Nabil Bukhalid is an Internet evangelist and a public speaker in the Internet world. He made many significant contributions to the introduction and development of the Internet in Lebanon. He is principally known for establishing the first Internet node in Lebanon and the .LB Domain Registry. Nabil have served since 1993 as the .LB Administrator and Registrar. Nabil is also the founder of the Lebanese Academic and Research Network (LARN), co-founder of the Lebanese Broadband Manifesto Support Group (LBSG) and BeirutIX. He is also a co-founder and president of the Internet Society Lebanon Chapter (ISOC-LB). Nabil organized, collaborated and presented in numerous conferences on technical and socio-economical concepts related to the Internet and knowledge society.

Nabil’s leadership and managerial experience is rich in strategic planning, change management opportunities and paradigm shift challenges. He served for thirty years at the American University of Beirut and his career path have evolved from biomedical engineer to director of computing and networking services and chief enterprise architect with focus on creating value by investigating and implementing innovative information and communication technology solutions for medical care, learning purposes and administration in higher education.

Nabil attended AUB, where he earned both his BEE (1981) and EMBA (2006).

Specialties: Internet governance, Internet connectivity, Internet services, Information Technology, ITIL, ICT policy, Enterprise Architecture, Strategic Planning