Group of AU students from the department of IT accompanied by few professors, visited GITEX Technology week Exhibition (2018) that is organized by Dubai world trade center between 14-18 October. Gitex Technology Week sets the tone for the future of technology in the region and beyond. As an event, it is highly popular with digital whizzes, IT geeks, technology pioneers, futurists and business heads in equal measure. The four highlighted segments of the show are Smart Cities, AR and VR, Internet of Things and Smart Manufacturing. It displays the world’s most progressive smart cities implementing next-generation technologies in infrastructure, bringing to the forefront the strides made in transformative technologies and everything related to the revolutionary Industry 4.0. The group from AU spent a whole day in the exhibition and had very fruitful talks and interactions with the giants of IT industry representative.