13–17 October 2025
(confirmed: Dubai World Trade Centre website; 10:00–17:00 daily)
Themes
Global AI industry; smart cities; healthcare AI; AGI development; physical AI; semiconductors; cybersecurity; digital transformation
Curators / Stakeholders
Dubai World Trade Centre LLC (DWTC) (organiser); Digital Dubai (government pavilion curator); 6,500+ exhibitors from 180+ countries
Verified Rationale + Source
World’s largest technology trade show; 6,500+ exhibitors, 200,000+ visitors from 180+ countries. State-adjacent mega-event projecting the UAE as global AI hub with explicit techno-nationalist soft-power framing. Organised by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), a government entity.
Source: GITEX official website gitex.com/about (confirms 13–17 Oct 2025); Dubai World Trade Centre dwtc.com/en/events/gitex-global-2025; Digital Dubai digitaldubai.ae