Iryna Kuchma, Manager of the EIFL Open Access Programme, is to give a keynote address at the 4th Annual Research Dissemination Conference organized by EIFL’s partner library consortium, the Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL). The conference theme is ‘Empowering Africa through Open Knowledge: Bridging Present Realities and Future Innovations’.  During the conference, CUUL will celebrate its 21st Anniversary, with the launch of the CUUL journal.