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Web Summit
File:Web Summit 2015 logo.png
StatusActive
GenreTechnology
VenueRoyal Dublin Society
Location(s)Dublin
CountryIreland
Inaugurated2010
Attendance22,000
Organized byCi
WebsiteWeb Summit [1]

Web Summit is a technology-industry conference held in Dublin, Ireland since 2010. The topic of the conference is centered on internet technology and attendees range from Fortune 500 companies to the world’s most exciting tech companies. This contains a mix of CEOs and founders of tech start ups together with a range of people from across the global technology industry, as well as related industries.

In 4 years Web Summit grew from 400 to over 22,000 attendees from more than 100 countries. Web Summit has been called “the best technology conference on the planet”.

The event is held over three days in Dublin. Forbes describe the event as “the best technology conference on the planet” while CNN call it “the hottest event in tech”.

Web Summit is run by Ci, a company that runs events throughout the world including f.ounders Dublin,[1] RISE in Hong Kong, Collision in the US and MoneyConf in Belfast.

Web Summit 2014 was held over three days and comprised 4 Primary Summits; Machine, Enterprise, Marketing and Builders. In 2014 the conference was attended by over 22,000 delegates.[2]

2014

The event was attended by 22,000 people from 109 countries.[3][4]

2013

In 2013, over 10,000 people attended the Web Summit, the vast majority from outside of Ireland.[5] Speakers included Elon Musk, Shane Smith, Tony Hawk, Drew Houston, and Niklas Zennström.

The event expanded in its scope with a number of side-events launching as part it, including the Night Summit,[6] a series of after-hours events featuring musicians from throughout the world, and the Food Summit, a two-day showcase of gourmet Irish Food.[7]

Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, also opened the NASDAQ Market from the Web Summit, the first time it was opened outside of New York since the Facebook IPO.[8] As a result of this and the high-profile nature of the attendees, the event was covered substantially in the international media with Bloomberg Television, CNN and others broadcasting live globally from it.[9]

2012

In 2012, 4,200 people attended Web Summit, approximately 40% of these came from companies based in Ireland (which provides a European HQ for several major tech companies) and 60% came from companies based elsewhere in Europe. Speakers included Tim Armstrong, Wael Ghonim, and Arkady Volozh.

A number of companies from across the world also launched their new products or made announcements as part of the event.[10]

2010-2011

The first Web Summit was a meet-up for 500 or so of the local technology community in the Chartered Accountants House in Dublin. Speakers were mainly local entrepreneurs, business people, and investors.[11] In 2011, the event tripled in size and moved to the Royal Dublin Society its current venue. Speakers included Chad Hurley, Jack Dorsey and Matt Mullenweg.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dublin Hosts World's Technology Elite". Wall Street Journal. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Web Summit 2013 Closing". Livestream. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Live Blog: Web Summit 2014". Irish Independent. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Web Summit guests to spend €100m in city". Herald. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Dublin Becomes Center of European Tech World". BloombergTV. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Dublin The story behind The Night Summit". Web Summit. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Food Summit a unique opportunity to promote Irish food". Web Summit. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Trading on NASDAQ opened in Ireland for the first time". Web Summit. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Dublin Becomes Center of European Tech World". BloombergTV. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Web Summit Picks SmartThings Out Of 100-Strong Startup Competition". TechCrunch. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  11. ^ "Payments at the Web Summit". Realex Payments. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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