Conference

09:00 - 12:30

Master of Ceremonies

Wassim Ben Larbi Host and Producer at EXPRESS FM
Tunisia

09:00 - 10:00

Reception and Registration

10:00 - 11:00

Official Opening Ceremony: Speeches by Ministers, Organizers, and Partners

Moderator

Wassim Bel Arbi Host and Producer at EXPRESS FM
Tunisia

Speakers

Hichem Turki CEO of Novation City
Tunisia

Noomane Fehri PCA novation City
Tunisia

Tarek Triki General director at smart capital
Tunisia

Sofiene HEMISSI Minister of Communication Technologies
Tunisia

11:00 - 11:30

Opening: The Roots of Intelligence

11:30 - 12:00

VIP Opening Keynote 1

Building Inclusive AI from Tunisia to The World

Islem Rekik Associate Professor at Imperial College London, Director of the BASIRA Lab
Tunisia

12:00 - 12:30

VIP Opening Keynote 2

Human AI

Amnah Ajmal Thought Leader and Top Woman in Fintech
UAE

12:30 - 13:30

Break

13:30 - 18:15

Master of Ceremonies

Oumaima Anizi University Lecturer in Social and Solidarity Economy at FSEG, CEO & Founder of Dowok Consulting
Tunisia

13:30 - 14:30

Opening Panel : Turning Vision into Progress: AI Strategies for Africa’s Leading Growth Sectors

Turning Vision into Progress: AI Strategies for Africa’s Leading Growth Sectors

Moderator

Fatma Taghouti Founder of @ecospark l Founder and President of @Unis vers l’humanité
Tunisia

Speakers

Philip Thigo Special Envoy on Technology, for H.E the President of the Republic of Kenya
Kenya

Alexia Amichia Deputy Director of Entrepreneurship & Tech Startups, Ministry of Digital Transition and Digitalization
Ivory Coast

Bilel Chabou Director of Telecommunications Technology, Ministry of Communication Technologies
Tunisia

Ndéye Maimouna Diop Digital Ecosystem Booster FORCE-N/UN-CHK
Senegal

14:30 - 15:00

Keynote: transform the African vison into strategy and actions

Karim Beguir CEO INSTADEEP
Tunisia

15:00 - 15:30

Fire side chat : AI Transforming Key Sectors

Agritech & Food Security: AI-powered smart farming and climate resilience

Moderator

Hatoumata Magassa Ecosystem builder and investor
France

Speakers

Assane Gueye Founder of Walo
Senegal

Ndeye Amy Kebe Founder at JOKALANTE SARL
Senegal

15:30 - 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 - 16:45

Panel 2

Reimagining Healthcare in Africa: AI, Data and the Digital Leap

Moderator

Sana Boujaafar Expert in clinical pharmacology and AI applied to healthcare
Tunisia

Speakers

Aymen Chakhari Co-founder of SKILLIA
Tunisia

Sam Khalil Co-founder and Managing Director ekona AG
Switzerland

Warren H. A. La Fleur Co-Founder Koya Capital
South Africa

Ghazi Ben Othman Managing partner , MEDIN FUND
Tunisia

Bahram Ghandchi Product Manager & Service Designer at Sina Care
sweden

16:45 - 17:15

Keynote: AI agents: Could they be Africa's great equalizer ?

Sam Khalil Co-founder and Managing Director ekona AG
Switzerland

17:15 - 18:15

Panel 3 : 5G, IoT & AI FACTORIES : Building Africa’s Intelligent Infrastructure

Moderator

Mohamed Moncef Ben Amor Senior Manager at EY
Tunisia

Speakers

Kenechi Okeleke Senior Director, at GSMA
UK

Naoufel debbabi IT Director at Ooredoo Tunisia
Tunisia

Dhia Hachicha Cyber Security Director at DELOITTE
Tunisia

Christine Zhenwei Qiang Global Director of Digital Core at the World Bank
USA

Rached Abdelkhalek Solution Architect at NVIDIA
Tunisia

09:00 - 17:30

Master of Ceremonies

Yesmine Ben Said Web Trainer and Founder of Five Web Studio
Tunisia

09:00 - 09:30

Fireside Chat : Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Talent

Future of Work in Africa: AI, Cybersecurity, and Youth Empowerment

Moderator

Moez Haj Hamida Generative AI Researcher & President of the Tunisian AI Society
Tunisia

Speakers

Babacar Birane Co-founder and CEO of CONCREE SAS
Senegal

Natalie Raphil Founder: Robots Can Think
South Africa

09:30 - 10:00

Keynote

Beyond the Screen: How AI is Redefining 3D Worlds, Gaming, and Digital Imagination

Samia Chelbi Educator | XR & Digital Twins Expert | Innovation Ecosystem Leader
Tunisia

10:00 - 11:00

Panel 6 : From Code to Conscience: Building Responsible AI Together

Nozha Ben Hajel Boujemaa Global VP AI Innovation and Trust at Decathlon
Tunisia

Senda Boukef Director EY
Tunisia

Dr. Andreas Reinicke Ambassador ret./ Director of the German Orient Institute
Germany

11:00 - 11:30

KEYNOTE: AI & Cybersecurity

Trust, Threats, and Transformation: AI’s Role in Africa’s Digital Future

Gerrad Olisa-Ashar Director Strategic Growth and Partnerships at ToraGuard
UK

11:30 - 12:00

Keynote : AI & TELCO

Responsible AI and 6G: from connecting People to solving Global Challenges

Chaima Ghribi Mechteri Senior Research Leader in Responsible AI and Future Networks, Nokia Standards
France

12:00 - 12:30

Keynote : The Future of AI in Africa & Beyond

AI for Progress: Utility, Education and Economic Growth

Marzuk Kamal CEO and Chief Data Scientist at AeonX AI
France

12:30 - 13:00

open model, open data and open compute: building bridges for global ai collaboration

Moderator

Farah Ketata Barika President of ATIA
Tunisia

Speakers

Thierry Jourquin CEO of XRintelligence
Belgique

Ghada El Khayat , Ph.D Computers and Information Systems Department, Chairperson Faculty of Business, Alexandria University
Egypte

13:00 - 14:00

Break

14:00 - 15:00

Panel 7 : From Data to Sovereignty: Building Africa’s Shared Digital Future

Hatem Haddad board member of Masakhane
Tunisia

Imen Ghedhioui Digital Government Expert at United Nations University
Germany

Florence Kinyua Technical Advisor AI - GIZ Kenya
Kenya

Daniel Brumund Advisor AI and Digital Public Goods at GIZ Germany
Germany

15:00 - 15:30

Keynote : AI & ROBOTICS

Embodied AI: Bridging Human Intent and Physical Action

Arsen Abdulali Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, University of Cambridge
UK

15:30 - 16:30

Together for an Interconnected African Tech Ecosystem

Moderator

Oumaima Anizi University Lecturer in Social and Solidarity Economy at FSEG, CEO & Founder of Dowok Consulting
Tunisia

Speakers

Babacar Birane Co-founder and CEO of CONCREE SAS
Senegal

Natalie Raphil Founder: Robots Can Think
South Africa

Uwem Uwemakpan Head of Investment, Launch Africa Ventures
UK

Hangyul Lee-Song Data Lead at Briter
UK

Frédéric Douphy AFRICA Senior Sales Expert, Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA
France

16:30 - 17:00

Closing Keynote

Vision 2030 : L’Afrique comme leader mondial de l’IA durable

Anas Rochdi Chief innovation Officer at Novation City
Tunisia

17:00 - 17:30

Official Closing of the Event

Hichem Turki CEO of Novation City
Tunisia

Fatma Thabet Chiboub Minister of Industry
Tunisia

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