GITEX GLOBAL 2026 Moves to Expo City Dubai in December

GITEX GLOBAL will hold its 2026 edition at Expo City Dubai for the first time, running from Tuesday, December 8 through Friday, December 11. The venue shift places the self-described "world's largest tech & AI show" inside a site built for global scale, with organizers pointing to the location's 2.2 million square feet of exhibition space as part of a broader $2.7 billion expansion.

Ahead of the main show floor opening, the GITEX Scale Summit kicks off on Monday, December 7 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, effectively giving the event a five-day footprint across two Dubai venues. It's a structure that separates the summit's more focused programming from the sprawling expo that follows.

A Reunion of Two Flagship Events

Perhaps the more consequential change for exhibitors and investors is the reunion of GITEX GLOBAL with Expand North Star, the startup and venture-focused arm of the event, back into a single mega-event. The two had previously run as distinct properties, and bringing them under one roof signals an effort to consolidate enterprise tech, government digital initiatives, and startup funding activity into a single week.

For an event that markets itself on scale, the venue choice matters. Expo City Dubai carries the legacy infrastructure of Expo 2020 and has been positioned since as a permanent hub for large-scale international gatherings, rather than a temporary fairground repurposed for the occasion.

No further details on exhibitor lists, keynote speakers, or ticketing have been confirmed for this edition. What is established is the calendar and the venue: a four-day main expo, a one-day summit preceding it, and a first-time home for one of the industry's most closely watched annual gatherings for enterprise technology and AI.