DAY 0: October 13, 2026: Pre-Conference Activities, On-Site Only

3:00 PM

Conference Room Open

4:00 PM

Networking Sessions (Optional)

4:30 PM

Welcome - Music

4:00- 4:20 PM

Welcome & Logistics - Moderator

4:20 - 5:00 PM

Pre-Conference Opening Address - UTech President

5:00 - 5:30 PM

VIP Introduction: Jamiaca Government Representatives, Ambassadors, CARICOM Representative, AU Rpresenatatives, Other VIPs

5:30 - 6:00 PM

Presentation: Pan-African/Pan-Caribbean AI & Smart Systems In the Caribbean - Motivation and Vision

6:00 - 6:30PM

Keynote Address: Africa and CARICOM AI Collaboration: Harnessing the Potentials of ~ 2 Bilion AI consumers and Technology Space

8:00 - 9:00 PM

Keynote Address: Africa and CARICOM AI Collaboration: Harnessing the Potentials of ~ 2 Bilion AI consumers and Technology Space

9:00 - 9:20

Coffee Break & Refreshments

8:00 - 900 PM

Panel Discussion: AI and Digital Sovereignty: A Challenge for Emerging Countries

8:00 - 900 PM

Panel Discussions: AI-Driven climate Change and Natural Disaster Modeling: Strengthening Africa-Caribbean Collaboration for Hurricane and Seismic Risk Management

9:00 - 9:20 PM

General Discussions

9:20 - 10:00 PM

Closing Remarks/Adjourn

DAY 1: October 14, 2026 - Pan African AI & Smart Systems Conference

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Arrival & Coffee

8:00 - 8:15 AM

Logistics

8:15 - 8:30 AM

Call to order - Moderator

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Opening remarks - UT president

9:00 - 9:45 AM

Opening Remarks - CARICON/AU

9:45 - 10:30 AM

PAI-AI&SS conference Motivation

10:30- 11:30 AM

Plenery Talk #1
Room 1

11:30 - 12:00 AM

Conference photo session and networking

12:00 - 1:40 PM

Launch Break

Session 1
Tracks #1, #2, #3

Session 1
Track #1 Zoom link:

Session 2
Track #1 Zoom link:

Session 3
Track #1 Zoom link:

1:45 - 2:05 PM

paper # 1

paper # 5

paper # 10

2:05 - 2:25PM

paper # 2

paper # 6

paper # 11

2:25 - 2:45 PM

paper # 3

paper # 7

paper # 12

2:40 - 3:05 PM

paper # 4

paper # 8

paper # 12

3:05 - 3:20 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Panel Disussion: Beyond Parity: Re-imagining AI, Gender, and Opportunities in Africa & the Caribbean
Room 1.

5:00 PM

Adjourn

DAY 2: October 15, 2026 - Pan African AI & Smart Systems Conference

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Arrival & Breakfast

8:00 - 8:15 AM

Conference logistics

8:15 - 8:30 AM

Annoucement

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Plenery Talk: #2
Room 1:

10:00 - 10:20 AM

Coffee Break

Sessions
Tracks #1, #2, #3

Session 4
Room 1

Session 5
Room 2

Session 6
Room 3

10:25 - 10:45 AM

Paper # 13

Paper # 17

Paper # 21

10:45 - 11:05 AM

Paper # 14

Paper # 18

Paper # 22

11:05 - 11:25 AM

Paper # 15

Paper # 19

Paper # 23

11:25 - 11:45 AM

Paper # 16

Paper # 20

Paper # 24

12:00 - 01:00 PM

Launch

01 - 01:20 PM

Plenery Talk
ROom 1
o

Sessions
Rooms

Session 7
Room 1

Session 8
Room 2

Session 9
Room 3

2:05 - 2:25 PM

Paper # 25

Paper # 29

Paper # 33

2:25 - 2:45 PM

Paper # 26

Paper # 30

Paper # 34

2:45 - 3:05 PM

Paper # 27

Paper # 31

Paper # 35

3:05 - 3:25 PM

Paper # 28

Paper # 32

Paper # 36

3:25 - 4:00 PM

Cofee Break

4:00 - 4:20 PM

Preseantaion

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Panel Disussion #2: ANLP Symposium: African Natural Language Processing
Room 1

6:30 PM

Adjourn

DAY 3: October 16, 2026 - Pan African AI & Smart Systems Conference

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Arrival &Coffee

8:00 - 8:15 AM

Conference logistics

8:15 - 8:30 AM

Conference anouncement

9:00 - 9:5 AM

Plenery Talk:
Zoom Link :

9:45 - 10:00 AM

Cofee Break

Sessions
ROoms

Session 10
Room 1

Session 11
Room 2

Session 12
Room 3

10:05 - 10:25 AM

Paper # 38

Paper # 42

paper 46

10205 - 10:45 AM

Paper # 39

Paper # 43

47

10:45 - 11:05 AM

Paper # 40

Paper # 44

48

11:05 - 11:25 AM

Paper # 41

Paper # 45

49

11:05 - 11:45 AM

Launch

12: 00PM

Awards Cereemony
Closing Remarks - Utech President---