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Web Summit Lisbon ・ November 9-12, 2026

Who rules the world?

Meet the policymakers who joined us

Pedro Sánchez - Spain

Pedro Sánchez

Prime Minister
Government of Spain

Justin Trudeau - Prime Minister - Government of Canada

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister
Government of Canada

Olena Zelenska - The First Lady of Ukraine

Olena Zelenska

The First Lady of Ukraine
Ukraine

Henrietta Fore - UNICEF

Henrietta Fore

Executive Director
UNICEF

Stephen Walt - Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Stephen Walt

Professor
Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges

Editor-in-Chief
The Chris Hedges Report

Ro Khanna - House of Representatives

Ro Khana

Representative
US House of Representatives

Al Gore - Web Summit

Al Gore

Former VP of US & Chairman
Generation Investment Management

Kyriakos Mitsotakis - Greece

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister
Greece

Chris Smalls - Amazon Labor Union

Chris Smalls

Co-founder & former president
Amazon Labor Union

Headlined by industry-leading organisations

The organisations shaping the future of global governance.

In a new political world order, nothing is certain - and everything is up for grabs

The old world is dying, the new world struggles to be born; now is the time for new policy ideas. As technology fundamentally reshapes society and our economies, how can public policy adapt to the ever shifting sands of the modern world? Are future generations condemned to repeat the mistakes of the past, or can we chart a new course to a more just and prosperous future? Join us at Policy Summit where the big questions of today are met with the big answers of tomorrow.

Geopolitics and the changing world order

Policy intelligence in an artificial age

Economic revolution

Towards a new social contract

As the balance of power shifts, with new forms of competition and cooperation, how can politics adapt to the new realities of the modern world?
In this new order where does power lie, how is it exercised and what can be done to constrain it?

Geopolitics and the changing world order

Policy intelligence in an artificial age

Economic revolution

Towards a new social contract

Policy is often thought to lag, rather than lead, when it comes to largescale technological transformations. Regulation is more than just red-tape, it sets the rules of the game.
With increasingly fast paced innovation, intelligent and innovative policy solutions are required to ensure that we maximise the benefits, and minimise the costs, of technologies like AI.

Geopolitics and the changing world order

Policy intelligence in an artificial age

Economic revolution

Towards a new social contract

Is an economic revolution unfolding similar to the industrial revolution? If so, does the maxim; 'the revolution devours its children' apply?
Technological revolutions rarely replace only old technologies; they often disrupt the people and the institutions that created them. Regulation is necessary, but rarely sufficient for economic growth. How can we avoid the pitfalls of the past?

Geopolitics and the changing world order

Policy intelligence in an artificial age

Economic revolution

Towards a new social contract

Just as the industrial revolution helped give rise to a new social contract, some argue that the advent of AI requires a new social contract.
What would such a contract look like? One in which the wider public shares in the fruits of new technological innovations, rather than copperfastening further inequality in a gilded age.

Highlights from our events

Insights from the policymakers, diplomats, and leaders shaping the future of society.

A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet

A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet

Author Cory Doctorow, and RabbleLab's founder Rabble ., explored how and why “enshittification” happened, including the role of US trade reps who used the threat of tariffs to bully the EU and protect the spread of US tech monopolies. With "liberation day" upon us, the rest of the world is now free to build a post-American, de-enshittified internet.

Internet

Decentralised tech

The end of capitalism and what comes next

The end of capitalism and what comes next

UCLA's Professor and author Ramesh Srinivasan, and economist and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis conversed with CNN VP and CNN Arabic Editor-in-Chief Caroline Faraj about what could a future look like where tech respects our data, and the dignity of people and the planet?

Tech ethics

Future of capitalism

The Iran war and the limits of US power

The Iran war and the limits of US power

Chris Hedges, Editor-in-Chief at The Chris Hedges Report, and Stephen Walt, professor at Harvard Kennedy School of Government examined the strategic, political, and moral consequences of a prolonged confrontation with Iran.

Geopolitics

Global markets

The new tech sovereignty: Building strength at home and global partnerships

The new tech sovereignty: Building strength at home and global partnerships

Europe is strengthening its tech competitiveness at home while also looking outward to build a more competitive tech landscape.
In this fireside chat, EU executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy Henna Virkkunen explored how Europe believes that global cooperation among trusted partners is an essential complement to investments made at home.

Tech sovereignty

Global cooperation