More than 1,000 international and local companies in the technology sector are expected to participate in the third edition of ‘LEAP’, the most attended technical conference in the world, to be held in Riyadh.
The event will also see over 1,000 experts and speakers from 180 countries discussing the future of technology and artificial intelligence, besides reviewing the latest innovations.
The event, scheduled for March 4-7, will be held under the slogan “New Horizons”.
The third edition of LEAP, jointly organised by the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones, and the ‘Tahaluf’ Company, will see several conferences and platforms, including the “Deep Fest” platform.
The event will also feature innovation sessions and theaters that offer training courses, with the participation of several emerging companies and the most prominent global companies in the field of artificial intelligence.
Besides AI, sessions on sustainability, games, space, cybersecurity, and digital twins will be the highlights of LEAP 24, which is expected to see a long list of global leaders and corporate head honchos.
Divya Gokulnath, co-founder of Bygos, Martin Felig, co-founder of Boltt, Pekka Lundmark, president and CEO, Nokia, Børgi Ekholm, CEO and president, Ericsson, Arvind Krishna, chairman and CEO, IBM, Martin Urrutia-Islas, global head of retail innovation at The LEGO Group, and Philipp Rambach, president Executive Director of Artificial Intelligence at Schneider Electric are among the corporate top executives to attend this year’s event.
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Engineer Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha, said the LEAP conference in its third session will consolidate the Kingdom’s position as a center for technology and innovation and an attraction point for technology investments in the region.
Saudi Arabia is now considered the largest point of concentration for talent and digital capabilities, with more than 354,000 young men and women, the minister said.
Last year’s edition of LEAP saw investments and launches exceeding $9 billion, besides an attendance exceeding 172,000 visitors.
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