Doha: The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) has unveiled the Innovation Theatre for the upcoming Qatar IT Conference and Exhibition (QITCOM 2019).
The Innovation Theatre will witness the best startup presentations, keynote speakers, and discussions about the latest smart solutions driving global digitization.
Under QITCOM 2019 theme ‘Safe, Smart Cities’, the Innovation Theatre will be located at the heart of the Entrepreneurship Zone within the MoTC Zone, where audiences will listen to and learn from upcoming and established entrepreneurs. The Innovation Theatre will host 30 sessions including eight keynotes, nine panels and six pitch sessions comprising of 100 pitches overall. Apart from innovation theater, the entrepreneurship zone includes four more programs , IdeaCamp, CodeCamp, Make the Deal and Startup Hub, wherein selected start-ups and winners from each of the programs will present their final pitches to a panel of judges at the innovation theater.
The first day will be a combination of keynotes, panels and IdeaCamp and CodeCamp pitch sessions, and winners announcments. The second day will focus on IdeaCamp, the third day will include Make the Deal pitches and the last day will witness a special pitch session, followed by the Startup Hub awards ceremony. More than 30 keynote and panel speakers will be discussing Safe, Smart Cities, the Future of Service Delivery, Emerging Technologies and Future Landscapes, Breaking Barriers: Lessons from Women Entrepreneurs, Megatrends and the Three Things that Truly Matter for Investors.
Ibrahim Al Mannai, Executive Director of Advisor and Incubation at Qatar Development Bank; Sachin Kumar, Founding Team Member and CTO – TupeloLife and Head of Google Developer Group (GDG), Doha and Dr. Tejinder Singh, Founder of Q-Tickets and 360 Nautica, will be among the forty-five key speakers at QITCOM 2019.
