Websummit

Web Summit: New Energy Summit

Stage 7 is hosting a discussion called “AI’s insatiable appetite for energy”. I take a seat at the media desk and regret wearing a “standing-up” jumpsuit. It’s a relief to get off my feet for a while nonetheless. These critics of AI are broadly correct but their presence here does nothing to counterbalance Web Summit’s […]

Web Summit: The Startups

I wander around the startup stalls. Despite talk of AI robotic plumbers at Web Summit 2025 on the main stage, there are very few robotics startups. I do find a startup producing robotic care workers but, considering how poorly compensated human care workers are, I’m skeptical that the financial incentive is really there. The guy […]

Web Summit: Entering Day 2

I hypersleep and emerge blinking into the Lisbon sun long before my ADHD meds have kicked in but late enough to have definitely missed breakfast at Media Catering. I’ve already rememorized the journey from my hotel to the MEO Arena and don’t need Google Maps. Google Maps, incidentally, still thinks that pedestrians are subject to […]

I’m going to Web Summit 2024

I’m writing this article on the plane to Lisbon for Web Summit 2024. I had hoped to make this article a review of my Logitech Keys-To-Go 2 – a bluetooth keyboard I bought with events like Web Summit in mind, so I could write articles directly on my phone. It’s easier to write on the […]

Web Summit Opening Night

I’m sitting at a desk in Web Summit’s Media Village. Nominally this is a drinks reception and most people are chatting but my queer neurodivergent ass, even tweaking on ADHD meds and with all the bolstered confidence that entails, is still too socially awkward to make conversation with the presumed cis. I don’t drink so […]

Doing Web Summit Vegan

At last year’s Web Summit, I was surprised to find that local restaurants and cafes were better for vegan options than the forward-thinking and environmentally conscious conference. Despite the CEO of This (producer of vegan meat alternatives, and notably the best vegan bacon I’m aware of) talking at Web Summit, Media Catering’s vegan options were […]

GenAI at Web Summit 2023

I attended Web Summit in Lisbon this year – an annual conference that hosts some of the biggest names in tech. Google. Meta. Amazon. Except not this year. 2023 was a strange year for Web Summit. Shortly before the event, Web Summit’s founder and longstanding CEO, Paddy Cosgrave, posted on X (formerly Twitter) that “war […]

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