Draft program

ELI Morocco Forum 2026

Saturday, June 13

09:00 - 09:30

Participant welcome and registration

09:45 - 10:15

Session 1 - Opening plenary

  • Opening remarks: Nabil Baraka, President of the MATA Festival and ELI Morocco Forum
  • Strategic presentation: Morocco Vision 2030 and investment opportunities
  • Institutional contributions with Ryad Mezzour, Leila Benali, Younes Sekkouri, Karim Zidane, Adib Benbrahim and Chakib Al Alj
10:15 - 10:45

Coffee break and networking

10:45 - 12:45

Session 2 - Parallel thematic roundtables

  • Investment incentives and Morocco Vision 2030
  • Logistics and transport
  • Industry and free zones
  • Tourism and residential development
  • Energy and green transition
  • International public financing and AI
  • Port infrastructure and major structuring projects
12:45 - 14:15

Business lunch and B2B meetings

14:15 - 15:30

Special roundtable - 2030 World Cup Morocco - Spain - Portugal

  • Moderator: Siro Lopez Fernandez
  • Topics: investment, infrastructure and global sports visibility
  • Live streamed broadcast
15:30 - 16:15

Smart international public financing with AI

  • Speaker: Guillermo Taboada
  • Institutions and funds: European Union, United Nations, World Bank
  • AI applied to grant mechanisms and project-financing matching
16:15 - 16:45

Coffee break

16:45 - 17:30

Summary and commitments panel

  • Presentation of agreements emerging from each roundtable
  • Conclusions, commitments and implementation timelines
17:30 - 18:15

Building trust

  • Roundtable 8 - Dialogue of Civilizations as a foundation for international commerce
  • Trust, spirituality and values as levers for international economic cooperation
  • Adoption of the ELI Forum ethical decalogue as a collective commitment
18:15 - 18:30

Official closing

20:00

Gala dinner

  • Ceremony, distinctions and networking

Sunday, June 14

16:30 - 17:00

Welcome of national and international guests

17:00

Conference sessions - Sufism and dialogue of cultures

  • Closing address
  • MATA semi-final and final
  • Presentation of certificates to participants and local-product cooperatives
  • Awards ceremony for the winners
  • Reading of the letter of allegiance addressed to His Majesty King Mohammed VI