GITEX Goes Asia: Singapore to Host Major Tech Summit
GITEX, a major global tech event, expands to Asia in April 2025, bringing together leading voices in AI, quantum computing, and venture capital to Singapore.
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GITEX Asia 2025, a three-day technology summit, will be held at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from April 23 to 25. This marks the first time in its 44-year history that GITEX, traditionally a Middle Eastern event organized by the Dubai World Trade Centre, will take place in Asia.
This isn’t just another tech conference. It’s the launch of a new innovation corridor.
What Makes This Edition Different
Brought to Singapore by the Dubai World Trade Centre — the force behind GITEX GLOBAL — the event builds on a legacy of convening the most influential voices in tech. The Asian edition is arriving with serious momentum:
- 25,000+ executives
- 220+ speakers
- 700+ global enterprises and startups
- 250+ investors
- 70+ participating countries
According to Mr. Tan Boon Khai, CEO of JTC Corporation Singapore,
GITEX, after 44 years in the Middle East, is now coming to Asia for the first time… connecting diverse stakeholders in an exciting new market.
The message is clear: Southeast Asia is no longer just an emerging ecosystem — it's a global innovation hub.
Big Names, Real Deals
GITEX Asia 2025 isn’t relying on hype. The speaker lineup brings together decision-makers from AI, cybersecurity, venture capital, telecoms, and quantum computing.
Among the highlights:
- Eugene Kaspersky (Kaspersky),
- Navneet Govil (SoftBank),
- Dr. Anna Yip (Singtel),
- Vikram Sinha (Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison),
- Shunsuke Okada (Toshiba),
- Michael Spranger (Sony AI),
- Vishal Harnal (500 Global),
- Christian Weedbrook (Xanadu Quantum),
- and many more.
These aren’t just crowd-pleasers — they represent billions in R&D, market-shaping AI platforms, and frontline leadership in digital infrastructure across Asia-Pacific and beyond.
The Program: Where Strategy Meets Experimentation
Spread across 7 conference stages and featuring 180+ hours of content, GITEX Asia 2025 dives deep into both the foundations and frontiers of tech.
The content is split across 16+ tracks, including:
- Asia Digital AI Economy Summit – forecasts, breakthroughs, and economic foresight
- Cloud & Connectivity – from hyperscalers to telcos
- Cybersecurity – rethinking digital defense architecture in the age of AI threats
- Health Tech & Biotech – the future of patient care and precision medicine
- Green Tech & Smart Cities – energy, mobility, and net-zero strategies
- Quantum – applicability, investment, and the next computing paradigm
- Startups & Investors – GITEX’s trademark zone for venture and growth capital.
And yes, AI is everywhere. In dedicated sessions, as part of fintech, powering quantum, and even reshaping smart cities.
The Co-Located Power Blocks
To push things even further, GITEX Asia 2025 is hosting a series of co-located shows, each with its own vertical audience and track focus:
- AI Everything Singapore – the region’s most curated AI showcase
- North Star Asia – Asia’s leading startup-investor marketplace
- GITEX Cyber Valley – for CISOs, CIOs, and security decision-makers
- GQX – the new frontier in quantum
- GITEX DigiHealth & Biotech – medical innovation meets venture
This multi-track structure gives GITEX a conference-within-a-conference layout, allowing attendees to go deep in their domain while staying connected to the broader tech story.
Institutional Weight, Global Voices
The partner roster alone reads like a who’s who of innovation:
- NVIDIA,
- Oracle,
- Alibaba
- Cloud,
- Kaspersky,
- Ericsson,
- Lenovo,
- Fortinet,
- SoftBank,
- ManageEngine,
- China Mobile International,
- regional tech organizations like SGTech and Dubai Chamber.
We are excited to be part of GITEX Asia. We look forward to using this opportunity to establish relationships with many prominent players in the region,
said Rashid Ivaev, Founding Member of Nebius.
For exhibitors and startups, that means instant access to cross-border capital, distribution, and media visibility.
And as Eugene Kaspersky puts it:
GITEX’s unparalleled platform has continually elevated our mission – and we’re thrilled to be embarking on this transformative journey in Singapore.
Where the Global Tech Story Meets Asia’s Moment
GITEX Asia 2025 doesn’t just expand the brand. It signals that Asia isn’t the future of tech—it’s the now.
With a spotlight on AI, cybersecurity, quantum, and sustainability, the event is tuned into what industries care about in 2025. But beyond buzzwords, it offers something rare: a space where deep tech, big capital, and regional policy meet on even footing.
Whether you’re scaling a startup, designing an AI framework, or steering national digital policy — GITEX Asia is where the conversations happen before the world catches up.
And this time, they’re happening in Singapore.
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