About the FMIA
From a forum that informs to a forum that transforms
The Mediterranean Forum on Artificial Intelligence (FMIA), launched in Marseille in 2024 and consolidated in Tunis in 2025, has established itself as a leading Euro-Mediterranean platform.
Its core mandate: to promote responsible, inclusive artificial intelligence that creates positive impact on both shores of the Mediterranean, in the service of the common good.
Journey
Three editions, two shores
2025 edition · Tunis
A significant milestone
The event strengthened the FMIA's legitimacy as a space for tripartite dialogue, bringing together public, private and academic stakeholders.
Discussions covered crucial themes: responsible, ethical and sovereign AI, digital infrastructure, open innovation, sovereignty and regional cooperation.
2026 edition
Ambition and strategic positioning
In an international landscape marked by a proliferation of AI initiatives, the FMIA 2026 aims to go beyond its role as a platform for exchange and become a catalyst for action and measurable impact across the Euro-Mediterranean region.
The Forum is committed to turning discussions into tangible results:
- concrete operational projects
- structuring partnerships between stakeholders from both shores
- targeted funding opportunities
- high-value strategic recommendations for public and private decision-makers
This approach helps shape a Euro-Mediterranean model of AI, while consolidating Marseille's position as a strategic hub for trans-Mediterranean cooperation.
Themes
Priorities and structure
Two complementary levels: four sector areas rooted in concrete, local use cases, and four cross-cutting areas that run through every sector and activity of the Forum.
Four sector areas
- AI & Industry
- Health
- Agriculture
- Maritime
Four cross-cutting areas
- Sovereignty, data & regulation
- Employment, education & skills
- Frugal AI & ecological transition
- Gender, discrimination & ethical AI
This structure guides all activities (plenaries, impact tracks, side events, calls for projects) to foster operational solutions suited to Mediterranean realities.
Join the third way
700 key players, one shared goal
Researchers, startups, decision-makers and investors will come together to turn collective intelligence on AI into concrete commitments between the two shores of the Mediterranean.
FMIA 2026 · Palais du Pharo, Marseille · 5 November 2026