Web Summit Rio 2024. The second year by the beach city.
Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro, 15 to 18 April 2024. Web Summit planned to stay in Rio at least through 2028.
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Lisbon’s Latin American sister.
Web Summit began in Dublin, moved to Lisbon in 2016 and opened in Rio in 2023.
The second Rio edition brought more than 600 speakers and entrepreneurs from more than a thousand start-ups.
Web Summit Rio 2024, outside the halls of Riocentro. Photo Web Summit Rio, CC BY 2.0, on Flickr, cropped.
AI, fintech and the climate.
The conference director named the subjects, AI, fintech, climate change and human rights.
Organisers said 45% of the start-ups were founded or led by women, a record for Web Summit, and IBM, BYD, Salesforce and Huawei were on the floor.
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Who else covered it.
Written up in the local press by Diário do Rio, discussed on the podcasts O Rio É Tech, Pedro + Cora (Meio), varejocast, Outra Visão and Bits and Borders, and by 5 others.
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- Diário do RioApril 2024Rio tem mais de 70% de ocupação hoteleira na 3ª semana de abril devido a evento internacional de tecnologia (opens in a new tab)
Ahead of the 15-18 April edition at Riocentro, the HotéisRio union put city hotel occupancy at 72.36%, rising to 86.78% around Barra da Tijuca and Recreio near the venue.
Press
- The StarApril 2024Women in tech, AI in focus as Web Summit opens in Rio (opens in a new tab)
AFP report from the opening in Rio, with 45% of startups founded or led by women, a Web Summit record, and city officials expecting 40,000 people a day.
- ExameApril 2024A substituta: o que faz a Deco.cx, a startup carioca vencedora do Web Summit Rio 2024 (opens in a new tab)
Profile of Deco.cx, the Rio startup that won the pitch competition among 40 entrants, with Canadian VoxCell BioInnovation and ManyContent as the other finalists.
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Trade press
- Central do VarejoApril 2024Web Summit Rio 2024 e seus números impressionantes (opens in a new tab)
Counts over 34,000 participants, more than 1,000 startups, 600 speakers and 900 media, and quotes mayor Eduardo Paes on making Rio Latin America's innovation capital.
- StartupsApril 2024“Talvez no futuro”, diz Web Summit sobre sediar evento em outras regiões no Brasil (opens in a new tab)
Before choosing Rio the organisers weighed Brasília and Porto Alegre; the 2024 edition counted 34,397 participants, almost 60% more than in 2023.
- StartupsApril 2024Web Summit Rio: 45% dos fundadores no evento eram mulheres (opens in a new tab)
Interview at the close with Web Summit's country manager Artur Pereira: 45% of founders, 47.5% of participants and 39% of speakers were women.
- Central do VarejoApril 2024Pós Web Summit Rio 2024: destaques e insights do evento (opens in a new tab)
Post-show special by the outlet's curators, recalling 34,397 participants from 102 countries and 45% of startups founded by women.
- Mobile TimeMay 2024Claro e Embratel registram tráfego acima de 30 TB no Web Summit Rio 2024 (opens in a new tab)
Claro and Embratel counted over 30 TB of traffic in the four days and 23,000 Wi-Fi users, laid 952 wired points for stands and staff, and left the Wi-Fi network permanently at Riocentro.
Podcasts
- O Rio É TechApril 2024Web Summit Rio (opens in a new tab)
BandNews FM's Rio tech show opens its coverage on the first day, with five pavilions at Riocentro, more than 600 talks and almost 1,000 startups.
- Pedro + Cora (Meio)April 2024Web Summit Rio: quais são os limites quando se trata de direitos civis? (opens in a new tab)
Recorded at the summit, Meio's editor-in-chief Pedro Doria talks with journalist Glenn Greenwald about free speech and the part social networks play in civil rights.
- varejocastApril 2024O Melhor do Web Summit Rio 2024 [varejocast] #460 (opens in a new tab)
Retail podcast hosts Fred and Caio pick the highlights of the 2024 edition, among them NVIDIA's talk on AI and the metaverse and Kondzilla on community work.
- Outra VisãoApril 2024Web Summit Rio - 2024 - EP 140 (opens in a new tab)
A journalist invited to the 16-18 April edition at Riocentro recounts it, counting over 34,000 participants and 600 talks, and names the contacts made as its main value.
- Bits and BordersJune 2024#104: Onsite at Web Summit Rio: Crypto Adoption in Latam with Marlyson Silva and Daniel Marquez (opens in a new tab)
Recorded at the summit with Transfero CEO Marlyson Silva and Koyamaki Ventures partner Daniel Marquez on crypto and stablecoin adoption from Brazil to Colombia and Argentina.
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