Every November, Web Summit brings founders, policymakers, whistleblowers and journalists to Lisbon. They debate in public about surveillance, platform censorship, AI and press freedom, with the people who can actually answer.
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President

Edward Snowden

Photojournalist & Activist

Motaz Azaiza

Economist & Former Greek Finance Minister

Yanis Varoufakis

The Facebook Whistleblower

Frances Haugen

Meredith Whittaker

Founder & CEO

Issam Hijazi

Editor-in-Chief

Chris Hedges

Chair

Mary Robinson

Secretary-General

António Guterres

Competition Commissioner EU

Margrethe Vestager

At Web Summit, power and pushback share the same stage. CEOs, commissioners, and politicians are publicly challenged by the whistleblowers, privacy technologists, and founders building alternatives to Big Tech.
More than 2,000 journalists attend, making it one of the largest press gatherings in tech. With attendees from over 100 countries and strong representation from the Global South, every side of the conversation is in the room.

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