Wits AI & African Music Project Showcase DATE: Thursday, 16 April 2026
VENUE: Chris Seabrooke Music Hall, Braamfontein Campus East, Wits University
Academic Session Programme 08:00 - 17:00
Interactive project listening stations open
08h30 Arrival, registration & refreshments 09h00 Welcome & framing 09h10 Project 1 (Performance / prototype demo followed by Q&A): Bebii Engine 09h30 Project 2: TIMah AI 09h50 Project 3: Heritage in Code 10h10
Break
10h30
Project 4: Zazi
10h50
Project 5: Bina.ai
11h10
Panel discussion: "Encoding Culture: AI, African Music, and the Politics of Sound” – moderated by Prof Christo Doherty, featuring Dr Pravesh Ranchod, Eleni Flack-Davison, Dr Miles Warrington and Gift Lubele
11h55
Keynote address by Prof Anna Huang, MIT
12h30
Closing – lessons and opportunities followed by light lunch
SPEAKERS: Prof Christo Doherty
Dr Pravesh Ranchod
Eleni Flack-Davison
Dr Miles Warrington
Gift Lubele
Prof Anna Huang
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