Web Summit#2024

Speakers included a mix of CEOs, subject-matter experts, celebrities, and politicians, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Al Gore, Bono, and U.N Secretary-General António Guterres.

Web Summit's partners include Fortune 500 companies, government entities, and private foundations, such as Google, Meta, Amazon, Cisco Systems and Microsoft.{{Cite web |title=Meet Web Summit's global partners {{!}} Lisbon, November 1–4, 2022 |url=https://websummit.com/partners/event-partners |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Web Summit {{!}} Lisbon |language=en}}

A court-case in the Irish Business courts between Cosgrave, Hickey and Kelly began in March 2025.{{Cite news |date=2025-03-19 |title=Cosgrave's Web Summit battle has 'a level of bitterness akin to the worst family law cases' |url=https://extra.ie/2025/03/19/news/courts/paddy-cosgrave-web-summit-case |access-date=2025-03-19 |work=Extra.ie |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=O'Loughlin |first=Ann |date=2025-03-19 |title=Paddy Cosgrave ran 'campaign to 'destroy' former Web Summit director, court hears |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41596651.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |work=IrishExaminer.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Web Summit may be funding part of Paddy Cosgrave's estimated '€7m legal bill', court told |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/03/19/paddy-cosgraves-cost-may-be-exceeding-7m-high-court-hears/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |work=The Irish Times |language=en}}

In February, Web Summit debuted a new event in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite news |date=26 January 2024 |title=Qatar to Host Biggest International Tech Event in 2024: Web Summit |url=https://www.rasmal.com/web-summit-qatar-2024/ |publisher=Rasmal}}{{Cite news |title=Web Summit confirms Lisbon and Qatar events still on, ex-CEO Paddy Cosgrave has 80% ownership of business |url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/23/cosgrave-web-summit-event/ |publisher=Tech Crunch}} The exhibition took place at the DECC.Web Summit Qatar to Debut in February 2024. 2024-06-04.

On January 24, 2024, Katherine Maher announced her departure as CEO of Web Summit to become CEO of National Public Radio (NPR).{{Cite news |date=24 January 2024 |title=Web Summit CEO jumps ship to head up NPR after just 3 months |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/24/in-shock-move-web-summit-ceo-katherine-maher-jumps-web-summits-ship-to-head-up-npr/ |publisher=TechCrunch}} In April 2024, Web Summit staff were told Cosgrave had decided to return as CEO.{{Cite news |last=Horan |first=Niamh |date=April 7, 2024 |title=Paddy Cosgrave back to top at Web Summit as he resumes CEO role after quitting over online posts on Israel-Hamas war |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/paddy-cosgrave-back-to-top-at-web-summit-as-he-resumes-ceo-role-after-quitting-over-online-posts-on-israel-hamas-war/a180917198.html |work=The Sunday Independent}}

In October 2023, a number of sponsors and technology companies like Meta, Google, and Amazon cancelled their participation{{Cite web |date=2023-10-20 |title=Google and Meta latest to withdraw from Web Summit |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1020/1411927-intel-and-siemens-out-of-web-summit/ |publisher=RTÉ News |language=en}} due to the founder's statement on X (formerly Twitter) regarding the Gaza war, in which he asserted that he was "shocked at the rhetoric and actions of so many Western leaders and governments, with the exception in particular of Ireland’s government, who for once are doing the right thing"{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=CEO of a prominent tech conference resigns amid backlash for public statements over Israel-Hamas war |url=https://apnews.com/article/web-summit-paddy-cosgrave-gaza-israel-hamas-war-0b085e4004f6d87974975d275eac9ef7 |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=AP News |language=en}} following the Irish Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, saying that solidarity with Israel "will fall apart" if the response to Hamas' assault "goes too far."{{Cite web |date=2023-10-10 |title=Solidarity for Israel 'will fall apart' if response 'goes too far', Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/solidarity-for-israel-will-fall-apart-if-response-goes-too-far-taoiseach-leo-varadkar-says/a1014791452.html |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}

Hours after Cosgrave's tweets, Israel's ambassador in Lisbon, Dor Shapira, vehemently repudiated Cosgrave and publicly informed the city's mayor that his country would boycott the event.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-16 |title=Israel vai boicotar Web Summit, anuncia embaixador |url=https://expresso.pt/economia/economia_tecnologia/2023-10-16-Israel-vai-boicotar-Web-Summit-anuncia-embaixador-035e9109 |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Expresso |language=pt}} Cosgrave later apologized, defending "Israel's right to exist and to defend itself", thus condemning Hamas.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-18 |title=Web Summit CEO apologizes and condemns Hamas |language=en |work=Globes |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-web-summit-ceo-apologizes-and-condemns-hamas-1001460489 |access-date=2023-10-20}} Cosgrave resigned as CEO on October 21, 2023, stating that "my personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our startups and the people who attend".{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=Cosgrave announces resignation as CEO of Web Summit |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1021/1412190-web-summit-cosgrave/ |publisher=RTÉ News |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2023-10-21 |title=Web Summit CEO resigns after comments on Israel-Hamas conflict |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/web-summit-ceo-resigns-after-recent-comments-israeli-conflict-2023-10-21/ |access-date=2023-10-22}} Katherine Maher was later appointed CEO to replace Cosgrave.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/1030/1413712-web-summit-announces-new-ceo-to-replace-paddy-cosgrave/|title=Web Summit announces new CEO to replace Paddy Cosgrave|publisher=RTÉ News|first=Will|last=Goodbody|date=30 October 2023|accessdate=30 October 2023}} In January 2024 it was announced that Maher would cease to be CEO on March 1st to take up the position of chief executive at NPR.{{cite news |last=Curran |first=Ian |date=24 January 2024 |title=Web Summit boss Katherine Maher to leave role after three months |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/01/24/web-summit-boss-katherine-maher-to-leave-role-after-three-months/ |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=25 January 2024}}

In November 2023, Web Summit announced the launch of a new conference in Doha, Web Summit Qatar. The conference took place February 26–29, 2024.{{Cite web |title=Qatar to host Web Summit in Mena for the first time |url=https://www.tradearabia.com/news/IT_416737.html |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=www.tradearabia.com}}

=== 2022 ===

thumbPertaining to the Web Summit 2022 here is item 21 from that year's revitalised Irish Annals, called [https://www.brumoytura.org/ De Reir Book of Moytura] regarding an argybargy in which Mr. Cosgrave supported certain gentlemen of the press against pressured opinion.

In December 2020, Web Summit announced the launch of a new conference in Japan, Web Summit Tokyo. The company also announced that the Asia-focused RISE Conference will be moving to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Both conferences were scheduled to be held as in-person events in 2022.{{Cite web|title=Web Summit will hold RISE 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, launch a new event in Tokyo|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/02/web-summit-will-hold-rise-2022-in-kuala-lumpur-launch-a-new-event-in-tokyo/|access-date=2020-12-03|website=TechCrunch|date=3 December 2020 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Web Summit will hold RISE 2022 in Kuala Lumpur and launch new conference in Tokyo|url=https://beamstart.com/content/128497/web-summit-rise-2022-kuala-lumpur|access-date=2020-12-03|website=BEAMSTART - Uplifting Lives Through Entrepreneurship|language=en}}

Web Summit 2019 took place in Portugal, from November 4th to 7th at the Altice Arena & Fil in Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite web|url=https://websummit.com/|title=Web Summit {{!}} Lisbon 2019 {{!}} Where the tech world meets|website=Web Summit {{!}} Lisbon|language=en|access-date=2019-04-23}} Some of the speakers included Edward Snowden; former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair; former professional boxer Wladimir Klitschko; Jaden Smith; Guo Ping (Rotating Chairman of Huawei) and Katherine Maher (former CEO of Wikimedia Foundation).{{Cite web |url=https://websummit.com/blog/top-speakers-web-summit-2019 |title=The Web Summit speakers our attendees can't wait to see | access-date=2021-02-12| date=2019-11-03}}

Nutrix won Web Summit PITCH competition for the most ambitious early-stage startups. 900 startups participated.{{cite web |last1=Callejas |first1=Eder |title=Nutrix Named Winner of Web Summit's 2019 PITCH Competition |url=https://techpope.com/startups/nutrix-named-winner-of-web-summits-2019-pitch-competition/ |website=TechPope |access-date=19 December 2019 |date=7 November 2019}}

Web Summit 2018 took place in Lisbon from November 5 to November 8. Attendance was at 70,000 participants. Some of the speakers include Medium Founder & CEO Ev Williams, President Microsoft Corporation Brad Smith, and CEO at Booking.com Gillian Tans. {{cite web |url=https://medium.com/@WebSummitHQ/web-summit-2018-by-the-numbers-5d4c00fa074b |website=Web Summit 2018 — by the numbers |publisher=Medium |access-date=6 December 2024 |title=Web Summit 2018 — by the numbers |date=5 November 2018 }}

It was announced that Marine Le Pen of the National Rally would be one of the speakers, which caused controversy.{{Cite news|title=Web Summit founder withdraws invite for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to 2018 event|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/lisbon-web-summit-marine-le-pen-4181551-Aug2018/|last=McDermott|first=Stephen|date=15 August 2018|access-date=19 January 2021|work=TheJournal.ie}}{{Cite news|title=Marine Le Pen's presence deemed 'disrespectful' at Web Summit|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45201888|last=McSorley|first=Christina|date=16 August 2018|access-date=19 January 2021|publisher=BBC News}}{{Cite news|title=Web Summit chief in U-turn as invitation to far-right leader Le Pen is withdrawn|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/web-summit-chief-in-u-turn-as-invitation-to-far-right-leader-le-pen-is-withdrawn-37221128.html|last=O'Donovan|first=Donal|date=16 August 2018|access-date=19 January 2021|work=Irish Independent}}{{Cite news|title=Latest: Web Summit withdraw Le Pen invitation saying it is 'disrespectful' to Portugal and attendees|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-30862314.html|last=Murphy|first=Greg|date=15 August 2018|access-date=19 January 2021|work=Irish Examiner}} Paddy Consgrave initially argued that despite her "wrongheaded" politics, he felt that her views would be adequately challenged by professional journalists.{{cite web| title=What are militant anarchists, leftist trade union leaders, right-wing populists and libertarians all doing at a tech conference? |last=Cosgrave |first=Paddy |url=https://medium.com/@WebSummitHQ/what-are-militant-anarchists-leftist-trade-union-leaders-right-wing-populists-and-libertarians-3fe7b1ecc7b2 |date=14 August 2018 |access-date=12 February 2021}} As a result of criticism, Paddy Cosgrave announced on Twitter that the invitation to her would be rescinded.

File:Web Summit 2017 - Centre Stage Day 2 DF2 5133 (38267120901).jpg CEO Simon Segars; Web Summit 2017]]

Web Summit 2017 took place in the Altice Arena in Lisbon from November 6–9. The event promised to bring 60,000 attendees from over 160 countries together.{{Cite web|url=https://websummit.com/|title=WEB SUMMIT {{!}} LISBON 2017 {{!}} WHERE THE TECH WORLD MEETS|website=WEB SUMMIT {{!}} LISBON 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-24}}

1,000 speakers were initially confirmed for the conference and, ultimately, over 1,200 spoke.{{cite web|title=Web Summit Blog 2017|date=6 November 2017 |url=https://blog.websummit.com/heres-incredible-week-59115-people/}} From the political sphere, speakers such as Former Vice President of the United States of America Al Gore, European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, and former president of France François Hollande were announced early. In addition to these speakers, big names in tech attending were Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, Oracle CEO Mark Hurd, Microsoft president Brad Smith, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, Arm Holdings CEO Simon Segars, Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield, Asana co-founder and CEO and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, Alexander Nix of Cambridge Analytica and Booking.com president and CEO Gillian Tans.

Speakers included former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, actress and activist Sophia Bush, former Portuguese professional football player and Ballon D'Or winner Luis Figo, Vogue international editor Suzy Menkes, former chess world champion Garry Kasparov, musician Wyclef Jean, and Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham.{{Cite news|url=https://websummit.com/speakers|title=Speakers - The biggest names in tech {{!}} Web Summit|work=WEB SUMMIT {{!}} LISBON 2017|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en-US}}

A dinner that was held in the National Pantheon was criticised by Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa who said it was "unworthy of the respect due" to the National Monument.{{Cite news|title=Web Summit organiser apologises over 'offensive' dinner at Portugal's National Pantheon|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/web-summit-national-pantheon-dinner-3695517-Nov2017/|last=Halpin|first=Hayley|date=14 November 2017|access-date=19 January 2021|work=TheJournal.ie}} He said that although it was legal, it was because the previous government had allowed what he called "offensive use of this monument". Paddy Cosgrave tweeted his apologies.

File:Web Summit 2016 - Opening Night - Nov 7 DSC 2261 (30758210251).jpg, Web Summit founder (left) and António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal (right); 2016]]

In September 2015 Web Summit co-founder and CEO Paddy Cosgrave announced that the event would be held in Lisbon for three consecutive editions, from 2016 to 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/web-summit-dublin-lisbon-2016|title=Web Summit ditches Dublin for Lisbon|magazine=Wired UK |date=23 September 2015|access-date=10 November 2016}} Cosgrave cited the local startup scene and a "cosmopolitan city with better infrastructure conditions and a larger number of hotel rooms" for the decision.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalcorporationssociety.com/single-post/2016/09/26/PLEASE-WELCOME-THE-WEB-SUMMIT-2016-IN-LISBON|title=PLEASE WELCOME THE WEB SUMMIT 2016 IN LISBON|publisher=Global Corporations Society|date=26 September 2016|access-date=11 November 2016}}

The three-day event held from November 7–10 at the Altice Arena, site of Expo '98, drew 53,056 attendees from more than 150 countries and more than 1,500 start-ups spread over 21 venues.{{cite web|url=https://websummit.net/attendees/featured-attendees|title=Meet 53,056 attendees with tickets|publisher=WebSummit|date=20 June 2016|access-date=11 November 2016}}

Among the more than 600 speakers were tech executives from around the world, including John Chambers of Cisco, Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer, and Amazon CTO Werner Vogels. Also speaking at the event were prominent figures from non-tech areas, such as actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Salil Shetty of Amnesty International, and Mogens Lykketoft, president of the general assembly at the United Nations. Footballer Luís Figo and both the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister António Costa spoke as well.{{cite web|url=https://tek.sapo.pt/mobile/android/artigo/o_web_summit_ja_acabou_no_proximo_ano_ha_mais-49536afe.html|title=O Web Summit já acabou. No próximo ano há mais|date=10 November 2016|access-date=29 July 2018|archive-date=14 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114155547/http://tek.sapo.pt/mobile/android/artigo/o_web_summit_ja_acabou_no_proximo_ano_ha_mais-49536afe.html|url-status=dead}} The percentage of women among speakers at the Web Summit was 47% according to independent estimates.{{cite web|url=https://blog.namsor.com/2016/11/10/gender-in-research-and-innovation/|title=Gender in Research and Innovation|date=10 November 2016|access-date=10 November 2016|archive-date=24 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824215753/https://blog.namsor.com/2016/11/10/gender-in-research-and-innovation/|url-status=dead}}

Some of those who had paid up to €5,000 for tickets into the event were unable to get into the event and had to watch it on a screen outside.{{Cite news|title=People who paid thousands for tickets left waiting outside Web Summit|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/web-summit-thousands-queue-3068789-Nov2016/|last=Russell|first=Cliodhna|date=7 November 2016|access-date=19 January 2021|work=TheJournal.ie}}

File:Dublin Web Summit 2015.jpg

Web Summit 2015 was held over three days from 3 November until the 5 November at the RDS in Dublin. Over 42,000 people attended the event over the three days. Speakers included Ed Catmull of Pixar, Michael Dell, Bill Ford and Chris Froome.

In September 2015, Web Summit announced that they would be moving the event from Dublin to Lisbon. Following the announcement, organisers released email correspondence between the Irish Government and Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave about hotel costs, traffic, and other issues surrounding the infrastructure in Dublin. This led to a debate in the Irish media about the support the Government had provided to the event since it began and what future promises they could make.{{cite web|title=Criticism over Government handling of Web Summit grows|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/criticism-over-government-handling-of-web-summit-grows-1.2394418|publisher=The Irish Times|access-date=19 March 2017}}

Problems arose with the Wi-Fi,{{cite web|title=Old problems surface one last time at Web Summit|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/old-problems-surface-one-last-time-at-web-summit-1.2416018|publisher=The Irish Times|access-date=19 March 2017}} but on a lesser scale than in 2014. The invitation to the Taoiseach was sent after 9pm on the Friday, with the event opening on the following Monday evening.{{cite web|title=Taoiseach's Web Summit invite sent at 9pm on Friday |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/taoiseach-s-web-summit-invite-sent-at-9pm-on-friday-1.2414314 |publisher=The Irish Times|access-date=12 February 2021|date=2 November 2015}}

File:Sportsfile (Web Summit) (15711830185) (2).jpg; 2014]]

Web Summit 2014 was held over three days and consisted of nine stages or Summits as they are known; Centre, Machine, Enterprise, Marketing, Builders, Society, Sport, Film, and Music. Eva Longoria, Peter Thiel, and Bono were among the speakers that spoke over the three-day event, with attendance of 22,000 people from 109 countries.{{cite web|url = http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/web-summit/live-blog-web-summit-2014-30714271.html|title= Live Blog: Web Summit 2014|date=4 November 2014 |work=Irish Independent|access-date=4 November 2014}}{{cite web|url = http://www.herald.ie/news/web-summit-guests-to-spend-100m-in-city-30714966.html|title= Web Summit guests to spend €100m in city|date=4 November 2014 |work=Herald|access-date=4 November 2014}}

On Day 1 there were problems with the Wi-Fi network and Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave took to the stage on two occasions to apologise for the connectivity problems. The RDS defended their technical set-up with CEO Michael Duffy saying, "The Wi-Fi has successfully responded to the exceptional demands placed on it. This is an unprecedented Wi-Fi density compared to similar European tech events." Attendees were mostly disparaging in their remarks, with some deriding it on social media as "the most Irish thing ever".{{cite web|url = http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-web-summit-wifi-1762398-Nov2014/|title = 'The most Irish thing ever': WiFi trouble at Dublin's Web Summit|date=4 November 2014|work=TheJournal.ie|access-date=30 September 2015}}

International broadcasters including CNBC, CNN, Fox Business News, Bloomberg, Sky News, Al Jazeera and the BBC all covered the event.

After the announcement of the decision to move the 2016 Web Summit to Lisbon, several Irish technology correspondents cited the Wi-Fi debacle as one major push factor behind the move.{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/2015/09/23/web-summit-lisbon-2016|title=Web Summit to move to Lisbon in 2016, cites infrastructure reasons|date=23 Sep 2015|work=Silicon Republic|access-date=30 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/smallbusiness/harsh-reality-for-irish-technology-scene-356186.html|title=Harsh reality for Irish technology scene|work=Irish Examiner|date=28 September 2015|access-date=30 September 2015}}

File:Dublin Web Summit 2013.jpg

In 2013, over 10,000 people attended the Web Summit, the vast majority from outside Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/video/dublin-becomes-center-of-european-tech-world-k5J0ApPeRk6AIEsei5Rdjw.html|title=Dublin Becomes Center of European Tech World

|date=31 October 2013|work= BloombergTV|access-date=31 October 2013}} Speakers included Elon Musk, Shane Smith, Tony Hawk, Drew Houston, and Niklas Zennström.

The event was expanded in its scope with a number of side-events launching as part of it, including the Night Summit,{{cite web|url=http://blog.websummit.net/2013/10/22/the-story-behind-the-night-summit/|title=Dublin The story behind The Night Summit|date=22 October 2013|work=Web Summit|access-date=26 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030320/http://blog.websummit.net/2013/10/22/the-story-behind-the-night-summit/|archive-date=3 December 2013}} a series of after-hours events featuring musicians from throughout the world, and the Food Summit, a two-day showcase of gourmet Irish Food.{{cite web|url=http://www.agriland.ie/news/food-summit-a-unique-opportunity-to-promote-irish-food/|title=Food Summit a unique opportunity to promote Irish food|date=30 October 2013|work=Web Summit|access-date=26 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012220/http://www.agriland.ie/news/food-summit-a-unique-opportunity-to-promote-irish-food/|archive-date=3 December 2013}}

Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, also opened the NASDAQ Market from the Web Summit, the first time it was opened outside of New York since the Facebook IPO.{{cite web|url = http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/1030/483582-web-summit-nasdaq/

|title=Trading on NASDAQ opened in Ireland for the first time

|date=31 October 2013|work= Web Summit|access-date=26 November 2013}} The event was covered substantially in the international media with Bloomberg Television, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, and Wired covering the event.

File:Dublin Web Summit 2012.jpg

In 2012, 4,200 people attended Web Summit. approximately 40% of these came from companies based in Ireland (which provides a European HQ for several major tech companies) and 60% came from companies based elsewhere in Europe. Speakers included Tim Armstrong, Wael Ghonim, and Arkady Volozh.

A number of companies from across the world also launched their new products or made announcements as part of the event.{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/20/dublin-web-summit-picks-smartthings-out-of-100-strong-startup-competition/

|title=Web Summit Picks SmartThings Out Of 100-Strong Startup Competition

|date=20 October 2012|work= TechCrunch|access-date=26 November 2013}}

File:Dublin Web Summit 2011.jpg

The first Web Summit was a mix of bloggers, journalists, and technologists in a hotel on the outskirts of Dublin.{{cite web|url = https://www.siliconrepublic.com/life/revolution-in-media-and-politics-to-dominate-dublin-web-summit

|title=Revolution in media and politics to dominate Dublin Web Summit

|date=21 October 2009|access-date=5 October 2016}} Panelists and speakers included Iain Dale, the political blogger, Ben Hammersley of the Guardian, and Ian Douglas of the Daily Telegraph. In 2010 it was a meet-up for 400 or so of the local technology community in the Chartered Accountants House in Dublin. Speakers were mainly local entrepreneurs, business people, and investors.{{cite web|url=http://www.realexpayments.ie/realex-payments-at-the-dublin-web-summit|title=Payments at the Web Summit|date=20 October 2010|work=Realex Payments|access-date=26 November 2013|archive-date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221532/http://www.realexpayments.ie/realex-payments-at-the-dublin-web-summit|url-status=dead}} In 2011, the event tripled in size and moved to the Royal Dublin Society. Speakers included Chad Hurley, Jack Dorsey, and Matt Mullenweg.

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