GITEX Global 2026 Dubai

GITEX Global 2026 is a technology show in Dubai built around AI, startups and the wider tech industry. The official site bills it as the world's largest tech, AI and startup show (the organiser's own claim, not an independent ranking). The GITEX brand also runs a family of regional events, including Expand North Star, AI Everything and GITEX AI shows in Africa, Asia, India, Latin America and Europe. This edition is spread over two venues. It opens on 7 December with a one-day summit at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), then continues with a four-day expo at the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC) in Expo City Dubai from 8 to 11 December. A Techcation city programme runs from 4 to 14 December alongside it. The summit is aimed at a senior audience of government ministers, policymakers, technology executives, investors and founders. Its programme is organised around three themes: Future Frontiers, The Compute Economy and The New Map of Capital. The day also includes the LIVX World Longevity Forum, the GITEX Capital Forum, private briefings held under the Chatham House rule and a gala dinner. The expo is the commercial part, where tech companies, startups, investors and buyers meet for live product demos and business meetings. New show areas this year are Robotix, Data Centres (Super Computex), Quantum Expo, Move for mobility, New Energy and LivX. Logos displayed on the homepage include Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Dell Technologies, Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler, although the site does not say which of them exhibit in 2026. No speaker line-up or session agenda dated to this edition was confirmed on the pages checked. Ticket prices were not published on the official pages checked. Registration links on the site point to the visit.gitex.com portal, and the summit offers group booking and a delegate registration form. Buyers can apply to the GITEX Connect Buyer Programme through a separate application form. For affiliates and media buyers the fit is indirect. GITEX is an enterprise and government technology event, and the pages checked show no track on performance marketing, affiliate programmes or paid traffic. It is most useful for partners who promote AI tools, cloud and security software or B2B SaaS offers, for whom the expo floor is a chance to meet vendors that run partner programmes and to see which products large buyers are evaluating. Those working mainly in consumer verticals will find little direct content.