GITEX 2026 Activations: Interactive and Immersive Technology for Your Stand

GITEX Global 2026 runs from 7 to 11 December in Dubai, and its Expo moves to Dubai Exhibition Centre at Expo City. If your brand, agency or government entity will be on that floor, a technology activation is the most direct way to give visitors a reason to stop.

‍

This guide covers what you need to know about GITEX 2026, then explains exactly how Power Interactive can help: existing technology you can rent for the show, custom activations built around your brand, and interactive content for any screen on your stand.

‍

We have delivered more than 800 projects since 2018, including work for e& at GITEX Global 2025. Everything below comes from that experience.

1. GITEX 2026 at a Glance: Dates, Location and Timings

QUICK ANSWER: GITEX Global 2026 takes place 7 to 11 December 2026 in Dubai. The GITEX Summit is on 7 December at Dubai World Trade Centre, and the four-day GITEX Expo runs 8 to 11 December at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai.

‍

What is GITEX? GITEX Global is one of the world's largest technology and startup shows, held annually in Dubai. It brings together technology companies, startups, investors, government entities and enterprise buyers.

‍

‍

Details are taken from the official GITEX website at the time of writing, so please confirm them there before you travel.

‍

The 2026 edition is a major change. After decades at Dubai World Trade Centre, the Expo moves to Expo City and shifts from its usual October slot to December. The official programme also lists new frontier shows, including GITEX Agentix, GITEX Quantum Expo, GITEX World Robotix, GITEX Data Centres, GITEX Move, GITEX New Energy, LivX, GITEX Retailx and GITEX Marketing Intelligence.

‍

For a sense of scale, the 2025 edition was reported to have more than 6,800 exhibitors, with participants from 180 countries.

2. Why a Technology Activation Matters at GITEX 2026

QUICK ANSWER: At a show this large, most visitors are filtering stands as they walk. An activation gives them something to do rather than something to read, which creates a natural opening for your team to start a conversation.

‍

Almost every exhibitor at GITEX brings a large screen. That is exactly why a screen alone rarely stops anyone. We covered the visitor behaviour behind this in why your exhibition stand is being walked past.

‍

The move to a new venue adds a second reason. Regular visitors will not have their usual routes through the halls, so stands that are easy to spot and easy to engage with have a real opportunity this year.

‍

There is also a practical reason specific to technology brands. AI, cloud and cybersecurity are hard to show. They have no physical product to put on a plinth. A well-designed activation turns an invisible product into something a visitor can touch, see and remember.

3. Two Ways to Work With Us: Rent or Customise

QUICK ANSWER: You can rent existing technology with content adapted to your brand, or commission a custom activation built around your message. Rental is usually the fastest route. Custom gives you something no other stand will have. Many clients combine both.

‍

‍

GITEX is a short, temporary project for most exhibitors, so rental is often the sensible choice. As we explain in our guide to experiential technology for events, one-off events almost always favour rental, and the value comes from the content you put on it.

4. Stop the Aisle: Kinetic Walls for GITEX 2026

QUICK ANSWER: Kinetic walls use real physical movement rather than video, which is why they still turn heads in a hall full of LED. Our range includes the Kinetic Petal Wall, pop-up kinetic LED walls, flip-dot walls and split-flap displays.

‍

The eye has learned to ignore video. It has not learned to ignore a wall that physically moves. For a stand competing with thousands of screens, that is a real advantage.

Kinetic Petal Wall

‍

The Kinetic Petal Wall is built from square modules, each with four triangular petals. When closed, the module sits flat with a thin X-shaped seam. When open, the four petals lift outward into a pyramid and light spills through the gaps. Each module opens by a different amount, so the wall can draw waves, patterns, shapes and logos.

‍

What makes it useful on a stand is what sits behind the petals. Lasers, LEDs, a video screen or your product can be hidden inside and revealed as the petals open.

‍

‍

Pop-Up Kinetic LED Wall

‍

A pop-up wall takes a normal LED screen and gives it depth. Individual LED panels push forward and pull back in time with the content, so the image physically rises out of the wall. Modules range from 512 × 512 mm to 980 × 980 mm, each with 16 moving RGBW LED elements. See our kinetic LED wall page for more detail.

‍

More Kinetic Options

‍

Petal wall with lasers

Lasers fire through open modules for a stage-level moment on a stand or at a launch.

Pop-up LED wall

Panels move in and out in sync with the visuals, turning a flat screen into a moving surface.

Flip-dot wall

Thousands of small discs flip to form large images, with a soft sound, and can react to movement.

Split-flap display

Tiles turn to spell out live words and phrases, like a classic airport departures board.

‍

Kinetic walls are built to the size and configuration you need, so availability for GITEX depends on the design. Speak to us early and we will confirm what is possible for your stand.

5. Interactive Technology You Can Book for GITEX

QUICK ANSWER: Beyond kinetic walls, we offer body-tracking LED walls, object recognition tables, anamorphic LED, laser tunnels, transparent OLED screens, holoboxes, gamified simulators and immersive rooms, each with content made for your brand.

‍

‍

You can browse the full range on our Tech Concepts and exhibition technology pages.

6. Custom Activations Built Around Your Brand

QUICK ANSWER: If your message needs something unique, we design and build it: interactive content for any screen, projection mapping, custom applications, games, robotics, AI-powered experiences and 3D content, all matched to your brand values and your stand.

‍

Customisation does not always mean new hardware. Often the biggest impact comes from content made specifically for your stand. We can create:

‍

• Interactive content for touchscreens, LED walls and any other screen on your stand.
• Projection mapping content for walls, products and irregular surfaces.
• Anamorphic LED content that gives a flat or curved screen a 3D effect.
• Custom applications, including touch-and-throw systems that send content from a tablet to a large screen.
• AI-powered experiences that respond to each visitor.
• 3D animation and CGI that explains complex technology clearly.
• Kinetic and robotic builds, from animatronic sculptures to custom robotic arms.
• Lead capture and games, including QR registration, leaderboards and automated prize draws.

‍

If your agency or stand builder has already specified the screens, we can simply supply content made to the exact pixel map and shape of each display.

7. Activation Ideas for Every GITEX Audience

QUICK ANSWER: The right activation depends on who you are and what you need visitors to understand. Government entities often need clear storytelling, AI and cloud brands need to make the invisible visible, and agencies need a delivery partner they can rely on.

‍

Government entities. Your stand has to host delegations and explain national programmes clearly. An immersive LED room gives a delegation a focused space, and an interactive table lets them explore a topic at their own pace. At COP28, we built a LiDAR-powered table for DP World that turned coral reef restoration into something visitors could explore by hand. For TDRA, we built a sensor-driven padel game that put a real player against a digital opponent.

‍

AI companies. Let visitors experience the product instead of hearing about it. An AI-powered host on a holobox shows capability in seconds. A body-tracking wall, like the one we built for MDL Beast, shows real-time intelligence in a way anyone can understand.

‍

Cloud and data centre brands. Infrastructure is hard to picture. A Kinetic Petal Wall can show data moving through a physical wall, and a touch-and-throw application, like the one we built for Hub71, lets your team send the exact data story each visitor needs from a touchscreen to the main LED.

‍

Cybersecurity companies. Turn a threat into a story. A walk-through laser tunnel can become a firewall that visitors step through, and a competitive game where visitors defend a network gives people a reason to play again and return.

‍

Travel and tourism brands. A simple, well-designed mechanic can drive real numbers. For Etihad Airways at Arabian Travel Market, we built an automated raffle with QR registration that reached over 1,500 participants in three days.

‍

Event agencies. If you are running stands for several clients, we work alongside you as the technology and content partner. With events agency Light Blue, we delivered three bespoke interactive experiences for Julius Baer at the Museum of the Future.

‍

Corporate brands in any sector. Tell us what you want a visitor to remember, and we will recommend the activation that fits your brand and budget. It may be smaller than you first imagined.

8. Why Clients Trust Power Interactive

QUICK ANSWER: Power Interactive is a Dubai-based experiential technology company with more than 800 projects delivered since 2018 across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the wider GCC, including activations at GITEX, LEAP and Arabian Travel Market.

‍

Exhibition floors leave no room for failure. These eight real projects show how different the work can be, from robotics and body tracking to lead capture.

‍

MDL Beast Energy Mirror

A 5 x 2.5 metre LED wall using real-time 3D body tracking. Three units across four locations in KSA and the UAE.

View case study →

DP World at COP28

A LiDAR-powered interactive table, a touch app and a QR journey across two landmark venues, including Expo City Dubai.

View case study →

IMPAQ Makers Forum tunnels

An interactive laser tunnel and a mirror tunnel with anamorphic content, part of a multi-zone experience in Riyadh.

View case study →

Under Armour treadmill

Six virtual environments that responded to running speed in real time, with a live leaderboard to drive repeat play.

View case study →

Heinz Hum Hum robotic arm

A custom 3D-printed robotic arm that dips snacks in sauce and feeds gamers while they play hands-free.

View case study →

Etihad automated raffle

QR registration, daily random draws and automated winner emails, with over 1,500 participants in three days.

View case study →

TDRA interactive padel game

A custom game where a real player faces a digital opponent, using sensors that detect the ball on the screen.

View case study →

Hub71 data storytelling

A circular LED screen and touch-and-throw application that turned impact data into a live presentation.

View case study →

‍

At GITEX Global 2025 we also delivered tactile and holographic displays for e&. Power Interactive has been featured in Khaleej Times, and you can see more of our work on the case studies page.

9. How to Get Started Before GITEX 2026

QUICK ANSWER: Send us your stand size, your objective and your preferred route, rental or custom. We will recommend an activation and confirm what can be delivered reliably before GITEX opens. The earlier you contact us, the more options stay open.

‍

1. Share your stand details. Stand size, hall and your stand builder or agency contact, if you have one.
2. Tell us the objective. Leads, brand presence, a product launch or hosting senior delegations.
3. Choose your route. Rent existing technology, customise content, or build something new.
4. Approve the concept and content. We adapt the experience to your brand and message.
5. We install and test on site. We coordinate with your stand builder around the organiser's build-up schedule.

‍

If you are not yet sure what you need, our guide on how to brief an immersive experience project will help. A clear objective is enough to start.

10. Talk to Us About Your GITEX Activation

QUICK ANSWER: Contact Power Interactive at sales_bd@powerdxb.com or +971 58 865 0673, or use our contact form. We work with event agencies, corporate brands and government entities, and alongside your stand builder.

‍

We are not a stand builder, so we will not compete with your contractor. We supply the technology, content and integration inside the stand, with interactive, kinetic, robotic, projection and Pro AV capability in one team.

‍

Tell us about your GITEX stand and we will suggest the activation that fits.

^‍

^{Author: Zeeshan Qazafi is Head of Business Development at Power Interactive, a Dubai-based experiential technology company with more than 800 projects delivered since 2018.}

^{Reviewed by Mohamed Sorkatti, Director of Operations, Power Interactive. Last updated November 2026.}