The thirty fifth edition of COMEX, Oman's global technology show, will be held at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre in Muscat from the first to the fourth of February, opening daily from ten in the morning until nine at night.
COMEX is among the longest running technology exhibitions in the Gulf and the principal one in Oman, and it is staged at the Madinat Al Irfan site that the Sultanate built to host events of this scale. The programme spans enterprise technology, cybersecurity, government digital services, startups and the artificial intelligence and data themes that now dominate the region's technology calendar.
Why Oman is worth watching
Oman is the smallest of the Gulf's technology markets by spend and the one least covered by international exhibitions, which is precisely what gives COMEX its position. Under Oman Vision 2040 the government has pushed digital transformation of public services and set up investment vehicles aimed at the technology sector, and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has been an active buyer. For vendors, Oman is a market where a single government framework agreement can represent a material share of annual revenue, so the cost of attending a national show is easy to justify.
The event also functions as the Sultanate's startup showcase. Oman's venture ecosystem is small and heavily dependent on state backed funds, and COMEX is where those portfolios are put in front of regional investors and corporate buyers. That makes the exhibitor list a reasonable annual read on which Omani technology companies are actually scaling.
The Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre has been the show's home since the venue opened, and the February slot places COMEX early in the Gulf's exhibition year, ahead of the larger Emirati and Saudi technology events. For vendors building a regional calendar that order matters: commitments made in Muscat in February tend to shape what is announced in Dubai and Riyadh later in the year.
Details
COMEX 2027 takes place at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre at Madinat Al Irfan in Muscat, Oman. Registration and the conference programme are published by the organiser.
