Web Summit 2025

About the event

Billed as the world’s leading technology conference, Web Summit gathers start-ups, corporate leaders, policymakers and media from around the globe. It moved from Dublin to Lisbon in 2016, and since then it has grown into a mainstay of Europe’s tech ecosystem.

Highlights

• Dates and venue: 10–13 November 2025, at the Altice Arena & FIL in Lisbon
• Scale: more than 70,000 attendees from over 160 countries, with 1,000+ speakers from around the world, 2,300 start-ups and over 1,000 investors
• Sessions: several tracks covering SaaS, sustainability, marketing, fintech, cybersecurity, AI and other areas
• Speakers: a line-up described as incredible, with names such as Elon Musk, Serena Williams, Sam Altman (OpenAI), AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton and Canva’s Melanie Perkins
• Formats: Women in Tech programmes, Developer and Venture tracks, matchmaking tools for investors, zones that showcase start-ups, and Night Summit, a series of festival-style after-parties held across Lisbon
• Networking and culture: often called “Davos for geeks”, Web Summit offers social events, cultural immersion and networking described as unrivalled, in a city billed as one of Europe’s most vibrant

More information and tickets: websummit.com