Hosting the 16th AHILA Conference in Ibadan, Nigeria: organization, achievements, challenges and lessons learnt

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Grace A Ajuwon
Biliamin O Popoola
Ademola J Ajuwon

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Attending a scientific conference offers researchers several potential benefits including opportunity to present and receive constructive feedback from professional colleagues. Organizing such conference is also beneficial to the hosts who can acquire skills for coordination, communication and networking. However, the process is fraught with many challenges. One hundred and nine professionals attended the 16th AHILA conference from 22 countries in Africa, Europe and United States of America. The conference agenda was balanced, integrating skills acquisition, information for career development, sources of evidence-based free e-resources, including databases, and e-books for libraries covering health-related topics. This article describes achievement, challenges and lessons learnt in hosting the conference and could serve as a guide for health information professionals planning a similar conference in the future.

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Hosting the 16th AHILA Conference in Ibadan, Nigeria: organization, achievements, challenges and lessons learnt. J Eur Assoc Health Info Libr [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 4 [cited 2024 Dec. 12];16(1):16-9. Available from: https://ojs.eahil.eu/JEAHIL/article/view/367
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Hosting the 16th AHILA Conference in Ibadan, Nigeria: organization, achievements, challenges and lessons learnt. J Eur Assoc Health Info Libr [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 4 [cited 2024 Dec. 12];16(1):16-9. Available from: https://ojs.eahil.eu/JEAHIL/article/view/367