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)
Most recent11–14 November 2024
Next event10–13 November 2025
Attendance70,000 (2022)
LeaderPaddy Cosgrave
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
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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, 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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