Deep Tech MEA is the go-to hub for cutting-edge technologies in the Middle East and Africa. It brings together visionary entrepreneurs, pioneering researchers, technology leaders, and forward-looking government entities.
Deep Tech MEA brings together visionary entrepreneurs, pioneering researchers, technology leaders, and forward-looking government entities driving innovation in fields like AI, quantum computing, advanced materials, robotics, and beyond. The initiative creates a thriving ecosystem where deep tech innovations can scale—through regional challenges, strategic partnerships, and access to resources that accelerate impact across academia, industry, and public sector stakeholders.
Deep Tech Geeks startups competition is an international competition powered by Deep Tech MEA Initiative & Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship Company (GIE), aimed at identifying and supporting the most promising deep tech startups from around the globe. The competition is designed to foster innovation and accelerate the growth of groundbreaking technologies. Startups based on a new technology, a scientific discovery, or a complex engineering.
Deep Tech MEA 2025 will take place at GITEX Expand North Star from 12–15 October 2025 – the region’s largest event for startups and future-shaping technologies. Hosted in Dubai, Expand North Star gathers global investors, entrepreneurs, and tech disruptors to accelerate innovation and explore cutting-edge solutions across industries.
Chairman Exits CEO Foras ai
Founder & Managing Partner August One
Director at Velocity
Sustainability Director - Middle East, Caspain Sea and Africa region, Bureau Veritas
Chief Advisor, National Industrial Devlopment Center
CEO (Global Innovation and Enterpreneurship Company "GIE")
Head of United Nations Industrial Development Organization - ITPO Bahrain
CEO Keheilan
Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & Global Growth, WatSPEED, University of Waterloo
Co-founder and co-chair, Fast forward 2030
CO-Founder and Vice Executive Chairman, Exits MENA
Executive Director, e-Health Innovation Center (CIeS)
University of Dubai President
IEEE TEMS VP, Innovation, Entrepreneurship Center Manager at Dubai University, Chairman of GIE
AI Governance Lead, RAIC, Egypt
CEO of NOVATION CITY
Programme leader & Lecturer of University College London
Global President, 2023 IEEE Eta Kappa Nu | 2023 IEEE HTB Partnership Chair
RAJALAKSHMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (RIT), CHENNAI PRINCIPAL
Professor at the University of Dubai
Principal & Senior Professor at SSN College of Engineering
VICE CHAIRMAN, RAJALAKSHMI GROUP
Author & CEO of Nestor AI
Founder of Majalis.AI
VP Strategic Partnerships & Outreach, Professional.me
Vice President, Monolith Technologies, India
Majra - National CSR Fund CEO
Frontier Tech Strategist, Founder, Board Member
Strategic Economic, Technology, and Investment Advisor
Professor of Electrical Engineering، Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai
Chief Executive Officer of IITM Global
General Partner of Nyx Ventures
Founder | CEO, ITT Nexus - Acceleratemea
Professor, University of Bahrain
Bussiness Development Manager, GIE
Head of Computer Science and Communications Department, Faculty of Science, University of Sfax, and IEEE Region 8, Vice-Chair Member Activities
FoundeRoboHiTec Founder r | CEO, ITT Nexus - Acceleratemea
Chief Strategy Officer of Galbot
Chairperson of Youth Entrepreneurs Asscociation "YEN"
Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship (GIE) is an Innovation Enablement Platform that ignites innovation mainly in new and emerging technologies; through global initiatives, Challenges, Capacity Building, Pre-incubation Programs and competitions with a vision of breaking barriers between technology and people.
GIE is one of the Technology and Innovation Management Leaders in the Middle East and Africa Region.
