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Addressing the audience, he highlighted AI is a major driver for the future and is already impacting
our everyday lives whether it is transportation or ordering food but to propel growth even further
across different sectors, people and companies need to learn how to enable AI effectively.
This year’s GITEX GLOBAL has attracted its largest international participation with 40% growth,
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welcoming new nations to the 44 edition of the showpiece event. Europe has a major presence
this week, the biggest in the event’s history with the region’s tech industry projected to grow by 12%
by the end of this year.

Stephane Ouaki, Head of Department at European Innovation Council outlined how the continent
is accelerating its tech ecosystem. He said the Council is supporting game-changing innovations,
giving entrepreneurs access to opportunities to enhance their knowledge, and learn from other
professionals to boost the growth of their businesses which benefits not only economies nationally
but also regionally.

Ignacy Niemczycki, Undersecretary of State Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of
Poland, delivered a presentation on how the country is embracing technology.
Our culture is a key pillar in our journey of being a tech leader and we have a stable economy which
has been very resilient for the last 30 years.
More importantly, there is a real interest in the STEM field – if you ask most people in Poland, their
choice would be to become an software engineer and this has created a situation where we have
one of the best IT programmers in the world with some great tech entrepreneurs already from
Poland.

Ignacy Niemczycki, Undersecretary of State Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of
Poland

The models that we have been building have all stayed true to our products which has brought us
success so far. As the company has been growing, we have been able to invest more into compute
technologies and have built a data centre facility in Sweden. However, we need to keep innovating
and see what the next step is. If we do not think ahead, we would be in the same position as we are
today.

Dr. Jaroslaw Kutylowski, the founder and CEO of DeepL

Meanwhile, Heman Bekele, who was named TIME’s 2024 Kid of the Year for inventing a potential
treatment for skin cancer, shared his inspiring story. He explained how the failures that he
experienced in life in producing his innovative soap product has made him a stronger individual and
passion has a been a key attribute to his career success so far.

Taking place at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) until 18 October, GITEX GLOBAL presents its
biggest, most international edition in its 44 year, welcoming over 6,500 exhibitors, 1,800 startups,
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1,200 investors alongside governments from more than 180 countries.
GITEX GLOBAL is seamlessly connecting with world’s largest network of tech events with its stellar
list including GITEX EUROPE Berlin, GITEX ASIA Singapore, GITEX AFRICA Morocco, and GITEX
NIGERIA. These events are fostering collaboration and driving innovation to shape the tech
landscape of tomorrow.

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