EMAICON 2026 · Arusha

Call for Speakers

Share research, practice, or a panel with researchers, founders, students, and policymakers at the fifth edition.

Opens1 September 2026
Closes30 September 2026
Notifications16 October 2026

What the three days cover

Day 01 · 26 November

Foundations, research & systems thinking

Where African AI sits today: foundational research, breakthrough papers, and systems thinking for our own contexts.

Keynotes Research Welcome dinner
Day 02 · 27 November

Builders, agents & edge deployment

A builder’s day. Workshops on agents, edge AI, multimodal systems, and shipping models that work in the field.

Workshops Hackathon Demos
Day 03 · 28 November

Governance, policy, SDGs & the pan-African table

AI governance, public-sector use, AI4SDGs showcases, and a pan-African working session on what we build next.

Policy SDGs Closing dinner

Fit your proposal to the day it serves. Formats include keynotes, sessions, panels, workshops, and fireside chats. The programme team reviews every proposal.

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