Web Summit Vancouver 2025. Collision moved west.
Vancouver Convention Centre, 27 to 30 May 2025. The first Web Summit Vancouver.
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After Toronto.
Web Summit Vancouver took the place of Collision, which had left Toronto the year before.
The government of British Columbia sold it as a global spotlight on one of the fastest-growing tech regions of North America.
A record for a first year.
Web Summit announced 1,108 start-ups at the first edition, a record for any first-year Web Summit.
Entrepreneurs, investors and media, on the waterfront of Coal Harbour.
The Vancouver Convention Centre in the fog. Photo Colin Knowles, CC BY-SA 2.0, on Flickr, cropped.
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Who else covered it.
Written up in the local press by BCBusiness, Vancouver Sun and Daily Hive, discussed on the podcasts This is Vancouver (CBC) and The Geeky Nomads, covered by the creator Valerie Desousa (The Social Sea), and by 4 others.
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- BCBusinessMay 20255 big takeaways from Web Summit Vancouver (opens in a new tab)
Five takeaways from the opening days, from Paddy Cosgrave's change of mind on Vancouver to Hootsuite CEO Irina Novoselsky on reaching Gen Z.
- Vancouver SunMay 2025U.S. uncertainty changes stakes for B.C. startups at Web Summit Vancouver (opens in a new tab)
VodaSafe, maker of the AquaSafe sonar and one of more than 300 B.C. startups at the show, has sold over 1,000 units and is seeking another $1.5 million.
- Vancouver SunMay 2025Autonomous vehicles not far off for B.C. roads, once officials allow them (opens in a new tab)
Wayve chief scientist Jamie Shotton spoke on one of two autonomous transport panels at the convention centre, in a province that banned fully automated features the year before.
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- Daily HiveMay 2025How a trip to Rio won Vancouver the rights to host the Olympics of Tech (opens in a new tab)
Paddy Cosgrave said the event almost did not come to Vancouver until city envoys flew to Rio to lobby him; the City confirmed the trip to Daily Hive.
Trade press
- DecoderMay 2025Web Summit Debuts in Vancouver with Global Crowd (opens in a new tab)
Counts 15,727 attendees from 117 nations at the debut, with over 1,100 startups from 64 countries, 44 percent of them women-founded, and 345 speakers.
- BetaKitJune 2025“The energy is here”: local leaders call Web Summit Vancouver’s scaled-back debut a success (opens in a new tab)
Nearly 16,000 attendees, under half of Collision's last Toronto count; Mayor Ken Sim floated 40,000 by 2027, a target Web Summit's Casey Lau called "insane".
Podcasts
- This is Vancouver (CBC)May 2025How Indigenous entrepreneurs are shaping the future of tech at Web Summit (opens in a new tab)
CBC's Stephen Quinn talks with three Indigenous entrepreneurs bringing Indigenous wisdom into AI, infrastructure and startups as Vancouver hosts the summit.
- The Geeky NomadsJuly 2025Let's recap Web Summit Vancouver 2025 (opens in a new tab)
A 54-minute recap of the first Web Summit in Vancouver that compares it with other Web Summit cities and covers Bluesky and decentralised social networks.
- Dynamic WomenJuly 2025Five Biggest Takeaways from Web Summit Vancouver with Diane Rolston (opens in a new tab)
Host Diane Rolston, invited as media, shares five takeaways from the talks, mostly on AI as a tool and on where automation breaks down and people are needed.
Creator
- Valerie Desousa, The Social SeaSeptember 2025Our Experience at the Web-summit conference Vancouver 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Two social media marketers who staffed a friend's booth review the sessions they saw, from Bluesky's chief executive to Neil Patel's marketing charts, and find AI everywhere.
Institution
- Trade and Invest BCJune 2025Web Summit Vancouver 2025 Highlights B.C. Innovation (opens in a new tab)
More than 300 B.C. companies, over 250 of them startups, took part; Victoria's VoxCell BioInnovation won the $10K Pitch in the B.C. Pavilion.
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