Conference / Program
October 6, 2026
Registration, hospitality, and participant kit collection
Workshop 1
Securing Smart Cities and Enterprises with Multi-Agentic AI: A Practical Tutorial
Prof. Mohammed AbdurRahman (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Moderator: Ms. Renad Alsuhaymi
Workshop 2
Open-Source and AI-Assisted Analog IC Design for Sustainable Engineering: A Hands-On Tutorial with ICveo
Engr. Ameen Raza Khan / Dr.-Ing. Syed Muhammad Anis / Dr. Yasir Niaz Khan (Germany & Pakistan)
Moderator: Ms. Danah Alrehaili
Refreshments and visit to scientific posters and exhibition
Workshop 3
Resource-Efficient AI Automation with n8n: Intelligent Model Routing, RAG, Caching, and Evaluation
Dr. Sami Mahfoudhi (Tunisia)
Moderator: Ms. Renad Alsuhaymi
Workshop 4
Intelligent Mobility for Sustainable Cities: AI Technologies, Challenges and Perspectives
Dr. Mohamed Ghazel (France)
Moderator: Ms. Danah Alrehaili
Project Demos & Innovation Competition – Pitching and Team Presentations
Innovation Competition
Dr. Rabaa Bousbih (Supervisor) (UPM)
Lunch, networking, scientific posters, and exhibition
Workshop 5
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Sustainable Mineral and Energy Resources
Dr. Yewuhalashet Fissha (Japan)
Moderator: Ms. Renad Alsuhaymi
Workshop 6
Damages in Reinforced Concrete and Deterioration Mechanisms: Diagnosis, Prevention and Sustainable Engineering Solutions
Dr. Fadi Alnahhas (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Moderator: Ms. Danah Alrehaili
Networking, exhibition, and showcase of shortlisted innovations
Tour of historical, cultural, and Islamic sites in Madinah
Madinah Tour
Total of 60 Participants (30 English Tour & 30 Arabic Tour)
October 7, 2026
Conference registration and guest reception
Introduction
Plenary Session Chair
Mr. Mohammed Moalla
Welcome remarks and opening of Day One
Prof. Dr. Omar Tayan (General Chair)
Keynote Address 1
Securing Sustainable Intelligent Infrastructures: AI Vulnerabilities, Cyber Resilience, and Trustworthy Digital Ecosystems
Prof. Muhammad Khurram Khan (King Saud University, KSA)
Moderator: Plenary Session Chair
Panel Session 1
Technology, Innovation and Engineering for a Sustainable Future
Prof. Dr. Selwa AlHazzaa (Distinguished Clinical Professor and Senior Advisor in KACST), Prof. Mohammed AbdurRahman (Professor, UPM), Dr. Othman Soufan (Asst. Prof, UPM)
Moderator: Dr. Soumaya Chaffar
Refreshments, exhibition, scientific posters, and networking
Parallel Sessions 1
Emerging Technologies and Smart Cities for Sustainable Infrastructure (Track 1)
Moderator: Dr. Omar AlDakhil, Prof. Muna Khushaim
See the papers in these sessionsDhuhr prayer, lunch, exhibition, scientific posters, and networking
Keynote Address 2
Toward a Sustainable Self-Driving University: Transform or Perish
Prof. Anis Koubaa (Alfaisal University, KSA)
Moderator: Plenary Session Chair
Parallel Sessions 2
AI, Arabic Language Processing, and LLM Applications to Sustainability (Track 2); Cybersecurity and Blockchain for Securing Sustainable Developments (Track 3)
Moderator: Track 2 — Dr. Mohammed Temraz; Track 3 — Dr. Syed Sadiq Rahman
See the papers in these sessionsNetworking, scientific posters, and exhibition
October 7, 2026
Exhibition Visit
Royal Welcome to the HRH Prince Salman Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Governor of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Region
Ceremony Presenter: Mr. Majid Alsuqairi (MBC Group)
Recitation from the Holy Qur’an
Opening Address by the University President
Opening Address
H.E. Dr. Bandar Hajjar (Honorary Chair)
Introductory Film
Conference Overview Film
National Speaker Address
Keynote Address
Dr. Majid AlShehri (ICAIRE)
International Speaker Address
Keynote Address
Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Mageed (University of British Columbia)
Launching of Initiative
Launching of the Global Network for Sustainability
Recognition & Appreciation
Recognition of conference sponsors and partners
Address by the Conference Patron and Conclusion of the Ceremony
HRH Prince Salman bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Governor of Al-Madinah Al-Munawarrah Region)
October 8, 2026
Registration, hospitality, and participant reception
Introduction
Plenary Session Chair
Ms. Razan Alnuzha
Keynote Address 3
Above the Clouds & Below the Orbit: A Sustainable Future Enabled by Free-Space Optics and RF Coexistence in Terrestrial and Stratospheric Networks
Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini (KAUST, KSA)
Moderator: Plenary Session Chair
Parallel Sessions 3
Sustainability in Digital Education and Society (Track 4); Networking and Industry 5.0 for Sustainable Development (Track 5)
Moderator: Track 4 — Prof. Muna Khushaim; Track 5 — Dr. Mohammed Zayed
See the papers in these sessionsRefreshments, exhibition, and networking
Panel Discussion 2 (In Arabic)
Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Hajj and Umrah Solutions
H.E. Dr. Abdulfattah Mashat (Vice-Minister for Hajj & Umrah), Eng. Khalid AlOthman (Chairman for National Committee for Sustainability), Dr. Shakeel Habib (Dean, UPM), Dr. Jarallah Alghamdi (Dean, UPM), Dr. Mohammed AbdulMajeed (UBC)
Moderator: Eng. Mohammed Albejawi
Dhuhr prayer, lunch, exhibition, and networking
Parallel Sessions 4
Emerging Technologies and Smart Cities for Sustainable Infrastructure (Track 1); Digital Technologies for Sustainable Hajj and Umrah Solutions (Track 8)
Moderator: Track 1 — Dr. Maha Moddather; Track 8 — Dr. Soumaya Chaffar
See the papers in these sessionsPanel Discussion 3
AI and Emerging Technologies: Shaping the Sustainable Cities and Societies of the Future
Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini (KAUST), Prof. Anis Koubaa (Alfaisal Univ.), Dr. Mohamed Laissy (UPM), Dr. Omar Dakhil (UPM)
Moderator: Prof. Adel Mnaouer
Parallel Sessions 5
Sustainable Health Informatics and Telemedicine (Track 6) & Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Metaverse for Sustainable Applications (Track 7); Digital Technologies for Sustainable Hajj and Umrah Solutions (Track 8)
Moderator: Track 6/7 — Dr. Bayan Alamri; Track 8 — Dr. Maha Modather
See the papers in these sessionsRefreshments, exhibition, networking, and showcase of winning innovations
Closing Session
Conference Closing & Recommendations
Closing Session Presenter: Dr. Abdullah Alrifai
Documentation & Photo Session
Photography with All Conference Committees & Teams
Tour of historical, cultural, and Islamic sites in Madinah
Madinah Tour
Total of 60 Participants (30 English Tour & 30 Arabic Tour)
// Accepted papers
Parallel sessions run simultaneously for oral presentations in the Ibrahim Jelidan Hall and the Al-Shaer Hall.
October 7, 2026 · 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
A Proposed Framework for Innovation Governance of Digital Infrastructure to Support Smart and Sustainable Cities
Mansour AL Lehabi
Embedded Vibration-Based Monitoring of Motor–Pump Units for Sustainable Water Infrastructure Reliability
BENAISSA Mohamed, Sidi Mohammed Chorfi, Foued Derraz, Ahmed Benghomari, Sid Ahmed Ailas
Comparative Structure–Property Relationships of TMOS-Modified PVDF and PVDF-HFP Membranes for Membrane Distillation Applications
Monis Bin Abid
Valorization of Palm Waste in Cementitious Concrete-Block Envelopes for Sustainable Thermal Insulation in Hot-Arid Buildings
Mohamed Laissy, Linda AlAhhamdi, Lamar Alhazmi, Hussain Alsadiq
Automated Package Design System: An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Custom Carton Manufacturing
Hassan Almorohen, Khalid Humouda, Hussain Alhubail, Nawaf Alhajjaj, Abdulrahman Aljiban, Sadiq Alhuwaidi
Improving the Biodegradability of LDPE Films Using Black Soldier Fly Exuviae and Glycerol: A Step Towards Sustainable Plastic
Gul-E Nayyaba, Monis Bin Abid, Faridah Bt Kormin, Aisha Shamim, Iqbal Ahmed
Climate-Adaptive Façades for Smart Housing: A Comparative Evaluation of Thermochromic Coatings and Living Walls
Muhammad Huzaifa Zahid, Mansour Alhazmi, Muhammad Asif
Sustainable Hardware Trust for IoT: A Low-Cost SRAM-PUF Remote Attestation System with a BCH Fuzzy Extractor on Commodity Microcontrollers
Syed Sadiqur Rahman, Abdulaziz Ahmed Hajjar, Suliman Khaled Faraj, Khalid Mohamed Aljohani, Kainat Malik
A Dynamic Theory of Governance Debt for the Sustainable Agentic Enterprise
Yazeed Alsughayyir, Naila Marir, Miltiadis D. Lytras
Thermophysical and Ultrasonic Characterisation of Dense Madinah Basalt for Façade and Public-Realm Applications
Ahmed Bin Taleb, Hussain Alsadiq, Hassan Abas
Valorizing Date-Pit Agricultural Waste into an Electro-Assisted Activated-Carbon Column for Selective Divalent-Ion Removal from Desalination Brine: A Circular-Economy Framework and Computational Feasibility Study
Mohammad Al-Dahar, AbdulKarim Alnajjar, Adnan Abi Sen, Adel Ben Mnaouer, Omar Tayan
Artificial Intelligence and IoT for Sustainable Smart City Infrastructure: Opportunities and Challenges
Ali Hassan, Sarfaraz Rabbani
October 7, 2026 · 2:30 – 4:15 PM
FORSA: A Bilingual Multi-Agent Recruitment Platform for Sustainable Workforce Readiness
Reem Aljuwayd, Lama Alawfi, Rimas Alhazmi, Maram Alhattami, Afnan Sahal, Soumaya Chaffar
Evaluating Basic and Agentic RAG for Arabic Government Question Answering: A Case Study Using Saudi Ministry of Commerce FAQs
Omar Aisawi, Hind Althabi, Soumaya Chaffar
SADU: Deep Transfer Learning for Smart Textile Classification
Qutuf Alsuhume, Norah Alraddadi, Norah Almohammadi, Sarah Alahmadi, Mariyyah Alharbi, Alaa Mohammed, Enas Alrehaili
ArTrOCR: Fine-Tuning TrOCR for Arabic Handwritten Text Recognition, A Gradual Complexity Approach
Bushra Almodifer, Jumana Hussain, Modhi AlSobeihy
Natural Language Processing in the Era of Large Language Models: Where do we go next?
Abdurazzag Almiladi
Governed Knowledge Updates for Isolated AI Deployments: A One-Way Ingestion Architecture
Hammad Anjum Zubairi
Discrete Polar-Fox Optimization: Algorithm Design and Representation for the Traveling Salesman Problem
Abdelaziz Hammouri
A Blockchain-Based Cybersecurity Framework for Securing Renewable Energy Smart Grids: Alignment with Saudi Vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals
Fadi Fataftah
Nubl: A Community-Centered Digital Aid and Food Support Ecosystem Platform with Privacy-by-Design and Tamper-Evident Audit Logging
Bashar Moustafe Nayal, Salem Hussameldeen Shurrab, Fisal Nabil Eljaroshah, Abdurazzag Almiladi, Adnan Abi Sen
SwarmDeceive: A Hierarchical Multi-Agent LLM Honeypot Swarm for Adaptive IT/OT Cyber Deception
Muhammad Abdur Rahman, M. Minhaz Rahman, Tiaba Alam, Syed Usman Jamil, Selwa Al-Hazzaa
SCAN: A Layered Pipeline Combining Code Property Graphs, Large Language Models, and Fine-Tuned Transformers for Sustainable Source Code Vulnerability Detection
Syed Kamran Ahmed, Sawsan Zahed, Lujain Khaled, Dhuha Albalawi, Elan Abbas, Fay Ahmed
A Triple Bottom Line Operational Data Governance Framework from Compliance to Sustainability
Mashael Alzahrani, Naila Marir, Miltiadis D. Lytras
A Comparative Evaluation of Cloud-Based Defense Mechanisms Against Ransomware Attacks: Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Digital Developments
Jamal Mohammed, Ahmed Taha, Ali Hassan, Yahya Abdallah
October 8, 2026 · 9:45 – 11:00 AM
Detecting Phygital Ghosting: Multi-View Deep Learning for Student Retention in a Globalized Digital Ecosystem
Dareen Abdulmohsen, Nadia Yusuf, Meshael Batarfi, Kholoud Bajunaied
UniMate: A Bilingual Hybrid AI System for Academic Advising and Transcript Analysis
Danah Alsahli, Ghaidaa Osailan, Sana Mouazen, Soumaya Chaffar
Building Trust in Digital Learning: SDAIA’s Contribution to Data Privacy in Education
Ali Hassan, Mohammed Ali Aziz, Anis Awale
An Integrated AI-Enabled Project-Based Learning Framework for Sustainability Education in Construction
Haya Almutairi
Protecting Student Data in Saudi Arabia: An SDAIA-Aligned Privacy Governance Framework for Sustainable Digital Education
Mohammed Ali Aziz, Ali Hassan, Anis Awale
A Mechanical Analogy-Based Dynamic Modeling and PID Control Framework for Piezoelectric Drop-on-Demand Inkjet Printing for Sustainable Digital Manufacturing
Ahsan Rahman, Saleh Edhah, Muath Alsharif
Screening Saudi Ports for OWC Wave Energy Integration
Yusuf R. Almalki
SusNet-5.0: A Human-Centric Industry 5.0 Reference Architecture for Sustainable Manufacturing Value Chains, Enabled by Next-Generation Networks and Edge Intelligence
Ahmed Alghamdi
Human-Centered Neighborhood Transformation in Madinah’s Hot-Arid Urban Context
Maha Moddather Hassan, Hossam Qadri, Alejandro Carlos Echeverri
SOAI: A Sustainability-Oriented Architecture and Sustainability Scoring Framework for AI-Enabled IoT Environmental Monitoring
Badia Bouhdid, Adel Ben Mnaouer
October 8, 2026 · 1:30 – 2:45 PM
Temperature-Dependent Comparative Evaluation of Soybean and Sunflower Oil Rejuvenators in 40% Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Binders and Mixtures: A Statistical Approach
Amin Hamdi
Towards a Circular Economy: Green Recycling Technologies for Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles
Mohd Muzamir Bin Mahat
Carbon-Reduction Potential of Natural Stone Façade Systems Compared with Aluminium Composite Panel Façades in Madinah
Hassan Abas, Hussain Alsadiq
Target-Level Assessment of Direct and Enabling SDG Contribution Pathways in the Integrated Linear System of The Line City, Saudi Arabia
Hassan Abas
Mitigation of Photovoltaic Panels Soiling with Ionic Wind Through Solid-State Corona Discharge
Abdelrahman Elawady, Ibrahim Albarbari, Adnan Abi Sen, Omar Tayan, Adel Ben Mnaouer
An Uncertainty-Aware Decision-Support Tool for Flash Flood Resilience in Smart Cities
Abdulwaheed Tella, Izni Zahidi, Chow Ming Fai
Development of a Simplified Numerical Model for Predicting the Seismic Response of Rocking Podium Structures
Maha Moddather Hassan, Turki Alalawi, Abduaziz S. Al-Hazmi, Majd R. Zain, Jahad I. Al-harbi
Public Perception of a Proposed Tourist Observation Tower in Madinah Al Munawara: Implications for Visitor Experience, Economic Opportunities, and Cultural Compatibility
Yaman Charam, Hassan Abas, Youssef Gaoudat, Akram Kehail, Ibrahim Aljamil, Turki Fawzan, Ahmed Alanazi
An AI-Driven Digital Twin Framework for Sustainable Hajj: Predictive Resource Forecasting and Per-Pilgrim Carbon Analytics for Sustainable Cities, Responsible Consumption, and Climate Action (SDGs 11–13) under Saudi Vision 2030
Umara Noor, Bayan Alamri, Abdulhakim Sabur, Renad Alsuhaymi, Ashief Ahmed, Muhammad Abdur Rahman
Visual Semantic Caching for AI Cost Reduction in E-Commerce Using Metric Learning and Background Removal
Ismail Orabi
SbD-SDLC: A Sustainability-by-Design Framework for Software Development Life Cycle
Adnan Abi Sen
A Digital Twin and Edge-AI Framework for Heat Aware Sustainable Crowd Mobility During Hajj
Jamal Mohammed, Ahmed Taha, Ali Hassan, Babiker Al
October 8, 2026 · 2:45 – 4:15 PM
Beyond Technology Acceptance: A Multilevel Conceptual Framework for Sustainable AI-Enabled Wearable Adoption and Health Equity in Southeast Asian Healthcare
Syeda Hafsa Rizwan, Anusuyah Subbarao, Shereen Khan
Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Primary Healthcare: A Systematic Review of Service Delivery Improvement and Resource Allocation Optimisation
Batool Aljasim, Nebil Achour, Naim Abdulmohdi, Abbas Almutair
Virtual Reality for Sustainable Vocational Training: A Case Study in Hairdressing
Ikram Asghar, Rahmat Ullah, Daniel Powell
A Trustworthy User-Centric Machine Learning Framework for Clinical Decision Support Systems (TUML-CDSS): Design-Science Development and Synthetic Validation
Ali Hassan
Digital Twins and Smart City Governance: Enabling Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
Ali Hassan, Sarfaraz Rabbani, Aisha Hassan
Equitable Heat-Aware Crowd Routing for the Hajj
Rejaul Karim, Adam Zuber
Digital Technologies for Sustainable Hajj and Umrah: A Topic-Model Map of Technology Coverage, Evidence Maturity, and Research White Spaces
Yousif Elsamani
Supporting Children with Autism in High-Density Public Spaces: A Conceptual Framework for ICT-Based Assistive Technologies in the Madina Haram
Jamal Mohammed, Abdul Wasay Mohammed, Ahmed Taha, Sarfaraz Rabbani
AI-based Framework for Umrah Demand Forecasting and Sustainable Hajj–Umrah Service Planning
Saad Almohammadi, Khaled Alyoubi, Abdulaziz Alsulami, Hani Aljahdali
A Zero-Trust Reference Architecture for Sovereign Data Centre Security in Hajj and Umrah Digital Infrastructure
Umar Badat (online presentation)