Doha, Qatar - February 24, 2025 The four-day 2025 Web Summit, one of the world's largest technology conferences, officially opened in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday, with expected attendees exceeding 25,000. According to the summit organizer, these attendees come from more than 1,500 startups, with thousands of political, economic, and technology figures from approximately 90 countries and regions across the globe. Hundreds of renowned scholars, entrepreneurs, and technical experts are scheduled to deliver keynote speeches at the event, as the agenda explores the latest trends in global technological development with a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving, new energy, digital economy, cybersecurity, and venture capital. AI, in particular, has emerged as a central focus of this year's summit. By setting up such an abundant range of topics, the organizer aims to build a diverse and inclusive innovation ecosystem with the help of this summit, trying to promote technological innovation and economic transformation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, eliminate the global digital divide, and become the bridge of sci-tech globalization. Shotlist: Doha, Qatar - Feb 23-24, 2025: 1. People outside 2025 Web Summit hosting venue; 2. Pedestrians; sign, logo of Web Summit; buildings; 3. Screens showing sign, logo of Web Summit, promotional videos; 4. Various of attendees; Doha, Qatar - Feb 24, 2025 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Abushaikha, attendee from Qatar: "Qatar is trying to diversify away from oil and gas and try to build knowledge-based economy. And this Web Summit, by having all these startups, all these innovative ideas, will accelerate this process."; Doha, Qatar - Feb 23-24, 2025 5. Attendees; 6. Robotic dog; Doha, Qatar - Feb 24, 2025 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Toni Hukkanen, attendee from Finland: "For us, it's very important to expand, obviously. So, we're a global company. And we already have one customer in Middle East. So, it kind of makes sense for us to grow in this region as well."; FILE: Doha, Qatar - Date Unknown 8. Various of traffic; 9. Skyline. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]