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Lisbon City Hall has contacted Web Summit to assess a bid aimed at keeping the technology conference in the Portuguese capital from 2029 to 2038, a move that could shape future municipal spending and tourism policy after the current deal concludes in 2028. Previously, Web Summit announced its 2026 event will run from November 9 through 12 at the Altice Arena and FIL exhibition centre in Lisbon, expecting more than 70,000 attendees from over 160 countries. Confirmed speakers for the 2026 conference include Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, Atlassian co-founder and CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes, You.com co-founder and CEO Richard Socher, and European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen. This follows Web Summit's second annual Vancouver conference, which on September 25, 2026, drew over 20,000 attendees, marking a 29% increase from its inaugural year. Earlier, on September 16, 2026, the organization detailed its startup selection process, noting that in 2025, more than 22,000 startups applied to its programs, with over 2,700 ultimately selected to participate in Lisbon.
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