Supported by Featuring the inaugural

THE BIGGEST MEETUP

FOR THE CODING &
DEVELOPER COMMUNITY

Post Show Report 2022

Founding Partners Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsor

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AT T E N D E E S

5,000 +
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1,000 +

WORLD’S BEST LARGE

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SCALE EXHIBITION 686

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Ground-breaking, agenda-setting and thought-provoking

250 +
24 1,400 +
800
+
CONFERENCE HOURS OF KEYNOTES,
STREAMS SPEAKERS TALKS AND G O V E R N ME N T
PRESENTATIONS ENTITIES
Global DevSlam is
poised to be one of
the biggest developer
events in the world.”
H.E. Omar bin Sultan Al Olama
UAE Minister of State for
Artificial Intelligence,
Digital Economy and Remote
Work Applications
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 W H A T O U R A T T E N D E E S H A D T O S AY
ONUR GORUR
Director Product Management - Apps, Infrastructure & Data
Platform, Microsoft Middle East & Africa
“What a great start to #gitex2022! Thanks to all
attendees at my #globaldevslam session today! It was
great to meet our colleagues at VMware and Confluent.
And what an awesome launch for Hololens 2 in UAE!
Wishing all my colleagues a great week ahead at
#gitexglobal2022”
Ksenia Ternavskykh Ahmed Waheed Hatim
Nagarwala Anat Gil Julien Bertin Mina Nagy Neeti
Gupta Nadia Mandich Paolo Zampieri Edouard
Lorrain Steve Fernandes Christian Mataheru Amr
Kamel Inass Farouk Ihsan Anabtawi
HEBA ALAYYAN, PMP
Planning & Portfolio Management Director
It was a great pleasure to participate today with
Fatima Zada for an inspirational fireside chat as part
of Gitex Global 2022, discussing the overcoming
challenges as women in Technology. Thank You
Majid Al Futtaim, Global DevSlam and GITEX for the
lovely experience. Thanks to all who passed by and
supported us in this discussion!
#gitex2022 #majidalfuttaim #technology
#globalsolutions #womenintech #globaldevslam
MAGESH S
Associate Vice President For Development
at Emirates NBD
Hala, I Got an #opportunity to participate at Global
DevSlam as a #mentor from Emirates NBD. It was a
fantastic full-day event at GITEX GLOBAL where all
bright minds came together for a challenge to prove
themselves to the #world in the first-ever event of a kind
in #menaregion. … Read More
#gitexglobal #globaldevslam #futurelab #emiratesnbd
#virtusa #hackathon #innovation #fintechsurge
#digitalbanking
MAYA BRIDGMAN
Founder of Dubai AI Society | UAE Ministry
of Artificial Intelligence Gold Ambassador
“It was amazing to speak at the Global DevSlam
Takeover Stage to an engaged audience about
algorithmic bias, its impact on a diverse society, and
how to mitigate it. I'm ecstatic that so many audience
members were able to resonate with the issue of a lack
of diversity in datasets, and professionals with their
experience in the industry, and are convinced to take
active steps to address this challenge.”
#gitex2022 #gitexglobal #devslam #takeoverstage
#artificialintelligence #algorithmicbias
#equityineducation #socialai
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Global DevSlam is a great place
to make connections, personal and
business connections, and to help
people stay committed to their craft.” 83 %

Travis Oliphant
Creator of NumPy & Co-Founder,
Continuum Analytics & Anaconda Inc
of attendees that
attended the event
said that the event
met or exceeded
their expectations

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EXHIBITORS PRODUCTS
5G & Telecommunications

UNITING THE ENTIRE

AgriTech & FoodTech
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

D E V E L O P E R E C O SY S T E M
Big Data & Analytics
Blockchain
Cloud Services
Coding and Development
ConstrucTech & PropTech
Consulting Services
Consumer Tech, Smart Home & Smart Workplace
Creative Economy
Cyber security
Data Centres & Data Management
EdTech
Environmental, Sustainability & Social Impact Tech
Fintech, Finance and Ecommerce
Future Mobility & Transportation
Gaming
Government & Public Policy
HealthTech
Internet of Things (IOT)
Investment / VC / M&A / PE
Across
115 85 +
30+
Marketing Tech & Services
Media, Content & Entertainment
Companies Countries Industries Metaverse & Immersive Tech
Research & Development
Smart Cities
Software & Software Services
Space Tech
of the exhibitors got potential client leads

#GLOBALDEVSLAM
63 % and 31% of them got tech partnership leads
to expand their products/ series
Sports Tech
Travel Tech

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 Global DevSlam serves as a platform for members of the
coding and development community to come together to
build connections, network and learn together.
VISITORS

11,000 +
120 +
42 2000 +
Coders Hackers Workshops Paid Delegates

+30 NPS score

(*industry benchmark is an avg. score of 13.5)

Designation Level:

C-Level/ Pres./ Chairman 3.10%

Owner/ Board Director/ Partner 13.84%
Director/ Head of Department 10.42%
Managing Director/ Vice President/ General Manager 7.25%
#GLOBALDEVSLAM

Senior Manager/ Manager 24.38%

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Student 9.77%
Other 11.41%

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T H E P O W E R O F I N T E R N AT I O N A L
C O L L A B O R AT I O N
We are proud to signed #strategic
partnership with Afribit Holdings during
GITEX GLOBAL 2022 by our CoFounder/
CSO : Mr. Ramy AlDamati, and Mr.
Sylvester Meyer : Group Cheif Executive
Officer of Afribit Holdings, Afribit Academy
This partnership will help and support
deliverying top #EmergingTechnologies
training courses to help #upskilling of
unemployed #youth in ICT knowledge and
skills in #SouthAfrica.
— feeling excited.
We are happy to announce our
partnership with QewamX | ‫قِــوام إكس‬
that will help us empower and scale
the AI community in the MENA region.
Christophe Zoghbi and Wael
Altorabi signed an MOU during
Global DevSlam at GITEX GLOBAL
#GITEXGLOBAL #AiEverything
#DevSlam #Dubai #UAE #AI
#ArtificialIntelligence #partnership
#zaka #machinelearning #partners
#GLOBALDEVSLAM
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 90
SPEAKERS

GLOBAL DEVSLAM
4 DAYS
OF INDUSTRY
P YC O N M E A S TA G E LEADING
CONVERSATION
The inaugural launch of PyCon MEA saw global Python aficionados, Java Experts & Cloud
Kubernetes enthusiasts come together to build the future for a code driven data economy. 100 +
700 + PYTHONISTAS IN ATTENDANCE
HOURS OF
INTERACTIVE
Led by powerful industry names such as Travis Oliphant, Sebastian Ramirez, Peter Wang, Fabio LEARNINGS
Pliger, Carl Meyer, Niels Bantilan, Simon Prickett and so many more. The conference served to
bring together the PyCon community together to learn, network and connect.
2000 +

#GLOBALDEVSLAM
4 DAYS OF STIMULATING CONTENT, 50+ NO OF SPEAKERS, XX HOURS OF CONTENT DELEGATES

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TA K E O V E R S TA G E
Showcasing the best of game-changing startups, innovative industry leaders
& top tech companies, the TakeOver Stage featured talks, presentations &
awards focused on the change makers in coding & development.

Providing an elevated
platform for women leaders
running the tech world

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 Travis Oliphant
Sebastian Ramirez
Creator of NumPy & Montano

TOP
Co-Founder
Creator
Continuum Analytics
& Anaconda Inc FastAPI (Germany)

PSPEAKERS (USA)

Carl Meyer Justin Garrison Sr

Core member of Django, Developer Advocate
Python framework & Amazon Web
Software Engineer Services (USA)
Instagram (USA)

Kautilya Katariya Valeria Cagnina

Algorithm Lover, MIT Duckietown Senior
Problem Solver & Tester, Robotics Engineer

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Guinness World Record & Co Founder
Title Holder OFpassiON (Italy)
Kautilya Concepts
(UK)

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H A C K AT H O N S
Bringing together top coders from
around the world, the DevSlam_Hack
Challenges aimed at discovering
the next big coding talent, in
partnership with Microsoft and
Emirates NBD Future Lab.
Metaverse
Masters
A quick glance at the
Metaverse Masters Hack, that
took place at #GlobalDevSlam
today! Sponsored by Microsoft,
the challenge focused on
creating innovative virtual
sustainable solutions!
M I C RO S O F T ’ S
M E TAV E R S E M A ST E R S
The Metaverse Masters tested challengers on how do
we make new planet friendly solutions using Azure and
metaverse technologies, to re-invent and enhance the
following sectors: tourism, food and smart cities by
reducing carbon footprints and improving quality of life.
WI N N E RS
Most Creative Meta Go
Most Environmentally Impactful GAC Spirit
#GLOBALDEVSLAM
Overall Winner WIT1
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E M I R AT E S N B D ’ S
FUTUREHACK FutureHack
About the challenges: Create a new and
innovative payment experience, Develop a
value, added service for SMEs to simplify their
experience, Monetise your personal data.

WIN N E RS
BSmart
Best use of smart technologies Give it up for the lucky winners
of Future Hack - the Future lab
by Emirates NBD hackathon.

Most Creative Concept ZeamFinance

Good luck with your next step,
and we hope you tackle the
challenges and become the
face of change for the financial
sector! #GlobalDevSlam

Best Tech Design Making It Happen

Most Impactful Idea Hackbots

Best Idea & MVP Payce

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 SPONSORED WORKSHOPS:
CERTIFIED
UNLOCKING NEW OPPORTUNITIES
WORKSHOPS RUN A series of exhibitor run workshops that focused on providing
BY L E WA G O N specialized insights into various tools, functions and areas
of expertise from leading international tech companies.

Le Wagon is the world’s most acclaimed

coding bootcamp and together with the
Global DevSlam team have offered unique
bootcamps in Web Development, Data
Science, Web Scraping and more.
TO N O M U S
Tonomus offered a unique workshop on
the importance of connected data for
cognitive cities for data professionals,

R E D H AT
Attendees had the chance to learn from Red
Hat developers how to efficiently incorporate
data science and artificial intelligence and
machine learning (AI/ML) into Red Hat®
OpenShift® development workflow using
Red Hat OpenShift Data Science and handle
streaming data using Red Hat OpenShift
Streams for Apache Kafka & also learn and
examine the concepts of GitOps using ArgoCD.
MAJID AL
smart city stakeholders and tech peers to
understand the massive and intricate data
F U T TA I M building exercise undertaken to build the
exciting future of cities.
Two senior women tech leaders from
Majid Al Futtaim took to the stage to
share their career experiences and
inspire the next generation of women
in technology in an exclusive woman
only ‘OVERCOMING CHALLENGES AS
WOMEN IN TECH’ workshop.

G O O G L E C LO U D
Google Cloud conducted a fast-paced,
hands-on lab gaming experience that
allowed participants to test their skills
against other engineers and developers in

M I C RO S O F T W O R K S H O PS
various Cloud Hero Challenges including
Cloud Hero Data Skills, Cloud Hero
Microsoft offered courses in Introduction to Azure Services. Introduction to AI Services on Azure, DevOps Skills & Cloud Hero Infra Skills.
Introduction to Data Platform on Azure, Azure AI Fundamentals, Azure Data Fundamentals and much more.

#GLOBALDEVSLAM
VMWARE I N T E R SYST E MS
The InterSystems team organized a
VMWare offered 4 courses across the show days to registered attendees on Monolithics to Microservices
Hands-On Workshop on using their IRIS
(Design & Develop), Adopting OSS Databases Technologies for Transactional and Analytical Workloads,
Data Platform and understanding its
Cluster supply chain in a multi cloud environment & How to manage Kubernetes across clouds.
application to the Python Framework.

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 SCHOLARSHIPS
Enabling the community for a brighter tech
EMPOWERING future, Global DevSlam provided a platform for

YOUTH young coders and developers to win potentially

F E AT U R E S
up to 24 scholarships worth US $51,000!
First of its kind programme in the
region honing and encouraging coding With Scholarships offered by:
skills of the youth population providing
unique and exclusive learning and
development opportunities for young
tech innovators.

Machine Learning Data Science Data Science,

Scholarships Scholarships Gaming Scholarships

Coders HQ is an initiative by the

UAE government that is centered on
attracting the biggest global tech
influencers to the local tech community,
with a prime objective of enabling and
igniting programming passion for coders
& in line with the the UAE’s plans to train

#GLOBALDEVSLAM
100,000 coders and set up 1,000 digital
companies over the next five years.

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C R E AT I V E G E N I U S E S
CHANGING OUR LIVES
Learn, Get Inspired & Hang out with creators of revered CLOUD KUBERNETES
developer platforms and radical founders!
C O M M U N I T Y D AY

F E AT U R E S
Sebastian Ramirez Montano
Organised in collaborating with the KCD
Creator Mena community and the Cloud Kubernetes
FastAPI (Germany)
Computing Foundation, the first regional
Kubernetes Community Day was celebrated
onsite at Global DevSlam. With talks led by
Under the MIT license, a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs
with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints. Rated as the most popular workflow in prominent members of the KCD MENA team.
the world in 2021 by DeveloperStack.

Travis Oliphant
Creator of NumPy & Co-Founder Continuum
Analytics
Anaconda Inc (USA)
Supported by:
Library for the Python programming language, adding support for large, multi-dimensional
arrays and matrices, along with a large collection of high-level mathematical functions to
operate on these arrays.

Haytham Abuel Futtuh

Co-Creator of Flyte & CTO Union.ai
Union.ai (USA)

Used by Lyft, the workflow automation platform for complex, mission-critical data and ML
processes at scale, Flyte has been battle-tested at Lyft, Spotify, Freenome, is an entirely
open-source with an Apache 2.0 license under the Linux Foundation.

Fabio pliger
Creator of PyScript & Principal Software
Architect Union.ai (USA)
Anaconda Inc (USA)

A newly created framework or system for executing Python code in the browser without any
infrastructure barriers

Niels Bantilan
ML Engineer at Union.al & Creator
Pandera (USA)

#GLOBALDEVSLAM
A dataframe validation library for scientists, engineers, and analysts seeking
correctness, the system integrator for the world’s most popular Python based software
“FastApi” with Geopandas.

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4 D AY S C E L E B R A T I N G
ALL THINGS CODE

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Featuring the inaugural
more, contact the Global DevSlam team:

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