<p>From fintech and commerce to AI, SaaS, startups, and more.</p>
<p>Check out the talks that took place at Web Summit 2024.</p>
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Pre-register for 2025

Breakout Startups 

With models growing exponentially larger in size and soaring compute costs, the desire for more curated and thoughtfully trained language models is on the rise. Join Hugging Face’s Co-founder & CSO Thomas Wolf as he breaks down this discrepancy in supply and demand and shares his team's work on SmolLM, a new family of models that emphasizes data quality over size.

One smol step for AI…

Opening remarks with Antonia-Denisa Efron

Eamonn Carey presents our opening remarks for the first day of SaaS Summit.

Opening remarks with Eamonn Carey

Join Zoe from Ministry of Yoga, Lisbon, for a refreshing escape with a gentle yoga practice inspired by Vancouver's wellness ethos. Start your first morning at Web Summit feeling rejuvenated and centred, with clear intentions for the exciting events ahead. This session is brought to you by the delegation from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. #VancouverVibesInLisbon. (Standing yoga session, no special clothing required)







Rise and shine: A Vancouver-inspired yoga experience 🧘‍♀️

Opening remarks with Francois Chadwick

Opening remarks

Opening remarks with Toby Daniels

105 of the most promising startups will battle it out in the group rounds of the competition. 

In this round, 10 of them will fight for a chance to move onto the semi-final. Competing startups will have three minutes to pitch, followed by a three-minute Q&A with our judging panel.

Meet our judges: 
- Tilman Ehrbeck from Flourish Ventures
- Kevin Jiang from Mangusta Capital
- Anna Liebel from Anna Liebel
- Vickie from Get Startup Funding
- Nikola Stojanow from aeternity foundation

PITCH Group 1

105 of the most promising startups will battle it out in the group rounds of the competition. 

In this round, 10 of them will fight for a chance to move onto the semi-final. Competing startups will have three minutes to pitch, followed by a three-minute Q&A with our judging panel.

Meet our judges: 
- Manish Sood from Reltio
- Fernando Cabral from Podcast Conversa
- Yusuf Özdalga from QED Investors
- Christian F. Nunes from National Organization for Women (NOW)
- Márlyson Silva from Transfero Group


PITCH Group 2

105 of the most promising startups will battle it out in the group rounds of the competition. 

In this round, 10 of them will fight for a chance to move onto the semi-final. Competing startups will have three minutes to pitch, followed by a three-minute Q&A with our judging panel.

Meet our judges: 
- Melissa Cash from Pok Pok
- Hattie Wills from GuessWorks
- Jason H from Get Startup Funding
- Til Klein from Identity.vc
- Brittany Kaiser from Own Your Data Foundation

PITCH Group 3

Meet with our experts to explore ways you can accelerate creative productivity with the power of generative AI within your team and organization. See a live demo or schedule a meeting with us!

Meet the Adobe Experts

Join us at the Adobe Express activation! Unleash your creativity by personalizing your own coffee mug. The perfect way to express yourself and create a unique piece with Adobe Express. The quick and easy create-anything app.

Express Yourself with Adobe Express

Brazilian Booth opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony with an official photo, launching the beginning of activities at the event.

Brazilian Booth Opening – Ribbon Cutting - Official Photo

Join an exciting daily session where the top startups from the Road 2 Web Summit program will pitch their innovative ideas! Discover the next generation of groundbreaking startups as they present their ventures.

PITCH SESSION | #Road2WebSummit

Branding and particularly building a personal brand for VCs can be a game changer - for fundraising and winning the best deals.

Places are very limited and are allocated onsite on a first come first served basis. Priority will be given to investors for this session as it is an investor focused discussion.

Make sure to arrive early to secure your spot!

(Personal) branding and PR for VCs

Press conference with European Investment Fund Chief Executive Marjut Falkstedt, Portugal Minister of Economy Pedro Reis, and European Commission Deputy Head of Representation António Vicente

With a ubiquitousness of technology in our lives, university students today are 40 percent less empathic than they were 30 years ago*. Empathy is the ultimate human trait and can be alive and well in our online lives. We all ache to belong. How are we using technology to connect and care?

*Places are very limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis. Make sure to arrive early to secure your spot!

Is there really a crisis of connection and a growing empathy deficit

Kirill Skrygan, CEO of JetBrains, leads a discussion on how AI is transforming software development, from workflow changes to new skills. Explore the challenges and opportunities AI brings to building modern software products.

*Places are very limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis. Make sure to arrive early to secure your spot!

How to prepare for the age of AI in software

The results of American elections will have a profound (though not necessarily straightforward) impact on technology in the US and beyond. Join us to talk about how the November 2024 U.S. election might reshape the technological landscape in the years to come. 

*Places are very limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis. Make sure to arrive early to secure your spot!

Making sense of the US elections

<p>Join us at the MEO Arena in Lisbon in November for what Inc. says is “the best technology conference on the planet”.</p>
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4 days. 15 tracks. 1,000+ speakers.