Colombia’s Gaming and Technology Expo (GAT) will see the meeting of more than 3,000 businessmen who have already confirmed their arrival in Cartagena de Indias, the event’s organizers announced. The trade show was born in Colombia five decades ago and its authorities claim that it will be one the “most important event of the gaming industry in Latin America.”
GAT authorities promise that the new edition will feature three days of “intense work, experiences and unique moments,” according to the complete program planned by the organizing team. Here is the complete agenda for the fair on April 9th, 10th and 11th:
GAT Expo Cartagena 2024 General Schedule
- Venue: Las Américas Convention Center, Anillo Vial, Sector Cielo Mar, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (five minutes from Rafael Núñez International Airport).
MONDAY, April 8th
- Registration and delivery of QR badges: 10:00-17:00
TUESDAY, April 9th
- Registration and delivery of QR badges: 8:00- 17:30
- GAT ACADEMY
Schedule: 09:00 – 13:00/ 14:00 – 17:30 (GMT – 5)
New Granada Room
https://www.gatexpo.net/academic-agenda-cartagena/
- NETWORKING
- GAT 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
- COLOMBIAN PARTY
Time: 18:00 -20:00
Plazoleta Central Convention Center
WEDNESDAY, April 10th
- Registration and distribution of QR badges: 9:00-18:00
- GAT EXPO EXHIBITION IN STANDS
Opening hours: 14:00-20:00
Santa María A and B and Nueva Granada Halls
- Ribbon-cutting Ceremony and Exhibition Stand Opening: 14:00-14:15
GAT eSports Arena: 14:00-20:00 - Formula 1 and Valorant Tournaments
- Music show Yo me llamo Shakira: 20:00-21:00
THURSDAY, April 11th
- Registration and QR badge distribution 10:00-15:00
- GAT EXPO EXHIBITION AT THE STANDS
Opening hours: 14:00-20:00
Santa María A and B and Nueva Granada Halls
- GAT eSports Arena: 14:00-20:00
eFootball and Counter-Strike tournaments
GAT informs that stands will occupy the exhibition with “areas larger than 100 square meters”, which will have major exhibitors such as Pragmatic Play, Novomatic, Win Systems, R Franco, IGT, and Gambee. They will be followed by other brands such as BetConstruct, WATechnology, Merkur, Zitro, EGT, Amusnet, Digitain, and Spintec, among others “that have bet without any doubt to Cartagena de Indias in Colombia.”
José Aníbal Aguirre, CEO of GAT, commented: “In the week prior to the fair on April 9, 10, and 11, we have seen a noticeable increase in social networks of publications and mentions of exhibitors and sponsors, inviting their audience to participate and attend the fairgrounds, headquarters of GAT to hold a business meeting presenting the advantages and innovation of their products and services. We say, without fear of being wrong, that these days the gaming industry in Latam, revolves around GAT Expo Cartagena.
“In our commitment to offering novelties in GAT, together with the celebration of our 25 years integrating the gaming industry in Latin America, we have incorporated a team that will receive visitors at the Cartagena airport, both from Colombia and those who will arrive through the international dock, on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9, thus providing transportation to the Hotel Las Americas, the central location of the event.
“We will also surprise the public arriving at La Heroica, with a circuit of screens that will project images of GAT and Pragmatic Play, Premium Sponsor of the Gaming & Technology Expo in all its locations, of course, the hosts will receive delegates from 45 countries, properly identified.
“I do not want to overlook an unprecedented show that we will share with all the attendees to the exhibition at the Cartagena Las Americas Convention Center, on Wednesday, April 10 at 8:00 PM, as the closing of the first day of the exhibition. This is the presentation of a professional Shakira impersonator, who has participated with resounding success in musical programs in Chile, her country of origin, and since 2022 has become in Colombia a double of the artist from Barranquilla, who expressed her admiration for Andrea Correa and the quality of her musical interpretation and dance.”
Original article: https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2024/04/08/71603-gat-expo-details-event-schedule-major-features-for-this-week-39s-threeday-event