Techies and entrepreneurs- listen up!

One of the LARGEST (and coolest) tech festivals of the Middle East is back for its seventh season. Mark your calendars!

STEP Conference 2019 is happening on February 13-14 and will see a stellar gathering of tech startups, investors, entrepreneurs, and influential speakers all around.

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The annual festival will take place for two days at Dubai Internet City, and the itinerary for each day is jam-packed with brand activations, live entertainment, showcasing of newest innovations; and the experience of listening to some of the brightest and experienced mentors (and investors) of the region.

With 4 unique conferences placed around the festival- STEP Start, STEP Money, STEP X, and STEP Digital, the event is going to be RAMMED.

(Get your early super early bird tickets to save some $$$ NOW)

STEP Conference has released its line-up of speakers and some of them are spectacularly influential

(To get the full list, click here)

Here are a few speakers that have piqued our interest:

1. Amr Awadallah – Cloudera

Co-Founder and CTO of Cloudera, he also previously served as Vice President of Product Intelligence Engineering at Yahoo!

Great catching up with key customers over dinner in #Dubai. Some of those in attendance: Emirate Airlines, Fly Dubai, AXA, FCSA, DHA, among others. #in https://t.co/ImKcbylAbF pic.twitter.com/jKh8xuWLe2

— Amr Awadallah عمرو عوض الله ???? (@awadallah) December 6, 2018

2. Jenny Zeng – MSA Capital

Jenny is heralded as one of the organisers of the first series of Angel Investing events which started the concept in China. She is also the MSA Capital Managing Partner with 18+ years of experience in the Chinese VC industry.

3. Padmini Gupta – Go Rise

Go Rise is a platform which democratises access to essential financial services for millions of migrants globally.

She is also an an award winning Banker from California and World Economic Forum Global Leadership Fellow.

I’m starting this morning with some super surprises. With the rise bear in hand and someone who is well loved in the community generously congratulating the nominees! What better way to start the UAE’s best nanny awards than smiles all around. @GrowWithRise pic.twitter.com/LZMaFS6SZH

— Padmini gupta (@GuptaPadmini) December 4, 2018

4. Eric Fulwiler – VaynerMedia

Eric is executive director of the London office of digital agency VaynerMedia, whose clients range from General Electric to Pepsico, Unilever as well as Anheuser-Busch InBev, among others.

He is also a renowned expert, contributor, and speaker on key developments in and the future of social media and communications.

Don’t forget

The event is happening on February 13-14 at Dubai Internet City.

Buy your super early bird tickets here

For more on speakers, activities, partners and tickets, visit www.stepconference.com

(Lovin Dubai is a proud media partner of Step Conference 2019.)