Web summit largest European technology conference was founded by Paddy Cosgrave

USPA NEWS - Web Summit (originally Dublin Web Summit) is the largest European technology technology held annually since 2010. The Summit gathers 30, 000 attendees. For the first five years the event was held in Dublin, Ireland. In 2016 it will be held in Lisbon in November 7-10.

Web Summit (originally Dublin Web Summit) is the largest European technology technology held annually since 2010. The Summit gathers 30, 000 attendees. For the first five years the event was held in Dublin, Ireland. In 2016 it will be held in Lisbon. Lisbon was chosen for the quality of its infrastructure, hotel and transport, and its capacity, ie 80 000 seats between the MEO Arena and FIL Feira Internacional.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The topic of the conference is centered on internet technology and attendees range from Fortune 500 companies to the world´s most exciting tech companies. This contains a mix of CEO´s and founders of tech start ups together with a range of people from across the global technology industry, as well as related industries. Web Summit runs events throughout the world including Founders, RISE in Hong Kong, Collision in New Orleans, SURGE in Bangalore and MoneyConf in Madrid. WEB SUMMIT IS AN IRISH COMPANY “We are an Irish company, our roots are Irish. Our first participants were all Irish. These are the first participants who have become our greatest champions, who spread the good word off. We will not be here without them.-------------------------------- So it was not an easy decision to move the Web Summit of his Irish home. We go because we want to take the next step in our international growth. " declared Paddy Cosgrave. Welcoming 400 participants at its first edition it was five years ago, the Web Summit is expected to draw 30,000 participants in November, 90% came from abroad with some stars of Silicon Valley, as Jack Dorsey (Twitter, Square) and Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX).