GITEX Global 2026 is packing up and moving. The Gulf’s big tech show runs from 7 to 11 December, with its expo at Expo City Dubai and a new robotics show.
It’s the first time the show has left the Dubai World Trade Centre, and the first time it’s run in December. The last edition took place from 13 to 17 October 2025 at the World Trade Centre. The official GITEX site splits the week in two. The one-day GITEX Summit takes place on Monday 7 December at the Dubai World Trade Centre’s Sheikh Maktoum Hall. The four-day expo then runs from 8 to 11 December at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in Expo City Dubai.
Both venues sit on the Dubai Metro’s Red Line. For the Summit, get off at World Trade Centre station. For the expo, ride towards Expo 2020 and get off at Expo 2020 station, about a five- to ten-minute walk from the halls. Drivers get 10,000 free visitor parking spaces at Expo City.
AI sovereignty and the Summit speakers
GITEX (short for Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) started in 1981 as the Gulf Computer Exhibition. This year’s Summit focuses on AI sovereignty and scalability, with sessions on the compute economy, closed-door Chatham House briefings, the LIVX World Longevity Forum, and the GITEX Capital Forum.
Speakers include Peng Xiao, CEO of the UAE’s G42; Marc Ganzi, CEO of DigitalBridge; and Gary Marcus, emeritus professor at New York University. Alongside the expo, co-located shows include the Expand North Star startup and investor showcase, GITEX Agentix, and GITEX Quantum Expo.
Humanoids at GITEX World RobotiX
The headline addition is GITEX World RobotiX, a new event running across all four expo days. Its launch press release cites Counterpoint Research figures of more than 22,000 humanoid robots shipped worldwide in the first half of 2026, up 300% year on year. Dubai’s own Robotics and Automation Program targets 200,000 robots by 2032.
The organisers have named Unitree, UBTECH, Lumos Robotics, Lootah Robotics, Besomi, and Vecow among the exhibitors. Lumos plans a live dance performance from its NIX S3 robot, which has 21 degrees of freedom. UAE firm Besomi will bring six humanoid and mobile robots it calls the “Besomi Rangers”.
Our demonstrations are designed to show the philosophy behind our products: robots need to do more than move. They need to perform useful tasks reliably in real environments.
Cecile Wei, PR Director, Lumos Robotics
Tickets
The official registration form lists the GITEX Global visitor pass at AED 630 (about $172), and early-bird pricing has ended. That pass covers only the expo days, not the Summit, which requires separate registration. GITEX sells tickets on visit.gitex.com and doesn’t authorise resellers.
The full 2026 exhibitor list isn’t out yet, but the robotics line-up shows what visitors can expect at Expo City next month.
