<p>Check out the talks, masterclasses and meetups taking place at Web Summit 2026. We’re adding more every week.</p>
<p>Join us in Lisbon this November for a first look at tech’s future.</p>


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11 November 2024; A general view of Centre Stage during the opening night of Web Summit 2024 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.

Kick off the event with a warm welcome and a chance to meet fellow attendees! Join us at Time Out Market for a casual evening of introductions and conversations. Don’t forget to wear your lanyard! It’s the easiest way to spot other attendees and spark a conversation. See you there!

🌃 Night Summit Downtown

For decades, Europe has depended on the US not only for its security, but also for much of its technological and financial infrastructure. As the transatlantic relationship continues to fracture, Europe faces a question much bigger than how to spend more on defence. Can it reduce its dependence on American technology, capital and financial infrastructure while building the industrial capacity to defend itself? And can it do so without sacrificing prosperity and the welfare state?

The future of Europe: Can it stand on its own feet?

Customers are getting used to agents doing the browsing, deciding, even the buying on their behalf. Once someone's used to that, a static ad or a fixed website starts to feel broken. They expect brands to meet them with the same fluency: responsive, individualized, always-on.

This talk is a practical playbook for making that shift: what it takes to define a brand for both humans and machines, and build the systems that keep it consistent, current, and everywhere your customers now expect to find it.

Machine-ready brands: A playbook for the Intelligence Age

A space for Spaniards to connect at Web Summit. Meet each other, exchange ideas, and mingle with people who get where you're from. See you there 👋

Un espacio pensado para los españoles en el Web Summit. Conozcámonos, compartamos ideas y socialicemos con gente de nuestro país. ¡Nos vemos allí! 👋

🇪🇸 Spain meetup

Calling all impact startups at Web Summit: your people are here! 🙌🏼. Exchange insights, discuss challenges, and expand your network. Join us!

🌱 Impact startups meetup

Calling all first-timers at Web Summit: your people are here! 🙌🏼. Exchange insights, discuss challenges, and expand your network. Join us!

🥇 First timers at Web Summit meetup

As global commerce expands and payment ecosystems fragment across regional rails, alternative methods, and legacy architectures, managing transactions efficiently has become a primary bottleneck for enterprise growth. This panel gathers payments leaders and fintech innovators to explore how unified payment infrastructure and smart orchestration layers are reshaping transaction strategy.

Our 2026 schedule is now live!

🌃 Night Summit Downtown

The future of Europe: Can it stand on its own feet?

Machine-ready brands: A playbook for the Intelligenc...

🇪🇸 Spain meetup

🌱 Impact startups meetup

🥇 First timers at Web Summit meetup

Is it time to unify the global payment stack?

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Don’t miss your chance to connect with the next generation of industry leaders at Web Summit 2026.