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Program & Agenda

Explore the comprehensive program for IRIS, featuring keynotes, panels, workshops, and networking opportunities.

Schedule Overview

June 19-20, 2025 • UM6P Benguerir Campus, Morocco

Session Types
Panel
Panels & Research Sessions
Workshop
Workshops
Parallel
Parallel Sessions
Break
Breaks & Poster Sessions
Ceremony
Ceremonies
Venues

Main Auditorium: Main sessions, panels, ceremonies

Workshop Room: Workshops

Dining Hall & Poster Area: Lunch and poster sessions

Networking Area: Coffee breaks and networking

Conference Opening
Ceremony

conference opening.

10:00 - 10:30
Main Auditorium
Opening Remarks and Talk
Speakers: Hicham El Habti – President, UM6P, Dr. Rachid El Fatimy – Dean, UM6P CEDoc, Tarik El Fehri – General Secretary, Fondation Ibn Rochd FIRSI, Prof. Munther Dahleh – Head of LIDS, MIT (Opening Talk)
Panel

Opening remarks by university and foundation leaders, followed by an opening talk by Prof. Munther Dahleh.

10:30 - 12:00
Main Auditorium
Lunch Break and Poster Session
Break

Lunch and poster presentations.

12:00 - 14:00
Dining Hall & Poster Area
Parallel Sessions
Parallel

Research Session on Algorithms for AI-Based Decision Making
Panel

Location: Main Auditorium • Chair: Prof. Rim Hariss

Speaker 1

Prof. Rim Hariss, McGill University

Speaker 2

Prof. Omar El Housni, Cornell University

Talk 3 to be selected among submissions

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Workshop on Entrepreneurial Thinking: How to Make the Transition from the Research Lab to a Venture?
Workshop

Location: Workshop Room • Chair: Dr. Jinane Abounadi

Workshop

Dr. Jinane Abounadi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

14:00 - 15:30
Main Auditorium & Workshop Room
Coffee Break and Networking
Break

Coffee break and networking.

15:30 - 16:00
Networking Area
Panel on Analytics and AI to Inform Africa’s Economic Development
Speakers: Prof. Abdoulaye Ndiaye – New York University, Prof. Kamalini Ramdas – London Business School
Panel

Panel discussion on the role of analytics and AI in Africa’s economic development.

16:00 - 17:30
Main Auditorium