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The premier AI & Cybersecurity summit in Africa and the Arab World. Three days of keynotes, workshops, CTF, Hackathon and research at ENSA Marrakech, Cadi Ayad University, Morocco.
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The premier AI & Cybersecurity summit in Africa and the Arab World. Three days of keynotes, workshops, CTF, Hackathon and research at ENSA Marrakech, Cadi Ayad University, Morocco.
AiSec is the leading international summit dedicated to Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, held annually at ENSA National School of Applied Science, Cadi Ayad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
The summit brings together world-class researchers, industry leaders, government officials, and students from Africa, the Arab World, and beyond to explore the intersection of AI and cyber threats.
AiSec features a Scientific Conference with peer-reviewed papers, an international CTF Competition, an innovative Hackathon Competition, expert keynotes, hands-on workshops, and high-level networking sessions.
Entrance of guests, participants, and speakers
President of UCA – Mr. Blaid Bougadir
Director of ENSA – Mr. Hassan Ayad
President of the Committee – Mr. Anas Abou El Kalam
Taieb Debbagh – Atlantic Group Director, UNA
Nourredine Lasfar – Head of the Company's Digital Transformation Department (ADD)
• Hicham Faik – CEO, CYBERFORGE
• Karim Hamdaoui – PDG, LMPS
• Mohamed Amine Lemfedli – PDG, TRUST AND SECURITY CONSULTING
• Jamal Jessour – President of the Digital Economy Commission, ICC Morocco | Vice-President of the ISACA, Casablanca | President of the Cyber Security & Privacy Forum
Mohamed Boutaleb – Principal Offensive Security Team Lead @ Nearsecure
• Ayoub Arbaoui – Senior Cyber Security Manager, Bank Al Maghreb
• Jawad Benabbou – CISO, SRM Marrakech-Safi
• Taieb Hezzaz – CEO/Founder of CyberX
• Abdelwahab Haddaoui – Ph.D & Program Director and Strategic Leadership
• Zouheir Lakhdissi – CEO, Dial Technologies
• Jules Hervé Yimeumi – President of Africa Data Protection
• Abderrazak El Kaddouri – Lawyer at the Rabat Bar and Privacy & AI Expert at TNP Consultants
• Jamal Saad – PDG, OGSBC
Pr. Layth Sliman – Senior R&D, EFREI
Walid Laasmi – SR Manager & Head of Cybersecurity, Foster Processing
Visit and exhibition of innovative projects submitted by participants.
KC Santhos – Full Professor (AI) & Chair, Computer Science, University of South Dakota | Founding Director, USD AI Research | PhD (INRIA)
10:30 – 10:45 – Koo Imai, Keigo Kansa: "Generalization Limits of Reinforcement Learning Alignment: Detecting LLM Vulnerabilities through Compound Jailbreaks"
10:45 – 11:00 – Chaimae Lahrire: "Improving Diabetes Prediction Using a Hybrid Model: Machine Learning and Rule-Based Logic"
11:00 – 11:15 – Achraf Ait Benaali: "A Lightweight Blockchain-based Framework for Ensuring Training Data Integrity in Machine Learning Pipelines"
11:15 – 11:30 – Hajar Agrar: "Multi-Agent Collaborative Intrusion Detection Systems: A Survey of Architectures, Agent Technologies, and AI Techniques"
11:30 – 11:45 – Oussama Lachihab, My Ahmed El Kiram and Latifa Errajy: "Hybrid Multi-Person Tracking Framework for Dense and Dynamic Environments"
11:45 – 12:00 – Saad Mansouri, Anas Abouelkalam and Wissam Abbass: "Securing the Model Context Protocol: A Systematic Analysis of Attack Surfaces and Defense Gaps"
12:00 – 12:15 – Theophile Laroussinie, Tarik Hidar: "Coping AI: Predictive Modeling of Workplace Resilience Through Longitudinal Emotional Intelligence"
12:15 – 12:30 – Lawan Salisu Muhammad: "AI-Driven Deep Learning and IoT-Based Optimization of Lithium-Ion Battery Performance with Cybersecurity Frameworks for Renewable Energy Systems"
12:30 – 12:45 – Anass Assouri and Rajae Ziki: "Heterogeneous Multi Agent Ensemble with Dynamic Class Weighting for Multi-class Network Intrusion Detection" (Online)
Dr. Sandip Rakshit – Associate Professor at Rabat Business School | Associate Editor of "IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics" and "ACM Computing Survey"
"From Research Idea to Top-Tier Publication: An Editor's Lens on AI and Cybersecurity Research"
14:40 – 15:00 – Edoardo Bambini: "Agent Armor: A Deterministic Multi-Layer Runtime for Zero-Trust AI Agent Governance" (Online)
15:00 – 15:20 – Mahesh Gopalakrishnan: "AI-Augmented Security Operations: A Unified Framework for Intelligent Threat Detection in Enterprise Environments" (Online)
15:20 – 16:00 – Mohamed Ohamouddou, Rafik Lasri and Suhail Odeh: "Lightweight Damascena Rose Maturity Classification via Wavelet Scattering" (Online)
16:00 – 16:20 – Nicholette Lindsay: "Quasi-Symbiotic Domain Warfare: The Orbro Protocol" (Online)
16:20 – 16:40 – Ferdaouss Nmari: "A Multidimensional Classification Model for Security Vulnerabilities in Medical Wireless Sensor Networks" (Online)
16:40 – 17:00 – Blessing Ezeobioha: "Explainable AI for Security Operations: Improving Cyber Threat Intelligence Reporting Across African Organizations" (Online)
14:40 – 15:00 – Yassine Znagui: "Security of Patient Data in Cloud-Based Healthcare Systems: A Structured Literature Review" (Online)
15:00 – 15:20 – Waqar Javed: "Adaptive Transformer-Based Churn Modeling with Uncertainty Quantification for Financial Services Clients" (Online)
15:20 – 16:00 – Waqar Javed: "Integrating ERP-Driven Cost Variance Analysis for Enhanced CO-PA Decision Support in Foundry Manufacturing" (Online)
16:00 – 16:20 – Waqar Javed: "Optimizing Last-Mile Delivery in E-Commerce Using Real-Time Context-Aware Machine Learning" (Online)
16:20 – 16:40 – Waqar Javed: "Data-Driven Personalization Engines: The Role of Big Data Analytics in Optimizing Digital Retail Interfaces" (Online)
16:40 – 17:00 – Waqar Javed: "Book Sales Prediction: Classifier Comparison" (Online)
17:00 – 17:20 – Waqar Javed: "Intra-Swarm Decision Dynamics in Localized AI Agent Simulacra" (Online)
Soufiane El Adnani – Cyber Resilience Business Unit Director @ DataProtect
Nizar Zoubir – Founder of HackFury
Hatim Mzaha – Technical and Pedagogical Staff @ 1337 | Cyber Security Team Lead @ Leet Solutions
Reception and registration of CTF teams, followed by the official start of the competition. Code212 Library, Cité de l'Innovation, Marrakech.
Official end of the CTF competition and closing ceremony of AiSec 2026. Code212 Library, Marrakech.
Announcement and awarding of the winning CTF teams.
An intensive innovation competition where participants design and build cutting-edge solutions at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity. Part of the AISEC International Summit 2026.
A dynamic Capture The Flag competition where participants solve cybersecurity challenges, enhanced with AI-driven scenarios and modern attack simulations.
