Fatima Roumate

President

Fatima Roumate, PhD, is a full professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law, Economic and Social Sciences Agdal, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco. Her notable achievements include:

• Founding President of the International Institute of Scientific Research, Marrakech, since 2010.
• Member of the Ad Hoc Expert Group for the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, UNESCO, Morocco.
• Member of the Information Ethics Working Group, IFAP, UNESCO, since 2020.
• Member of the Moroccan delegation representing Morocco in intergovernmental negotiations on the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, UNESCO.
• Member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Focus Group on AI & Environmental Efficiency (FG-AI4EE).
• Founding Member of AI Talk Initiative Code Explorer.
• Member of the consortium Global AI Network for Social Good [GAIN4SG].
• Founder of the Global Network of AI and International Society [GNAI&IS].
• Former expert in cyber–Former Expert, Cybersecurity and International Cooperation, Council of Europe, as part of the CoE Wiki Cybercrime project from 2014 to 2016.
• As the head of The International Institute of Scientific Research, she was ranked 25th in The Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for the 50 Thought Leading Companies on Artificial Intelligence for 2023 - 50 Thought Leading Companies on Artificial Intelligence 2023 | Thinkers360.
• Her name is cited in the list of the Top 20 Inspirational Women of the African Diaspora Professional Women (ADIPWO) list for 2023. This list recognizes and celebrates outstanding women who have made significant contributions in various industries and are putting Africa on the global map - Fostering prosperity for African women (francinebeleyi.com).
• Her edited book topped the list of the 20 best Books on AI and research of all time, released by BookAuthority at the end of January 2023. - Est Artificial Intelligence Research Books of All Time BookAuthority.
• She has received several awards, such as the Award titled “Iconic leader creating change for a better world,” organized by the Women Economic Forum in The Hague, 2017, and the Award received during the Conference organized by Technopark Casablanca and titled “Moroccan Women, a major player in sustainable and prosperous inclusive development,” March 19, 2022; https://menara.ma/fr/article/le-technopark-met-a-lhonneur-la-femme-marocaine-acteur-majeur-du-
• She is a guest editor of the special issue of the Journal of Social Policy Studies, indexed in SCOPUS and dedicated to AI and social policy. She is a member of several scientific board committees of indexed journals such as Magazine Cátedra Villarreal Posgrado and the International Journal titled Revista Científica de Comunicación Social Bausate, published by the University Jaime Bausate y Meza, Lima, Peru.
• She has published several books and indexed articles in Arabic, French, and English. She has organized numerous training sessions for young teachers, elected women, and entrepreneurs, as well as many international conferences about education, science, and technology.
• She is a speaker at numerous international conferences; one of them was organized at the House of State in Finland.
• She was nominated by the Department of State of the USA to participate in the IVLP International Visitor Leadership Program.