CONFERENCE AGENDA

Tentative agenda — subject to minor updates.

DAY 1 — Wednesday, 16^th September 2026
08:00 – 09:00	Registration and Arrival Coffee
09:00 – 10:00	Opening Ceremony and Welcome Remarks
10:00 – 10:45	Keynote Lecture 1 Artificial Intelligence–Driven Design of Sustainable Aviation Fuels Speaker: Prof. Mani Sarathy (KAUST)
10:45 – 11:00	Coffee Break & Innovation Showcase and Exhibition
11:00 – 11:45	Panel Discussion AI in Combustion Moderator: Dr. Fahad Alzahrani (KFUPM)
11:45 – 13:00	Lunch and Innovation Showcase and Exhibition
13:00 – 14:00	Session 1 AI in Combustion Chair: Dr. Abdul Gani Abdul Jameel · Vice-Chair: Dr. Janardhanraj Subburaj
14:00 – 14:45	Panel Discussion Future Fuels Moderator: Dr. Abdullah AlRamadan (Aramco)
14:45 – 15:15	Coffee Break and Poster Session 1
15:15 – 16:15	Session 2 Future Fuels Chair: Dr. Ahmed Abdelhafez · Vice-Chair: Dr. Naef Qasem
16:15 – 17:00	Keynote Lecture 2 Combustion of Unconventional Fuels Speaker: Prof. Ahmed Ghoniem (MIT)
17:00 – 18:00	Energy Voice Debate Long-Term Gains of the Energy Transition Are Worth the Reliability Pains Along the Way Moderator: Dr. Ammar Alkhalifa (KFUPM)
18:00 – 19:00	Break / Transfer to Gala Dinner
19:00	Gala Dinner

DAY 2 — Thursday, 17^th September 2026
08:00 – 08:15	Arrival Coffee and Networking
08:15 – 09:00	Keynote Lecture 3 Mixture Inhomogeneities in Turbulent Combustion Speaker: Prof. Assaad Masri (The University of Sydney)
09:00 – 10:15	Session 3 Experimental and Numerical Combustion Chair: Dr. Ali Elkhazraji · Vice-Chair: Dr. Medhat Nemitallah
10:15 – 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15	Keynote Lecture 4 Synergy as Path to Decarbonize Hard to Abate Sectors Speaker: Prof. Bassam Dally (KAUST)
11:15 – 12:00	Panel Discussion Energy Transition Pathways Moderator: Dr. Amir F. N. Abdul Manan (Aramco)
12:00 – 13:15	Lunch
13:15 – 14:30	Session 4 Energy Transition Pathways Chair: Prof. Esmail Mokheimer · Vice-Chair: Dr. Husain Baaqel
14:30 – 15:00	Coffee Break and Poster Session 2
15:00 – 15:45	Innovation Showcase and Exhibition
15:45 – 16:00	Case Study on AI in Combustion
16:00 – 16:30	Invited Lecture 1 The Emerging Future of AI in Combustion Speaker: Prof. Venkat Raman (University of Michigan)
16:30 – 17:00	Invited Lecture 2 Past and Present Transitions in Transportation Fuels Speaker: Prof. André Boehman (University of Michigan)
17:00 – 17:30	SAS-CI Awards and Closing Ceremony