The 14th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Peter Olapegba, and other scholars and environmental experts are expected to lead discussions on climate change and sustainability at the third Biennial Multidisciplinary Conference of the Faculty of Arts, Lead City University, Ibadan.

The conference, themed “From Ibadan to the World: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change and Sustainability,” is scheduled to be held at Adeline Hall, Lead City University, on November 4, 2026, by 11:00 a.m.

The gathering will bring together academics, policymakers and environmental sustainability practitioners to examine climate change from interdisciplinary perspectives and explore approaches to promoting environmental sustainability and resilience.

The conference, organised by the Faculty of Arts under the deanship of Professor Anjola Robbin, hopes to stimulate interdisciplinary conversations on environmental sustainability and initiate the development of Environmental Humanities as a discourse and an institutional unit within Lead City University.

By bringing together scholars and practitioners from diverse disciplines and institutions, the conference seeks to foster broader perspectives on sustainability and promote meaningful responses to environmental challenges at local and global levels.

Olapegba, who is currently a Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the premier university, is expected to assume duty on November 1, 2026. He will deliver the keynote address, while Professor Philipp Ohlmann, Director of the Wittenberg Center for Advanced Studies, Germany, and Professor Eghosa Ekhator of the University of Derby, United Kingdom, are listed as lead paper presenters.

Other distinguished participants include Professor Labode Popoola, Executive Secretary of the African Forest Forum and former Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo; Rashidat Sanusi, Programme Manager for Environmental Sustainability and Resilience at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation, Abuja; and Professor Oladosu Olusegun of the Institute of Cultural Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

The Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Professor Musibau Babatunde, is expected to attend as a distinguished guest.

The Vice-Chancellor of Lead City University, Professor Kabiru Aderemi Adeyemo, and the institution’s Registrar, Dr. Oyebola Ayeni, are also listed among the university officials associated with the conference.