The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) participated in the 2nd Edition of the Scientific Francophonie Meeting, which falls within the framework of the 2nd Edition of the World Scientific Francophonie Week, held by the Francophone University Agency (AUF), in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, in Cairo, on 25-28 October 2022. It brought together several ministers of higher education and scientific research as well as university rectors, researchers, specialists and a large number of students.

In his intervention during this meeting, Dr. Kais Hammami, Director of ICESCO Center of Strategic Foresight, addressed the topic of “Development of Foresight in Education,” to highlight the importance of strategic foresight in developing education in the Islamic world and beyond.

The meeting also touched on the topics of artificial intelligence through experience and knowledge sharing among the participants, highlighting the progress of AI and its contribution to the development of higher education, health sciences, science and technology, humanities, social sciences and management sciences, and proposing recommendations to AUF to enrich its project on International Academy of Scientific Francophonie.