Scientific ProgramScientific Program

To understand where we are going, we must first understand where we come from. With this in mind, Taghazout Surf Expo brings together each year a multidisciplinary team of researchers, professors, and PhD students from Morocco and abroad, coordinated by the Ulysse Lab-network (Belgium) and the LARLANCO Laboratory of Ibn Zohr University (Morocco).

Their mission: to put science at the service of local stakeholders and the general public through outreach workshops and open roundtables.

In 2025, the roundtables and workshops will address five key issues:

• Gender and Surfing: reflecting on the role of women in surfing practices and professions, and identifying levers for greater inclusion.
• Localism: analyzing how local surfers defend their waves against outside practitioners, highlighting tensions but also exploring pathways for regulation and coexistence (see FRMS Program)
• Labeling Surf Cities and Villages: presenting the ongoing process to create a quality and sustainability framework, and discussing the role of pilot municipalities in its implementation.
• The Evolution of Tourist Villages between Agadir and Taghazout: examining the diversity of accommodations to co-design planning and communication strategies that promote sustainable and attractive territorial development.
• Building a Professional Career in Surfing: helping participants identify their skills, connect them with market opportunities, and create a personal portfolio to showcase their journey and strengthen their visibility.

These sessions aim to popularize research, stimulate debate, and open up practical solutions to support a balanced and sustainable development of surf territories.