“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.

Singer, actress, and television personality

Ivete Sangalo

Chief Impact Officer

Justina Nixon-Saintil

Executive Director

Marcio Aguiar

Head of Latin America

Maren Lau

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Hernan Kazah

General Partner

Angela Strange

Chief Justice

Luís Roberto Barroso

Actress, presenter, journalist

Taís Araújo

Director of Globo Studios, Globo TV

Amauri Soares

President Brazil

Priscyla Laham

Astronaut, CEO & Founder

Sara Sabry

Head of Global Affairs, Latin America & Caribbean

Nicolas Robinson Andrade

Vidya Peters

Field CTO

Chris Stephens

GM Global Business Solutions Latam and Brazil

Gabriela Comazzetto

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They've attended

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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“The giants of the web assemble.”

“Web Summit is the World Cup of tech conferences.”

“Where the future goes to be born.”

“The best tech conference on the planet.”