International activity

Invited Conferences

Selected international conferences at which I participated as an invited speaker, together with scientific events I helped organize.

2026 · 1 invited conference

• XV Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization (BRAZOPT 2026)Blumenau (Brazil) · 23–27 February 2026

  Plenary lecture

  Variational modulus of convexity under Moreau envelopes: attenuation, recovery, and oracle tuning.

  Official conference website

2025 · 7 invited conferences

• International Conference on Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications (MAIA 2025) (Online)Tétouan (Morocco) · 18–20 December 2025

  Invited lecture

  From Cauchy to Nesterov: Why Acceleration Matters in Optimization.

• 7th International Congress of the Moroccan Society of Applied Mathematics (SM2A 2025)Meknès (Morocco) · 1–3 December 2025

  Invited lecture

  Dynamiques continues et algorithmes de gradient : un regard sur l’accélération des méthodes de premier ordre.

  Official conference website
• RDNOPA 2025 / International Conference on Nonlinear Optimization and Applications (ICNOA 2025)Varanasi (India) · 29–31 October 2025

  Invited lecture

  Large-Damping Limits in Accelerated Optimization Dynamics: A Singular Perturbation Approach.

  Official event brochure
• XVI International Seminar on Optimization and Related Areas (ISORA 2025)Cusco (Peru) · 6–10 October 2025

  Invited lecture

  Proto-Differentiability and Convergence in Variational Inequalities and Monotone Inclusions.

  Official event page
• Variational Analysis and Optimization III (VAO 2025)Pavia (Italy) · 8–9 September 2025

  Invited lecture

  Understanding Acceleration Phenomena in First-Order Optimization: A Historical Perspective.

  Official event page
• International Workshop on Applied Mathematics (IWAM 2025)Nha Trang (Vietnam) · 17–19 March 2025

  Invited lecture

  Enhancing Sensitivity Analysis for Monotone Inclusions Through Proto-Differentiability of the Resolvent Operator.

  Official conference website
• Spring School and Workshop on Variational Analysis and Optimization (ICOVAO 2025)Hanoi (Vietnam) · 10–15 March 2025

  Invited lecture

  Understanding Acceleration Phenomena in First-Order Optimization: A Historical Perspective.

  Official event page

2024 · 5 invited conferences

• First Workshop on Continuous and Dynamic Optimization (CDO)Rancagua (Chile) · 17–18 December 2024

  Invited lecture

  The Limit Dynamic of the Su-Boyd-Candès Inertial Gradient System: A High-Resolution Analysis of Accelerated Optimization.

  Official scientific program
• Workshop on Variational Analysis and Nonsmooth Optimization (VANO 2024)Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR, China) · 2–4 December 2024

  Invited lecture

  The Limit Dynamic of the Su-Boyd-Candès Inertial Gradient System: A High-Resolution Analysis of Accelerated Optimization.

  Official event page
• Applied Analysis and Modeling: A Conference in Honor of Olivier GoubetLille (France) · 4–6 November 2024

  Invited lecture

  The Limit Dynamic of the SBC Inertial System when the Coefficient α Becomes Large: A Singular Perturbation Approach.

  Official conference website
• Advances in Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization (NAO 2024)Erice (Italy) · 23–29 May 2024

  Invited lecture

  Exploring Proto-Differentiability and Graphical Convergence in Monotone Variational Analysis.

  Official invited speakers page
• 3rd International Conference on Variational Analysis and OptimizationSantiago (Chile) · 16–19 January 2024

  Invited lecture

  Enhancing Sensitivity Analysis for Monotone Inclusions Through Proto-Differentiability of the Resolvent Operator.

  Official conference website

2023 · 2 invited conferences

• Workshop on Optimisation, Metric Bounds, Approximation and Transversality (WOMBAT), jointly with the Workshop on the Intersections of Computation and Optimisation (WICO)Sydney (Australia) · 11–15 December 2023

  Invited lecture

  Accelerated Dynamics with Dry Friction via Time Scaling and Averaging of Doubly Nonlinear Evolution Equations.

  Official conference website
• International Conference on Optimization and Control Theory with Applications (ICOCTA 2023)Hanoi (Vietnam) · 24–26 August 2023

  Plenary lecture

  Riemannian Gradient Structure in Accelerated Dynamics with Dry Friction: Time Scaling and Averaging of Doubly Nonlinear Evolution Equations.

  Official conference report

2022 · 1 invited conference

• XI International Seminar on Optimization and Variational Analysis (OVA11)Alicante (Spain) · 22–23 September 2022

  Plenary invited lecture

  Sensitivity Analysis of Monotone Inclusions via the Proto-Differentiability of the Resolvent Operator.

  Official program

Earlier invited conferences 2015–2021

2020

• Variational Methods in Nonlinear Phenomena. University of Naples (Italy), September 23-25, 2020. (Online)
• Games, Dynamics and Optimization GDO2020. Roma, February 24-26, 2020.
• Indo-French Seminar on Optimization, Variational Analysis and Applications. Banaras Hindu University, February 2-4, 2020. (Online).
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  2019

• International Workshop on Nonsmooth Systems and their Applications in Control and Robotics. Bangkok, Thailand December 16-18, 2019.
• X International Conference on Optimization and its Applications OPTIMA 2019. Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2019. Petrovac, Montenegro.
• Spring School in NonSmooth Analysis and Optimization'19, Rabat (Morocco), April 15-20, 2019.
• 71st Workshop: Advances in Nonsmooth Analysis and Optimization, Erice (Italy) June 24-July 1st, 2019.
• Games, Dynamics and Optimization, Cluj (Romania) April 9-11, (2019).
• Nonsmooth and Variational Analysis, Vienna (Austria) January 28 to February 1st, (2019).
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  2018

• le 2ème Colloque des Mathématiciens Marocains à l’étranger : 27, 28 et 29 Septembre 2018, Marrakech (Maroc).
• Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization. 18-22 June 2018, Zanjan, Iran.
• International Conference on Learning and Optimization Algorithms. (LOPAL'2018), Rabat (Morocco), May 02-05, 2018.
• GDO Game, Dynamics and Optimization. Vienna (Austria), March 13-15, 2018.
• 4th VINEPA: Variational Inequalities, Nash Equilibrium Problems and Applications, Reggio Calabria (Italy), March 08-09, 2018.
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  2017

• The South Pacific Optimization Meeting in Western Australia 2017. Curtin University,
  Perth (Australia) 8-10 December 2017.
• Control of state constrained dynamical systems. Università di Padova (Italy),
  September 25-29, 2017.
• Splitting Algorithms, Modern Operator Theory, and Applications. Oaxaca, Mexico: September 17-22, 2017.
• 8th International Seminar on Optimization and Variational Analysis: OVA8.
  Alicante (Spain), June 29-30, 2017.
• International Workshop Variational Analysis and Equilibrium Models in Physical and Socio-Economic Phenomena, Naples (Italy). June 19-21, 2017.
• Conférence Internationale en Analyse, Poitiers, 29-30 mars, 2017 (En hommage au Professeur Robert Janin).
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  2016

• New trends in Optimization and Variational Analysis for Applications, Quy Nhon, Vietnam, December 7-10, 2016.
• Variational Inequalities, Nash Equilibrium Problems and Applications. 6-7 October 2016, Catania, Sicily.
• 66th Workshop "Advances in Convex Analysis and Optimization", ERICE, July 5-12, 2016.
• 7th International Seminar on Optimization and Variational Analysis (OVA7), Alicante, June 1-3, 2016.
• XXth International Symposium on Mathematical Methods Applied to the Sciences. San José, Costa Rica, February 23th-26th, 2016.
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  2015

• Journées annuelles 2015 du GdR MOA, Dijon du 2 au 4 décembre 2015.
• CIMAS : Conférence Internationale de Mathématiques Appliquées de Safi (Maroc). Du 10 au 12 Novembre 2015.
• VINEPA: Variational Inequalities, Nash Equilibrium Problems and Applications, Reggio Calabria (Italy), September 24-25, 2015
• International Workshop “Variational Analysis and Applications”, ERICE, August 28-September 5, 2015
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  Organization of Conferences

• Journées annuelles 2017 des GdR MOA et MIA. Du 17 au 20 octobre 2017, Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux.
• Journées Optimisation de Formes et Applications (JOFA) du 8-9 juin 2017. Laboratoire XLIM, Université de Limoges.
• International Conference on Variational Analysis, Optimization and Quantitative Finance, in honor of Terry Rockafellar's 80th Birthday, Limoges May 18-22, 2015.