GITEX Global 2023 is this year’s largest AI trade event
The 43rd edition of GITEX Global will take place from October 16-20, 2023, at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), and with it, several sideshows of importance and significance to the global tech sector.
The tech showpiece is set to reach total capacity at the DWTC as it prepares to host more than 6,000 exhibitors. At the same time, Expand North Star, the world’s largest start-up event hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, will kick off its largest-ever edition from October 15-18, 2023, at the Dubai Harbour venue, featuring 1,800 start-ups from 100+ countries.
GITEX Global and Expand North Star will comprise a combined 41 halls spanning 2.7 million sq. ft of exhibition space at Dubai World Trade Centre – a 35% increase over 2022 – converging the best minds and most visionary companies to scrutinise, challenge, define, and empower the digital agendas of the world.
AI bandwagon
GITEX Global 2023 will present the year’s largest AI showcase and summit, its record growth fuelled by the AI innovation wave currently gripping the globe’s imagination, as 3,500 AI-infused exhibitors reveal how this next big technologsignificanthift is transforming lives, governments, businesses, and society.
The AI boom has also added another layer of complexity to protecting digital assets and critical IP infrastructure, with the elevated GITEX Cyber Valley event taking the fight directly to the dark cybercriminal underworld, gathering leading infosec brands and global experts at the biggest cybersecurity showcase of 2023.
Ahead of COP 28 UAE
Amplifying this growth, the launch shows GITEX Impact and Future Urbanism Expo promise to be the epicentre of shifts in climate technology, while advancing sustainable cities, and co-creating a net zero future ahead of the UN climate change summit, COP28 in the UAE.
GITEX Global 2023 features the biggest tech nmost prominentlving into the latest trends, risks, challenges, and opportunities that are redefining entire industries, spearheaded by returning titans including Dell Technologies, e&, Google, Huawei, HP, IBM, Acronis, Cloudera, Microsoft, and Tonomus.
Among the debut exhibitors supercharging their international growth strategies and forging new connections are Salesforce, Broadcom, Beyon, and Deloitte.
Trixie LohMirmand, Executive Vice President of Events Management at DWTC, said: “The intense demand for involvement in GITEX from the global tech and start-up community is an acknowledgement of the strong impetus to learn, exchange, debate and challenge the recent developments in the tech sphere.
“From AI, and cyber to the AI andng 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,” she added.
Start-up paradise
Expand North Star, hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, will scale to a record sze in 2023, featuring 1,800 start-ups this year to connect, inspire, and extend engagements in one of the world’s most innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
More than 1,000 investors from 70 countries with $1 trillion under management will also converge at the new Dubai Harbour venue as they look to speed up start-up investment after a year of tepid achievements.
Saeed Al Gergawi, Vice President of the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, 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 in the emirate.”
Steven Yi, President of Huawei Middle East & Central Asia, said: “At Huawei, GITEX Global continues to hold great importance to our business year after year. This year, our theme, ‘Accelerate Intelligence,’ demonstrates our commitment to delve into the transformative power of AI, networks, and cloud technologies.”
Featured Acronis exhibitor stand at GITEX Global 2022 at DWTC. Image: Arnold Pinto
