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The number of startups exhibiting, with some of them changing every day, exceeded 2,600.
“No way there are 70,000 people who attend.
Unicorn Factory Lisboa is a platform of programs and hubs which aims to support startups and scaleups in developing efficient products and businesses to sustain the growth of Lisbon’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.(Image credit: Future)
Last year attendees were all around town.
I have to admit that my feet and legs are still recovering.
Great attention was given to promoting women in tech, too.
Unicorn Factory Lisboa is a platform of programs and hubs which aims to support startups and scaleups in developing efficient products and businesses to sustain the growth of Lisbon’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.(Image credit: Future)
Women founders also made up almost one third of all exhibiting startup founders.
This year’s winner was Inspira, a Brazil-based legal software business.
Despite the shaky beginning, a diverse set of experts still managed to take the stage.
In the Roundtables lounge, attendees could take part in a series of 45-miute discussions with industry leaders talking about the most pressing issues facing tech, business and society today.(Image credit: Future)
Nonetheless, the last-minute changes inevitably affected the final schedule.
I found some panels had their starting time modified or were cancelled without much warning at times.
Some complaints reverberated among seasonal attendees, too, who lamented the usual amount of high-quality talks.
I found the Estonian booth to be the most original one as it recreates a proper sauna, a staple of the country’s culture.(Image credit: Future)
The biggest takeaway here?
We shouldn’t take the internet for granted.
The largest tech event in Asia, RISE is also expected to return to Hong Kong in 2025.
Every conference day, startups took the stage to present their products and try to win the best pitch of the year.(Image credit: Future)
The Women in Tech lounge was the perfect meeting spot for the many women attending the conference this year.(Image credit: Future)
São Paulo-based legal software business, Inspira, was crowned as the 2023 winner startup. Cognimate, a health startup from Cyprus, and Kinderpedia, a childcare solutions business from Romania, finished as runners-up.(Image credit: Future)
The talks happening on the main stage were also on live-streaming in the outside areas throughout the whole event.(Image credit: Future)
The Web Summit didn’t end with the conference days. Three Night Summit events took place in some exclusive venues across the city, too, including the Hub Criativo do Beato (pictured above).(Image credit: Future)
Web Summit CEO Katherine Maher took the main stage at Lisbon Altice Arena during the opening night on November 13, 2023.
Human rights lawyer Stella Assange during a Q&A session on November 16, 2023.
On stage from the left: Rob Pegoraro (PCMag), Veena Dubal (Professor of Law UC Irvine) and Meredith Whittaker (President of Signal), on the first day of Web Summit for a panel titled “Is big tech killing trust?"—November 14, 2023.(Image credit: Future)
On stage from the left: Amandine Le Pape (CTO Element). Andrew Sullivan (Internet Society) and Jane Wakefield (BBC) on the second day of Web Summit during a panel exploring the tech deficit in government—November 15, 2023.(Image credit: Future)
Nym Technology security consultant Chelsea Manning on the main stage discussing the importance of cryptography in preserving privacy during the last panel of the last Web Summit day—November 16, 2023.(Image credit: Future)
