We’re at Web Summit – and so, it seems, is everyone else! 42000 #WebSummit attendees. 134 countries. Our most international event. Read the top 20 most represented countries: https://t.co/SSMxRw1kKd — Web Summit (@WebSummit) November 2, 2015 42,000 people will attend the event in the RDS over the next three days, mixing, mingling, speaking, listening and […]
The big story in Irish tech today is that Web Summit will not be held in Dublin from next year. They’ve decided to move the event to Lisbon. There’s a post over on their blog announcing it, as well as an opinion piece by Paddy Cosgrave over on the Irish Times which explains the thinking. […]
Last week, Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave revealed that over 24,000 people had registered for the 2-for-1 discount price on tickets for Web Summit 2015. Faced with with a potentially huge surge in demand for the first 1000 tickets, they decided to postpone the sale to allow for further load testing. Now they’ve confirmed that 1000 discount tickets […]
Web Summit tickets for 2015 were due to go on sale today at 5pm with a special 2-for-1 offer for those who had registered their interest in advance. But when over 24,000 people did just that, it raised a red flag for the Web Summit organisers and the ticketing system they use, Tito. This evening, […]
While the dust on Web Summit 2014 has barely settled they’re already working on the 2015 edition. Tomorrow will see 1000 tickets for Web Summit 2015 going on sale. They’re apparently cheaper than the “2 for 1” price that was on offer several months in advance of this year’s event. You can sign up here […]
Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave has said that the event may leave Ireland if WiFi issues at the RDS cannot be resolved. He was speaking on stage yesterday as Web Summit drew to a close. He also revealed that he thinks the event which catered to 22,000 people is still not big enough, describing it as “Glastonbury for Geeks”. Later, RDS and […]
Web Summit has published details of Twitter traffic over the three days of the event: 120,000 tweets published (from over 40,000 unique Twitter accounts) Tweets per minute peaked between 11am and 2pm on Tuesday (coinciding with Eva Longoria’s Main Stage and Food Stage appearances). Longoria was the most-mentioned speaker at the Summit to date – […]
Excitement is building in advance of Web Summit next week. In just four short years it has grown from just 400 attendees at the first event, to 20,000 who will throng the RDS next week. In a post on the Web Summit Blog, founder Paddy Cosgrave admits that, by traditional wisdom, theirs is an unlikely success: Arguably no technology […]
The full schedule for Web Summit was published earlier today. The event will be held across several stages in the RDS with each stage being devoted to a different theme (well, sort of): Center Stage (sic) – keynotes etc Enterprise Builders Machine Marketing Music Sport Library Food Cinema According to Web Summit head man Paddy Cosgrave […]
If you’re thinking of attending The Summit in Dublin in November, today’s your last chance to to get the Super Early Bird three-day ticket, for €525. Prices go up by €1000 at midnight, but please note that is midnight Pacific Time, appropriately enough for an event with its feet on the ground in Dublin, but its […]
