Prof. Dorota Kamrowska-Zaluska, architect and urban planner, Associate Professor and Director of mid-career program on Urban development and management of metropolitan areas, at the Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning at Faculty of Architecture, Gdansk University of Technology; Visiting Scholar and Research Fellow at several research institutions incl. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013), Charted Urban Planner with more than two decades of experience working both for public and public sector across Poland, France, and Asia; taking part in various participatory research and user-oriented design projects, with emphasis on inclusivity and community engagement; author of more than 50 papers on the use of Big Data and AI in planning, participation and social innovation in urban regeneration, smart cities and development of metropolitan areas and a book on sustainable urban regeneration. Board Member of the International Society of City and Regional Planners and a longstanding Board Member of the Association of Polish City Planners, w here she previously served as the President of its Gdansk Division, a member of Pomeranian Voivodship's Urban and Architectural Commission.