If you are an entrepreneur or startup owner looking for guidance or advice from specialists and experts, or you are an innovation owner or startup in the early stage or in the initial product building stage MVP or product building stage, and are looking for funding or an incubation opportunity in a business incubator, there is an opportunity to get all of this during the Cairo ICT Innovation Forum that will be held at Cairo International Technology Fair from November 19 to 22.
The Innovation Forum comes in partnership with the institutions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, where there will be more than one mentoring expert in the fields of marketing, law, engineering development and other fields, in addition to investors and business incubators with more than EGP 100 mn in funding, according to Dr. Maged Ghanima, advisor to the Executive Director of the Innovators and Talents Welfare Fund.
Register in the following form so that the forum can choose the appropriate mentor, incubator or investor for your needs and meet them during the exhibition period:
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Cairo ICT 2023, the technical event organized by Trade Fairs International in its twenty-seventh edition, will kick off with the participation of a crowd of actors and influencers in the technology sector locally, regionally and internationally from government agencies, regulatory institutions, major companies and startups, during the period from 19 to 22 November at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in New Cairo.
The holding of the twenty-seventh session of Cairo ICT 2023 comes in light of exceptional transformations that highlighted the dominance of technology, its importance and its decisive role in the development of countries, securing companies, creating solutions, seizing opportunities and facing challenges, which prompted the organisers to adopt the slogan IGNITE INNOVATION: Merging Minds & Machines for a Better World, to be the official slogan of the event in 2023 and the guiding concept of the exhibition tracks and accompanying events such as forums and dialogue sessions and workshops.
Cairo ICT 2023 is characterised by providing unparalleled networking opportunities, as it brings together a group of ministers, officials, leaders of government agencies, international and local companies under one roof, as well as a group of CEOs and leaders of major companies in technology, financial technology, banking and insurance in Egypt and the world, and the event includes the participation of more than 400 international and local companies and 200 speakers in its sessions and conferences, which last for 4 days.
The Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and Population, the Ministry of Justice, and the Central Bank of Egypt are at the forefront of the ministries participating in the Cairo ICT 2023 pavilions, in addition to a representation of the Egyptian Armed Forces represented by the Emergency and Safety Network and several government agencies, in addition to the participation of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, the Egyptian Space Agency, and a variety of government agencies and institutions most interested in technological development.
Cairo ICT 2023 features a range of essential issues in several areas of interest to all parties, foremost of which are artificial intelligence and robotics, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, and generative artificial intelligence, in addition to discussing the developments of ultra-large data centre solutions, hybrid cloud solutions and edge computing.
Cairo ICT 2023 seminars and conferences discuss the most prominent and latest issues of cybersecurity and preparedness to face emerging and emerging threats in 2024, the resilience of financial institutions in the face of ransomware and incident response, artificial intelligence in banking cybersecurity, electronic signature and digital solutions in enabling digital transformation, the future of satellite communications, smart cities and the effects of fifth generation communications.
In parallel with the twenty-seventh session of Cairo ICT 2023, the tenth edition of the International Exhibition and Conference on Digital Payments and Digital Inclusion for the Middle East and Africa (PAFIX) will be held under the auspices of the Central Bank of Egypt, in addition to the eighth edition of the Innovation Arena and Innovation Forum.
For his part, Osama Kamal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trades International, the organising company, said that this year’s Cairo ICT 2023 session comes in light of major international and regional transformations that constantly reaffirm the fact that technology is the locomotive that drives development in all sectors and that it is the axis on which countries and companies must be based in building the future.
He added: Striving for a better world is not just a slogan for this event, but a basic principle that we believe in and believe will achieve the optimal use of technology that we have devoted our efforts for more than 26 years to spread and raise awareness of its utmost importance in our emerging region, and we are proud of what we have achieved or been the cause of this journey of leadership, inter-agreements and international partnerships, all of which started from under the roof of this event, which welcomes visitors now for the twenty-seventh year in a row.
The twenty-seventh edition is sponsored by Medar Investment and Urban Development, strategic partner e-finance, technology partner Huawei, title sponsor Dell Technologies, platinum sponsor Egypt Trust, Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB), security sponsor Fortinet, digital sponsor inelegant systems, intelligent infrastructure sponsors ICT MISR and IOT MISR, gold sponsorship from Khazna Data Center and Bunyah Group, and silver sponsorship from network International and SAP. HILIGHTS is also a conference solutions partner, Orange is a telecommunications partner, Microsoft is a sponsor of artificial intelligence, and VIP sponsors are the Arab Organization for Industrialization and Zero Tech.
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