Web Summit 2025

Attended as part of Booking.com women in tech program. It's great to get to discover startups from around the world that I would otherwise not have known. Very pricey without the program tickets. Howe...ver good business opportunities, some very interesting talks though don't use all your time on them, get to network! I didn't like the Night summit, more of a drinking afterwork among colleagues from big companies exhibiting than real networking opportunities, sadly. Voir plus

This was my first time to attend Web Summit and it was my first time in Europe. Such an amazing experience. The venue and city of Lisbon was phenomenal. I was most impressed with the fact 70k people a...ttended and it was so well organized. I thought the sessions were top rate. I attended many of the startup sessions specifically. We were also a part of the Startup Alpha and it was very valuable. We were most interested in testing our marketing message for our startup. Very impressive! Voir plus

I got the impression that a lot of attendees came to spend a good time, not at work to do business. It seems like if you are not a Startup or a Global corporate company you may not bring back a lot of... business contacts and opportunities and just memories about good time spent in Lisboa. Voir plus

great opportunity and experience

Web Summit was far a whole experience that everyone from the business sector should benefit from. All top companies and great startups gathered for an amazing exchange of ideas. Fav Speaker: Juan Bran...co Voir plus

As an attendee, exhibitor and/or speaker, WebSummit is a must for anyone whom is interested in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology! As an attendee, you won't be able to see everything, because... its just so much stuff, but you'll make the best out of it for sure! As an exhibitor, it is exhausting, truth be told, but also so mesmerizing that once your there, it's like you are in auto pilot and just letting everything sink in, it's amazing! Voir plus

Too many topics on B2C, sessions' content - very light. There are a lot of activities, but I don't know how much value do these bring as the presentations are very generic, superfluid etc. Would love... to see more IIoT players and more in-depth discussions. Maybe there is value for startups, but for big players it is questionable. Might be a good place to see these Alpha startups and have discussions. I went to a few booths and in some cases,​ they even did not know why are they at that event etc. Voir plus

Great to be able to launch and exhibit our new tool, uplifter. It had an overwhelmingly positive response and we got a lot out of the other days, listening to the varied amount of keynotes and discus...sions. Highly recommend it to any digital startups or those with a view to expanding their digital horizons. Voir plus

I was excited to see a stellar line up of speakers so my expectations were that I would be inspired and educated......not once did this happen! Every presentation I attended I opened my notebook, wro...te the name of the speaker at the top and then found that after 30 mins, I was closing the page having written nothing else! I've never been before so maybe my expectations were wrong but I hear that Websummit was more of a learning/inspirational experience previously. Maybe with 70,000 delegates you are attracting the wrong type of speakers - keen to promote their new app / product / initiative and maybe with such a large audience they are holding back for fear of being widely quoted. I'm not sure of the reasons but I attended a lot of presentations and they were all poor. The networking was amazing and I met some great people, if I came again I would focus more on that side of the event. The location was great but 70,000 people made it very crowded....all day every day! It was like leaving a football match or concert but not just at the end.....literally all day long! I will now focus on smaller, niche events with inspirational speakers who are innovatve thinkers. I didn't see any of that at Websummit 18 Voir plus

Fantastic opportunity to meet a lot of interesting, hard-working, and goal-driven people that cumulatively redefine the business world as we know it. If anything, it will at least give you an idea of ...what is going on in the world of startups, emerging technologies, and what currently "rolls the dice". It can also be a fantastic place to find new business opportunities or new partnerships - but that mainly depends on how you play, how you present yourself, and - especially - how successfully you manage to maintain the interest of your prospects in the follow ups. What I'd like to highlight the most is the Night Summit - amazing fun!!!! Maybe I've been lucky and stumbled upon a great crew, IDK, but I didn't have that much fun in years as I did on the streets, bars, and clubs of Lisbon! Plus, people don't just drink there; some of the best networking is made there! Would I go again - heck yeah, I cannot wait for next year! Voir plus