Assefa, S.G. Data and Information Literacy: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Africa. 2nd African Library and Information Associations and Institutions Conference & 4th Africa Library Summit in Yaoundé, Cameroon, May 16-20, 2017.

Assefa, S.G., & Lee, J. Public Libraries as a place to advance tolerance. 2nd African Library and Information Associations and Institutions Conference & 4th Africa Library Summit in Yaoundé, Cameroon, May 16-20, 2017.

Assefa, S.G. The Wellbeing of Nations and What Libraries Can do to help: The case for Africa. 2nd African Library and Information Associations and Institutions Conference & 4th Africa Library Summit in Yaoundé, Cameroon, May 16-20, 2017.

Assefa, S.G., Rorissa, A., Matusiak, K., & Alemneh, D.G. Open Access: The Global Scene. Association for Information Science and Technology annual meeting, Seattle, WA, October 31 - November 5, 2014, https://www.asis.org/asist2014/abstracts/panels/90.html.

Assefa, S. G., Alemneh, D.G., Rorissa, A. Diffusion of scientific knowledge in agriculture: The case for Africa. International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists World
Congress, Cornell University, July 22-24, 2013, http://iaald.library.cornell.edu/

Assefa, S. G., Alemneh, D.G., Rorissa, A. Using Moodle as an Online Learning Management System to offer Professional Development Courses to Agricultural Extension Workers in Africa. International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists World Congress, Cornell University, July 22-24, 2013, http://iaald.library.cornell.edu/

Alemneh, D.G., Assefa, S. G., Rorissa, A. Partnership for enhancing developing countries’ capacity in participating in global knowledge production and use. International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists World Congress, Cornell University, July 22-24, 2013, http://iaald.library.cornell.edu/

Assefa, S. G., Alemneh, D. G., Rorissa, A., & Albright, K. (2012, October). Content divide: Africa and the global knowledge footprint. 75th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Baltimore, MD, October 21-24, 2012.

Assefa, S.G. (2009, August). Bridging the digital divide: the promise of high-speed Internet for LIS education in Africa. Paper presented at the World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Milan, Italy.

Assefa, S.G. (2007, January). Analysis of relations in the semantic network of the unified medical language system. Doctoral student’s research poster session presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education, Seattle, WA.

Assefa, S.G. (2006, January). Investigation of the unified medical language system using situation theory: a pragmatics approach. Poster session presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education, San Antonio, TX.

Assefa, Shimelis. (November 10, 2017). Data Literacy and Data
Management Skills for Health Science Librarians: Opportunities and Challenges. Colorado Council of Medical Librarians

Assefa, S.G. (2016, July 18). Research and Scientific Impact. Mekelle Institute of Technology, Mekelle University.

Assefa, S.G. (2016, June 29-30). Two days workshop on topics including (1) Data Mining and Data Warehouse, (2) Information Retrieval, (3) Teaching, Research, & Publishing. Adama Science and technology University, Nazareth, Ethiopia.

Assefa, S.G. (2016, March 11). Git and GitHub. Adama Science and technology University, Nazareth, Ethiopia.

Assefa, S.G. (2016, March 11). Writing your thesis. Adama Science and technology University, Nazareth, Ethiopia.

Assefa, S.G. (2009, November 23). Towards a Content Network Framework: The Path to Alleviate African Information Poverty. School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Assefa, S.G. (2010, May 4). The 21^st Century Classroom: Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning. Organized by Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Denver, and Presented at the Morgridge College of Education College of the Whole meeting.