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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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Our Events

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:

Cloud-Powered Agility: Transforming Infrastructure for Innovation and Scale

In-Person

October 27, 2025

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Intelligent Digital Experiences: Harnessing AI & Data to Transform UAE Enterprises

In-Person

October 28, 2025

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

IDC Qatar CIO Summit 2025

Architecting an AI-Fueled Business

In-Person

November 12, 2025

Location: Doha, Qatar

IDC CISO Roundtable 2025

AI Resilience in Action: Cyber Leadership for the Next Era

In-Person

November 12, 2025

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

IDC Technology Symposium & Awards

In-Person

November 19, 2025

Location: Sapanca, Türkiye

IDC CIO Excellence Awards & Symposium

In-Person

November 20, 2025

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Public Sector Congress 2025

In-Person

November 27, 2025

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

IDC Cloud & AI Roadshow 2025

Accelerating Business Transformation with Cloud and AI

In-Person

December 11, 2025

Location: Istanbul, Türkiye

Display Events:

be:Connected

In-Person

October 20, 2025

Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait

IBM Automation Summit

In-Person

September 25, 2025

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

IDC Mauritius CIO Summit 2025

Architecting an AI-Fueled Business

In-Person

September 24, 2025

Location: Port Luis, Mauritius

Journey to AI: From Experimentation to Value Realization

In-Person

September 24, 2025

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Navigating Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity: Tackling Emerging Threats with Innovation

In-Person

September 24, 2025

Location: InterContinental Mauritius Resort, Mauritius

IDC Security Summit

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

In-Person

September 23, 2025

Location: Istanbul, Türkiye

IDC CIO Summit 2025

Architecting an AI-Fueled Business

In-Person

September 17 - September 18, 2025

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

IBM Agentic AI Summit

Propelling the Next Wave of Productivity with Agentic AI

In-Person

September 17, 2025

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia