The Dublin Web Summit is back and bigger than ever on 17-18 October
2012-10-17 · Dublin
The Dublin Web Summit is set to be Europe's biggest tech conference, taking place on 17 and 18 October 2012. The event features high-calibre speakers such as Kevin Rose, Mike McCue, Yossi Vardi, and Chris Poole, alongside the Electric Ireland Spark of Genius startup competition. Major VC firms and over 150 tech startups will also be in attendance.
Organizer: Web Summit
At a glance
- Format
- Includes an invite-only START event running alongside the main conference and a startup competition.
- Prizes
- Electric Ireland Spark of Genius startup competition prize is worth more than €100,000 ($127,800 USD)
- Attendance
- 2,000+ attendees signed up, well over 150 tech startups
- Sectors
- Agnostic
Speakers, judges and hosts
- Daire Hickey — Web Summit (Host)
- Chris Poole — Founder, 4chan (Speaker)
- Kevin Rose — VC, Google Ventures (Speaker)
- Mike McCue — CEO, Flipboard (Speaker)
- Yossi Vardi — Investor (Speaker)
Sponsors and partners
- Electric Ireland
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