In collaboration with the BMW Group Logistics and Supply Chain teams, Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ)’s School of Engineering (ESIB) invites you to participate in the 8^th BMW Group - Lebanon Workshop on Vision Intelligence and Robots Applications: VIRA 2026. Following the previous iteration of this event (VIRA’25), the 8^th iteration aims at promoting the collaboration between Lebanese Universities and BMW Group, allowing students who interned at BMW Group and IdealWorks to present and discuss their projects. The workshop also provides Lebanese faculty on the one hand, and BMW Group and IdealWorks experts on the other hand, with a yearly platform to share knowledge and experience in common fields of interest, including computer vision, artificial intelligence, robotics systems, and related fields.

The event is held in collaboration with InMind Academy, a professional training program established in collaboration with BMW Group and international industry partners including Idealworks, InMind .ai, Palantir Technologies, and Magazino.

It is organized under the flagship of the ICT Knowledge & Innovation Community (KIC) within the Lebanon Innovate Program, funded by the European Union and led by BeryTech.

The initiative is further supported by the Lebanese American University’s School of Engineering, IEEE Lebanon Section, IEEE Computer Society Lebanon, IEEE Women in Engineering Lebanon, ACM SIGAPP French Chapter, IEEE USJ Student Branch, and IEEE LAU Student Branch.

Date: Friday March 27^th, 2026 

Location: Physically at USJ Mar Roukos campus, Maroun Semaan Conference Center, and virtually on this link.

Workshop Schedule