Hesham Gamal Gaafar
Digital Twin Strategist and Intentional AI Advocate
Hesham Gamal Gaafar is a global digital twin strategist advising across smart cities and major international projects. He links GIS, BIM, data systems, and digital twin platforms to help city teams and project owners plan, govern, and run complex assets. He is an intentional AI advocate. He holds an MSc in Civil Engineering, an MBA, a master's in Smart Cities from the University of Barcelona, and is a Doctorate of Business Administration candidate, ESCGI, Paris. He is TOGAF 10 certified. He previously served as Digital Engineering Manager for a G2G UK-Peru schools project in Lima. He has spoken globally: GWF Rising Stars summit in Madrid (2025), BIM Coordinators Summit in Dublin (2024), IMGIS in Frankfurt (2023), and Esri UC, San Diego (2021). His awards include Best Final Master Project from Zigurat Institute (2025), FORTY UNDER 40 GLOBAL Award for Design Thinking (2026), Geospatial Star (2023), AEC GIS Hero (2022), and BIM Hero (2022). He is a member of the Smart Cities Council and the Association of Enterprise Architects.