Thousands of tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs will converge on Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, for a highly anticipated global twin-event, GITEX GLOBAL and Expand North Star.
The 43rd edition of GITEX GLOBAL is scheduled to take place from October 16-20 with the tech showpiece again reaching full capacity at the Dubai World Trade Centre as it prepares to host more than 6,000 exhibitors, the organsers revealed in a statement..
Expand North Star, described as the world’s largest start-up event hosted by Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, will kick off its largest-ever edition from October 15-18 at the new Dubai Harbour venue, featuring 1,800 start-ups from 100-plus countries at the Middle East’s biggest iconic superyacht hub.
GITEX GLOBAL and Expand North Star will comprise a combined 41 halls spanning 2.7 million sq. ft of exhibition space – a 35 percent increase over the previous year – converging the best minds and most visionary companies to scrutinise, challenge, define, and empower the digital agendas of the world.
GITEX GLOBAL is expected to present what is described as the year’s largest AI showcase and summit with the growth fuelled by the AI innovation wave currently gripping the globe’s imagination.
According to the organisers, 3,500 AI-infused exhibitors reveal how this next big technology shift is transforming lives, governments, business, and society.
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The AI boom has also added another layer of complexity to protecting digital assets and critical IP infrastructure, with the elevated GITEX Cyber Valley taking the fight directly to the dark cyber-criminal underworld, gathering leading info-sec brands and global experts at the year’s biggest cyber security showcase.
Amplifying this growth, the launch shows GITEX Impact and Future Urbanism Expo promise to be the epicentre of ground-shaking shifts in climate technology, while advancing sustainable cities, and co-creating a net zero future ahead of the UN climate change summit, COP28.
“The intense demand for involvement in GITEX from the global tech and start-up community is an acknowledgment of the strong impetus to learn, exchange, debate and challenge the recent developments in the tech sphere,” said Trixie LohMirmand, Executive Vice President of Events Management at DWTC, the organiser of GITEX GLOBAL and Expand North Star.
“From AI, cyber to the mounting interest in clean tech, GITEX converges public and private sector leaders from more than 170 countries to explore the new unknown paradigms of the future digital economy.”
Expand North Star hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy is billed to scale to a record size in 2023, featuring “nearly double” the number of start-up exhibitors this year to connect, inspire, and extend engagements in one of the world’s most innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
According to organisers, close to 2,000 start-ups and 1,000 investors from 70 countries with $1 trillion under management will converge at the new Dubai Harbour venue, as they look to ramp up the momentum in start-up investment after a year of tepid achievements.
Vice President of Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, Saeed Al Gergawi, said, “Expand North Star is set to drive the next era of digital entrepreneurship and inspire the next generation of innovators and thinkers.
“This landmark event will serve as a strategic catalyst to expand the future of Dubai’s digital economy, creating an unrivalled platform to gather key stakeholders from the global start-up community here in the emirate.”
