The 15th edition of GISEC Global, held at the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), attracted thousands of cyber professionals from over 130 countries, emphasizing the significant international interest in technology collaboration within Dubai.
This success has paved the way for a new event, Global Quantum X (GQX) by GITEX, which aims to unite the global quantum and cybersecurity sectors. The event will bring together government officials, leaders in quantum technology, national cybersecurity authorities, research institutions, enterprise adopters, and investors to discuss the technologies and security frameworks driving the emerging quantum era with a potential global economic value running into trillions of dollars.
Global Economic Value and Strategic Partnerships
GQX 2027 by GITEX will be held in partnership with GISEC Global and GITEX, renowned as major cyber intelligence and tech ecosystem events, respectively. GQX 2027 is slated to occur alongside GISEC Global 2027 in collaboration with the UAE Cyber Security Council.
This partnership highlights the convergence of quantum technology and cybersecurity as different sectors prepare for new digital risks and opportunities presented by the post-quantum era, as noted by McKinsey's Quantum Technology Monitor 2026, which projects quantum initiatives might unlock up to US$2.7 trillion in economic value over the next decade.
Challenges and Opportunities in Data Protection
This initiative is part of the Cyber First: The New Digital Order agenda at DEC Expo City Dubai
The rapid advancement of quantum technology presents significant opportunities and challenges for the cybersecurity field.
Innovations in computing possess the capacity to transform industries such as finance, life sciences, logistics, and manufacturing. These advancements drive the need for new strategies to protect sensitive data, critical infrastructure, and digital identities. H.E. Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cyber Security Council, remarked on the importance of international collaboration to navigate this pivotal shift.
Focus on Quantum Security and Commercial Adoption
GQX 2027 is set to propel the focus on quantum security, emphasizing post-quantum readiness, sovereign cyber capabilities, and critical system protection.
This initiative is part of the Cyber First: The New Digital Order agenda at DEC Expo City Dubai, promising to bridge the gap between current defenses and future threats through quantum-safe migration and national readiness testing. The event serves as a platform for the exchange of ideas between quantum and cybersecurity experts to support the widespread commercial adoption of new technologies.
Advancements in Quantum Computing
Trixie LohMirmand, Executive Vice President of inD and organizer of GISEC Global and GQX, articulated the urgency as quantum computing advances swiftly into commercial strategy.
The event is designed to foster collaboration among the leading minds and companies in next-generation computing and security. GQX by GITEX, scheduled for May 4-6, 2027, at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, aims to enhance international collaboration and investment in quantum computing, quantum-secured communications, and next-generation sensing sectors, with a particular focus on post-quantum security and national readiness.
The sell-out success of the 15th edition of GISEC Global, attended by thousands of cyber professionals from over 130 countries on the opening day at the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC) has reaffirmed the high international demand for tech collaboration in Dubai, catalysing the launch of a new show uniting the world’s quantum and cybersecurity sectors.
Global Quantum X (GQX) by GITEX, announces, will convene governments, quantum technology leaders, national cybersecurity authorities, research institutions, enterprise adopters and investors to explore the technologies, applications and security frameworks shaping a new quantum era that could unlock trillions of dollars’ worth of global economic value.
Global economic value
GQX 2027 by GITEX is launched in partnership with GISEC Global – among the world’s top three largest cyber intelligence events – and GITEX, the world’s largest AI and tech ecosystem network. GQX 2027 will be hosted alongside GISEC Global 2027 in strategic partnership with UAE Cyber Security Council, converging the rapidly advancing worlds of quantum technology and cybersecurity as governments and businesses prepare for a new era of digital risk and opportunity.
The announcement comes as quantum technology moves rapidly from scientific research towards commercial application. According to McKinsey's Quantum Technology Monitor 2026, one-third of global enterprises now allocate more than US$10 million annually to quantum initiatives, with quantum technologies potentially unlocking US$2.7 trillion in global economic value over the next decade.
Protecting sensitive data
For the cybersecurity community, however, the transition also presents an urgent challenge. The computing capabilities being developed today have the potential to transform industries from financial services and life sciences to logistics and advanced manufacturing, while requiring governments and organizations to rethink how they protect sensitive data, critical infrastructure and digital identities for the decades ahead.
H.E. Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cyber Security Council, said: “As we welcome the world to GISEC Global’s largest edition yet, the transition to the post-quantum era is one of the most pivotal shifts our industry faces. Meeting it requires the same international collaboration we have championed through this show.”
Accelerating commercial adoption
“Launching Global Quantum X allows us to bring quantum-safe migration, sovereign cryptographic capability and national readiness testing to a truly global stage, and to help governments and enterprises everywhere close the gap between today’s defences and tomorrow’s threats.”
GQX 2027 advances the growing focus on quantum security globally, where post-quantum readiness, sovereign cyber capability and the protection of critical systems form part of the wider Cyber First: The New Digital Order agenda this week at DEC Expo City Dubai. GQX formalises and accelerates this momentum, where the quantum technology and cybersecurity communities can address both sides of the transition – accelerating commercial adoption while developing the security, governance and cryptographic capabilities required to support it.
Spanning quantum computing
Trixie LohMirmand, Executive Vice President of inD, organiser of GISEC Global and GQX, said: “Quantum computing has crossed the threshold from scientific promise to commercial strategy, and the pace of that shift is accelerating faster than most enterprises have planned for. The same computing power that will unlock breakthroughs in medicine, materials and finance will also put today’s encryption at risk, which is why quantum and cybersecurity can no longer be dealt with separately. GQX by GITEX at GISEC Global creates a powerful convergence between the best minds and companies developing the next generation of computing and those responsible for securing it.”
The introduction of GQX by GITEX alongside GISEC Global 2027 from 4-6 May 2027 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre will accelerate cross-border collaboration and investment into one of technology’s fastest-developing frontiers.
GQX will focus on an emerging quantum ecosystem spanning quantum computing, quantum-secured communications and next-generation sensing, while its co-location with GISEC Global will create a particular focus on post-quantum security, cryptographic transition, critical infrastructure protection and national quantum readiness.
