Doha, Qatar: The Web Summit 2025 solidifies Qatar’s position as technology and innovation hub. 

Speaking to The Peninsula on the sidelines of Web Summit yesterday, Anatoly Motkin (pictured), President of StrategEast highlighted the importance of Qatar hosting the summit and how the country is moving towards its national vision 2030.

StrategEast is a leading independent institution working to develop the Eurasia’s digital economy, in collaboration with international financial institutions, development agencies, global tech companies and Eurasian governments.

“The second year of Web Summit in Qatar demonstrates that the country is persistent in its ambition to become a digital superpower and not only an economic one. This year we see much bigger and vast presence of the senior government officials. Last year, was a pilot and inaugural event.”

The growing momentum of the event solidifies its status as a key meeting point for the world’s technology and business leaders. The summit is not just a regional event but it’s a global gathering of companies and investors that play a very prominent and important role.

Web Summit is perceived as a major event that fosters the digital development and digital transformation of Qatar and also region wise, he added.

Commenting regarding how Qatar is moving towards its national vision 2030, he noted investing in innovation and technology will contribute to sustainable development and economic growth, in line with the vision. 

Looking forward, “we see Qatar is definitely growing in digital technologies and transformation as the country has the infrastructure and offers several opportunities. I think that it’s impressive to see how Qatar moves and paves its way wisely to achieve results.” 

He also explained how collaboration between the Caucasus and the Gulf can accelerate the development of a thriving digital excellence hub. Bringing together Caucasus, Central Asia and the Gulf is an opportunity to create a third global center of digital excellence.