UNESCO Deputy Director-General for Communication and Information and Professor of Strategy and Technology Management at IMD. Previously he was Professor of e-Business & Information Technology and Dean of the School of International Management at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris). He was until February 2015 Minister of higher education, scientific research, and information & communication technologies in the Tunisian Government in charge of completing the democratic transition in the country. Dr Jelassi was also Associate Professor and Head of the Technology Management Department at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. He holds a Ph.D. from New York University (USA) and graduate degrees from the University of Paris-Dauphine (France). Prof. Jelassi’s research focuses on ICT-based business innovation, the strategic use of information technology and e-business. He published six books and over ninety research articles in leading academic journals and conference proceedings. Prof. Jelassi has taught extensively on MBA and executive education programs around the world and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ooredoo Tunisia, the leading mobile telecom operator in the country.