Honored to join an inspiring panel at the WHO EMRO AI Workshop on **Applied Case Studies of AI in Health,** alongside brilliant colleagues working at the intersection of AI, public health, and policy. I shared insights from our work at the University of Bonn on building trustworthy and equitable AI models for medical imaging—especially in global health settings where data diversity and clinical applicability are key challenges. Grateful for the engaging discussion on how we can ensure that AI innovations serve not just high-resource settings, but also strengthen health systems worldwide
I had the pleasure to give a talk on **Leveraging Collective Intelligence for Inclusive Global Healthcare** at the [Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence (DASCI)](https://dasci.es/en/)! Thanks to Prof. [Pablo Mesejo Santiago](https://dasci.es/investigador/pablo-mesejo-santiago/) for the invitation and great hospitality!
As an Invited Lecturer for the Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence module at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin’s Institute of International Health, I delivered a focused lecture on deep learning algorithms and their medical applications—highlighting federated learning—and had the privilege of engaging with a diverse, global cohort of brilliant medical professionals from Germany, other European countries and the U.S., Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Asia, and South America.
I had the pleasure to give an invited talk at the BioMedIA Lab in MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)! I had the pleasure to meet [Dr Mohammad Yaqub](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-yaqub), his group members and a few familiar faces in our community. Thanks, Mohammad!
Last week, I had the privilege of meeting Prof. Dr. Moez CHAFRA, President of the University of Tunis El Manar, and his esteemed colleagues. We had a productive discussion exploring potential collaborations, including the exciting possibility of organizing a Summer School on AI in Medicine in Tunisia, among other initiatives.
I had the pleasure to give a lecture at the [Health Data Science Principles (GD5301)](https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/modules/catalogue/?meta_modulecode=GD5301) course offered at St. Andrews University and interact with the briliant students there! Thanks to Prof. [Silvia Paracchini](https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/medicine/people/sp58/) from the School of Medicine for the great hospitality!
It was a pleasure moderating the Symposium on AI in Medicine and sharing our recent works, which have recently been accepted at hashtag#MICAD and hashtag#MICCAI Workshops! Thanks to the team members Sarah Schaab, David D. Gaviria, and Elyes Farjallah for their great efforts! Thanks to the co-moderator Prof. Valentin S. Schäfer, and the organizing team behind the MIB Future Panel; Lisa Mona Marie Senner, Prof. Frank G. Holz, and the dean, Prof. Bernd Weber, among others! Congrats to the winners!
I had the pleasure to give a talk at the DESAM Congress at the Near East University in Nicosia. I had the chance to meet and discuss further collaboration with [rectorate](https://neu.edu.tr/about-us/management/rectorate/?lang=en) reprsented by the rector, Prof. Dr. Tamer ŞANLIDAĞ, vice rector; Prof. Dr. Umut AKSOY, and his advisors; Prof. Dr. Murat SAYAN and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilber UZUN ÖZŞAHİN at the Near East University.
At the World Health Summit, I had the opportunity to participate in key sessions moderated by GLOHRA, such as *Stronger Together: Improving Research Partnerships with LMICs,* where we heard from influential figures, including parliament members, and sessions like *Bridging Policy and Research: Translating the EU Global Health Strategy into Action* and *Building Success: On the Road to the 'Nutrition for Growth'.*
Despite the difficult circumstances, we are proud to contribute to MICCAI 2024 with a few papers besides being on board the organizing committee of MICCAI 2024 and DeCaF Workshop! looking forward to meeting and interacting with #young #talents at #MICCAI in #Marrakech next week.