Web Summit 2026

Web Summit 2026 is one of the largest technology and startup conferences in the world, held 9 to 12 November 2026 in Lisbon.

AI now dominates the main stages, with programming on foundation models, applied enterprise AI, regulation under the EU AI Act and venture investment, alongside a vast startup exhibition and a structured investor programme.

Its scale is the point and also the caveat: it is unmatched for serendipitous meetings, but thinner on technical depth than a specialist AI conference.