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With its regional headquarters in Dubai, and local offices in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, East Africa, West Africa, South Africa, and Türkiye, IDC has been tracking the META region for over 25 years. Our respected standing in the market has enabled us to establish close working relationships across the ICT industry, providing in-depth consultancy services designed to inform a new generation of technology policies, strategies, and regulations for the digital era.

To complement our extensive research and consultancy services, IDC hosts a series of annual technology roadshows and CIO Summits across the META region, exploring key emerging trends like big data, the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, cloud, and artificial intelligence. We also have a proven track record of organizing world-class custom events that have been meticulously tailored to meet the unique needs of individual clients.

We deliver more than 200 high-impact technology events per year across the META region, bringing providers, practitioners, leaders, and subject-matter experts together to support knowledge sharing and networking.

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We offer technology insights to organizations seeking to accelerate Success in the post-pandemic, post-globalization era: digitally-transformed, navigating and creating their own new realities in a changed world.

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IDC organizes a wide range of events designed to create ongoing dialogue about the effective use of ICT in modern businesses, the latest trends and key issues, and the changing economic, social, and regulatory environments affecting both the sale and use of information and communication technologies.

Bringing together users, analysts, vendors, business and professional associations, academics, government officials, and the media, our events focus on how technology can help enterprises and individuals succeed in the emerging markets of the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa.



Display Events:

Pioneering the Future of Work with AI

In-Person

June 30, 2025

Location: One&Only One Za'abeel, United Arab Emirates

Digital Transformation Summit for Higher Education

In-Person

September 15, 2025

Location: Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

IDC CIO Summit 2025

Architecting an AI-Fueled Business

In-Person

September 17 - September 18, 2025

Location: Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

IDC Mauritius CIO Summit 2025

Architecting an AI-Fueled Business

In-Person

September 24, 2025

Location: Le Méridien Ile Maurice, Port Louis, Mauritius

IDC Security Summit

Cybersecurity Leadership: Bridging the Gap Between Tech and Strategy in the AI Era

In-Person

September 25, 2025

Location: Istanbul, Türkiye

IDC CISO Roundtable 2025

Securing the Future: Artificial Intelligence,Quantum Computing, and the Crisis-Ready Cyber Defense

In-Person

November 4, 2025

Location: Mövenpick Hotel and Residences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

IDC Qatar CIO Summit 2025

Architecting an AI-Fueled Business

In-Person

November 12, 2025

Location: Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel & Villas, Qatar

Public Sector Congress 2025

In-Person

November 18, 2025

Location: Mövenpick Hotel and Residences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Display Events:

From Strategy to Scale: Operationalizing AI in the Enterprise

In-Person

June 24, 2025

Location: Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

IDC Security Roadshow

Securing the Future: Artificial Intelligence,Quantum Computing, and the Crisis-Ready Cyber Defense

In-Person

June 23, 2025

Location: Fairmont Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Building Adaptive Organizations: Exploring Priorities and Principles for Modern IT Environments

In-Person

June 23, 2025

Location: Fairmont Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

IDC CISO Roundtable & Excellence Awards

Securing the Future: Artificial Intelligence,Quantum Computing, and the Crisis-Ready Cyber Defense

In-Person

June 19, 2025

Location: Jumeirah Mina Al Salam, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Unleashing the Power of Sovereign Cloud for Modern Government

In-Person

June 19, 2025

Location: Mohammed bin Rashid Library, United Arab Emirates

Making Sense of IT Modernization in the South African Finance Sector

In-Person

June 18, 2025

Location: The Maslow Hotel Sandton, South Africa

IDC Security Roadshow & CISO Excellence Awards

Securing the Future: Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and the Crisis-Ready Cyber Defense

In-Person

June 17, 2025

Location: Grand Hyatt Doha Hotel & Villas, Qatar

be:Connected

In-Person

May 28, 2025

Location: Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh, Saudi Arabia