Mohamed Essaaidi

Professor — ENSIAS, Mohammed V University, Morocco

A Professor and past Dean of ENSIAS school of Computer Science, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, past Director General of the Moroccan School of Engineering Science (EMSI) Group (2023–2024), Chief of Party of Interactive Digital & XR Center Morocco at UM6P...

“Toward a Holistic Approach to Smart and Sustainable Mobility”

Halima El Biaze

Professor of Computer Science — UQAM, Canada

A Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) since 2003, and a Senior Member of IEEE. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Telecom Sud-Paris (2002). Her research focuses on 5G/6G...

Jalel Ben-Othman

Professor — Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), France

Received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), France, in 1992 and 1994 respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Versailles, France, in 1998. He is currently a Full Professor...

“Smart Urban Mobility through Connected Vehicles and IoT Technologies”

Pedro Teixeira Isaías

Professor — UNSW Sydney, Australia

An Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, School of Information Systems and Technology Management, where he specialises in Management Information Systems, learning technologies, digital transformation, business intelligence, and data analytics...

Benlahmar El Habib

Professor — Hassan II University, Morocco

An Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University Casablanca, where he has directed the Master's program in Data Science & Big Data since 2017. He heads the “Web Semantics...

Daniel Gonzalez Cortes

Professor — Institut Supérieur de Gestion, France

A researcher affiliated with NEOMA Business School in France, specialising in the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science to financial systems and business management. His recent peer-reviewed publications include work on autoencoder-enhanced clustering...

“Business, Finance and Their Relationship with AI”

Mohamed Kayyali

President — IFGICT, United States

Certified in Innovation Management from Harvard Business School (HBS), holds a PhD from WCU and was a visiting researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) within the Image Processing Laboratories under U.S. Defense-funded R&D projects...

“IoSat, Revolution of AI via Satellites”

Sara El-Ateif

Maître de Conférences — Ibn Zohr University, Morocco

A Maître de Conférences in AI and Big Data at ENSIASD, Ibn Zohr University (Agadir, Morocco). She holds a PhD in Computer Science with a specialisation in multimodal deep learning, bridging theoretical AI and real-world applications. As a Google Developer Expert...

“The Imperative of AI Safety in Smart Ecosystems”

Raphaël Couturier

Professor & VP Digital/AI — UMLP & FEMTO-ST, France

A Professor at the Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (UMLP), in France, and researcher at the FEMTO-ST Institute. He specializes in optimizing large-scale simulations and designing lightweight Edge AI models for resource-constrained environments. Currently, he serves as the university’s Vice...

“Local AI in Action: Concrete Examples for Challenging Problems”