Programme
FEF AI4SD Paris Conference 2026
FIAP Jean Monnet 30 Rue Cabanis - 75014 Paris, France
FEF AI4SD Paris Conference 2026
Monday 29 june 2026 — Friday 3 July 2026
Monday 29 june 2026 — Day 1
Moderator (Morning)
Mr. Lucas Tourny
Executive Director, DATAiA, Université Paris Saclay
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 - Mr Thomas Dumont
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 of KNUST, Director of RAIL
Partner address, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) - Prof. Francis Hasford, FEF-AI4SD Project Lead of GAEC, Deputy Director General of GAEC
Partner address, UPS - Dr. Daniel Adjei, FEF-AI4SD Project Lead, UPS
Address by Vice President AI at Université Paris-Saclay - Prof. Frédéric Pascal, Director of DataIA Institute
Address by the Head of International Partnerships Manager (Europe, Africa, Near & Middle East, Gulf States),Université Paris Saclay- Ms Fiona GERENTE
Address by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) representative - Ms Clarisse MUNIER, Adjointe au DEI, Responsable du secteur Afrique, Moyen-Orient, Inde, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Address by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) - Mr. Alexis Fremeaux, Head of AFD’s Innovation Unit, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
12h00 - 12h20
Invited Speakers
Mr. Alexandre Mirlesse, AI Special Envoyee of the French President for the Africa Forward Summit.
H.E. Mavis Ama Frimpong, Ambassador of Ghana to France
12h20 - 12h30
Signing of MOU and Group Photo
KNUST RAIL-DATAIA UPS
12h30 - 14h00
Lunch Break
Moderator (Afternoon)
Dr. Daniel Adjei
FEF-AI Project Lead, Université Paris Saclay
14h00 - 14h30
When does regulation become over regulation? Lessons for AI regulation in Africa : A Case of Ghana's AI Strategy & Development Sustainability
Mr. Sylvester Ablorh & Mrs. Susanna A. NYAMPONG
14h30 - 15h00
The Future of AI In Criminal Law and Proceeding And Human Rights Justice
Mr. Peter Kpabitey , Information Systems and Technology Assistant, Nestle Ghana
15h00 - 15h30
AI for SDG Goals: Leveraging Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Prof. Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, KNUST
15h30 - 16h00
Coffee Break
16h00 - 17h00
AI Investment Forum: Mobilizing Diaspora Capital for AI, Innovation and Sustainable Development in Africa
NEIP, Association of Ghana Startups
Tuesday 30 June 2026 — Day 2
Moderator (Morning)
Prof. Francis Hasford
FEF-AI Project Lead, Deputy Director General, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission
09h00 - 09h30
Edge AI for Sustainable Intelligent Systems: From TinyML to Self-Powered Sensing
Dr. Derek Kwaku Pobi Asiedu, Associate Professor, IMT Atlantique
09h30 - 10h00
Towards Sustainable Precision Agriculture: Self-Powered Edge TinyML with Backscatter Communication for Plant Disease Detection
Mr. 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
Mr. Fortunatus Aabangbio Wulnye, Graduate Student, IMT Atlantique
11h30 - 12h00
Empowering Accessibility: A Comprehensive Framework for Assistive Indoor Navigation Systems Using Smart Technologies
Dr. 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
Moderator (Afternoon)
Prof. Mrs. Adjei Akyereko Eunice
AI in Education Lead, AI4SD KNUST
14h00 - 14h30
Low Power Scientific Computing via AI
Dr. Dominic Dominin, Institut de Chimie Physique, Université Paris-Saclay
14h30 - 15h00
From CT to MRI: An AI Framework for Enhanced Stroke Diagnosis
Dr. 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 KNUST
Wednesday 1st July 2026 — Day 3
Moderator (Morning)
Prof. John Jerry Kponyo
FEF-AI4SD Project Lead, KNUST
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
Wound Healing Potential Moringa Oleifera Extracts in Normal Tissue Following Preoperative Radiotherapy: An AI-Assisted Phytochemical Compound Prediction Approach
Dr. Shadrack Donkor, GAEC
11h30 - 12h00
Plant Disease detection using Deep Learning
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
Moderator (Afternoon)
Dr. Theodosia Adom,
GAEC
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
Ms. Alice Bagyiereyele Lakyiere, KNUST
15h00 - 15h30
Coffee Break
15h30 - 16h00
Development of a robotic system to assist in sample placement at the ICP gamma source. (Online)
Mr Michael Mawuli Kumah, in-charge of the Robotic club Dormaa Senior High School in Ghana.
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
Moderator (Morning)
Mrs Betty Agyei Kponyo
KNUST
09h00 - 09h30
Reality of Sustainability and Inclusive AI in Education in Sub Region of Africa: No One Is Left Behind
Prof. Mrs. 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, GAEC
11h30 - 12h00
The Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Arnault Barichella, Associate Researcher, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence – Jacques Delors Institute, Université Paris Saclay
12h00 - 12h30
AI for Clean Water: Developing Heavy Metal Membrane Filter Using Beneficiated Iron Oxides from Ferrous Slags
Dr. Ing. Bennetta Koomson, KNUST
12h30 - 14h00
Lunch Break
Moderator (Afternoon)
Prof Stephen Moore
University of Cape Coast
14h00 - 14h30
From Satellites to Solutions: How AI is Transforming Space Science, Technology and Sustainable Development
Dr. Joseph Bremang Tandoh, Ghana Space
14h30 - 15h00
A Quantitative Approach to Measuring Responsible AI
Prof. Jerry John Kponyo, Director RAIL, KNUST
15h00 - 15h30
Coffee Break
15h30 - 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