Investments across a range of sectors in the Middle East and Africa will drive the region’s IoT market to $10.9 billion in 2019, up from $5.1 billion last year, said the organisers of the upcoming Future Technology Week in Dubai, UAE.

The event runs from March 29 to 31 across four halls at Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC) and will feature  the Internet of Things Expo (IoTX), The Big Data Show, the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) and the Gulf Enterprise Mobility Exhibition & Conference (GEMEC). The show is supported by Dubai Smart Office as Smart City Partner to drive awareness on Dubai’s Smart City initiative.

“More data has been created in the past two years than in the entire history of the human race; the growth in IoT products and resulting surge in big data are transforming traditional business models” said Trixie LohMirmand, senior vice president, Exhibitions & Events, DWTC.

“Our IoTX and the Big Data Show provide segmented conference and exhibition platforms for companies to explore innovative technologies and solutions upgrades that will maximise monetisation avenues and benefit their customers.”

With more than 6000 decision-makers, 500 delegates, 70 speakers and 100 exhibitors, IoTX at Future Technology Week will explore trends such as IoT blueprint technologies, connecting the unconnected, wearables, consumer behaviour, mitigating pervasive risks and disruptive hardware.

The event will feature an interactive conference, innovative tech exhibition, certified security training sessions, a Microsoft sponsored hackathon, capture the flag code breaking competition and entrepreneur platform called the Hive supported by Dubai SME, Wamda Capital and Astrolabs.

More than 1,500 regional business leaders are also expected to attend The Big Data Show, which will highlight technologies – including smart cities, industrial data, advanced analytics, industrial applications, big data security and big data at work - that adopt and improve big data and analytics practices and strategies.

The Big Data Show will also host the Microsoft sponsored second annual Hackathon held under three themes: Smart Transportation, Smart Environment and Smart Cities.

As part of Future Technology Week, IoTX opens on March 29 and concludes on March 30, the one-day GEMEC runs on March 29, GISEC opens on March 30 and ends on March 31, and the one-day The Big Data Show runs on March 31. Meanwhile, the exhibition segment runs for three days from March 29 to 31.

Future Technology Week and its associated segmented exhibitions and conferences are strictly trade-only events open to business and trade visitors only.  – TradeArabia News Service