
<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-several-web-summit-rio-programs-have-reached-capacity-ahead-of-our-south-american-event-with-exhibition-space-women-in-tech-and-the-startup-program-all-sold-out">Several Web Summit Rio programs have reached capacity ahead of our South American event, with exhibition space, women in tech and the startup program all sold out.</h3>



<p>Two weeks ahead of the second edition of our South American event, Web Summit Rio, several of its programs have reached capacity.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Our women in tech initiative, developer program, startup program and exhibition space are all sold out, making this a historic year for our event in Rio de Janeiro.</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-exhibition-space">Exhibition space</h4>



<p>More than 30,000 attendees will converge in Rio de Janeiro.</p>



<p>The floor space at this year’s event – which has increased 25 percent since last year to cater for a 43-percent increase in attendee numbers – is sold out for the second consecutive year.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Some of our global partners are <a href="https://rio.websummit.com/partners/event-partners/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">joining us at Web Summit Rio</a>, including KPMG Private Enterprise, Huawei, Grindr, IBM and JCDecaux.</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-startups">Startups</h4>



<p>Building on last year, which saw more than 950 startups exhibiting at Riocentro, this year’s event will bring together 1,000-plus startups – 44 percent of which are women-founded.</p>



<p>We’re proud to say that this is the highest proportion of women-founded startups at any Web Summit event, and the largest gathering of women founders at any event in South America.</p>



<p>As part of Web Summit’s ongoing Impact initiative, 15 percent of the startups present at Web Summit Rio will be Impact startups focused on pursuing one or more of the <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">UN’s Sustainable Development Goals</a>.</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Women in tech</h4>



<p>Our <a href="https://rio.websummit.com/women-in-tech/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">women in tech program</a>, which is committed to changing the gender ratio at our events and empowering women across the globe, is sold out for the second consecutive year – and has been since early January.</p>



<p>This year, Banco do Brasil is powering the Women in Tech Lounge, a space that helps facilitate meaningful connections among attendees.</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Developers</h4>



<p>Our <a href="https://rio.websummit.com/developers/">developer program</a>, which aims to give back to active members of the open-source developer community, is also sold out, confirming that our South American event is the place to be for programmers looking to network and make connections.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Notable developers who have attended Web Summit Rio in the past include Signal president Meredith Whittaker, Google chief decision scientist Cassie Kozyrkov and 1Password CEO Jeff Shiner.&nbsp;</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-our-south-american-event-is-just-around-the-corner-meet-you-there">Our South American event is just around the corner. <a href="https://rio.websummit.com/tickets/attendees" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Meet you there?</a></h4>



<p><em><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/websummitrio/52866120043/in/album-72177720308016054/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Main image</a> of Center Stage at Web Summit Rio in 2023: <a href="https://flickr.com/photos/websummitrio/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stephen McCarthy</a>/<a href="https://websummit.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Web Summit</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode.en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC BY 2.0</a>)</em></p>


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