



In our last trip to the MENA region, the consortium members of the GERMENAIOT project met together at the German Jordanian University, thanks to the organization of the hosts, Prof. Dhiah el Diehn I. Abou-Tair and Prof. Ala Khalifeh, on 28th October, and provided keynote speeches as well as technical discussions. In this framework, Dr. Hamidreza Ahmadian from Universität Siegen provided an overview of the project’s progress and achievements, and Dr. Ali Behravan from GreeNovaX provided the topic “ Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for Sustainable Development with a focus on Germany- MENA in applications of IIoT, Manufacturing, Smart Cities, Energy, Mobility, Agriculture, and Health. Dr. Aly Ismail Mohamed Shehata from Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport discussed exploring sustainable solutions and emerging trends using IoT in HVAC systems. Dr. Tarek Zlitni from University of Sfax overviewed the Industrial IoT: technical background and lab equipment. Then, Dr. Ala Khalifeh from GJU brought the chance for consortium members to visit Prof. Dr. Ralf Roßkopf, Vice President for International Affairs, to discuss future collaboration possibilities.
