How Touch Digital Summit Creates a New Image of Georgia Globally
Touch team brought well-known digital business professionals to Tbilisi and showcased the potential of Caucasus region
On 30-31 October, over 1000 attendees gathered at the Rustaveli Theatre for 2 days of keynote talks, digital transformation, startup expo and networking on the global level.
Around 45 top speakers from 20 countries - tech-startup founders, C-level executives, product managers, design leads, AI-specialists, and tech visioners came to share insights about digital transformation, going global and innovating. Global companies like NASA, IBM, Google, Facebook, Nike, Grammarly, Toptal, Smashing Media, digitalswitzerland, The Next Web, Zalando, Indiegogo, Swedbank, Amazon, Aligned Research Group, UiPath, Startup Wise Guys, as well as Georgian Leavingstone, Maxin AI, Unipay, Pulsar AI, Redberry, Holmes & Watson etc were presented at the event. Attendees had a chance to ask their questions during Q/A sessions with speakers and networking parties, while startup founders could also experience 1-to-1 meetings with invited professionals. Design thinking and coding workshops, as well as public speaking training (Stories department) were open to all the guests of the event.
Touch is a private initiative founded by a Georgian digital agency - onesoul.io. The first event in the form of a digital marketing conference was held in 2016. For its 4th edition, the event was supported by both government and business: Touch wants to become a platform for dialogue between the public and private sector, startups and corporate companies, local business - and global organisations. Youth Agency, Check-in Georgia, Tbilisi City Hall, National Tourism Agency, Adjara Group, Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency, fintech.ge, Likani, Shilda Winery, RedBull, Marketer.ge, On.ge, Redberry, Tbilisi Startup Bureau and others - have supported the event.
This is why, based on the local and foreign connections, Touch is going to launch a series of smaller events for a narrowed audience in 2020, around the country. First, Creative Touch for digital creative professionals is planned for 27-29 February, in Kokhta-Mitarbi (Bakuriani).
The organizers will soon announce the format and speakers joining the event. Tickets will be available on the website in January, before that, a 10% discount on the tickets are offered to those who register before the New Year using this form.
Apart from that, Touch team prepares more solid programs for entrepreneurs and big business in Georgia - we will keep you noted about the news.