Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Ph.D. (Nig.), LLM (London), LL.B. (Nig.), BL, Diploma, Peace & Conflict Resolution (Uppsala). She is a versatile legal scholar recognized as a leading authority in the field of international human rights, especially on the rights of women and children in Africa. Prof. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo is currently the Dean of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria (UNN). Member, recently constituted United Nations Civil Society Advisory Board on Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; Member, the Body of Benchers, Nigeria and also, Member, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS). Furthermore, she is also the Legal Adviser of UNN Lion Science Park- an organization built on university- industry -government arrangement aimed at promoting culture of innovation and competitiveness.
Title of Keynote: Towards a Return of Igbo Intellect and Wealth to Igboland, or Environmental Development of Igboland through Pharmaceutical Research (Pharmacology): Identifying, Extracting, Purifying and Testing Local Medicinal plants for the Treatment and Cure of Human Diseases.