www.OneGiantLEAP.com<\/a>)\u200b\u00a0will run from March 4-7, 2024, with new venue set to double show size.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\nAfter setting numerous new industry records during its 2022 debut, LEAP23 has shattered benchmarks once again after confirming 172,000 attendees this year, making it the world\u2019s largest technology event by attendance.<\/p>\n
Organisers of Saudi Arabia\u2019s LEAP \u2013 the world\u2019s most visionary, and now most attended, technology event \u2013 have revealed next year\u2019s edition, which will run from March 4-7, will move to a new home to ensure the pioneering platform continues to accelerate the Kingdom\u2019s digital transformation.<\/p>\n
After two game-changing outings, LEAP24 will transition to a 120,000 square metre capacity venue next year, enabling the third event to double in floor size and cater for even more innovative future technologies, digital entrepreneurs, tech startups, and high-profile guest speakers.<\/p>\n
Powered by Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in conjunction with Tahaluf \u2013 a strategic joint venture co-owned by Informa PLC and SAFCSP \u2013 LEAP\u2019s expanded new venue will further enhance the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\u2019s position as the largest digital market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).<\/p>\n
\u201cMomentum continues to go into orbit. In its first edition, LEAP22 enjoyed the largest debut of any technology event in history. In its second year, LEAP23 has rewritten the rule book once more to become the world\u2019s largest technology sector event by attendance,\u201d said Michael Champion, who heads Tahaluf, organisers of LEAP.<\/p>\n
A core enabler in Saudi Arabia\u2019s ambitious Vision 2030, the four-day LEAP23 saw an unprecedented 300,000-plus visitor registrations from more than\u00a0100\u00a0countries, and welcomed a high-profile faculty of 1,000 global investors – up from 350 last year.\u00a0Comprising major investor groups, sovereign wealth funds, private family groups, as well as major venture capital and private equity funds focused on technology, LEAP23\u2019s investor faculty boasted assets under management totalling US$2 trillion.<\/p>\n
With on-event transactions exceeding US$9 billion – a 32 per cent year-on-year increase on the US$6.8 billion in deals announced in 2022 – LEAP23 has injected fresh foreign direct investment impetus into Saudi Arabia\u2019s rapidly evolving digital ecosystems and startup economy. Major announcements this year have included mega infrastructure investments and multiple new data centres nationwide, a raft of billion-dollar-plus public-private partnerships, and new academies to foster and upskill homegrown talent.<\/p>\n
During the closing remarks of LEAP23, Champion added: \u201cThere is no limit to the ambition of this event, or this nation. While the on-event investment announcements are truly unprecedented, the legacy of this year\u2019s show will extend further and deeper than anyone can truly comprehend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are 380,000 technology professionals currently working in Silicon Valley \u2013 the world\u2019s tech capital – and there are 340,000 employed in Saudi\u2019s technology industry. We are still only seeing the tip of the iceberg and when we consider that technology investment, adoption, innovation, and entrepreneurship are key pillars in the Kingdom\u2019s ambitious economic diversification strategy, the potential for LEAP to power Saudi Arabia\u2019s digital transformation and galvanise growth across the international technology arena is unlimited.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more information, please visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.OneGiantLEAP.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00b7Global Tech Event The four-day LEAP23 saw an unprecedented 300,000-plus visitor registrations from more than 100 countries, and welcomed a high-profile faculty of 1,000 global investors \u00a0Second edition welcomes 172,000-plus attendees to become world\u2019s largest technology event by visits. Year-on-year visitor growth and more than US$9 billion in on-show announcements see Saudi event rewrite history […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,301,76,73,82,83,309,18],"tags":[440],"class_list":["post-10606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-events","category-government","category-news","category-technology","category-technology-trends","category-tourism","category-travels","tag-leap-2023-the-world-most-attended-tech-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}