Co-Founder, inSightX
From Applied Research & Education to Real-World AI: Dr. Joe Tekli and inmind.ai at AI in Washington Conference
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Joe Tekli to the AI in Washington Exhibition & Conference 2026 as a Business Partner and Speaker, bringing to Washington a powerful combination of academic research, AI innovation, and real-world technology deployment.
Dr. Tekli is Professor of Computer Engineering and Assistant Provost at the Lebanese American University (LAU), and Co-founder of InSightX, a multimodal agentic intelligence platform enabling autonomous operations through AI-driven reasoning across complex environments.
With more than 95 scientific publications, he has led international research and innovation initiatives with experts from leading institutions worldwide and was recognized among the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists worldwide in 2024.
He is also Co-founder and Director of the InMind Academy program in collaboration with BMW Group Germany, Vice Chair of ACM SIGAPP France, an expert consultant for UN-ESCWA and UNICEF, and a member of the Atlantic Council’s AI Connect initiative.
inmind.ai is an AI innovation and technology company bridging breakthrough research with real-world intelligent solutions for industry, government, and society.
With the launch of inmind Academy in 2022, developed in collaboration with BMW Group Germany, inmind.ai expanded its mission to include advanced training, talent development, and innovation programs connecting academia and industry and equipping organizations with the skills required for the AI era.
This is exactly the kind of bridge AI in Washington 2026 aims to strengthen: research with business, academia with industry, and AI innovation with real-world impact.
We look forward to welcoming Dr. Joe Tekli and inmind.ai to Washington and hearing their perspective on the future of intelligent and autonomous technologies.