| 10:00 – 10:15 |
Welcome & Opening Virtual Ceremony
Dr. Neda Hamid, Conference Chair
Dr. Marc Poulin, Acting President, Abu Dhabi School of Management
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| 10:15 – 10:40 |
Keynote Address: The Future of Co-Intelligence: Human–Machine Teaming for Planetary Stewardship
Prof Nurfadhlina Mohd Sharef
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| 10:40 – 11:05 |
Keynote Address: What’s Next in AI? From LLM Copilots to Agentic, Predictive, World-Aware Systems
Dr. Abrar Abdulnabi
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| 11:05 – 11:20 |
Break |
| 11:20 – 12:50 |
Breakout Presentation Sessions
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Room 1: AI Systems, LLMs & Architectures
— Dr. Mahima, Session Chair
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- From Manual to Agentic Security Operations: A Multi-Dimensional Evaluation of AI-Driven SOC Architectures — Mutaz Abdelahed, Jadara University
- Automated LLM-based Classification of Software Requirements — Keletso Letsholo, Higher Colleges of Technology
- Evaluating Large Language Models for Automated Code Vulnerability Detection — Achraf Ghorbel, Higher Colleges of Technology
- MCDNet: A New Multimodal Cross-Domain Network for Classification of Challenging Scene Images — Saad M. Ismail, Amman Arab University
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Room 2: Cybersecurity, Networks & Risk
— Dr. Robert Karaszewski, Session Chair
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- AI-Based Analysis of IoT Botnet DDoS Attacks — Mutaz Fawaz Makhatreh, Alahliyya University
- Digital Reputation Risk and AI Governance: Consumer Responses to Toyota’s Recall — Mona Shehata, Umm Al Quwain University
- Delegated Agentic Governance: A Delegation-Centered Framework for Managing Autonomous AI in Organizations — Leila Gluszak, Paris Nanterre University
- Machine Learning-Based Short-Term Electricity Forecasting within an Operational and Governance Framework — Raha Alassaf, Abu Dhabi School of Management
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Room 3: Business, Finance & Economic Applications
— Dr. Evi Mansor, Session Chair
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- Customer Segmentation and Creditworthiness Profiling via Multi-View Clustering and Predictive Risk Scoring — Boumedyen Shannaq, University of Buraimi
- Digital Transformation and Innovation in Jordanian Commercial Banks — Faisal Aburub, University of Petra
- Chatbot Simulator and Adaptive Recommendation Systems: Enhancing Learner Profiling in AI-Assisted English Learning — Boumedyen Shannaq, University of Buraimi
- Predicting Employee Attrition: A Machine Learning Approach for Enhancing Workforce Retention Strategies — Faisal Al-Saqqar, Al Albait University
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Room 4: Education, Learning & Human Development
— Dr. Turki AlMasaeed, Session Chair
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- Andragogical Insights: Influence of Academic and Support Faculty on Management Graduate Students’ Success — Turki Almasaeed, Abu Dhabi School of Management
- AI-Supported Instruction and Student Engagement in Higher Education: Evidence from Survey and Regression Modeling — Yousef Qawqzeh, Institute of Applied Technology
- Qualitative Spillover Channels in Sovereign Green Bond Markets: Evidence from a Specialized Language Model — Aidana Muratbekova, Al Farabi Kazakh National University
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Room 5: AI for Social Good, Health & Human Experience
— Dr. Fadi F, Session Chair
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- AI-Assisted Player Selection: A Conceptual Framework for Optimizing Matchday Decisions Through Performance Analysis — Fatima Albusaeed, Abu Dhabi School of Management
- Counsellor-in-the-Loop for LLM-based Intervention Advisory in Digital Mental Health — Nurfadhlina Mohd Sharef, Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis Using Demographic Data: A Statistical Approach — Ali Alawneh, Philadelphia University
- Arabic Dialect Identification in Romanized Text (Arabizi) — Eya Hammami, University of Tunis
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| 12:50 – 13:00 |
Break |
| 13:00 – 14:30 |
Breakout Presentation Sessions
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Room 1: AI Strategy, Governance & Organizational Transformation
— Nigel Adonis, Session Chair
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- Artificial Intelligence in Management and Digital Marketing: Emerging Trends, Organisational Transformations, and Ethical Implications — Dakouan Chouaib, Lebbar Oumaima, Oulaya El Bekkali, Redouane Benabdelouahed, Ati Hassan, Hassan II University & Istec Business School
- Measuring AI ROI Beyond Cost Savings: A Practical Framework for Enterprise Decision-Makers — Mostafa Hanafi, Independent AI & Digital Transformation Consultant
- Agentic AI in Enterprise Business Processes: Adoption Readiness — Sergey Emelyanov, National Research University Higher School of Economics
- AI Strategy or AI Tragedy: AI Architecture Governance for Nuclear Industry Value Addition — Nigel Adonis, University of Gloucestershire
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Room 2: Education, Learning & Human Development
— Dr. Georgios Tsaramirsis, Session Chair
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- AI as a Socratic Dialogue Partner: Generative AI as a Cognitive Scaffold — Philip Dennett & Syeda Zahra, London South Bank University – UAE
- Explainable AI for Learning in Higher Education — Meekah Ludba Abdul Hakeem, Nouf Mohammed Hasan Alobeidli, Ananth Chiravuri, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU)
- AI Career Pathways, Trends & Geographic Impact — Ibrar Ahmad, Gangseo University; Georgios Tsaramirsis, University of Wollongong Dubai
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Room 3: Healthcare & Clinical AI
— Dr. Ahmed Dabbagh, Session Chair
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- A Clinical AI Framework for Improving Physiotherapy Referral Decisions — Hajar Alhosani, Abu Dhabi School of Management
- Simulating Lifecycle Updates for Clinical AI: A Chunk-Based Ensemble Framework — Mohammad Islam, Ayman Ibrahim, Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai
- Unveiling Latent Burnout Profiles: ML Analysis of Global Teacher Data — Fatmah Alkhzaimi, Ayman Ibrahim, Rochester Institute of Technology
- A Capacity-Aware Framework for Hospital Readmission Risk Prediction — Hajar Alhosani, Ishtiaq Rasool Khan, Abu Dhabi School of Management
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| 14:30 – 14:40 |
Break |
| 14:40 – 15:40 |
Industry Panel: Trust in AI? Promise, Pitfalls and Practical Reality
Moderated by Dr. Constance Van Horne
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