Cultural and Heritage Property and Products in Africa, MENA Region and Beyond: Development, Circulation, Framework and Emerging Technologies
ESI – Rabat, 17th & 18th of December 2025
The School of Information Sciences organizes the second edition of The International Conference on Cultural Engineering and Heritage Development. Already anchored in the interdisciplinary scientific line of this manifestation, the theme of this second edition focuses on the development and the circulation of cultural and heritage property and products while facing the digital technologies and artificial intelligence. It questions the framework and the issues of this dynamic and movement as well as the issues raised by the use of digitalization, technologies and artificial intelligence tools in the fields of culture, art and cultural heritage.
By focusing on this theme, research of the second conference edition questions the ongoing changes and transformations within the cultural and patrimonial fields and within the sectors of cultural and creative industries. The scientific approach is based on analytical and empirical investigation. Bastions of societies, nations and civilizations, culture, art and cultural heritage are considered nowadays in light of social and ecological paradigms: community, sustainability, inclusion, resilience and sustainable development.
Conference scientific axes
I. Cultural heritage: perspectives and issues of development, digitalization and artificial intelligence
– Cultural heritage valorization, sustainable development and social inclusion
– Heritage and cultural goods/products, cooperatives and digital transformation
– Living and immaterial heritages, orality, digital technologies and artificial intelligence
– Documentation, management and cultural heritage governance
– Open access to cultural and patrimonial contents and artificial intelligence
– Digital transformation and artificial intelligence in libraries, museums and archives
II. Cultural and creative industries: from the artwork to the industrialized and/or digitalized product
– Frameworks and economic, legal and social issues
– The strategic and structural upgrade in the sector of the cultural and creative industries
– Management of artistic and cultural activities: specificities and solidarity-based economy
– Cultural and creative industries and emerging technologies
– Entrepreneurial innovation within the sectors of cultural and creative industries
III. Circulation of cultural, artistic and patrimonial property and products: frameworks and issues
– International exhibitions, biennials, fairs and book fairs
– Digital platforms
– Global art market
– Restitution of cultural heritages issues
– Scientific Research and Open Science
Abstract submission procedures
Contributors are invited to send a 500-word abstract in one of the conference languages (Arabic, French, or English). It should include the main issue dealt with, the research subject investigated, the methodology adopted, and 5 keywords.
The first page should include the name, status, and institutional affiliation of the author(s) as well as the contact details. The second page should include the title of the paper, the paper proposal, and 5 keywords.
Paper submission procedures
The first page should include the name, status, and institutional affiliation of the author(s) as well as the contact details. The second page should include the title of the paper, the paper proposal, and 5 keywords.
The paper should be between 3000 and 5000 words, in Times New Roman size 14 for titles and Times New Roman size 12 for the text. Bibliographic references should be written according to the APA standard.
Selected papers by the scientific committee will be published in 2026.
Submission platform
https://ciicdp25.sciencesconf.org/submission/submit
Ways of participation and supporting
The conference is in a hybrid mode.
For speakers who prefer face-to-face participation, they have to bear transportation and accommodation costs, while being exempt from the fees for participation in the Conference.
Partenaires
Calendar
September 10th:
Deadline for submission of paper proposals.
October 10th:
Response from the scientific committee.
December 10th:
Reception of final papers.
Languages
Arabic, French, English
General coordination
Hayat ZEROUALI
Scientific coordination
Ibrahim ASSABANE
Hanae LRHOUL
Hayat ZEROUALI
Coordination of partnerships and international relations
Nezha HACHAD
Organizing committee
Ibrahim ASSABANE
Nezha HACHAD
Meryem HNIDA
Hanae LRHOUL
Nora SAAD
Amine SENNOUNI
Maha WALIA-ALLAH
Hayat ZEROUALI
Submission platform
https://ciicdp25.sciencesconf.org/submission/submit
Contact and practical information
Lieu: Ecole des Sciences de l’Information.
Avenue Allal El Fassi. Cité Al Irfane, Rabat-instituts. Rabat, Maroc.
Localisation: X4JM+RV Rabat
Phone: +212(0)537.774.904
Fax: +212(0)537.770.232
email: ICCEHD.2025@esi.ac.ma
Scientific committee
Abdellah KARROUM, Researcher, Artistic Director and Art Critic, United Kingdom.
Abdelmjid LAFRAM, Professor and Researcher at the School of Information Sciences, Morocco.
Abdelouahed BEN-NCER, Professor and Researcher at the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage, Rabat, Morocco.
Abderrahmane TENKOUL, Researcher and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Euro-Mediterranean University, Fez, Morocco.
Ahmed AYDOUN, Researcher, Visiting Professor at the School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Ahmed SKOUNTI, Professor and Researcher at the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Alain BIDJECK, Founder of the Movement for Creative Africa (MOCA) platform and Expert in Music and Cultural Industries of the Diaspora and Africa, Cameroon.
Ali EL AMRI, Writer and Editor-in-Chief of All Nasher Ousboua magazine, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Amina METTOUCHI, EPHE, CNRS, Paris, France.
Anas MAMOUNY, Professor and Researcher, School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Ateb aOssende Fernand GHISLAIN, Researcher in Cultural and Creative Industries, Cameroon.
Driss KSIKES, Researcher, Director of the Economia Research Center, Institute of Advanced Studies in Management, Morocco.
Edouard VASSEUR, Professor of Institutional History, Archival Science and Contemporary Diplomatics, École Nationale des Chartes, Paris, France.
El Mostafa FAYAD, Professor and Researcher at the School of Information Sciences, Morocco.
Elsa MARGUIN-HAMON, Archivist-Palaeographer and Heritage Curator, Director of Research and International Relations, École Nationale des Chartes, Paris, France.
Eugène EBODÉ, Administrator of the Chair of African Literatures and Arts, Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Fatima AIT MHAND, Researcher in Heritage Studies, Morocco.
Fatima Zahra SALIH, Professor and Researcher, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Hanae LRHOUL, Professor and Researcher, School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Hassan EL OUAZZANI, Professor and Researcher at the School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Hayat ZEROUALI, Professor and Researcher, Member of ICOMOS, School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Ibrahim ASSABANE, Professor and Researcher, School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Issam EL YOUSFI, Professor and Researcher at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and Cultural Animation, Rabat, Morocco.
Jamaa BAIDA, Researcher, Former Director of the Archives of Morocco, Rabat, Morocco.
Jamal BOUTAYEB, Professor and Researcher, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
Jean-Philippe ACCART, Researcher and Head Librarian, Sciences Po Campus, Reims, France.
Khaled AZAB, Heritage Researcher, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt.
Khalid AICH, Researcher, Archives of Morocco.
Khalid EL HARROUNI, UNESCO Chair in Education and Research in Sustainable Bioclimatic Urbanism and Architecture, Deputy Director for Research, National School of Architecture, Rabat, Morocco.
Luc Bertrand ONDOBO, Researcher, Department of Arts and Archaeology, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Mina EL MGHARI, Researcher, University Institute for Euro-Mediterranean, African, and Ibero-American Studies, Mohamed V University, Morocco.
Mohamed BEN DAHHAN, Professor and Researcher, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
Mohamed MEHDI, Professor and Researcher, National School of Agriculture, Meknes, Morocco.
Mohamed OUBENAL, Researcher, Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture, Morocco.
Moulay Driss JAÏDI, Professor and Researcher, Higher Institute of Audiovisual and Cinema Professions, Rabat, Morocco.
Mouna EL GAIED, Professor and Researcher, University of Lorraine, France.
Moustapha MBENGUE, Professor, School of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists (EBAD), Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
Najima DAOUDI, Professor and Researcher, School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Nogo Marie DESIREE, Researcher, Department of Educational and Humanities Studies, National Education Center, Cameroon.
Nouzha BOUDOUHOU, Professor and Researcher, Mohamed I University, Oujda, Morocco.
Nozha IBNLKHAYAT, Professor and Researcher, School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Nozha SMATI, Professor and Researcher, University of Lille, France.
Ramzi TURKI, Professor and Researcher, University of Sfax, Tunisia.
Samir KAFAS, Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco.
Sylvestre KOUAKOU, Professor and Researcher, School of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists (EBAD), Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
Tarek OUERFELLI, Head of the Department of Records and Archives Management. Faculty of Business Administration – Al-Sharqiya University.
Valentina SCHIATTARRELLA, Researcher, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy.
Wahid GDOURA, Professor and Researcher, Higher Institute of Documentation, University of Manouba, Tunisia.
Walid CHERIF, Professor and Researcher, School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco.
Yacouba KONATÉ, Curator, Art Critic and Professor of Philosophy, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire.
Yahya EL YAHYAOUI, Researcher and Lecturer at several universities and higher education institutions, Morocco.
Yassine AKHIATE, Researcher, High Authority for Audiovisual Communication, Rabat, Morocco.
Youssoufa Halidou HAROUNA, Researcher, Independent Center for Research in Cinema and Audiovisual Studies, University of Niamey, Niger.
Zoubir CHATTOU, Professor and Researcher, National School of Agriculture, Meknes, Morocco.