Developer? Join us at Web Summit Rio.
Each year, we give free tickets for our events to the most active developers and open source contributors in the Web Summit network. As a special thank you to this developer community, we are offering them free Web Summit Rio tickets.
Our developer initiative will open for applications in the coming months. If you simply can’t wait, why not pre-register for 2024 now and get 50% off your ticket?
What’s happening?
Talks
Networking
Masterclasses and roundtables
Developer Lounge, powered by Grupo Boticario
What happens when I apply?
Your application will be reviewed
Our AI system will review each applicant’s contribution, giving priority to frequent contributors to high-impact, open-source projects.
Successful applicants receive a unique code
If you are one of the chosen applicants, we will issue you with a unique ticket code that can be used to redeem your free Web Summit Rio ticket.
Redeem your code
Now all that’s left to do is redeem your ticket and join us at Web Summit Rio. We’ll see you in April!
Meet some of our past developer speakers

















“Open source is the best way to get people’s brilliance out there.”
– Katharina Borchert, Chief Innovation Officer, Mozilla
“Advances in tech bring good, bad and OK things.”
– Rebecca Parsons, CTO, Thoughtworks
“If you build on the APIs of big tech, that’s an existential risk.”
– Dominic Williams, Founder, Dfinity