When Web Summit Qatar returns to Doha from 1–4 February 2026, it will do so with expectations that far exceed its successful debut. Qatar has positioned the ...

Two cofounders of the Web Summit tech conference are in a legal dispute over their VC business Amaranthine. David Kelly and ex-banker Patrick Murphy launched Amaranthine in 2018, backed by Web Summit.

The IBM & Web Summit Sports Tech Startup Challenge will seek to find game-changing solutions that could be leveraged throughout IBM's technology portfolio and world-class global sports and ...

Technology can sometimes move at the speed of light. And so, too, can technology executives. In a shock move, Web Summit announced today that Katherine Maher — who was hastily appointed to the role of ...

The rocket-powered growth of global adoption of artificial intelligence is accompanied by a paradox: Although the technology has generated tremendous optimism for its potential to positively transform ...

Two Web Summit cofounders are embroiled in a vicious legal battle. David Kelly has alleged that Paddy Cosgrave, Web Summit's high-profile CEO, bullied, and blackmailed him. It follows allegations from ...

Web Summit should be a space for hard conversations, not be the subject of them, its new chief executive Katherine Maher told the Lisbon event on its opening night. Ms Maher was addressing the recent ...

Major global technology conference Web Summit is returning to Portugal with an in-person event to delve into the world of fintech and cryptocurrency. On Nov. 1, Web Summit 2021 will kick off in Lisbon ...

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Barbara Martin Coppola, chief digital officer, IKEA (left) with Kristin Lemkau, CMO, JPMorgan Chase, during Web Summit 2019 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon. At last week’s annual Web Summit in Lisbon, ...