CeBIT will surely give you an edge in the digital business. If you wish to know about the opportunities and innovations coming your way, need to make informed decisions on IT investments or plan to digitally transform your business, then you should be at CeBIT.

According to Wikipedia, “CeBIT is the largest and most internationally represented computer expo” and “It is considered a barometer of current trends and a measure of the state of the art in information technology”

CeBIT will take place from 20th to 24th March 2017 at Hannover, Germany. You can imagine the scale of the event considering that there will be 200,000 participants, 3,000 international exhibitors and 2000 keynotes & lectures!

On 19th March, CeBIT will host a Welcome Night for the guests from around the world. Apart from the 2,000 guests, you can also expect high-ranking politicians, more than 100 CEO and over 300 international media representatives at the event.

The major topics for the exhibition will be Big Data & Business Intelligence, Internet of Things, Unmanned Systems & Solutions, Virtual & Augmented Reality, Business Security, POS & Banking Solutions etc.

Walk into the future through d!conomy – no limits. The trend topics for the year 2017 are 5G, AI, Cloud, Cyber Security, Drones, IoT, VR and Startups.  

If you belong to a startup, SCALE 11 is for you. If you have an established organization, SCALE 11 is for you too! It is a meeting point of 450 startups who have innovative models and 3,000 established players who have good decision-making powers. They will participate in workshops, learn best practices, discuss business models and of course! network with other participants.

Japan will be the Partner Country for CeBIT 2017. Japan is the world’s third-largest economy and invests billions of dollars in R&D. You can find more than 120 Japanese companies at the event. At the CeBIT Japan Summit on 20th March, Japan will display its initiatives for creating “Society 5.0”, a super smart society utilizing IoT to the fullest.

At the Salesforce World Tour Expo, anybody can learn Salesforce for Sales, Service, Marketing and IT. You can also try your hands on Commerce Cloud, Quip and Einstein, the artificial intelligence which makes Salesforce the world’s smartest CRM.

If you are looking for a job or for the right talent for your company than CeBIT is the right platform for you. There are 100 top employers looking for the right candidates and around 4000 jobs available.

CeBIT Global Conferences will focus on “Explore the Digital World”. There will be knowledge sharing on artificial intelligence, cyborgs & biohacking, robots, virtual worlds, the Darknet and cyber crime. The speakers include Edward Snowden-World-Famous Whistleblower; Ray Kurzweil-Inventor, Author and Futurist; Michal Kosinski-Noted Social Scientist from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business etc. If you wish to be a speaker at CeBIT, you can apply here.

If you are an agency, a blogger or a company you should not miss ROCK THE BLOG. It’s a meetup for bloggers, marketing professionals and PR specialist.

Pitch your Product in 10 mins and get your pitch posted on the website, Facebook and Twitter. Exhibitors can also promote themselves because their stand number will be displayed at these channels.

THE LOFT – Experience Technology will be an exhibition focusing on how can we use and experience transformational technologies. There are 10 experiential showrooms with 3D installations. Do not miss this experience! You can also apply to showcase your technological vision at THE LOFT.

Expert Panels at CeBIT can help you stay up to date with the innovation and market trends. The panels will cover a wide range of topics like Business Security, Big Data & Business Intelligence, Virtual Reality etc.

Digitalization is posing some challenges too. The CeBIT Digital Summits will discuss solutions for one sector/topic per day from 20th to 23rd March. Each Summit will have 150-200 Participants. A good opportunity to be well informed and network with like-minded people.

The CeBIT Innovation Awards are jointly sponsored by The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and Deutsche Messe, since 2013. Their total prize money is 100,000 euros. Apart from providing an international platform for showcasing your innovation, They also provide financial support for the further development of the winning entry.