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In nine short years, Web Summit has grown from 400 attendees to over 100,000 from more than 150 countries. No technology conference has ever grown so large so fast.

We build incredible things – whether that’s building technology or relationships, stages or experiences, we are builders of world-class global technology festivals.

Since our inception in 2010 with a team of three, we’ve rapidly grown to a team of over 220 people between our headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, our operations in Lisbon, Toronto, Hong Kong and London.

We’ve been joined by incredible engineers and developers, producers and designers, marketers and salespeople who come together to create unique events on three continents. Whether in Lisbon, Hong Kong or Toronto our events take on the flavour of their surroundings, but retain the successful framework we’ve fine tuned over a decade.

Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”. An unrivalled global meeting place for the world’s most disruptive technology companies and those interested in how that disruption can transform their businesses and their lives.

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