The seventh edition of the Web Summit starts this Tuesday in Lisbon and will last until Friday, with more than 70,000 participants this year, 2,630 startups and companies, 1,120 investors and 1,040 speakers.
Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave recently told Lusa that there are “a lot of things” this year, from “scale” to “selling [dos bilhetes que ficaram esgotados mais cedo do que nunca]three weeks ago”.
In this year’s edition, the topic of cybersecurity will be up for debate, as it continues to be “a big problem”.
Not only from the point of view of individual security, passwords and laptops and devices of each individual, “but also cybersecurity” at the country level.
As for Portuguese startups attending the event, “we have the largest number ever” and Brazil’s participation has grown a lot, said Paddy Cosgrave.
Regarding expectations for this edition, Cosgrave said it will be “by far the busiest in history,” noting that exhibitor space grew “60%,” as did the “drastic” increase in outdoor space. free.
He recalled that other events in the world have already ended, as a result of the pandemic, but that the Web Summit returns more active than ever.
Web Summit is an annual technology conference, held in Lisbon since 2016 and is considered one of the largest and most important technology events in the world.
Source: TSF
