On 24 and 25 November 2025, the Semlalia Faculty of Sciences (FSSM) at Cadi Ayyad University hosted an innovative seminar entitled ‘Contributions of AI to Marine Sciences’. Organised by the Edge Young Associated Team (JEAI), which brings together researchers from the FSSM, ESTE Essaouira, the Safi Multidisciplinary Faculty and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), this event combined scientific expertise and interdisciplinary dynamics.
With a majority of doctoral students in attendance, this seminar demonstrated that the new generation of scientists is committed to advancing marine science through artificial intelligence.
With more than 30 participants, this seminar proved that:

• AI could play an important role in responding to the challenges of marine science (biodiversity, pollution, resource management).
• Young Moroccan and French researchers are dynamic and are conducting research with concrete applications (monitoring coral reefs, modelling
  species trajectories, automated legal tools).
• Interdisciplinarity is key: computer scientists, biologists and lawyers collaborated to rethink marine science research.

Before the workshop, a networking day was organised to facilitate exchanges between participants. After the seminar, a public conference was held at ESTE in Essaouira to present the seminar’s findings and generate discussions with students on the different ways of using AI in marine science research.

The first edition of the SYMPA international conference on Japanese and European clams was held in Arcachon from 8 to 10 September 2025, bringing together around 150 scientists from several countries working on these two species. The conference was organised around five thematic sessions:

1. Life history traits;
2. Evolutionary and functional processes;
3. Biotic interactions;
4. Habitat and environmental factors;
5. Fishing and management: from species to ecosystem

This event was an opportunity for the ClimClam project to bring together all its partners (UBO, CNRS, SB Roscoff, Univ. Padova, SATMAR) and organise a workshop to review the results and prospects of the project, which is now entering its final year. Christine Paillard, Gwenaëlle Le Blay, Stéphanie Madec, Mélody Lebrun and Morgane Le Noc represented LEMAR at the event.

The SYMPA international conference helped to consolidate collaborations between European, African and Asian researchers and gave rise to the ambition of creating an international network dedicated to clams, which will enable the research initiated by the ClimClam IRP to be continued