“The largest technology event in the world” – Globo
In 2024, we gathered 34,000-plus people – including 500-plus speakers and 1,000-plus startups – at Web Summit Rio.
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Politico said we run “the world’s premier tech conference”, the Atlantic that Web Summit is “where the future goes to be born”, and Reuters that we assemble “the biggest names in tech and business”.
Web Summit Rio is part of the roster of international events organized by Web Summit, taking to the world stage alongside Web Summit in Lisbon, Web Summit Qatar in Doha, Web Summit Vancouver in Canada, and RISE in Hong Kong. In 2024, Web Summit Rio gathered more than 34,000 people at Riocentro.

Web Summit is “where the future goes to be born”

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Meet our first 2025 speakers. We're adding more every week.

Founder & CEO

Ben Lamm

Chief Impact Officer

Justina Nixon-Saintil

YouTuber

Felipe Neto

Executive Director

Marcio Aguiar

Global President

Mel Edwards

Group Vice Chairman

Marcelo Claure

Vidya Peters

Head of Global Affairs, Latin America & Caribbean

Nicolas Robinson Andrade

GM Global Business Solutions Latam and Brazil

Gabriela Comazzetto

Co-founder & CEO

Dileep Thazhmon

Fernando Miranda

Astronaut, CEO & Founder

Sara Sabry

Co-founder of Oculus, Professor of UCBerkeley

Jack McCauley

CEO and Founder

Luis Silva

Chief Legal Officer

Shelley McKinley

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South American tech is thriving, and the startup ecosystem in Brazil is holding its own amid a LatAm funding downturn. That’s why we think there’s no better city to host a South American gathering of the global tech community than Rio de Janeiro.
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Web Summit Rio 2025 coming April 27-30

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“Where the future goes to be born.”

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