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Speaking & Engagements

Selected keynotes, panels, and workshop presentations at international forums.

Conference Presentation May 8-10, 2025

Bridging the Gap: Building ICT Accessibility Competencies to Advance Inclusive Digital Education

The 7th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Educational Reflections

Near East University, North Cyprus
Panel December 15-19, 2024

An Overview of Mada’s Contributions to Bridging the Digital Accessibility Gap

19th Annual Meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Conference Presentation October 29-30, 2024

Challenges and Ethics in Using Generative AI in Education

The Second Arab International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education

Tunis, Tunisia
Keynote January 24, 2024

Empowering Learners: The Role of Technology in Comprehensive and Special Education

Qatar Foundation’s World Education Day

Doha, Qatar
Congress Presentation November 19-20, 2024

Fostering Access to Inclusive OER: Advancing Stakeholders' Knowledge and Competencies

3rd UNESCO World OER Congress

Dubai, UAE
Conference Presentation October 29-30, 2024

Inclusive AI: Critical issues of equity and fairness in AI applications

The Second Arab International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (ALECSO)

Tunis, Tunisia
Consultation October 21, 2024

The Online Arab Regional Consultation on UNESCO’s 2019 Recommendation on OER

UNESCO Regional Consultation

Online
Forum Speaker October 22, 2024

Towards Fostering Access to Open and Inclusive Digital Education for All

The 3rd Annual Forum on Open Research (FORM) in MENA

Doha, Qatar
Conference Presentation September 4-7, 2023

Building capacity of stakeholders to foster accessibility leveraging OER

UNESCO Digital Learning Week

UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Summit Speaker November 28-29, 2023

Leveraging AI for enhancing ICT accessibility and inclusivity in Education

11th Edition of the WISE Summit

Doha, Qatar
Conference Presentation October 16-18, 2023

Openness, Accessibility, and Inclusion: Mada ICT-AID Competency Framework OER Hub

Open Education Global Conference

Edmonton, Canada
Webinar December 4, 2023

Promoting ICT accessibility to breaking down barriers to education

UNESCO IITE Webinar on “Digital Technologies for Disability Inclusion”

Online
Forum Speaker December 13, 2022

Fostering the integration of ICT accessibility in education and training programmes

Accessible Arab Region- ICT For ALL (ITU & ESCWA)

Online/Regional
Forum Speaker May 23-25, 2022

ICT Accessibility Capacity Building

WSIS Forum 2022

Geneva/Online
Congress Presentation December 22-23, 2022

Toward closing the digital accessibility gap in education

International Congress on Pedagogy, Research and Health (CIPRS’22)

Morocco
Conference Presentation July 4, 2022

Toward Closing the Training and Knowledge Gap in ICT Accessibility and Inclusive Design Harnessing OER

The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2022)

Online/Hybrid
Forum Speaker March 2022

Towards Promoting Accessible Arab Open Educational Resources

The Second Arab Open Educational Resources Forum

Regional
Conference Presentation October 23-25, 2021

Are Open Educational Resources Open for All?!

3rd International Conference of Innovation in Pedagogy and Technology Enhanced Learning (APITEL 2021)

Alexandria University, Egypt
Conference Presentation December 18-20, 2021

Closing the ICT Accessibility Skills Gap

11th International Conference on ICT in our lives – Digital Inclusion

Alexandria University, Egypt
Conference Presentation December 8-10, 2021

Fostering ICT accessibility proficiency through Mada ICT-AID competency framework

8th International Conference on ICT & Accessibility (ICTA)

Online/Hybrid
Webinar October 2021

Harnessing OER to build capacity in ICT Accessibility and Inclusive Design

Open Education Global Conference (Webinar)

Online
Forum Speaker October 19-21, 2021

Inclusive Open Educational Resources to Support Education for All

Second Arab Open Access Forum (ALECSO & ACOA)

Online
Webinar March 1, 2020

Becoming familiar with Open Education Resources

OERWIKI@MENA Webinar

Doha, Qatar
Workshop September 30 - October 1, 2020

Digital Inclusive Education

Mada Center Workshop

Doha, Qatar
Workshop June 17, 2020

Digital Transformation in Education

Mada Center Workshop

Doha, Qatar
Speaker January 8-9, 2020

Education in the 4th Industrial Revolution

Mada Center Event

Doha, Qatar
Workshop March 9, 2020

Introduction to Digital Inclusive Education

Mada Center Workshop

Doha, Qatar
Webinar April 11, 2020

Open Educational Resources OER, the basics

ALECSO Webinar

Online
Workshop March 16, 2020

Open Educational Resources, the basics

Mada Center Workshop

Doha, Qatar
Forum Speaker October 6, 2020

Open Educational Resources to support learning opportunities

4th Arab Digital Content Forum

Doha, Qatar
Forum Speaker August 2020

Open Educational Resources to support open and distance Learning

AoU & ALECSO Forum of Distance Teaching and Learning during Crises

Online
Workshop June 27, 2020

The impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Education

Mada Center Workshop

Doha, Qatar
Workshop March 10, 2020

Universal Design for Learning

Mada Center Workshop

Doha, Qatar
Workshop Lead November 19-22, 2019

Conception et production des REL

Atelier de formation sur la production des REL

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Workshop Lead July 16-19, 2019

Les Ressources Educatives Libres (REL)

Atelier sur l’élaboration de la Stratégie Nationale sur les REL

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Workshop Lead April 17-19, 2019

Mainstreaming OER in support of SDG 4

OER Regional Workshop

Hammamet, Tunisia
Forum Speaker November 6-7, 2019

Mainstreaming Open Educational Resources to support SDG 4

Educational Forum

Manama, Bahrain
Conference Presentation December 13-15, 2019

Toward Promoting Access to Open Educational Resources for All

ICTA 2019

Hammamet, Tunisia
Meeting Lead July 17-19, 2018

ICT-CFT Contextualization harnessing OER

Network Meeting

Hammamet, Tunisia
Forum Speaker February 21-22, 2017

ALECS APPs: Toward Empowering Mobile Applications Development in the Arab World

ITU/Forum on Future Networks

Tunis, Tunisia
Congress Presentation September 18-20, 2017

ALECSO OER Activities: Toward Mainstreaming OER in the Arab Region

2nd World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress

Ljubljana, Slovenia
Forum Speaker May 17-18, 2017

Developing use of ICT in Education in Arab Countries

ITU/BDT Regional Economic and Financial Forum

Nouakchott, Mauritania
Forum Speaker July 10-11, 2017

Leveraging ICT to transform education in the Arab region

International Forum on ICT and Education 2030

Qingdao, China
Workshop Lead November 25-26, 2017

OER & ICT Competency Framework for Teachers

Capacity Building Workshop

Algiers, Algeria
Training Lead October 24-26, 2017

Online Learning, Open Educational Resources and MOOCs

Doha Training Session

Doha, Qatar
Expert Meeting November 21-22, 2017

Overview of the ALECSO ICT Projects

Arab Experts Meeting for National Implementation Strategy on Cloud Computing

Manama, Bahrain
Expert Workshop November 27-29, 2017

Se familiariser avec les REL (Getting Familiar with OER)

Atelier D’expert

Hammamet, Tunisia
Ceremony Speaker December 29, 2016

ALECSO M-Developer Project

Closing Ceremony

Tunis, Tunisia
Forum Speaker December 16-17, 2016

ICT and Arabic Language

First International Forum for the Digital Arabic Language

Manouba, Tunisia
Workshop Speaker November 21, 2016

Promoting Open Learning in Arab Countries

Exploratory Workshop on the use of OER in Arab States

Amman, Jordan
Talk October 28, 2016

The ALECSO Smart Learning Framework

Tunisian Fulbright Society Education Talks

IRC, US Embassy, Tunis
Conference Presentation October 5-6, 2016

Towards Cloud migration in Higher Education

International Conference on Cloud Computing in Education in Arab Countries

Tunis, Tunisia
Expert Meeting April 22-24, 2015

A Glossary of Internet Governance Terms in Arabic

International Expert Meeting (UNESCO, ICANN, InfoTerm)

Paris, France
Seminar Speaker March 18-19, 2015

ALECSO Orientations to promote OER in Arabic Countries

Regional Seminar on OER for GCC States and Yemen

Doha, Qatar
Expert Workshop November 18-20, 2015

OER Guide for teachers

Atelier International D’expert - Plan D’action De L’OIF Sur Les REL

Tunis, Tunisia
Speaker January 15, 2015

Promoting Open Educational Resources in Arab Countries

Rencontre Scientifique AUF

Tunis, Tunisia
Forum Speaker November 12-13, 2014

ALECSO Orientations to promote Arabic digital content

Second Regional Forum on Digital Arabic Content

Cairo, Egypt
Workshop Speaker November 25-27, 2014

ICT for learners and educators

Sub-Regional workshop on Updating University Curricula

Tunis, Tunisia
Presentation December 4-5, 2014

Ongoing ALECSO ICT Projects

Studying days on “Cloud Computing in Arab Countries”

Tunis, Tunisia
Seminar Speaker December 14-16, 2010

C2i en Tunisie

Séminaire C2i à Lille

Lille, France
Seminar Speaker May 2009

Scénarios d'intégration du virtuel : opportunités et défis

Séminaire SAPEV’09

Kairouan, Tunisia
Conference Presentation March 26-28, 2009

Université Virtuelle de Tunis, Etat des lieux

Conférence Espace Numérique Ouvert Pour la Méditerranée

Agadir, Morocco
Presentation November 4-5, 2008

Cours, Outils et Plateformes en ligne de l’UVT

Journée de sensibilisation

Kairouan & Monastir, Tunisia
Conference Presentation November 2008

L’UVT, enjeux et perspectives

Conférence continentale de l’Union Mathématique Africaine

Hammamet, Tunisia
Conference Presentation November 2008

L’UVT, missions et réalisations

Conférence 'Les Jeunes et les TICs'

Morocco
Workshop Speaker November 2008

Université Virtuelle de Tunis

Workshop AICTO - Forum TIC pour Tous-Tunis+3

Hammamet, Tunisia
Colloquium Speaker November 2008

UVT, l’université via le Web

Colloque International 'Le Web universitaire'

Manouba, Tunisia
Presentation May 2006

C2i : Certificat Informatique et Internet, Présentation générale

Journée d’étude, Université Virtuelle de Tunis

Tunis, Tunisia
Seminar Speaker December 2006

C2i : Expérience tunisienne

Séminaire nationale des correspondants C2i

Université Lyon 1, France
Presentation February 2006

Certification C2i en Tunisie

Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur

Tunis, Tunisia
Presentation July 2006

Enseignement à distance en Tunisie

Université de Jendouba

Jendouba, Tunisia
Presentation June 2006

Sensibilisation à l’enseignement en ligne...

Institut Supérieur des Langues de Tunis

Tunis, Tunisia
Presentation November 2005

E-learning in Tunisia: The case study of the Virtual University of Tunis

SMSI Tunisie, Evénements Parallèles - ICT4all

Tunis, Tunisia