Riyadh, March 01, 2024, SPA -- The pre-event gathering for the third annual LEAP, the world’s

Riyadh, March 01, 2024, SPA -- The pre-event gathering for the third annual LEAP, the world’s most attended technology event, was held at the Garage. Attendees included leaders, top experts, journalists, and tech enthusiasts.
 LEAP was established in 2022 by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming, and Drones; and Tahaluf.
 In the pre-event gathering, Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming, and Drones CEO Muteb Alqany highlighted that this year's LEAP will emphasize the visitor experience.
 Planners have expanded the event’s floor size, increased participation of major tech companies, and will host a distinguished group of top expert speakers.
 Speeches at the gathering were also made by LEAP marketing, communications, and branding chief Abdulrahman Al-Khalifa, vice minister’s office chief of staff Ahmed Sulaiman Altuwayjiri, Digital Government Authority marketing general manager Meshal Almubarak, and LEAP spokesman Yasser Alosaimi.
 The upcoming edition of LEAP will feature over 1,000 speakers and more than 1,800 exhibitors, such as Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, Cisco, Ericsson, Avaya, SAP, ServiceNow, Amazon Web Services, IBM, Alibaba, Huawei, and others.
 The event will host various stages, such as the Main Stage, DeepFest, the Investor Stage, Creative Economy, 4IR, Startup, Code, DeepMedia, EduTech, HealthTech, Gaming, and more.
 LEAP has seen significant growth over the years with the total investments increasing from $6.4 billion in the first edition to over $9 billion in the second edition.
 Additionally, the number of attendees rose from 100,000 visitors to over 172,000 visitors in the second edition, and the event floor size has expanded to 138,101 square meters in the third edition, up from 44,250 square meters in the first edition.
 LEAP will take place at the Riyadh Exhibition and Conference Center in Malham, Saudi Arabia, March 4 to 7, in partnership with the Small and Medium Enterprises Authority "Monsha'at" and strategic partner