English
The GMP outreach conference series bridges the gap between the international and local research communities in countries that are often underrepresented internationally by eXtending the GMP conference series and offering an eXtraordinary eXperience in eXciting places. GMP-X 2026 was the first conference in this new series. It took place at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh, Morocco on April 10–11, 2026 and celebrated the 64th birthday of Prof. Aziz Ikemakhen. Bringing together leading experts, emerging scholars, and students, the event fostered collaboration and the exchange of knowledge and provided a dynamic platform for sharing innovative ideas, methodologies, and applications in geometric modeling and processing, as well as in applied mathematics more broadly. The GMP-X conference inspired local researchers to engage actively in this vibrant area of research and to encourage their contributions to its ongoing development. It also offered PhD students and early-career researchers the opportunity to discover the latest advances in geometric modeling and its diverse applications. The conference topics aligned with the themes of the GMP conference series, focusing on established research topics in geometric modeling and processing. Contributions came from the following areas: • Geometry (theoretical and applied) • Numerical and Applied Mathematics • Computational Engineering • Computer Graphics • Computational Geometry • Geometry Processing • Computer Vision • Geometric Deep Learning • Related disciplines intersecting with geometric methods • Applications of geometric approaches This broader inclusion was intended to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and to highlight the relevance of geometric approaches across various domains.