COUNTRY FOCUS: UAE
Future
Datacentres and Cloud
FUTURE DATACENTRES AND
Infrastructure
2019
CLOUD Summit
INFRASTRUCTURE
Future Blockchain Summit
FUTURE BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT
SUMMIT 2019
This two-day summit will broadly focus
on the future of the data centre industry
in the region, while outlining the key
trends that are critical to operating an
effective IT infrastructure.
Digital Transformation is on the rise and
data is regarded as a key asset to the
success of any business.
Industry reports indicate that the
Middle East’s Smart Cities development
The second edition of the Future Blockchain
Summit, the world’s largest blockchain
festival brings to the forefront government
visionaries, Blockchain revolutionaries, start-
ups, investors and the brightest disruptors to
marry business sense with opportunity and
set the global Blockchain agenda. A total
of 14,000 visitors are expected from 130
countries to listen to 180 expert speakers.
DATES: April 2 to April 3
LOCATION: Dubai World Trade Centre
and will feature sessions from subject matter
experts from the world’s top organisations
and the region’s leading companies.
The summit will feature over 40 c-level
executives, business heads from the
marketing, Big Data, analytics, IT, and
security divisions across the hospitality,
transport, retail, telecom, e-commerce,
banking and real estate sectors.
DATES: April 15 to 16
LOCATION: Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort
& Spa, Dubai
GITEX
GITEX
Described as the biggest and boldest
technology show in MENA and South Asia,
and co-located with GITEX Future Stars, the
fastest growing global start-up event in the
region, GITEX is a must entry for the diary.
From world-famous industry names to Silicon
Valley’s hottest start-ups, the industry heads
to GITEX in anticipation of big business
partnerships, future-ready gear and booming
successes. With conference tracks built
around dedicated exhibitor sectors, X-Labs
spotlighting the bravest innovations, and
Tech Talks delivering the latest in tech, GITEX
is a rich source of inspiration, application and
success for exhibitors.
roadmap and Digital Transformation
processes play a critical role in the
exponential growth in data
centre investments.
In a data-driven world, operating an
effective, reliable, robust and secure IT
ecosystem is imperative.
As the only focused conference of its
kind in the Middle East region, the Future
Datacentres and Cloud Infrastructure
Summit 2019 will lay emphasis on the
growth of this industry, the growing
migration to cloud with an emphasis on
aspects such as security, cost and energy
efficiency, and recognising the challenges
in doing so.
DATES: April 1 to April 3
LOCATION: Habtoor Grand Resort,
Dubai Marina
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Smart Data
Summit
SMART
DATA SUMMIT
The UAE is currently ranked fifth globally
for use of Big Data and analytics and these
technologies are being adopted to build a
paperless future.
Through advancement of data management
solutions, the need for better data storage,
analysis and security is to remain a key
player within the IT industry, firms need to
start exploring different opportunities to
enable optimal use of their data to create
actionable insights.
The Smart Data Summit, which is the only
conference dedicated to Big Data analytics
in the UAE, will convene for its sixth edition
in April. The event will have the theme
‘Driving Customer Insights and Business
Performance Through Big Data Solutions’
DATES: October 6 to 10
LOCATION: World Trade Centre, Dubai
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THE UAE IS
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RANKED FIFTH
GLOBALLY FOR
USE OF BIG DATA
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