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International Summer School on Generative AI · June 22-26, 2026 · Rome, Italy

Date Time Session Speaker
Monday
Jun 22
 08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:00 Person-Centric Generative Artificial Intelligence Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia
10:00 – 11:00 Evaluation of AI Systems Dr. Marzieh Fadaee
11:00 – 12:00 Datasets & Tools for Arabic NLP and LLMs Prof. Mustafa Jarrar
12:00 – 13:00 To be announced Prof. Salvatore Cuomo
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Engineering the Age of LLM Agents: Architectures for Autonomous Intelligence Prof. Henry Muccini
15:00 – 16:00 Why Meaning Still Matters — The Quest for True Semantic Understanding Dr. Abed Alhakim Freihat
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:30 Project Ideas Presentation + Hands-on Session 1
Tuesday
Jun 23
 09:00 – 10:00 To be announced Prof. Nicolas Lane
10:00 – 12:00 Hands-on Session 2
12:00 – 13:00 Gamification of Large Language Models Dr. Michal Valko
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Project Development (group work)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Agentic AI Workflows: Coordinated LLM Collaboration for Multi-Step Task Fulfillment Dr. Ahmed AbuRaed
18:30 – 20:30 Social Activity 1
Wednesday
Jun 24
 09:00 – 10:00 Securing the Future: The Dual Role of Generative AI in Cyber Defense and Cyber Threats Dr. Kayode Adewole
10:00 – 11:00 To be announced Oleksandra Sopova
10:00 – 12:00 GenAI for Urban Computing Applications Dr. Huthaifa I. Ashqar
12:00 – 13:00 Generative AI Community Open Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Revolutionizing Enterprise AI: The Power and Promise of Foundation Models Dr. Kaoutar El Maghraoui
15:30 – 16:30 Designing AI Systems for Scale, Reliability, and Trust Tony James
16:30 – 18:30 Hands-on Session 3 + Project Development (group work)
19:30 – 21:00 Social Activity 2
Thursday
Jun 25
 09:00 – 10:00 To be announced Dr. Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez
10:00 – 12:00 Hands-on Session 4 Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan
12:00 – 13:00 Converting Quality Requirements to Quality Code using LLM Dr. Moamin Abughazala
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 To be announced Dr. Sina Nazeri
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:30 Project Development (group work)
20:00 – 22:30 Dinner
Friday
Jun 26
 09:00 – 10:00 Adversarial Robustness in the Age of Foundation Models Dr. Leo Schwinn
10:00 – 13:00 Projects’ Presentations
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:30 Projects’ Presentations
16:30 – 17:00 Closing

Monday, June 22, 2026

Registration
08:30 – 09:00
Person-Centric Generative Artificial Intelligence
09:00 – 10:00 · Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia
Evaluation of AI Systems
10:00 – 11:00 · Dr. Marzieh Fadaee
Datasets & Tools for Arabic NLP and LLMs
11:00 – 12:00 · Prof. Mustafa Jarrar
To be announced
12:00 – 13:00 · Prof. Salvatore Cuomo
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Engineering the Age of LLM Agents: Architectures for Autonomous Intelligence
14:00 – 15:00 · Prof. Henry Muccini
Why Meaning Still Matters — The Quest for True Semantic Understanding
15:00 – 16:00 · Dr. Abed Alhakim Freihat
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Project Ideas Presentation + Hands-on Session 1
16:30 – 18:30

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

To be announced
09:00 – 10:00 · Prof. Nicolas Lane
Hands-on Session 2
10:00 – 12:00
Gamification of Large Language Models
12:00 – 13:00 · Dr. Michal Valko
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Project Development (group work)
14:00 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Agentic AI Workflows: Coordinated LLM Collaboration for Multi-Step Task Fulfillment
16:30 – 17:30 · Dr. Ahmed AbuRaed
Social Activity 1
18:30 – 20:30

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Securing the Future: The Dual Role of Generative AI in Cyber Defense and Cyber Threats
09:00 – 10:00 · Dr. Kayode Adewole
To be announced
10:00 – 11:00 · Oleksandra Sopova
GenAI for Urban Computing Applications
10:00 – 12:00 · Dr. Huthaifa I. Ashqar
Generative AI Community Open Discussion
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Revolutionizing Enterprise AI: The Power and Promise of Foundation Models
14:00 – 15:30 · Dr. Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Designing AI Systems for Scale, Reliability, and Trust
15:30 – 16:30 · Tony James
Hands-on Session 3 + Project Development (group work)
16:30 – 18:30
Social Activity 2
19:30 – 21:00

Thursday, June 25, 2026

To be announced
09:00 – 10:00 · Dr. Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez
Hands-on Session 4
10:00 – 12:00 · Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan
Converting Quality Requirements to Quality Code using LLM
12:00 – 13:00 · Dr. Moamin Abughazala
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
To be announced
14:00 – 15:00 · Dr. Sina Nazeri
Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:30
Project Development (group work)
15:30 – 17:30
Dinner
20:00 – 22:30

Friday, June 26, 2026

Adversarial Robustness in the Age of Foundation Models
09:00 – 10:00 · Dr. Leo Schwinn
Projects’ Presentations
10:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Projects’ Presentations
14:00 – 16:30
Closing
16:30 – 17:00

Day 1 · Monday, June 22, 2026

Time Session Speaker
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:00 Person-Centric Generative Artificial Intelligence Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia
10:00 – 11:00 Evaluation of AI Systems Dr. Marzieh Fadaee
11:00 – 12:00 Datasets & Tools for Arabic NLP and LLMs Prof. Mustafa Jarrar
12:00 – 13:00 To be announced Prof. Salvatore Cuomo
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Engineering the Age of LLM Agents: Architectures for Autonomous Intelligence Prof. Henry Muccini
15:00 – 16:00 Why Meaning Still Matters — The Quest for True Semantic Understanding Dr. Abed Alhakim Freihat
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:30 Project Ideas Presentation + Hands-on Session 1
Registration
08:30 – 09:00
Person-Centric Generative Artificial Intelligence
09:00 – 10:00 · Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia
Evaluation of AI Systems
10:00 – 11:00 · Dr. Marzieh Fadaee
Datasets & Tools for Arabic NLP and LLMs
11:00 – 12:00 · Prof. Mustafa Jarrar
To be announced
12:00 – 13:00 · Prof. Salvatore Cuomo
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Engineering the Age of LLM Agents: Architectures for Autonomous Intelligence
14:00 – 15:00 · Prof. Henry Muccini
Why Meaning Still Matters — The Quest for True Semantic Understanding
15:00 – 16:00 · Dr. Abed Alhakim Freihat
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Project Ideas Presentation + Hands-on Session 1
16:30 – 18:30

Day 2 · Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Time Session Speaker
09:00 – 10:00 To be announced Prof. Nicolas Lane
10:00 – 12:00 Hands-on Session 2
12:00 – 13:00 Gamification of Large Language Models Dr. Michal Valko
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Project Development (group work)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Agentic AI Workflows: Coordinated LLM Collaboration for Multi-Step Task Fulfillment Dr. Ahmed AbuRaed
18:30 – 20:30 Social Activity 1
To be announced
09:00 – 10:00 · Prof. Nicolas Lane
Hands-on Session 2
10:00 – 12:00
Gamification of Large Language Models
12:00 – 13:00 · Dr. Michal Valko
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Project Development (group work)
14:00 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Agentic AI Workflows: Coordinated LLM Collaboration for Multi-Step Task Fulfillment
16:30 – 17:30 · Dr. Ahmed AbuRaed
Social Activity 1
18:30 – 20:30

Day 3 · Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Time Session Speaker
09:00 – 10:00 Securing the Future: The Dual Role of Generative AI in Cyber Defense and Cyber Threats Dr. Kayode Adewole
10:00 – 11:00 To be announced Oleksandra Sopova
10:00 – 12:00 GenAI for Urban Computing Applications Dr. Huthaifa I. Ashqar
12:00 – 13:00 Generative AI Community Open Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Revolutionizing Enterprise AI: The Power and Promise of Foundation Models Dr. Kaoutar El Maghraoui
15:30 – 16:30 Designing AI Systems for Scale, Reliability, and Trust Tony James
16:30 – 18:30 Hands-on Session 3 + Project Development (group work)
19:30 – 21:00 Social Activity 2
Securing the Future: The Dual Role of Generative AI in Cyber Defense and Cyber Threats
09:00 – 10:00 · Dr. Kayode Adewole
To be announced
10:00 – 11:00 · Oleksandra Sopova
GenAI for Urban Computing Applications
10:00 – 12:00 · Dr. Huthaifa I. Ashqar
Generative AI Community Open Discussion
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Revolutionizing Enterprise AI: The Power and Promise of Foundation Models
14:00 – 15:30 · Dr. Kaoutar El Maghraoui
Designing AI Systems for Scale, Reliability, and Trust
15:30 – 16:30 · Tony James
Hands-on Session 3 + Project Development (group work)
16:30 – 18:30
Social Activity 2
19:30 – 21:00

Day 4 · Thursday, June 25, 2026

Time Session Speaker
09:00 – 10:00 To be announced Dr. Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez
10:00 – 12:00 Hands-on Session 4 Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan
12:00 – 13:00 Converting Quality Requirements to Quality Code using LLM Dr. Moamin Abughazala
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 To be announced Dr. Sina Nazeri
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:30 Project Development (group work)
20:00 – 22:30 Dinner
To be announced
09:00 – 10:00 · Dr. Diego Hernán Peluffo-Ordóñez
Hands-on Session 4
10:00 – 12:00 · Dr. Karthik Vaidhyanathan
Converting Quality Requirements to Quality Code using LLM
12:00 – 13:00 · Dr. Moamin Abughazala
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
To be announced
14:00 – 15:00 · Dr. Sina Nazeri
Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:30
Project Development (group work)
15:30 – 17:30
Dinner
20:00 – 22:30

Day 5 · Friday, June 26, 2026

Time Session Speaker
09:00 – 10:00 Adversarial Robustness in the Age of Foundation Models Dr. Leo Schwinn
10:00 – 13:00 Projects’ Presentations
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:30 Projects’ Presentations
16:30 – 17:00 Closing
Adversarial Robustness in the Age of Foundation Models
09:00 – 10:00 · Dr. Leo Schwinn
Projects’ Presentations
10:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00
Projects’ Presentations
14:00 – 16:30
Closing
16:30 – 17:00