Gitex Global 2024, one of the world’s largest tech and start-up events, will see the participation of cybersecurity experts and keynote speakers from world-leading brands, when it gets underway from October 14-18 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).

The event will also host new industry programmes in line with Dubai’s goal to become the home of 30 start-up unicorns by 2030.

Highlights

Gitex Editions, to debut in this year’s edition, is the region's most impactful gathering that aims at fostering strategy, created to accelerate scale and global governance for high-growth companies. Organisers have confirmed a speaker line-up that includes eight fast-growing start-ups from eight countries – three backed by the European Innovation Council (EIC).

They are:

Artificial Intelligence

Fabrizio del Maffeo, Co-Founder, CEO & Board Member, Axelera AI (Netherlands), an expert in developing Gen AI infrastructure and edge computing. Growing with a purpose of becoming the ‘European Nvidia’, Axelera AI are backed by Samsung and the EIC. Valued at $500 million, Gitex Global will mark its first ever Middle East presence.

Synthetic Biotech

Dr Alexander Zhavoronkov is the Founder and CEO of InSilico Medicine (Hong Kong), a leading biotech company that executed the world's fastest-ever IPO that is currently valued at $1.5 billion. Zhavoronkov will discuss groundbreaking advancements in AI-driven drug discovery, synthetic biology, and ageing.

Sustainability Biotech

Dr Mazen Rizk is Founder and CEO of Infinite Roots (Germany), that is EU’s largest mycelium-biotech investment, building the next-generation sustainable alternative proteins. It is an A Series B funded company backed by the EIC.

Quantum Deeptech

Dr Joseph Fitzsimons is Founder and CEO of Horizon Quantum Computing (Singapore) that is Singapore’s biggest Quantum startup, backed by SG Innovate, Sequoia and Tencent.

Semiconductor Deeptech

Dr Sunghyun Park, Founder and CEO, Rebellions (South Korea), is set to become Korea’s first AI Semiconductor Chip Unicorn with a $1.5 billion value, and acquired Sapeon AI.

Auto tech

Svilen Rangelov is Co-Founder and CEO of Dronamics (UK) – world’s first cargo drone airline on a mission to change e-commerce worldwide, part of the EIC scaling club.

Emilio Scervo is the Chief Technology Officer and Board Member, Buggati - Rimac (Croatia), world’s fastest hypercars. Valued at $5 billion, they are the first and fastest-growing Croatian Unicorn.

Semiconductor Supercomputing

Philippe Notton, is Founder and CEO of SiPearl (France), high performance semiconductor manufacturer for AI interfaces and supercomputing aiming for the technological sovereignty of Europe.

Cybersecurity Conference Programme

Gitex Global 2024 will see cybersecurity taking centre stage with true stories from the trenches, AI-driven live hacks and fierce CISO debates.

Making their debut at the world’s largest tech event is Chenxi Wang, Managing General Partner of Fortune 500 fund Rain Capital (US), and Ekaterina Serban, Vice President of Privacy and Information Security at Bosch (Germany), the world's largest automotive and services supplier.

Named as a top international cyber investor in the world by Fortune magazine, Wang will join global VCs and investment partners on stage to address the driving forces behind the rising global interest of businesses to increasingly invest in advanced security solutions and the surge in M&A activity within the cybersecurity sector.

On another must-see panel discussion, Serban will take part on the conversation with CISOs and CIOs around corporate board engagement strategies for cybersecurity adoption.

New Industry Experts

For the very first time, Michael Spranger, the president of Sony AI Inc. will be addressing delegates from 180 countries at Gitex Global 2024, revealing the latest projects underway at Sony’s strategic research and development organisation.

Also debuting will be Chris Duffey, Futurist & Head of GenStudio, Adobe, USA who co-authored the world’s first book on AI, with AI. Adobe has been highly instrumental in driving Gen AI to help creators.

Isabell Gradert, VP Central Research & Technology for Airbus in Germany, will also be making her first regional appearance at the world’s largest tech and start-up event.

Tech Destination Pakistan

Following its presence in the Pakistan Pavilion in previous Gitex Global editions, Tech Destination Pakistan, represented by Pakistan Software Export Board, has this year been declared the 2024 event’s ‘Tech Destination of the Year’.

Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Minister of State for IT & Telecommunication, said of the announcement: “This partnership highlights our commitment to innovation, technology and global collaboration. We look forward to showcasing Pakistan's brilliant tech talent and tremendous potential in this prestigious platform.” – TradeArabia News Service