Summit
North Africa Smart Infrastructure Summit 2025
smart infrastructure and sustainability
Moderated the summit and gave a keynote on AI for sustainable infrastructure across North Africa.
Engagements
Selected speaking and media engagements.
Summits, conferences, panels, podcasts, and national media. Some of the stages and conversations I have been part of across Europe and the MENA region.
Stages, studios, and conversations.
Podcast
High Frequency TV, de Marokkaanse AI-specialist
AI and entrepreneurship in Morocco
A studio talk on the rise of AI in Morocco, and what it takes to build technology that matters.
Conference
Casa Smart City Event
AI and smart cities
Talks and panels on AI in cities, with the leaders and startups shaping the Moroccan scene.
Podcast
The future of AI and Islam
AI, ethics and belief
A conversation on AI, ethics and belief, and how culture shapes the way we build it responsibly.
Conference
Africa Smart City Forum 2024
from smart cities to cognitive cities
A keynote on moving from smart cities to cognitive cities, and what that means for the people in them.
Keynote
AI and human, who is in control?
AI, control and human judgement
A keynote and workshop on how AI shifts control inside organisations, and how to keep human judgement central.
Media
NPO Radio 1, 1Vandaag
Allam and Arabic language models
A national radio interview on the launch of Allam, and why language and culture matter in AI.
Conference
International Symposium of Amsterdam, 3rd edition
vulnerability in changing societies
Chaired the third edition, with speakers from Morocco, Belgium, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Workshop
Business Club Samen
AI, ownership and decision-making
A talk and breakfast workshop with entrepreneurs on AI, ownership and clear accountability.
Conference
Data & AI Seminar Amsterdam
data, AI and decision-making
Chaired a seminar on data, AI and the practical side of making decisions.
Media
AI, reality or illusion?
is AI real, or just hype?
An Arabic conversation on whether AI is a real shift or mostly hype.
Podcast
On Moroccan identity and pride
Moroccan identity and the diaspora
An Arabic podcast on Moroccan identity, and carrying it with pride in the diaspora.
Media
The difference between success and happiness
success and happiness
An Arabic talk on the gap between professional success and real happiness.
Media
Learning from failure, building a business abroad
failure and entrepreneurship abroad
An Arabic talk on learning from failure and building a business far from home.
Media
Failure is the first step toward success
failure as a first step
An Arabic conversation on seeing failure as the first real step toward success.
Media
Self-confidence, the first skill for success
confidence as a first skill
An Arabic talk on self-confidence as the first skill on the way to success.
Technical depth meets strategic clarity.
Sessions combine real technical understanding with a clear strategic perspective. The goal is always the same: help the audience move from abstract AI discussions to concrete understanding and better decisions.
Substance over slides
Every session is built around the audience. No recycled decks, no generic overviews.
Comfortable in any room
Executive teams, congress halls, university auditoriums, podcast studios, live broadcasts.
Multilingual reach
Sessions delivered in English, Dutch, French, and Arabic depending on the audience.