Events

Workshops, conferences, hackathons, and milestones across my journey

2026

CopyAlpha - Crypto Copy-Trading Platform Launch

Project

Creator

Mar 23, 2026Bekaa, Lebanon

CopyAlpha - Crypto Copy-Trading Platform Launch

Built and launched CopyAlpha, a full-stack crypto copy-trading platform with automated signal processing, risk management, and multi-exchange execution.

Introduction to AI at Lebanese American University

Workshop

Workshop Host

Feb 16, 2026Beirut, Lebanon

Introduction to AI at Lebanese American University

Hosted an "Introduction to AI" session for engineering and CS students at LAU Beirut, covering AI basics, Machine Learning, and Data Science with hands-on coding exercises.

Lebanese American UniversityIEEE Computer Engineering Club+2

Blockchain: The Future of Finance in 2026 at HEC Paris

Conference

Attended

Feb 12, 2026Paris, France

Blockchain: The Future of Finance in 2026 at HEC Paris

Attended "Blockchain: the Future of Finance in 2026" at HEC Paris Alumni House, featuring speakers from Amundi, BNP Paribas, and Banque de France.

HEC Paris

AWS re:Invent 2025 re:Cap at Beirut Digital District

Conference

Speaker / Co-host

Feb 7, 2026Beirut, Lebanon

AWS re:Invent 2025 re:Cap at Beirut Digital District

Co-hosted and spoke at the AWS re:Invent 2025 re:Cap at BDD 1075 Rooftop, presenting "Research to Voice: Research Paper Explanations Sent Straight to Your Inbox." Supportful sponsored the event.

AWS User Group LebanonBeirut Digital District+1

AWS User Group Lebanon Speaker Spotlight

Community

Featured Speaker

Jan 31, 2026Beirut, Lebanon

AWS User Group Lebanon Speaker Spotlight

Featured in AWS User Group Lebanon's Speaker Spotlight for the upcoming re:Invent re:Cap community event.

AWS User Group Lebanon

2025

Certification

Earned

Dec 1, 2025Remote

AWS ML Specialty and Cloud Practitioner Certifications

Earned AWS ML Specialty and AWS Cloud Practitioner certifications after 4 years of building on AWS.

Amazon Web Services

Workshop

Speaker / Host

Nov 15, 2025Bekaa, Lebanon

Building Smarter with AWS in Bekaa

Co-hosted and spoke at the first-ever "Building Smarter with AWS" community event in Bekaa. Over 40 attendees learned about cloud computing, AI, and AWS certification pathways.

AWS User Group LebanonMichel Daher Foundation

Conference

Attended

Sep 15, 2025Online

Agentic AI Conference by Data Science Dojo

Attended the Agentic AI Conference by Data Science Dojo, a free conference featuring tutorials and panels with AI industry thought leaders.

Data Science Dojo

Project

Jul 1, 2025La Boissiere-Ecole, France

Causal Inference Research at Savencia

Led a causal inference project to optimize lactoferrin production in dairy manufacturing using DoWhy, EconML, and CausalNex.

Savencia

Education

Student

Apr 1, 2025Montreal, Canada

Exchange Semester at McGill University

Completed an exchange semester at McGill University focused on Data Science and AI Strategy coursework. Visited Google and Microsoft Montreal offices.

McGill Universityemlyon business school

Workshop

Guest Speaker

Apr 1, 2025Bhamdoun, Lebanon

Generative AI Session at AUST Bhamdoun

Delivered a session on Generative AI and its future at AUST Bhamdoun Campus, covering n8n automation, multi-agent LLM systems, and RAG architectures.

AUSTAUST Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Conference

Jury Member

Mar 1, 2025Barcelona, Spain

MWC Barcelona 2025 & Talent Arena (Jury Member)

Invited as jury member to MWC Barcelona 2025, mentoring and evaluating EPITECH students' GenAI projects during a Vueling Airlines flight.

MWC BarcelonaTalent Arena+3

Education

Attended

Feb 15, 2025Lisbon, Portugal

emlyon International Seminar in Lisbon

Participated in the MSc Data Science & AI Strategy international seminar in Lisbon, exploring AI applications across industries.

emlyon business school

Education

Session Organizer

Jan 15, 2025Paris, France

Philippe Rambach "AI @ Scale" at emlyon

Introduced and helped organize a session with Philippe Rambach (CAIO of Schneider Electric) on "AI @ Scale" at emlyon business school.

emlyon business schoolSchneider Electric

Hackathon

Mentor

Jan 6, 2025Paris, France

WiDS Paris @ emlyon Datathon (Mentor)

Mentored teams at the WiDS Paris @ emlyon Datathon, addressing challenges in autonomous AI systems.

WiDS WorldwideStanford University+2

2024

Education

Student

Dec 1, 2024Paris, France

emlyon Data Science Missions Launch

Participated in the launch of Data Science Missions for the MSc in Data Science & AI Strategy, collaborating with industry partners on real-world AI challenges.

emlyon business school

Certification

Earned

Sep 15, 2024Remote

PMP Certification Earned

Earned the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI, demonstrating advanced project management expertise and commitment to professional excellence.

PMI

Education

Sep 1, 2024Paris, France

Started MSc at emlyon business school

Began the Master of Science in Data Science & AI Strategy at emlyon business school in Paris.

emlyon business school

Hackathon

Hackathon Host

May 1, 2024Beirut, Lebanon

Park Innovation IdeaLab 4-Hour Hackathon

Hosted a 4-hour hackathon for Park Innovation's IdeaLab Program focused on Agritech and Cleantech.

Park InnovationBerytech

Hackathon

Jury Member

Apr 1, 2024Beirut, Lebanon

Startup Weekend Support (SWS) 2024 Jury Member

Served as an AI Specialist jury member at SWS 2024, evaluating Agritech, Medtech, and SaaS projects competing for a $2M funding pool.

Union of Arab ChambersScientific Center for Manufacturing and Production

Certification

Featured Graduate

Jan 1, 2024Beirut, Lebanon

ZAKA ML Specialization Program (Featured Graduate)

Graduated from ZAKA's Machine Learning Specialization Program and featured in promotional materials to share experiences and promote the program to upcoming cohorts.

ZAKA

2023

Led Multi-LLM Orchestration Architecture at MOPO

Project

Technical Lead

Aug 1, 2023San Francisco (Remote)

Led Multi-LLM Orchestration Architecture at MOPO

Led the design and implementation of a sophisticated multi-LLM agent system with RAG pipelines, knowledge graphs, and speech services for an AI-native startup.

MOPO

Launched Freelance AI Consulting Practice

Career

Aug 1, 2023Lebanon / Remote

Launched Freelance AI Consulting Practice

Started delivering end-to-end AI consulting engagements, building LLM-powered chatbots, RAG systems, and GenAI architectures for multiple clients.

Workshop

Workshop Host

Jul 22, 2023Zahle, Lebanon

AI Workshop in Zahle with Michel Daher Foundation

Hosted an AI workshop in Zahle in collaboration with Michel Daher Foundation, introducing participants to AI and hands-on coding.

Beirut AIMichel Daher Foundation

Hackathon

Winner

Jul 15, 2023Beirut, Lebanon

Tech for Accessibility Hackathon - Winner

Won the AUB Tech for Accessibility Hackathon at AUB Innovation Park in Beirut Digital District.

AUB Innovation ParkBeirut Digital District

Project

Researcher

Jun 1, 2023Lebanon / Remote

Medical AI Research

Collaborated with dentistry students at USJ FMD to develop an object detection model for identifying dental cavities and their types.

Faculté de médecine dentaire (FMD)

Workshop

Workshop Host

May 30, 2023Lebanon

Skillnest AI Workshop

Led an AI workshop for Skillnest as part of Beirut AI's Technical Ambassadors workshop series.

Beirut AISkillnest

Workshop

Workshop Host

May 27, 2023Baalbek, Lebanon

Beirut AI Workshops in Baalbek

Hosted multiple AI workshops at the Baalbek Cultural Center, bringing AI education to the historical city with Beirut AI.

Beirut AIBaalbek Cultural Center

Workshop

Workshop Host

Apr 15, 2023Online

USJ North-LU Online AI Workshop

Hosted an online AI workshop for USJ North and Lebanese University students as part of Beirut AI's Technical Ambassadors workshop series.

Beirut AIUSJ North+1

Community

Mentor

Apr 1, 2023Lebanon / Remote

Beirut AI Mentorship Program

Selected as one of 9 mentors for the first batch of Beirut AI's Mentorship Program, guiding aspiring AI practitioners through structured learning and career development.

Beirut AI

Community

Speaker

Mar 15, 2023Lebanon

DatasecCode Event at USAL

Spoke at the DatasecCode event at USAL University, featuring presentations on AI, computing, and security.

USAL UniversityBinary Brains+1

Workshop

Workshop Host

Mar 3, 2023Online

LAU AI Club Online Workshop

Hosted an online AI workshop for LAU AI Club as part of Beirut AI's Technical Ambassadors 10-workshop series across Lebanese universities.

Beirut AILAU AI Club

Workshop

Speaker

Mar 1, 2023Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut AI - BERT Transformers & NLP in Production Workshops

Led a series of NLP workshops at Beirut Digital District with 150+ attendees, covering BERT transformers, sentiment analysis, and deploying models on AWS SageMaker.

Beirut AIAWS Community+3

2022

Workshop

Workshop Host

Sep 24, 2022Online

Introduction to AI Workshop for Digital Health Chapter

Hosted an Introduction to AI workshop for the Digital Health Chapter x Beirut AI, covering AI fundamentals and applications in medicine.

Digital Health ChapterBeirut AI

Workshop

Workshop Host

Aug 29, 2022Beirut, Lebanon

Object Detection with YOLO Workshop

Led a 2-hour hands-on workshop on Object Detection with YOLO for Beirut AI, training YOLOv7 on a custom dataset.

Beirut AI

Workshop

Workshop Host

Aug 11, 2022Online

Introduction to AI for IJCR

Delivered an Introduction to AI session for the Digital Health Chapter x Beirut AI, introducing AI concepts to healthcare professionals.

IJCRBeirut AI

ZAKA Certified Machine Learning Engineer Program

Certification

Graduate

Aug 1, 2022Beirut, Lebanon

ZAKA Certified Machine Learning Engineer Program

Completed the ZAKA 16-week Machine Learning Engineer certification program.

ZAKA

Workshop

Workshop Host

Jul 23, 2022Online

Introduction to AI Workshop at AUST IEEE

Hosted a hands-on Introduction to AI workshop for IEEE AUST Student Branch in collaboration with Beirut AI, with certification provided.

AUST IEEE Student BranchBeirut AI

Community

Team Member

Jun 1, 2022Cairo, Egypt

Mobile Arts Team Trip to Egypt

Celebrated Mobile Arts' achievements with a team trip to Egypt, recognizing the company's milestones and growth.

Mobile Arts

Community

Technical Ambassador

Jun 1, 2022Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut AI Technical Ambassador

Conducted workshops on AWS SageMaker, BERT, YOLO, and MLOps for around 180 attendees in collaboration with AWS Community and multiple universities.

Beirut AIAWS Community

2021

Community

Student Ambassador

Dec 1, 2021Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut AI Student Ambassador

Pioneered Beirut AI's strategic initiatives, introducing university students to the community and organizing hackathons.

Beirut AI

Google Data Analytics + Stanford ML Course

Certification

Earned

Oct 1, 2021Remote

Google Data Analytics + Stanford ML Course

Completed both the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate and Stanford's Machine Learning course by Andrew Ng.

GoogleStanford University+1

Certification

Earned

Jul 1, 2021Remote

Microsoft Azure Certifications (AI-900, AZ-900)

Completed the ZAKA AI Ready program and earned Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) and Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certifications.

MicrosoftZAKA

Hackathon

Finalist

Jun 1, 2021Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut AI Bootcamp + Agri-Hackathon

Attended a 5-day Beirut AI bootcamp covering deep learning, NLP, CV, and time series. Reached finals of the Agri-hackathon with a crop recommendation system.

Beirut AIZAKA

Project

May 1, 2021Beirut, Lebanon

Edge AI Deployment at Decentra Tech

Trained and deployed computer vision models for real-time automotive safety on NVIDIA Jetson edge devices.

Decentra Tech

Certification

Earned

May 1, 2021Remote

Microsoft Azure DP-900 Certification

Earned Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900) certification.

MicrosoftZAKA

Certification

Earned

Mar 1, 2021Remote

CCNAv7: Introduction to Networks

Completed the Cisco CCNAv7: Introduction to Networks course.

Cisco

Project

Feb 1, 2021Beirut, Lebanon

NLP Sentiment Analysis at Vee Smart

Built sentiment analysis and NER pipelines on restaurant review data using LSTM and BERT models.

Vee Smart

Project

Jan 1, 2021Lebanon

First ML Project: Vine Detection at Kefraya-AI

Trained a YOLOv3 model for vine detection from satellite and drone imagery for Chateau Kefraya vineyards.

Saint Joseph UniversityChateau Kefraya

2020

DeepLearning.AI Deep Learning Specialization

Certification

Earned

Dec 1, 2020Remote

DeepLearning.AI Deep Learning Specialization

Completed the DeepLearning.AI specialization covering neural networks, CNNs, and sequence models.

DeepLearning.AICoursera

Amideast Start Your Own Business Workshop

Education

Participant

Sep 1, 2020Lebanon

Amideast Start Your Own Business Workshop

Completed the 3-month Amideast 'Start Your Own Business' workshop, mentored by Andre Abi Awad.

Amideast

Career

Laravel Developer

Sep 1, 2020Beirut, Lebanon

Backend Development at Eddys Group

First professional software development role, building backend services and APIs using the Laravel PHP framework.

Eddys Group

Career

Freelancer

Jun 1, 2020Lebanon

Started Freelance WordPress Development

Launched freelance career building and customizing WordPress websites for local businesses.

2019

Community

Organizer

Oct 1, 2019Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanese Revolution Aid Campaign

Organized a student-led fundraising and aid campaign at USJ during the Lebanese Revolution to support those affected by the economic crisis.

CEUZBUniversité Saint-Joseph

Career

Assistant Technician

Jun 1, 2019Lebanon

Fomaco sarl - Assistant Technician (Summer)

Summer internship as an assistant technician, troubleshooting and repairing electrical systems on-site.

Fomaco sarl

VP Student Representative at CEUZB (USJ)

Community

Vice-President

Feb 1, 2019Beirut, Lebanon

VP Student Representative at CEUZB (USJ)

Elected as Vice-President of the Student Representative Committee (Amicale) at CEUZB, championing student interests and organizing events.

Saint Joseph UniversityCEUZB

2018

Education

Student

Sep 1, 2018Beirut, Lebanon

Engineer's Degree at USJ-ESIB

Began a five-year Software Engineering degree at USJ-ESIB with progressive specialization in ML, computer vision, and AI.

Saint Joseph UniversityESIB