Four members of staff; Prof Marlene Holmner; Head of the Department of Information Science, Prof Ina Fourie, Chair-Elect, iSchool Organization, Prof Beth le Roux and Anika Meyer from the Department of Information Technology, University of Pretoria attended the iconference where they participated in the Academic Program in Changchun, China which took place from 22 April - 26 April 2024.

Discussion panel for the intergenerational approaches to bridging the grey digital divide were: Ina Fourie; Marlene Holmner; The Bothma; Alice Odu; Gobinda Chowdhury; and Lihong Zhou.

Members who discussed issues regarding Discovering the Third Space: Where Diverse Perspectives Merge for Transdisciplinary Discourse on Information Ethics were Ina Fourie; Marlene Holmner; Anika Meyer; Sam Oh; Theo Bothma; and Elizabeth Le Roux. In the third discussion, Prof Marlene Holmner; Ina Fourie; Abebe Rorissa; Daniel Alemneh; Sarah Kadu: Shana Ponelis deliberated on issues regarding Promoting the Ethical and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Education.

Marlene Holmner; Ina Fourie Ina; Beth le Roux; Abebe Rorissa; and Daniel Alemneh Daniel discussed issues under the topic; The Gender Disparity in Information Technology: A brief Analysis of Regional Differences between North and South