World’s largest tech and start-up event spearheads global tech takeover at Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour

World’s largest tech and start-up event spearheads global tech takeover at Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour

Gitex Global, Expand North Star to accelerate the epic race for AI dominance in the year to imagine AI in everything

Visitors at Gitex last year in Dubai. — KT file

Published: Mon 25 Sep 2023, 9:54 PM

The surge in international demand has rallied the world’s largest tech and start-up event to scale even higher and bigger in 2023, spearheading a global tech takeover across two Dubai mega venues next month.

The 43rd edition of Gitex Global will take place from October 16 to 20, the blockbuster tech showpiece once again reaching full capacity at the Dubai World Trade Centre as it prepares to host more than 6,000 exhibitors, while Expand North Star, the world’s largest start-up event hosted by Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, will kick off its largest ever edition from 15-18 October 2023 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