Registration Opens for African Research Security Consortium (ARSC) Stakeholders’ Briefing
Registration for a two-day briefing session on research security, organized by the African Research Security Consortium (ARSC) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State and Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Global, has commenced.
UBA CHIDINMA 
Registration for a two-day briefing session on research security, organized by the African Research Security Consortium (ARSC) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State and Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Global, has commenced. The session will take place on Tuesday, November 5, and Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. daily in the Senate Chambers of the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
The briefing, free of charge to participants, is aimed at operationalizing research security for stakeholders from the University of Ibadan, the University of Lagos, and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Early registration is encouraged via the following link: https://insights.crdfglobal.org/arsc-briefing2024.
Key topics to be discussed include:
- The Story of the African Research Security Consortium
- Introduction to Research Security
- Licit and Illicit Research Exploitation
- Sensitization to Dual Use Research of Concern
- The Role of Cybersecurity in Securing Research Output
- Best Practices in Research Security
- Risk Analysis and Risk Management
- Due Diligence in Research Security
The session is open to principal officers, deans, directors, heads of laboratories, provosts, programme coordinators, and postgraduate coordinators. For more information, participants can contact Mrs. Angela Itegboje at the Research Management Office at 08034533003 or via email at adavies@unilag.edu.ng
