| Web Summit | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Active |
| Venue | MEO Arena and Lisbon Exhibition & Congress Centre |
| Location(s) | Lisbon |
| Coordinates | 38°46′4.9″N 9°5′42.6″W / 38.768028°N 9.095167°W |
| Country | Portugal |
| Inaugurated | 2009 (Dublin) |
| Founders | Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey |
| Most recent | 13–16 November 2023 |
| Next event | 11–14 November 2024 |
| Attendance | 70,000 (2022) |
| Leader | Paddy Cosgrave |
| Website | Official website  |
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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]
- ^ Portuguese American Journal - Web Summit: Lisbon hosting the largest tech event in the world
- ^ Forbes - Seven Enterprise Startup Standouts At Massive WebSummit, Conference UI EU
- ^ Temperton, James (9 September 2015). "Web Summit 2016 will ditch Dublin for Lisbon". Wired UK. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ Reuters - Web Summit to stay in Lisbon for 10 years
- ^ "Dublin Hosts World's Technology Elite". Wall Street Journal. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "TOOD at RISE Conference 2016, Hong Kong". TOOD. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Collision 2019". Collision. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Web Summit Rio". Retrieved 17 June 2024.