People Summit

One Web Summit ticket. 15 tracks. Your ticket grants you access to all of them.

From technology and talent management to crafting the ultimate employee experience, this is where industry leaders explore the core of modern human resources and workforce dynamics.

Photograph of Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield speaking on stage at Web Summit.
Stewart Butterfield
Co-Founder & CEO
Slack
Employee X

From onboarding and offboarding to everything in between, managing the employee experience is complex. Learn how to strike the right balance when it comes to work environment, career development opportunities, fair and competitive benefits, and employee wellbeing initiatives.

Talent recruitment

Recruiting top talent and retaining employees are every employer’s top priorities, with both being surefire ways to increase productivity and remain competitive in today’s job market. Explore the strategies used by the world’s leading companies to create and maintain successful teams.

DE&I

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are becoming standard pillars in the workplace. Learn how to cultivate a more diverse and inclusive culture that reflects the diverse fabric of today’s society.

Tools and tech

Introducing new tools or processes to any organisation may improve efficiency in the long run, but can temporarily disrupt a well-oiled machine. What new technologies are transforming the workplaces of today?

Meet the people speakers joining us in Lisbon

Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
CEOSurvey Monkey
Eleanor Lightbody
Eleanor Lightbody
Eleanor Lightbody
CEOLuminance
Jeroen Van Hautte
Jeroen Van Hautte
Jeroen Van Hautte
Co Founder, CTOTechWolf
Sarah Franklin
Sarah Franklin
Sarah Franklin
CEOLattice
Bhavin Shah
Bhavin Shah
Bhavin Shah
Founder & CEOMoveworks

Companies that attend

Tracks at Web Summit

Your ticket gives you access to all People Summit sessions, as well as to roundtables, masterclasses and 15 tracks covering more than 30 topics at Web Summit.

Book tickets
Photograph of The Solutions project CEO Gloria Walton speaking on the Planet Tech Stage at Web Summit. Gloria is gesturing with hands and sitting on a chair.An illustration of two solid pyramids of colour stacked one on top of the other against a solid background.
A photograph of a person (Ayọ Tometi, co-founder of Black Lives Matter) speaking on stage at Web Summit. Ayọ is smiling and holding a remote.

“Design with equity and real justice in mind.”

Ayọ Tometi, Co-founder, Black Lives Matter

Photograph of Keith Sonderling, commissioner of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commision, speaking on stage at Web Summit. Keith is wearing an on-ear microphone and is sitting on a chair.

“Unchecked AI can amplify bias in the workplace more than we’ve ever seen before.”

Keith Sonderling, Commissioner, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

“We need a human-centric approach to AI to enhance human capabilities.”

Simon Segars, Former CEO, Arm Holdings

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