# Welcome to the AI2050 Program

This site is dedicated to the series of workshops on AI/ML for Drug Discovery delivered as part of the AI2050 Senior Fellowship of Prof. Kelly Chibale from Schmidt Sciences

## Courses Overview

This series of workshops consisted of:

* [Introductory workshop](https://ersilia.gitbook.io/ersilia-workshops/ai2050-program/introductory-workshop): 2h workshop for participants of the H3D Symposium delivered on May 2024.
* [West Africa Workshop](https://ersilia.gitbook.io/ersilia-workshops/ai2050-program/west-africa-workshop): 4-day in person workshop for Eest Africa based participants delivered in Accra, Ghana in September 2024.
* [East Africa Workshop](https://ersilia.gitbook.io/ersilia-workshops/ai2050-program/east-africa-workshop): 4-day in person workshop for East Africa based participants delivered in Nairobi, Kenya in July 2025.
* [Online workshop](https://ersilia.gitbook.io/ersilia-workshops/ai2050-program/online-workshop): 4-day online workshop open to African participants from all regions delivered in September 2025.

## Partners

The courses have been jointly organised by the [H3D Foundation](https://h3dfoundation.org/), the [H3D Centre](https://h3d.uct.ac.za/) (University of Cape Town) and [Ersilia](https://ersilia.io/).

### Local Hosts

In addition, we have counted with the support of local hosts for the in-person events in Ghana (Prof. Richard Amewu, Drug Innovation Group, University of Ghana) and Kenya (Dr. Elizabeth Kigondu, Kenya Medical Research Institute).

## Funding

We acknowledge the funding from Schmidt Sciences which has made possible the sponsoring of the events for all participants.

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