G-Ife day 2010 in pictures

G-Ife day 2010 was held at the Computer Auditorium of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) on May 6^th, 2010. The event lasted a little over 2 hours and despite the public holiday; the turnout exceeded expectations with over 150 people in attendance. The initial idea was to launch programs I'm implementing as Google Campus Ambassador at OAU but evolved into something bigger.

The event kicked off with a presentation titled “Google Products for the University Community”. The presenter was Segun Adetimehin, a third year student of Computer Science who discussed the use and relevance of Gmail, Google Alerts, Sites, Adsense & Adwords, Blogger for the academic community.

Next was Dipo Fasoro, an experienced software developer and presenter at Google Bar Camp Nigeria and Google Nigeria Day whose presentation was on “The need for an ICT-based Cultural Shift”.

After this was my presentation titled “Life of a Google Intern” which covered my experience at Google.

Next was a presentation on the programs being launched on the day; “The Developer Tech Talks”, “Go! Mentorship Programme” and the OAU Computer Students website powered by Google sites. The presenter was another third year CS student, Tayo Fagbowore.

Up next was the special address by the Head of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Prof. E. R. Adagunodo who spoke about the need for greater collaboration amongst academic and technology institutions.

Google branded T-shirts were given as prizes during the “How Googley are you quiz” that rounded up the event.

The event due turned out very engaging and informative as indicated by the feedback obtained from participants.

Special guests for the day (L-R) H. O. D of Computer Science, Prof. Adagunodo, Dr. Saibu (lecturer, Department of Economics, OAU), Mr Aladesanmi (Coordinator, Cisco Networking Academy, OAU) and Dr. Oluwatope (lecturer, Department of Computer Science & Engineering).

Some participants at the event

I also acknowledge the support obtained from the team I put together to implement these Ambassador programs. They served as master of ceremonies, presenters and where also in charge of logistics on the day.

A product of the programs launched on G-Ife day was the first in the series of the OAU Developer Tech Talks held the next day, Friday, May 7^th at another location on Campus. It had over 35 people attending and the topic was “History of UNIX and Introduction to Linux” and the instructor is a classmate who specializes in Unix/Linux System Administration, Korede Aguda. Feedback was awesome and we are planning to have an advanced session.