Franco-Moroccan Summer School 2025: Sustainable AI for Accessible Healthcare

From July 7 to 11, 2025, Sorbonne University, SCAI, ISIR and LIP6 hosted the inaugural Franco-Moroccan Research Center Summer School on "Sustainable AI for Resource-Constrained Healthcare".

This interdisciplinary event brought together students, researchers, and experts from France and Morocco to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can be leveraged to support healthcare systems with limited resources.

The program featured a rich mix of keynote lectures, courses, hands-on sessions, panel discussions, and lab visits. Participants delved into key topics such as explainable AI, graph neural networks, large language models, AI ethics in healthcare, and serious games for neurodevelopmental disorders.

With over twenty speakers from leading French and Moroccan institutions, the school promoted international collaboration, mentoring, and networking among early-career researchers.

Distinguished Speakers

The summer school welcomed around twenty speakers from Sorbonne University, Université Mohammed V, Université Internationale de Rabat (UIR), Université de Lorraine, Ibn Tofail University, and AP-HP. Among them:

• Isabelle Bloch, Ignacio Avellino, David Cohen, Baptiste Gregorutti (Sorbonne University)
• Karim Baïna, Mohammed El Hassouni (Université Mohammed V)
• Ihsane Hmamouchi, Hakim Hafidi, Alaa Zniber, Ouassim Karrakchou (UIR)
• Malika Smail-Tabbone, Christian Daul (Université de Lorraine)
• Youssef Gahi (Ibn Tofail University)

Highlights

• Panel discussions on the ethics and governance of medical AI, notably featuring Ihsane Hmamouchi (UIR) and Raja Chatila (SU);
• Hands-on sessions led by Moroccan and French researchers on AI tools applied to healthcare;
• Visits to research labs (ISIR, LIP6) and an exhibition on vulnerability at the Chapelle Saint-Louis of the Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital;
• Mentoring sessions encouraging intergenerational dialogue and reflection on scientific careers.