Prof. Adipala Ekwamu: He is a Ugandan who graduated with a B.Sc. Agriculture degree in 1976, and M.Sc. Agriculture in 1980, both from Makerere University. He obtained a Ph.D. degree (Plant Pathology) from The Ohio State University (USA) in 1992. He is the Regional Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer for RUFORUM. Adipala has worked at Makerere University since completing his B.Sc. Agriculture degree, rising to the level of full Professor in 1998.  During this period he has led several University and national strategic planning committees.  He has served as a Board member to 3 Ugandan Government Statutory Bodies (1981-1986), 2 Non-Governmental Organisations (2001 to date), and several national planning committees. His main area of expertise is Plant Pathology. He has served in several University leadership positions, heading 2 university wide committees, a Competitive Grants Program, and Chair of the Makerere University Publication Committee. He has initiated and coordinated several research programmes/projects. He founded the African Crop Science Journal and African Crop Science Society Conference Proceedings publications in 1993, and served as Editor-in-Chief for 10 years. He has over 180 peer reviewed journal publications. He serves on several committees including the Advisory Committee for the International Foundation for Science, and CTA. Dr. Moses Osiru: Is a Ugandan who holds a Ph.D in Agriculture from Makerere University. He is currently RUFORUM’s Programme Manager for Networking, Advocacy and Grants. Moses previous work experience includes over five years as a research scientist with the CGIAR in Malawi and Uganda (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Bioversity International), three years with the change management process in Uganda to review and reform agricultural research in Uganda under the Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture. Moses currently serves on the Board of the African Crop Science Society and the Editorial board of the Journal of Phytology [ISSN: 2075-6240]. He is a member of the Steering Group of the African Forum on Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), the umbrella extension body under CAADP. With over 20 publications, Dr. Osiru has experience with EC projects at different levels. He is/has participated in an EC project for non-state actors in Malawi with CARE Malawi; Coordinating an ACP Science and Technology Project, and leads the WP4 on capacity building in FARA/AgriNatura led DGDEV PAEPARD Project. Dr. Washington Ochola: Holds a PhD in Sustainable Land and Water Resources Management (AUA). He is a Senior Lecturer/Researcher at the Department of Agricultural Education and Extension of Egerton University, Kenya on Leave of Absence and now works at the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), Kampala - Uganda as the Program Manager for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. He has done extensive research, taught and supervised many MSc and PhD students. He has published many scientific papers, books and book chapters. He was a collaborating lead author in the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) and the Global Environment Outlook of UNEP. Together with other reknown authors, he is working on other articles, books and reports including books on “Planet in 2050”, “Graduate Natural Resource Management Text Book”. He is an expert in climate change adaptation science and has participated in many climate change processes including COP 15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen of December 6^th – 18^th 2009. He is a member of the African Climate Change Knowledge Network (ACCKN). Ms Nodumo Dhlamini: Is a Zimbabwean national. She has a total of 15 years work experience, 13 of which have been in the ICT sector. She has worked for the banking, railway and education sectors. She was previously employed as the ICT Director at Africa University, Mutare Zimbabwe where she championed the integration of ICT to the core business of the university which is teaching and learning. She was also involved in championing the use of ICT to improve the business operations of the university. She has extensive experience in Software Programming, ICT Projects Implementation, ICT Policy Formulation, ICT User Training, User Support in a networked environment, experience in all the stages of the Systems Development Life Cycle, understanding of user needs assessment, process re-engineering and software solution modeling. She has experience in implementing e-learning technologies, including various other emerging technologies and is an activist for open standards, free open source software and open educational resources. She holds a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Swaziland and a Master of Business Administration from Africa University.She has chaired the following Africa University Committees - Student Financial Aid; Disaster Recovery Planning; E-learning; Manicaland Agricultural Trade Fair Issues; International Peace Marathon and Toothpaste Club. Dr. Wellington N. Ekaya:

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