Web Summit Rio 2024, scheduled for April 15-18 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is anticipated to be a major draw, with expectations to host over 30,000 attendees, surpassing the previous year's count of 21,000.
Web Summit Rio is brought to life by the Dublin-based Web Summit company, founded by entrepreneur Paddy Cosgrave. Starting from a modest gathering of 150 participants in 2009, Web Summit events have since welcomed around a million attendees globally.
More than 70 speakers will illuminate these topics, featuring:
Notably, Web Summit isn't just an event-organizing company; it also excels in software development. This is illustrated by the Summit Engine—a proprietary operating system meticulously crafted by the Web Summit team over ten years. Today, Summit Engine is the technological core of Web Summit, ensuring the smooth operation of events across three continents. Through a specialized app, available in both mobile and desktop versions, conference attendees can seamlessly follow multiple discussions, arrange meetings, and communicate privately, among other features.
The premier Web Summit event takes place in Lisbon every November, with additional regional summits such as Web Summit Qatar in the Middle East, Collision in North America, and RISE in Asia.
In autumn 2023, the summit faced potential cancellation due to controversial remarks by Paddy Cosgrave regarding Israel, leading to his resignation after several major companies withdrew from the Lisbon Web Summit. Despite these challenges, the event was a success, hosting over 70,000 guests from 153 countries.
Web Summit Rio's agenda spans a vast array of fields, including:
- Artificial Intelligence;
- The future of the media;
- Corporate innovation;
- Design;
- Energy;
- Software development;
- Robotics;
- Healthcare;
- The evolution of finance, and more.
More than 70 speakers will illuminate these topics, featuring:
- Meredith Whittaker, President at Signal
- Luciana Santos, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Government of Brazil
- Monica Long, President at Ripple
- Justina Nixon-Saintil, VP&Chief Impact Officer at IBM
Notably, Web Summit isn't just an event-organizing company; it also excels in software development. This is illustrated by the Summit Engine—a proprietary operating system meticulously crafted by the Web Summit team over ten years. Today, Summit Engine is the technological core of Web Summit, ensuring the smooth operation of events across three continents. Through a specialized app, available in both mobile and desktop versions, conference attendees can seamlessly follow multiple discussions, arrange meetings, and communicate privately, among other features.
Summit Engine is adept at handling both intimate gatherings and massive events that draw tens of thousands of participants. This innovative platform, which has been licensed by Web Summit, is utilized in orchestrating some of the world's largest conferences for external organizers, including CES in Las Vegas.
You can register for Web Summit Rio and purchase tickets here.
