Web Summit
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Microsoft president Brad Smith criticises Ireland on broadband
- Technology
- November 6, 2019, 11:44
Ireland was taken to task in front of an audience of more than 10,000 people at Web Summit on Wednesday morning by Microsoft president Brad Smith, who(...)

Web Summit at maximum capacity, says Paddy Cosgrave
- Technology
- November 5, 2019, 19:19
Paddy Cosgrave, the co-founder and chief executive of Web Summit, has signalled that the annual technology jamboree in Lisbon, which has more than dou(...)

US and Europe should join tech forces to counter China – Tony Blair
- Technology
- November 7, 2018, 15:42
European competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager says regulators are close to wrapping up their third case against Google over its AdSense adverti(...)

Web Summit under fire over banquet in Portugal’s National Pantheon
- Technology
- November 13, 2017, 15:54
Web Summit organiser Paddy Cosgrave has apologised after Portugal’s prime minister expressed outrage over an “offensive” summit banquet in Lisbon’s Na(...)

This week we’re talking about . . . the Web Summit
- Technology
- November 11, 2016, 14:22
If you aren’t familiar with the Web Summit, it’s the Irish founded tech conference that started in Dublin in 2009 with less than 400 attendees and gre(...)

Ditching Dublin may have been best thing for Web Summit
- Technology
- November 8, 2016, 05:00
The pressure is on for Web Summit and its cofounders. Opening night is always a difficult one, but when it’s opening night in a new venue, in a new co(...)

Wifi mishap mars Web Summit start in Lisbon
- Technology
- November 7, 2016, 19:50
The Web Summit kicked off its opening ceremony in Lisbon, but the event didn’t go without a hitch. While 3,000 people stood outside the MEO Arena wa(...)

Web Summit is watching you
- Technology
- September 3, 2016, 06:55
Paddy Cosgrave was in Dublin this week to talk to an audience of digital marketers and other techies about preparations for the upcoming Web Summit, w(...)

Cash and debt rise at Web Summit firm ahead of Lisbon move
- Technology
- January 13, 2016, 20:43
Manders Terrace, the company behind the Web Summit, saw both its cash balances and debts climb in 2014, according to newly filed accounts. The docum(...)

Web Summit: Surf’s up as Lisbon prepares warm welcome
- Technology
- January 8, 2016, 07:42
Driving from Lisbon city centre towards Parque das Nações in the east of the city, a warm winter breeze washes in from the Atlantic Ocean. The vast(...)