Three of world’s most cherished technology experts would join the man who has designed Vin Diesel’s Furious 7 supercar to head up the huge STEP conference of this year.
STEP conference, staged in Dubai later this month, highlights keynote speeches by the tech legends Jeremiah Owyang, Mike Butcher and Dave McClure, all these three remain on the list of top 100 most desired tech speakers in the world. The creator of the marvelous $3m Lykan Hypersport supercar, that stars in the fresh Fast & Furious franchise movie, Furious 7, would discuss about his experience of the movie, which was partially filmed in Abu Dhabi, for the first time at the STEP conference of this year.
STEP conference will be revealing the latest frontier in gaming, tech and design at Duabi International Marine club on March 31st, with leading attendees and speaker from New York Times, Microsoft, Google. More than 2000 like-minded attendees, on the top of that, would experience the augmented reality gaming, the newest in leading edge smart living as well as the newest trends in the digital entertainment. The action would not end there, because the gamers would also be thrilled to know there is a gaming challenge, where contestant would battle it out for owning the title for the best gamer in Dubai.
STEP conference itself is the most disruptive and largest event of its kind in the Middle East, and it would be debuting above 100 startups hosted by Dubai Silicon Oasis’ DTEC, also 50 accelerators, angel investors and VC funds, involving established names like Techstars, 500 startups, Turn 8 and Flat 6 Labs. The startup component would conclude with the exciting pitch competition, where seeding stage startups would communicate their ideas to the audience of the investors with a grand prize from Jordan based Oasis500.
STEP conference would also be appealing to other senses with the food festival area highlighting eclectic local and international cuisine to eccentric fusion from authentic Emirati specialties. Music would also be high on the agenda, providing the entertainment, with Freshly Ground Sounds, at the warm up party on 30th March, Monday. The after party would be held at hot beach club Zero Gravity, having the VIP lounge hosted by the PR partner of STEP Conference, Brazen.
Ray Dargham, the founder of STEP Conference, says that STEP is more than just a conference. It is actually the festival of global digital trends, innovation and fun. He also adds that the conference of this year would be the largest and the boldest yet, and to host the STEP Dubai is the perfect city. Not just because it has the infrastructure and connectivity, but it is also the hotbed for digital and creative scene in the region. He mentions that they have got a guest list of leading speakers from all around the world, exposing the newest trends in their fields and sharing success stories, also the experts leading interactive workshops on specified topics.
However, tickets for STEP conference are still obtainable, priced at $199 at the moment for a limited time, and available for the purchase from the website. Ticket prices increase in 2 days.