Satoshi IKEUCHI, Professor at the RCAST and the Founding Chair of ROLES, participated in "TRENDS 2nd Annual Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence: Tech Diplomacy in the MENA Region" held at the TRENDS Research & Advisory headquarters in Abu Dhabi on 13 November of 2025.

This conference was the 2nd round of the AI Dialogue, succeeding the two-day conference "TRENDS-RCAST of the University of Tokyo 4th Annual Conference on Sustainable Security in 2024 and Beyond – The Role of AI" held joindly with the RCAST at the University of Tokyo's Komaba Research Campus on 18 and 19 of September 2024.

Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali, the Founder and CEO and of TRENDS Research and Advisory, mentioned the conference at RCAST held last year as the launching event of the AI Dialogue format.

The video-recording of the conference is accessible from here.

RCAST and TRENDS Research & Advisory has concluded a MOU for Academic Exchanges in May 2025.