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 […]
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 […]
Paddy Cosgrave says he thinks Trinity degrees are worth more than those from other universities because of ‘grade inflation’. But the research he quotes says Trinity’s grade inflation is as bad, if not worse. Yesterday, The Summit announced that it is creating 40 new jobs. But cheers turned to boos, when it emerged that the operator of […]
The dust has barely settled on The Summit* 2013, but it’s time to think about 2014. And it’s been announced that the first 500 tickets are now available on a 2-for-1 deal, i.e. 250 pairs at €790 per pair. What’s more, the 250 ticket-pairs will be entered into a draw for free summit tickets and […]
It began as the Dublin Web Summit. Then it became Web Summit. This morning (you’ve guessed it!), founder Paddy Cosgrave announced in an email to attendees of the event which starts in Dublin today: The event formerly known as the Web Summit has grown into so much more than just a tech conference, incorporating music, food, and […]
