Web Summit

Web Summit
StatusActive
VenueMEO Arena and Lisbon Exhibition & Congress Centre
Location(s)Lisbon
Coordinates38°46′4.9″N 9°5′42.6″W / 38.768028°N 9.095167°W / 38.768028; -9.095167
CountryPortugal
Inaugurated2009 (Dublin)
FoundersPaddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey
Most recent13–16 November 2023
Next event26–29 February 2024
Attendance70,000 (2022)
LeaderPaddy Cosgrave
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Praça do Comércio in Lisbon, Portugal

Web Summit is an annual technology conference held in Lisbon, Portugal.[1][2] Founded in 2009 by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey, Web Summit was held in Dublin, Ireland until 2016, when it moved to Lisbon.[3][4] The conference's topics center on internet technology, emerging technologies, marketing and venture capitalism. Web Summit's partners range from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, with attendees representing all levels and sectors of the global high technology industry.

Web Summit runs events throughout the world including F.ounders,[5] RISE conference in Hong Kong,[6] Collision in Toronto,[7] SURGE in Bangalore, MoneyConf in Dublin and Web Summit Rio in Rio de Janeiro.[8]

  1. ^ Portuguese American Journal - Web Summit: Lisbon hosting the largest tech event in the world
  2. ^ Forbes - Seven Enterprise Startup Standouts At Massive WebSummit, Conference UI EU
  3. ^ Temperton, James (9 September 2015). "Web Summit 2016 will ditch Dublin for Lisbon". Wired UK. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. ^ Reuters - Web Summit to stay in Lisbon for 10 years
  5. ^ "Dublin Hosts World's Technology Elite". Wall Street Journal. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  6. ^ "TOOD at RISE Conference 2016, Hong Kong". TOOD. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Collision 2019". Collision. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Web Summit Rio". Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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