From February 23 to 26, 2025, Qatar is hosting Web Summit Qatar 2025 — one of the world's largest technology events. This is the second time that the summit is being organized in the Middle East region, and it has already established itself as a key platform for discussing cutting-edge technologies and innovations.
Key facts about the Summit:
- Location of the event: Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC)
- Number of participants: 25,747 people
- Startups: 1520
- Investors: 723
- Speakers: 381
This year's event brought together the world's leading companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, TikTok, Snap, iHeart, Cloudflare и Huawei. Among the invited speakers is the founder of Scale AI Alexander Wang, co-founder Reddit by Alexis Ohanian, as well as an actor and musician Will Smith.
Uzbekistan at Web Summit Qatar 2025
At the summit, he made a speech Deputy Minister of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan R. Karimzhonov, who presented strategic initiatives under the program Digital Uzbekistan-2030. In his speech, he highlighted the key areas of development of the country's IT sector:
- Growing exports of IT services and software before $ 5 billion.
- Training 300,000 highly qualified IT professionals to increase the country's competitiveness in the field of technology.
- Attracting foreign investment enter the IT industry to encourage innovative growth.
- Creating favorable conditions for international companiesinterested in business development in Uzbekistan.
Participation in Web Summit Qatar 2025 not only strengthens Uzbekistan's position in the global technology market, but also helps attract new partners and investors, which will accelerate the country's digital transformation.
