EC News DeskThe 40th GITEX Technology Week is set to unite international technology visionaries, industry innovators and global investors as the tech world finally resumes in-person interaction at Dubai World Trade Centre from 6th to 10th December. After a year of missed business opportunities, GITEX will unite all corners of the global technology industry as the only major technology event to go live in 2020, providing the world’s only opportunity for in-person networking at a major tech event this year.
GITEX Technology Week will showcase the diversity of the global technology industry, hosting over 1,200 exhibitors, including over 300 startups, from over 60 countries. GITEX will host pavilions from some of the world’s most innovative technological nations, including Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, France, Israel, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and the United States of America, as well as a conference lineup of over 350 in-person speakers, who are flying into Dubai from 30 countries.
Internationally recognised technology experts will travel to Dubai to share their vision of tomorrow, including maverick hacker, inventor and entrepreneur Pablos Holman and US Secret Service and FBI hacker Bryan Seely, while GITEX’s conference agenda will be headlined by arguably the most influential comedian alive, legendary actor, writer, and comedian John Cleese.
With visitor health and safety being DWTC’s number one priority, GITEX Technology Week will be hosted in full compliance with Dubai Government regulations, as well as the guidelines of the Dubai Health Authority and Dubai Municipality.
GITEX will serve as an umbrella for the region’s other technology shows, including GITEX Future Stars, the region’s largest tech startup event; GISEC, the region’s most renowned cybersecurity conference and exhibition; Future Blockchain Summit, a platform for the transformative technology, as well as the inaugural edition of Marketing Mania, the new platform for brand marketers.
The world’s technology giants will have a presence at GITEX, including Microsoft, Dell Technologies, du, Etisalat, Lenovo, Honeywell, IBM, Red Hat, Avaya and Huawei, revealing the most relevant and strategic technological innovations in artificial intelligence, 5G, future mobility, security and Blockchain among others.
GITEX will host over 200 of the world’s most influential technology investors, including EBAN from Belgium, MODUS Capital from USA, 500 Startups from Egypt and MENA Tech Fund from the UK, while for the first time, Israel will bring 40 exhibiting companies across big tech, startups, cybersecurity, telecoms and mobility.
GITEX will also showcase the technological progress of a range of UAE Government entities who are leading the country’s digital economy transformation, including Smart Dubai, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, the Abu Dhabi Government, Dubai Police and Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority. In addition, the event will feature the presence of Ajman Government, the Fujairah Government and Ministry of Interior, Saudi Arabia.
An unrivalled conference agenda will be headlined by arguably the most influential comedian alive, legendary actor, writer, and comedian John Cleese, who will discuss strategies for entrepreneurial creativity.
GITEX will play host to a selection of bold, international disruptors and innovators, including Pablos Holman, the notorious hacker, inventor, entrepreneur, and technology futurist who has worked as part of an impact effort to eradicate malaria in conjunction with Bill Gates and helped to build spaceships with Jeff Bezos at Blue Origin; Bryan Seely, possibly the only ethical hacker to have wiretapped the Secret Service and the FBI; Dr. Seth Dobrin, Chief Data Officer, IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software, VP and Chief Data Officer, IBM Analytics, who established the acclaimed Data Science Elite team that has deployed over 130 successful AI projects worldwide; and Mansoor Hanif, Executive Director Engineering Technology and Digital, NEOM who is currently delivering the communications infrastructure of what will become the most advanced city in history.
With over 280 hours of content covering verticals such as digital marketing, smart cities and IoT, renowned entrepreneurs will share their experience with aspiring startups including Kat Borlongan, Director, La French Tech, the government-led taskforce built to bolster France’s startup sector, Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera, the world’s foremost eLearning platform and Francis Davidson, Founder and CEO, Sonder, the internationally recognised hospitality brand.
