CALENDAR Big Tech
09:45 – 10:00
Why Build Closer Ties Between India and Africa Now? — From Complementarity to Co-Creation
Parminder Vir, OBE
Championing the Ingenuity and Creativity of Entrepreneurs Reimagining Africa | Catalyzing a Movement for Africa’s Growth 📈
10:00 – 10:15
Advanced Air Mobility: UTOPIA OR REALITY?
Borhene Dhaouadi
Architect and Consultant in Urban Planning & Mobility; Smart & Resilient Cities; Urban PPP Projects
10:15 – 10:35
Transform Without Changing Everything: Drive the Company Forward While Preserving Its DNA
Moderator
Feriel Chouchene
University professor and ATFP instructor
Speakers
Rachid Batita
General Manager — STB
10:35 – 10:40
Urban Dance
Urban Dance
10:40 – 11:15
Official Inauguration
Sofiene Hemissi
Minister of Communications Technology
Skander Haddar
CEO — TPM
11:15 – 12:15
From the India AI Impact Summit to Africa: Building a Shared Agenda for AI Sovereignty
Moderator
Fatma Taghouti
Co-Founder & CEO — SixDouze.tn
Speakers
Alioune Sall
Former Minister of Communications, Telecommunications, and the Digital Economy
Hichem Besbes
Director of the COSIM Laboratory, Professor — SUP'COM, Ministry of Communications Technology
Ndeye Absa Gningue
Senior Innovation Platform Officer — African Development Bank
12:15 – 12:45
The Agentic Leap: Why Africa Doesn't Have to Repeat the North's Failed Pilot Programs
Delphin Barankanira
Agentic AI Partner Strategy Lead | GenAI Ambassador, EMEA — Google
12:45 – 13:40
Frugal AI: How India and Africa Are Charting a Different Path of Innovation.
Moderator
Parminder Vir, OBE
Championing the Ingenuity and Creativity of Entrepreneurs Reimagining Africa | Catalyzing a Movement for Africa’s Growth 📈
Speakers
Serish Venkata Gandikota
Co-Founder and Co-Lead of the Frugal AI Hub — Cambridge Judge Business School
Soumaya Ben Beya
Venture Capitalist | MBA Graduate | Global Citizen - QATAR | TUNISIA — Rasmal Ventures
Kartik Kapai
Government Advisory | Entrepreneurship — Government Tomorrow Forum
Amina Mseddi
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Systems and Co-Founder — AuroraIQ
14:15 – 15:15
Generative AI vs. Industrial DeepTech: Where Should Capital Really Flow, and Who Is Funding the Path to Market?
Serish Venkata Gandikota
Co-Founder and Co-Lead of the Frugal AI Hub — Cambridge Judge Business School
Grégoire de Padirac
CEO of Digital Africa — Digital Africa
Tarik Sultan
Partner & Head of MENA, Builders VC — Sultan Ventures
Keith Wallace
Managing Director — Hivos Impact Investments
14:45 – 15:30
BizTech Transformation: Why Some Companies Succeed and Others Fail
Moderator
Amani Ben Ali
Digital Transformation, Skills & Innovation Consultant
Speakers
Houssem Aouinti
Chief Information Officer (CIO) — Poulina Group Holding
Anis Kadri
Central Director of Data and Digital Development — STB
Kamel Habbachi
Deputy Chief Executive Officer — Maghreb Investment and Commercial Bank
11:30 – 12:30
From Motion to Intelligence — Robotics & Intelligent Mechatronics: From Perception to Autonomous Decision-Making (and from Integration to Exportable Value)
Moderator
Moez Ben Haj Hmida
Generative AI Researcher and Practitioner
Speakers
Amit Kumar Pandey
Robotics and AI scientist and innovator, president of Socients AI and Robotics
Nizar Mertah
Head of the FSI Division — Proxym
12:30 – 13:30
Robotics & AI
12:30 – 13:15
Robotics and AI: Use Cases
13:30 – 14:30
Advanced Air Mobility and the Integration of Drone Systems into Urban, Suburban, and Rural Environments
Moderator
Borhene Dhaouadi
Architect and Consultant in Urban Planning & Mobility; Smart & Resilient Cities; Urban PPP Projects
Speakers
Issam Bouzid
International expert in aviation safety and air navigation
14:35 – 15:35
Sintegra Panel
15:40 – 16:35
Green IT: The Hidden Cost of Digital Technology and How African Startups Can Manage It
Moderator
Ibrahima Thiero
President — APNA
Speakers
Hélène Mendy
Investor and mentor in the tech startup ecosystem
Mohamed Mongi Benyaiche
CEO — Felcloud
Négib Boularès
President — ATODD
11:15 – 12:00
Nizar Hedhili Workshop
12:15 – 13:00
Fundraising: Getting Inside an Investor's Mind
Mehdi Legroune
Vice President at B8 Business Angels — B8 Business Angels
13:00 – 13:45
Democratizing Autonomous Cybersecurity
Adel Amri
Founder and CTO | Architecting Secure Agent-Based AI and Autonomous Systems
13:50 – 16:00
NARTAQ – Startup Pitches
16:00 – 17:00
Workshop
09:30 – 10:00
Digital Sovereignty: Where Should the Line Be Drawn? From Hosting to Exit Costs
Seifeddine Mansri
Cloud CTO — SFEIR
10:00 – 11:00
What International Investors Are Really Looking for in Africa
Moderator
Hana Choyakh
Director | Financial Advisory — Deloitte Francophone Africa
Speakers
Aditya Kathpalia
Director - MENA & India — Orbit Ventures
Cindy AI
Co-CEO — Dream VC
Edgardo da Fonseca
President — Melcade Consulting
11:00 – 12:00
How to Help a Startup Scale Up
Tarek Chelaifa
Investment Director — Janngo.africa
Alyune Blondin Diop
Home — LoftyInc Capital
12:00 – 13:00
Applied DeepTech: Can African Healthcare and Agriculture Skip Straight to Cutting-Edge Innovation?
Abdulla Al Naimi
Managing Director — Doha Business Consulting
Delphin Barankanira
Agentic AI Partner Strategy Lead | GenAI Ambassador, EMEA — Google
Omar S. Sultan
Managing Partner — Sultan Ventures
Tarek Kamoun
CEO — K2LIS
13:00 – 13:20
From Shanghai to Africa: WAICO's 10 founding countries take action
Moderator
Fatma Taghouti
Co-Founder & CEO — SixDouze.tn
Speakers
Alioune Sall
Former Minister of Communications, Telecommunications, and the Digital Economy
13:20 – 14:20
AI in Fintech: Between External Attacks and Internal Controls, Who's Really in Charge?
Mehdi Legroune
Vice President at B8 Business Angels — B8 Business Angels
Brij Singh
Venture Partner - Venture Investor — Rebright Partners
Ahmed Limam
Co-founder & CTO — InsurTech
14:25 – 15:25
Italy-Africa: The Italian Innovation Ecosystem as a Strategic Partner
15:25 – 16:25
«Made in Tunisia vs. Designed in Tunisia: The Big Shift»
Moderator
Feriel Chouchene
University professor and ATFP instructor
Speakers
Mohamed Kharrat
A Tunisian academic and entrepreneur, PhD graduate from the University of Tokyo, and recognized expert in the Internet of Things (IoT), applied artificial intelligence (AI), and embedded systems and wearable devices.
Mohamed Aymen Badri
Multi-Site Operations Director (Tunisia, France, and Portugal) — Altrics
Lassaad Bencheikh
Vice President of Automotive Microcontroller Marketing — Infineon Technologies
Mohamed Aymen Troudi
Plant General Manager — ALL Circuits
16:30 – 17:00
Tunisian Excellence Awards
Tunisian Women in Tech of the Year × Tunisian AI Awards
Sami Ayari
Co-founder and General Coordinator — Tunisian AI Society, Tunisia CyberShield, and RECONNECTT
09:30 – 10:00
Italian Embassy Workshop
10:00 – 10:45
Diaspora 2.0 & 3.0: The Winning Combination of Capital and Execution
Moderator
Nejma Ben Khether
Chief Training Officer — ATFP
Speakers
Sami Ayari
Co-founder and General Coordinator — Tunisian AI Society, Tunisia CyberShield, and RECONNECTT
Seifeddine Mansri
Cloud CTO — SFEIR
10:50 – 11:40
Microfinance 2.0: Can AI, digital identity, and integrated credit replace traditional trust?
Nabil Kesraoui
International Expert in Inclusive Finance and Development Finance — Findev Advisory
11:40 – 12:25
The CIO Confronts the Reality of AI: What Shadow IT Reveals
Moderator
Mariem Ben Tanfous
Executive Leadership Strategist | Communication & Human Performance Expert | International Keynote Speaker & Moderator | President — CIFE NextGen
12:30 – 13:30
Smart & Resilient Cities: Governance and Financing for the Cities of Tomorrow …
Moderator
Borhene Dhaouadi
Architect and Consultant in Urban Planning & Mobility; Smart & Resilient Cities; Urban PPP Projects
13:35 – 14:20
RTCA Panel
14:25 – 15:10
The Tunisian Postal Service
15:15 – 16:00
Fundamentals and Applications of Modern Artificial Intelligence: Healthcare, Education, Agriculture, and Solar Energy
Mohamed Hédi Riahi
NVIDIA Ambassador and Head of the Core ICT Department — Esprit Ingénieurs
17:00 – 17:00
Closing
09:30 – 10:00
From Local to Global: Building, Winning, and Leading an Institutional Digital Project in Africa
Khaled Sammoud
CEO & Co-Founder — Provesta Soft
10:00 – 10:45
Embedded AI and Industrial IoT (Edge AI): From Lab Prototypes to Factory Implementation
Mohamed Kharrat
A Tunisian academic and entrepreneur, PhD graduate from the University of Tokyo, and recognized expert in the Internet of Things (IoT), applied artificial intelligence (AI), and embedded systems and wearable devices.
10:50 – 11:35
Naël Fridhi Workshop
11:40 – 12:30
Eo Data Workshop
12:30 – 13:15
From Africa to the GCC: Building a Winning Marketing Strategy
Marcel Dridje
International Startup Ecosystem Advisor | Business Angel | Mentor | President Emeritus, Sophia Business Angels — GCC Startup & Investment Ecosystem Builder | BIGTECH Africa 2026 Ambassador
13:15 – 14:00
LinkinVet & Vito: Deterministic AI for Animal Health
Samoud Adib
Veterinarian – Co-founder & Chief Veterinary Officer — "LinkinVet Technologies Inc."
14:00 – 14:30
Smart Cities, Empty Promises: The Hard Reality of EV Charging and Smart Parking
Ghassen Chattouna
Co-founder & CCO — Park and Charge
14:30 – 15:15
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