Preliminary Programme
FEF AI4SD Paris Conference 2026
FEF AI4SD Paris Conference 2026
Monday 29 june 2026 — Friday 3 July 2026
Monday 29 june 2026 — Day 1
09h00 - 10h00
Arrival of Participants and Registration
· Registration desk
10h00 - 10h30
Welcome Addresses
· Welcome address by the Project Lead of Université Paris Saclay(UPS) - Dr Daniel Adjei
· Short address, Direction générale de la mondialisation (DGM) Representative, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
· Short address by the Director of Institut de Chimie Physique (ICP) - Prof. Guillaume Van der Rest
10h30 - 12h00
Partners and Institutional addresses
· Partner address, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) - Prof. John Jerry Kponyo, FEF-AI4SD Project Lead, KNUST
· Partner address, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) - Prof. Francis Hasford, FEF-AI4SD Project Lead, GAEC
· Partner address, UPS: Dr. Daniel Adjei, FEF-AI4SD Project Lead, UPS
· Address by Vice President of Université Paris-Saclay /IPO Paris-Saclay DATAiA, TBA
· Address by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) representative (TBA)
. Address by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) - Alexis Fremeaux, Head of AFD’s Innovation Unit
12h00 - 12h15
Invited Speaker
H.E. Mavis Ama Frimpong, Ambassador of Ghana to France
12h15 - 12h30
Signing of MOU and Group Photo
· KNUST RAIL-DATAIA UPS
12h30 - 14h00
Lunch Break
14h00 - 14h30
The Future of AI In Criminal Law and Proceeding And Human Rights Justice
Peter Kpabitey , Information Systems and Technology Assistant, Nestle Ghana
14h30 - 15h00
AI for SDG Goals: Leveraging Innovation and Entrepreneurship
· Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, Speaker, KNUST
15h00 - 15h30
When does regulation become over regulation? Lessons for AI regulation in Africa : A Case of Ghana's AI Strategy & Development Sustainability"*
Sylvester Ablorh & Susanna A. NYAMPONG
15h30 - 16h00
Coffee Break
16h00 - 17h00
AI Investment Forum: Mobilizing Diaspora Capital for AI, Innovation and Sustainable Development in Africa
· NEIP, Innovators, Academia, Researchers
Tuesday 30 June 2026 — Day 2
09h00 - 09h30
Edge AI for Sustainable Intelligent Systems: From TinyML to Self-Powered Sensing
· Dr. Derek Kwaku Pobi Asied, Associate Professor, IMT Atlantique
09h30 - 10h00
Towards Sustainable Precision Agriculture: Self-Powered Edge TinyML with Backscatter Communication for Plant Disease Detection
· Fortunatus Aabangbio Wulnye, Graduate Student, IMT Atlantique
10h00 - 11h00
Coffee Break
11h00 - 11h30
Sustainable Glaucoma Screening via Multimodal Generative AI and TinyML-Based Edge Deployment
· Fortunatus Aabangbio Wulnye, Graduate Student, IMT Atlantique
11h30 - 12h00
Empowering Accessibility: A Comprehensive Framework for Assistive Indoor Navigation Systems Using Smart Technologies
· Justice Owusu Agyemang, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, KNUST
12h00 - 12h30
From Pixels to Productivity: AI-Driven Crop Classification and Yield Prediction Using Earth Observation Data in Ghana
Dr Kofi Asare, Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute, GAEC
12h30 - 14h00
Lunch Break
14h00 - 14h30
Low Power Scientific Computing via AI
· Dominic Dominin, Institut de Chimie Physique, Université Paris-Saclay
14h30 - 15h00
From CT to MRI: An AI Framework for Enhanced Stroke Diagnosis
· Prince Ebenezer Adjei, KNUST
15h00 - 15h30
Coffee Break
15h30 - 16h00
Interactive Sign Language Translation in Healthcare Using 3D Avatars and Temporal Modeling
· Dr. Emmanuel Ahene, Senior Lecturer, KNUST
16h00 - 16h30
AI-Driven Climate–Health Modelling for Malaria and Meningitis disease burden under Future Climate Scenarios in Ghana
Dr Kofi Asare, Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute, GAEC
16h30 - 17h00
Artificial Intelligence for Grid Monitoring, Fault Detection and Predictive Maintenance
· Dr. Griffith Selorm, Senior Lecturer / PhD, KNUST
Wednesday 1st July 2026 — Day 3
09h00 - 09h30
From AI structure Prediction to integrative Structural Exploration
· Mr Octavio Bravo, Institut de Chimie Physique, Université Paris Saclay
09h30 - 10h00
Predicting Future Atomic Mobility from Snapshot Images of Amorphous Materials Using Explainable and Interpretable Machine Learning.
Dr Misaki Ozawa, Université Grenoble d’Alpes
10h00 - 11h00
Coffee Break
11h00 - 11h30
Neurosymbolic AI: Combining Learning and Reasoning
· Peter Kpabitey, Information & Technology Systems Globe Assistant, Nestle Ghana Limited
11h30 - 12h00
A Tertiary Systematic Literature Review and Experimental Evaluation of Deep Learning Model for Plant Disease Detection
· Professor Kwabena Ebo Bennin, Information Technology Group, Wageningen University and Research WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands
12h00 - 12h30
AfriMed-QA: A Pan-African, Multi-Specialty, Medical Question-Answering Benchmark Dataset
Prof Stephen Moore, University of Cape Coast
12h30 - 14h00
Lunch Break
14h00 - 14h30
Care for Rare Diseases Using Graph Neural Networks
· Musah Ibrahim Ali, Research Assistant, RAIL
14h30 - 15h00
MOSQMIXERNET: A Custom Deep Learning Architecture for Early-Stage Mosquito
· Alice Bagyiereyele Lakyiere, Speaker, KNUST
15h00 - 15h30
Coffee Break
15h30 - 16h00
An Enhanced Deep Learning Method For Multimodal Signal Based Glaucoma Detection
Mr Stephen Gyau Adjei, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
16h00 - 16h30
GLIMPSA: Global-Local Inference Method for Patch-based Spatial Anomalies in Medical Imaging,
Dr Theophilus Ansah-Narh, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission
16h30 - 17h00
Utilization Of Ai-Enabled Mental Health Support For Deaf And Hard - Of- Hearing Persons In Ghana
Mrs Betty Agyei Kponyo, KNUST
19h00 - 23h00
Conference Dinner
Thursday 2 July 2026 — Day 4
09h00 - 09h30
Reality of Sustainability and Inclusive AI in Education in Sub Region of Africa: No One Is Left Behind
· Adjei Akyereko Eunice, AI in Education Lead, AI4SD KNUST
09h30 - 10h00
Building Institutional AI Capacity at GAEC Through Strategic France-Ghana Collaborative Partnerships
· Prof. Francis Hasford, FEF-AI4SD Project Lead, GAEC
10h00 - 11h00
Coffee Break
11h00 - 11h30
Integrating Nuclear Science and Artificial Intelligence for Precision Health and National Development in Ghana: The Role of RAMSRI
· Dr. Theodosia Adom, Speaker, GAEC
11h30 - 12h00
The Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Arnault Barichella, Associate Researcher, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence – Jacques Delors Institute
12h00 - 12h30
AI for Clean Water: Developing Heavy Metal Membrane Filter Using Beneficiated Iron Oxides from Ferrous Slags
· Ing. Bennetta Koomson, Speaker, KNUST
12h30 - 14h00
Lunch Break
14h00 - 14h30
A Quantitative Approach to Measuring Responsible AI
· Prof. Jerry John Kponyo, Director RAIL, KNUST
14h30 - 15h30
Open Forum
AI applications and Policies
15h30 - 16h00
Coffee Break
16h00 - 17h00
Open Forum and closing Ceremony
AI applications and Policies
Friday 3 July 2026 — Day 5
09h00 - 17h00
Scientific and Touristic Visits
·CLIO, ELYSE of the Université Paris Saclay