GITEX YouthX

Name: EXPAND NORTH STAR
Start: 2023-10-15
End: 2023-10-18
Location: Dubai Harbour

GITEX YouthX is gearing up for 2024 following 3 previous successful editions!

GITEX YouthX is the only event in the region that provides a dedicated platform for educational institutions and students to meet world-class Government entities. Hundreds of Startups, showcase their projects to thousands of global audience, interact with industry leaders, be mentored, pitch on stage, brainstorm, and network with innovators/investors from 56 countries.

YOUTHX PARTNERS

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YOUTHX UNIPRENEUR

Organized by Dubai World Trade Center and Unipreneur Inc, the 4th edition of UAE's biggest innovation event is back, as part of the world's biggest startup event - Expand North Star. The region’s only of its kind event based on the triple helix innovation model serves as an entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship & innovation development platform for youth and academic institutions around the world.

Event Dates: 13-16 October 2024
Venue: Dubai Harbour

Snapshot Showcase: Remembering Last Year's Event

Event Features

4 days of interesting on-stage engagements and competitions for youth, academia and innovators to learn, enagage and pitch their startup / innovation ideas
Innovators Exhibition Zone - For universities, schools, researchers & incubators
The Young Falcons - Dedicated Startup Pitch Competition for Youth
The Intrapreneuer - A unique career pitch competition for youth
Educators Innovation Challenge - 1st ever pitch competition for educators and faculty

Emaratipreneurs Expo - Young Emarati Startups and Innovation exhibition
Innovators Matchmaking - Between talented youth, academia and the industry for startup research and career development
Youth Amabassadors Program - For youth around the world to be part of the org team
Industry specific challenges and hackathons - For youth to solve real challenges
Research & Innovation Cup - For universities, schools and innovation incubators

LAST YEAR’S ATTENDANCE

3,000+ Students & Youth

800+ Youth Ambassadors

50+ Schools & Universities

250+ Speakers & judges

200 Pitches & Competitions

15 Winners

$ 164,000 Total funding for youth

$ 25,000 Super Nova

$ 100,000 Dubai next expo

$ 18,000 Hackathon prize money

$ 5,000 Youth Gifts and vouchers

$ 18,000 Unipreneur iterns Stipend

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The D33 vision alignment:

The sessions at youthx and the newly proposed T.A.P will be designed to be aligned and value to the Dubai’s D33 Economic Agenda unveiled by H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

D33 Focus Areas to be addressed at YouthX 2024 :

Integrating 65,000 young Emiratis into the job market.
Launching Dubai's plan for green and sustainable manufacturing.
Launching ‘Sandbox Dubai’ to allow testing and commercialization of new technologies and making Dubai a major innovation hub.
Launching a programme to attract the world's best universities, making Dubai a global pioneering hub for higher education.

Testimonial

The terrific opportunity that ENS and Unipreuneur provided for ITMO university cannot be overestimated. The exposure that our project teams got - having the ability to network with peers alike as well as communicate with investment agents in such numbers - no other event this sort of outreach. It is a terrific learning and developing experience that will definitely payback in multiple ways in the nearest time as well as in the long term. We are definitely going to be there next year!

Ekaterina Tulugurova ITMO University (Russia)

Today I have witnessed how the startup eco-system has evolved into an inclusive and integral part of global economies. It has been the source of foreign investments and job creation for many countries. The power and potential of a nation to lead the future is represented by the innovation represented by its youth. Governments and private sector of countries which have supported their startups community will surely lead the future. It’s not only funding that matters, but education and entrepreneurial guidance plays a crucial role in success. National commitment towards innovation and technology adoption has to be beyond policy making and must become a priority to uplift economic sectors. I’m proud and truly grateful to the leadership of United Arab Emirates for leading this region in innovation and more.