Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has directed to hold LEAP International Technology Conference annually in Saudi Arabia, following the huge success of its first edition, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah Al-Swaha said on Saturday. Al-Swaha said on his Twitter: "After the overwhelming success of the LEAP Conference, with the support and guidance of the Crown Prince, who made the Kingdom the technical and digital capital of the region, he directed to hold LEAP Conference annually ... See you in LEAP 2023." Riyadh, as part of its continuous endeavor within Vision 2030, hosted the Leap Conference, which brought together the global technological community under one roof to discuss the world"s biggest social and cultural challenges. The inaugural edition of LEAP has attracted over 100,000 registered attendees from more than 80 countries. Over 700 exhibitors including the world’s leading technology companies and over 1,500 most innovative start-ups, along with more than 500 international speakers, joined LEAP22, making it the largest ever first edition for a technology event. LEAP22, which concluded Friday in Riyadh, saw more than $6.4 billion in investments and new technology initiatives announced, with $1 million in prizes awarded to the winners of the Rocket Fuel Start-up Competition, an international contest to find the best new business ideas. LEAP represents a global platform and an exceptional event that hosts experts of future technologies from all over the world. It is also a platform to witness the rapid progress and the adoption of the latest technologies. The digital sector in Saudi Arabia contributes 3% of the country’s GDP.