Surge in international demand spurs GITEX GLOBAL, Expand North Star to take over the city of Dubai at two mega venues

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

Blockbuster duo to accelerate the epic race for AI dominance in the year to imagine AI in everything

Dubai, UAE: 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 take over across two Dubai mega venues next month.

The 43^rd edition of GITEX GLOBAL will take place from 16-20 October 2023,theblockbuster 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 spanning2.7 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.

AI innovation wave, cybersecurity and launch shows fuel unprecedented growth

GITEX GLOBAL 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 technology shift is transforming lives, governments, business, 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 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, launch shows GITEX Impact and Future UrbanismExpo 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.