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14-18 OCT 2024
DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTRE
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GITEX GLOBAL 2024: WORLD’S LARGEST TECH EVENT ANNOUNCES GITEX EDITIONS AND ALL-NEW SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
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ITEX Global 2024, the world’s largest tech and start-up event, organisers have revealed a host of new industry programmes, cybersecurity experts, as well keynote speakers from world-leading brands confirmed for this year’s edition, running from 14-18 October at Dubai World Trade Centre. Here’s the lowdown on what’s new so far in 2024: GITEX EDITIONS 2024 Aligned with Dubai’s ambition to be the home of 30 start-up unicorns by 2030, GITEX Global 2024 is launching GITEX Editions, the region’s most impactful gathering for fostering strategy, created to accelerate scale and global governance for high-growth companies. The early confirmed speaker line-up includes 8 fast-growing start-ups from 8 countries, 3 backed by the European Innovation Council (EIC). AI: 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 $500M, GITEX Global will mark its first ever Middle East presence. Synthetic Biotech: Dr. Alexander Zhavoronkov, Founder and CEO, InSilico Medicine (Hong Kong) Leading the biotech company with the world’s fastest-ever IPO and currently valued at $1.5B, he will discuss groundbreaking advancements in AI-driven drug discovery, synthetic biology, and ageing. Sustainability Biotech: Dr. Mazen Rizk, Founder and CEO, Infinite Roots (Germany) EU’s largest mycelium-biotech investment, building next-generation sustainable alternative proteins. A Series B funded company backed by the EIC. Quantum Deeptech: Dr. Joseph Fitzsimons, Founder and CEO, Horizon Quantum Computing (Singapore)
Singapore’s biggest Quantum startup, backed by SG Innovate, Sequoia and Tencent. Semiconductor Deeptech: Dr. Sunghyun Park, Founder and CEO, Rebellions (South Korea) Set to become Korea’s first AI Semiconductor Chip Unicorn with a $1.5B value, acquired Sapeon AI. Auto tech: Svilen Rangelov, Co-Founder and CEO, Dronamics (UK) World’s first cargo drone airline on a mission to change e-commerce worldwide, part of the EIC scaling club. Emilio Scervo, 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, Founder and CEO, SiPearl (France) High performance semiconductor manufacturer for AI interfaces and supercomputing aiming for the technological sovereignty of Europe.
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