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Web Summit’s mission has been to create software that enables meaningful connections between the CEOs, founders, investors, media, politicians and cultural figureheads who are reshaping the world.

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Web Summit was founded in Dublin by Paddy Cosgrave. It started as a 150-person tech conference in October 2009. 
Since then, Web Summit has gathered together over a million business people from around the world. Its flagship event is <a href="https://websummit.com/">Web Summit</a> in Lisbon, which takes place every November. 
Web Summit now hosts events around the world, including <a href="https://rio.websummit.com/">Web Summit Rio</a> in South America, <a href="https://qatar.websummit.com/">Web Summit Qatar</a> in the Middle East, and <a href="https://vancouver.websummit.com/">Web Summit Vancouver</a> in North America, and <a href="https://riseconf.com/">RISE</a> in Asia.

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