Dr. Nader Ghazal is a highly respected Partner and Managing Director at i-DOT, with a rich career spanning academia, public service, and professional consulting. As an advisor to the Lebanese Prime Minister and former Mayor of Tripoli, Dr. Ghazal has influenced international cooperation and urban development. He brings over three decades of expertise in innovation management, strategic planning, and AI, having initiated and led transformative projects across the GCC and USA. Dr. Ghazal is a professor with significant contributions to engineering and technology education. He holds a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he received the National Research Distinction Award, and professional certificates from MIT and the University of Virginia, emphasizing his mastery in digital transformation.