GITEX Global 2025 opened in Dubai today, drawing technology leaders, policymakers and investors to a city positioning itself at the center of the AI economy.

The 45th edition runs across the Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour — the largest GITEX yet — and turns attention to how artificial intelligence, quantum computing and biotechnology are reshaping global industries.

Organizers say this year’s event moves past theory as AI is now well integrated into critical sectors such as healthcare, green data centers and semiconductor assembly lines. Governments and companies are expected to outline how they’ll handle AI governance, data sovereignty and ethics, alongside new pushes in chip manufacturing, cybersecurity and sustainable infrastructure.

The program includes tracks on quantum-powered computation, precision medicine and climate resilience — areas now defining the race for digital competitiveness. Exhibitors are expected to showcase advances in semiconductors, automation systems and energy-efficient data centers, technologies increasingly seen as the backbone of national AI strategies.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development estimates the AI market will approach $4.8 trillion by 2033, intensifying the race to secure computing power and data capacity.

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For the UAE, GITEX highlights its wider strategy to become a leading AI-driven economy under Vision 2030, anchored by investment in digital infrastructure, biotech and advanced manufacturing. The country’s universities and research centers are also deepening AI and quantum programs to feed a growing demand for skilled talent.

Across the region, governments are backing similar pushes as geopolitical and economic pressures make technological self-reliance a priority. Dubai’s role, through GITEX, is to keep that momentum visible — a meeting ground where global and regional ambitions align.