Registrations for GITEX Technology Week, the region’s biggest and highly anticipated tech event, are now open. With the theme “Creating a bolder digital future together”, GITEX is back live, in-person from October 17-21, 2021, at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Over the years, GITEX has evolved to become one of the most influential technology events in the world, serving as the perfect platform to showcase the latest, disruptive solutions for a variety of industries.
Now in its 41st year, the event will once again bring together global industry leaders, startups and game-changers to share and exchange powerful insights into how technologies such as AI, 5G, cloud, Big Data, cybersecurity, blockchain and quantum computing are shaping the future.
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Here are the key things to know about this year’s GITEX Technology Week:
- GITEX is offering special rates for visitors and delegates, which are available until August 19.
- Due to health and safety protocols, there will be on-site registrations and ticket sales and admission will strictly by advance registration online only.
This year, GITEX has added several new programmes focusing on tech developers, and regional government initiatives:
GITEX Global Visions
GITEX Global rallies the pioneering tech visions, initiatives and collaborations of government leaderships across the Middle East and Africa. The inaugural programme will drive and expand on the emergence of fiercely innovative economies across Africa, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Oman.
GITEX Creative Economy
Manifesting the creative universe of innovation in a multi-sensory, hyper-experiential format. The Creative Economy circle brings together dynamic difference-makers and tech revolutionaries in the fields of art, fashion, music and sports.
DevSlam by GITEX
GITEX DevSlam lays the groundwork to develop and decide the next billion-dollar CEO or tech idea. In line with the recent launch of the UAE’s first national program for coders, DevSlam is an extension of GITEX’s proven capabilities of bringing the tech world together on a phenomenal scale, to determine and define the new future.
