Web Summit Lisbon 2026

Web Summit is a general technology conference run by a company of the same name that stages other international tech events. The Lisbon edition runs 9 to 12 November 2026 at MEO Arena and FIL, the Feira Internacional de Lisboa, in Parque das Nações. The official schedule on websummit.com lists more than 1,100 sessions across the four days: an opening night of regional meet-and-greets on Monday 9 November, then three conference days from 10 to 12 November. The audience is professional and cross-sector: startup founders, venture investors, corporate innovation teams, technology executives, engineers, journalists and policy stakeholders. Entry usually requires advance registration and a badge. The programme mixes keynotes and panels on many stages with startup- and investor-facing sessions, product showcases and networking. Topics mentioned include AI, advertising technology, fintech, cybersecurity, software, digital infrastructure, climate tech and the future of work. A third-party attendee guide describes an opening night in the arena on the Monday, then three conference days in the FIL pavilions with more than a dozen parallel stages and headline sessions in a 20,000-seat hall. The same guide puts attendance above 70,000, a number the organiser itself has not confirmed. Schedule, investor matchmaking and badge scans run through the official event app. The organiser lists around 800 speakers, and its featured block leans heavily towards AI and robotics companies: Tao Zhang of Manus AI, Li Chen of Unitree, Michele Catasta of Replit, Dahai Li of ModelBest, Fei Xu of Xiaomi Group, Leo Haojun Wang of Pony.ai, Alan Shen of MiniMax and Ling Ge of Tencent. Two humanoid robots, Agibot A3 and Galbot G1, appear in the same block as attendees. Tickets for 2026 are sold out, according to the official site, which is already selling 2027 passes under a two-for-one promotion and promotes separate routes for startups, investors, exhibitors and media accreditation. For affiliates and media buyers the fit is indirect. None of the pages reviewed here lists an affiliate track, gambling is absent from the topic list, and most of the floor belongs to startups and investors. The practical value sits in the advertising technology and AI sessions, in meeting ad-tech, fintech and AI tooling vendors in the pavilions, and in scouting partners in verticals an affiliate business may expand into. The full programme and speaker list are on the official site; the agenda below picks the Centre Stage, Marketing Summit and MoneyConf sessions and the organiser's highlights.