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Believe the HYPE- it's real.

More than an event - GITEX Future Stars is THE startup hub connecting over 750 of the world’s boldest startups from 75 countries, 400+ big-ticket investors and global accelerators, across 19 tech sectors.

Be part of the laboratory of bold new ideas in Dubai, from October 6-9, 2019.

THIS IS GITEX FUTURE STARS

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CONFERENCES

LIFE-CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

NETWORKING

INVESTORS, INNOVATORS & INFLUENCERS

WIN FAME & GLORY

SUPERNOVA CHALLENGE
INNOVATION CUPS & COMPETITIONS

CREATIVE ECONOMY

LET'S GET CREATIVE

2019 SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

Amy Golding

Chief Executive Officer - Opus Talent Solutions

Startups
Christopher Mowry

CEO - General Fusion

Keynote | Future Mobility
Dakota Semler

Co-Founder & CEO - XOS (Thor Trucks)

Future Mobility
Dr. Ayesha Khanna

Co-Founder & CEO - ADDO AI

Keynote | Smart Cities | AI
Dr. Ben Goertzel

Chairman & Chief Scientist, Singularity Studio & Founder & CEO, SingularityNET Foundation

Keynote
Haile Thomas

Founder & CEO - Healthy Active Positive Purposeful Youth (HAPPY)

NXG
Kai Schmidhuber

Digital & Innovation Expert

Retail | AI
Magnus Olsson

Co-Founder & Managing Director - Careem

Startups
Stephanie Peterson

VP Digital Marketing, Planning & Activation - Adidas

Digital Marketing

“I knew GITEX was one of the biggest shows on the planet but until I came here, I couldn’t believe how big, how lively and how exciting it was."

Brian McBride
Chairman, ASOS
"I attended the 2018 GFS. It was very well organised and enabled me to meet with a number of cutting edge technology SMEs in Health Tech we have since entered ongoing discussions with potential investment.”

Jerry Biggs
CEO, NCL Ventures
"Thanks to GFS, UFP Fintech kickstarted its first startup investment in the region. Our hearts are behind this deal as this startup will be a game changer for Fintech in UAE."

UFP Investors
(invested in Xpence)
No other start up event compares to GFS, we met 6 top investors which has already resulted in a pre-series A of USD300K

Al-Farouk Ahmed
Co-Founder & CEO, Tareeqi
The feedback and level of interest we received.. was unprecedented.. We have seen a keen willingness to adopt the latest thinking not just from a technology perspective, but also from a business model. human capital and operational point of view.

Shukri Eid
Managing Director, Cisco Middle East