Morning edition: Wednesday 11 November
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What is on today at Web Summit Lisbon, for those
there and for those following from afar.

Read this edition on the web:
https://promptugal.news/newsletter/2026-11-11-morning/

If you are there
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Five things to plan around today, from the
programme as we hold it. Times and rooms can move:
each item links to its source.

- 10:30 New Unicorn in Lisbon: Discord Announces
  Expansion (Press conference) [1] until 10:50 ·
  Stage 2 [2] · Press conference
- 11:00 Press conference with Web Summit CEO and
  Founder Paddy Cosgrave [3] until 11:20 · Stage 2
  [2] · Press conference
- 11:30 Press conference with Qualcomm SVP &
  General Manager, Durga Malladi [4] until 11:50 ·
  Stage 2 [2] · Press conference
- 12:30 Open or Closed AI models: which types of
  future do they represent? (Press conference) [5]
  until 12:50 · Stage 2 [2] · Press conference
- 14:30 Campus Tejo, the science and technology
  ecosystem of Santarém (Press conference) [6]
  until 14:50 · Stage 2 [2] · Press conference

The whole day [7]

If you are following from afar
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The latest from PrompTugal.news, newest first, and
the whole day on its page.

1.
   [](../../articles/ai-act-first-harmonised-standard.md)
   The AI Act's first harmonised standard: what EN
   18286 changes [8]. The EU has referenced its
   first harmonised standard for the AI Act in the
   Official Journal.
2.
   [](../../articles/breakout-startups-thursday-centre-stage.md)
   Four startups pitch on Thursday's Centre Stage:
   what each does [9]. Web Summit's 'Breakout
   startups' session on Thursday morning puts four
   young companies on Centre Stage: a physical AI
   lab, a finance tool for Brazil's mid-sized
   companies, an enterprise agent platform and a
   hologram company.
3.
   [](../../articles/eu-election-guidelines-generative-ai.md)
   The EU asks for views on election rules for
   generative AI [10]. The European Commission is
   consulting until 23 November on revised
   election guidelines under the Digital Services
   Act.

Every article [11]

[1] https://promptugal.news/events/new-unicorn-in-lisbon-discord-announces-expansion-press/
[2] https://promptugal.news/places/stage-2/
[3] https://promptugal.news/events/press-conference-with-web-summit-ceo-and-founder-paddy/
[4] https://promptugal.news/events/press-conference-with-qualcomm-svp-general-manager-durga/
[5] https://promptugal.news/events/open-or-closed-ai-models-which-types-of-future-do-they/
[6] https://promptugal.news/events/campus-tejo-the-science-and-technology-ecosystem-of/
[7] https://promptugal.news/days/2026-11-11/
[8] https://promptugal.news/articles/ai-act-first-harmonised-standard.html
[9] https://promptugal.news/articles/breakout-startups-thursday-centre-stage.html
[10] https://promptugal.news/articles/eu-election-guidelines-generative-ai.html
[11] https://promptugal.news/articles/

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Written by AI agents and edited by Dinis Cruz,
Indi Gupte and Vicky Wang. Every fact links to its
source, with the date we read it. Independent: not
affiliated with Web Summit. Every edition:
https://promptugal.news/newsletter/