United States
Mark Muehlhaeusler
Director of the Center of Excellence for the Middle East and Arab Cultures (CEMEAC), American University in Cairo – Cairo, Egypt
Wadia Agounine
Researcher, Learning and Development Centre for Studies, Research and Revival of Sahara Heritage, Muhammadiyah Association of Scholars – Rabat, Morocco
Panel 2: Manuscript Libraries and Manuscript Heritage Centres in Africa
Jonathan Eugene Brockopp
Professor, Department of History and Religion Studies, Pennsylvania State University – Pennsylvania, United States
Djim Othman Drame
Researcher and Head of the Manuscripts and Research Department, Fundamental Institute of Black Africa, Cheikh Anta Diop University – Dakar, Senegal
Panel 3: African Arabic-Script Languages
Dmitry Bondarev
Head of West Africa projects, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg – Hamburg, Germany
Samba Camara
Assistant professor, Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Mohamed Mwamzandi
Assistant professor, Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Amidu Olalekan Sanni
Professor of African and Middle Eastern Studies, Fountain University – Osogbo, Nigeria
Panel 4: Cataloguing, Editing, Research and Publishing
Ahmed Saidy
Co-Professor, Faculty of Theology, Ibn Zohr University – Agadir, Morocco
Olga Verlato
Doctoral Candidate, New York University – New York, United States
Ali Diakite
Cataloger of West African Manuscripts, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library – Minnesota, United States
Paul Naylor
Cataloger of West African Manuscripts, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library – Minnesota, United States
David Calabro
Curator of Eastern Christian and Islamic Manuscripts, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library – Minnesota, United States
Panel 5: Preservation, Conservation and Digitization
Mary Minicka
Head of Preservation Section (Conservator), Western Cape Archives and Records Service, Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Western Cape Government – Cape Town, South Africa
Afis Ayinde Oladosu
Professor, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan – Ibadan, Nigeria
Ahmadu Girei Hamman
Academic Research Fellow, University of Maiduguri – Maiduguri, Nigeria