Wednesday 11 November: what is on

By stage

Centre Stage, MEO Arena and FIL

• 09:24 Breakout startups until 09:54 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 10:00 The future of enterprise software has no middleman until 10:20 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 10:20 Who wins in the age of agentic AI? until 10:40 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 10:40 Investing in zero billion dollar markets until 11:00 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 11:00 Reporting at the speed of news until 11:25 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 11:25 The race for compute, agentic AI, and ROI until 11:45 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 11:45 The next financial crisis: Are we ready for what's coming? until 12:10 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 12:10 Maintaining the human in an AI world until 12:30 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 12:30 Teaching AI to see the world until 12:50 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 13:55 Opening remarks until 14:00 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 14:00 The techstyle stack until 14:25 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 14:25 The best offense is a machine-speed defence until 14:45 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 14:45 The new battle for brand influence until 15:10 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 15:10 Rewriting the rules of female longevity until 15:30 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 15:30 When software meets matter until 15:50 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 15:50 The enterprise reality check: Who’s controlling data and AI? until 16:10 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 16:10 The last days of the rules-based order? until 16:40 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 16:40 Building the infrastructure for AI everywhere until 17:00 · Centre Stage · Summit
• 17:00 PITCH semi-final until 18:00 · Centre Stage · Summit

Centre of Lisbon

• 18:30 Romanian Tech Night at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 until 21:30 · Lisbon · Side event Our pick

Masterclass 2 (Masterclasses), MEO Arena and FIL

• 10:00 Monitoring in the age of GenAI: Beyond golden signals [Hosted by Datadog] until 10:45 · Masterclass 2 · Our pick Our pick
• 14:00 Make AI agents work beyond the demo [Hosted by Make] until 14:45 · Masterclass 2 · Our pick Our pick

Masterclass 3 (Masterclasses), MEO Arena and FIL

• 11:30 AI sovereignty: Data control, governance and predictable AI costs [Hosted by Austriacard Holdings] until 12:15 · Masterclass 3 · Our pick Our pick
• 14:30 Building AI in Europe: Practical support for innovators [Hosted by European Commission - DG Connect] until 15:15 · Masterclass 3 · Our pick Our pick

Olissippo

• 17:30 Work in Finland side event until 21:00 · Olissippo · Side event Our pick

PTW Palace (Palacete Gomes Freire), Lisbon

• 11:30 Fake by Default: How to prove what's real until 12:30 · PTW Palace · Side event Our pick

PTW Palace, Rua Gomes Freire 98, Lisbon

• 17:30 From Automation to Autonomy: How AI is changing the way we run technology (Cisco showcase) until 18:30 · PTW Palace · Side event Our pick

Pavilhão de Portugal, Alameda dos Oceanos, Parque das Nações, Lisbon

• 07:30 Registration: collect your lanyard and wristband (bring your ticket QR from the Web Summit app and photo ID) until 17:00 · Pavilhão de Portugal · Registration

Pavilion 5, FIL

• 18:00 Night Summit: speed networking, 100+ meetups, games (accredited attendees) until 21:00 · Pavilion 5 · Night Summit

Quiosque Lisboa, Príncipe Real, Lisbon

• 21:00 Night Summit Downtown (bars open to the public; bring your lanyard to find each other) until 00:00 · Quiosque Lisboa, Príncipe Real · Night Summit Our pick

Spaces Oriente

• 19:00 AI Build Sprint: Ship a Business App for Your Ops until 22:00 · Spaces Oriente · Side event Our pick

Stage 10 (Developer Summit), MEO Arena and FIL

• 10:30 Why your AI agents don’t understand your business – and how to fix it until 10:50 · Stage 10 · Our pick Our pick
• 11:10 Don’t feed shit to agents until 11:30 · Stage 10 · Our pick Our pick
• 11:50 When AI verifies AI until 12:10 · Stage 10 · Our pick Our pick
• 12:10 Give me a brake: Coding without crashing until 12:30 · Stage 10 · Our pick Our pick

Stage 11 (Policy Summit), MEO Arena and FIL

• 10:05 Do we need a UN AI treaty? until 10:30 · Stage 11 · Our pick Our pick
• 10:30 The next digital frontier until 10:50 · Stage 11 · Our pick Our pick
• 10:50 Putting human rights into artificial intelligence until 11:10 · Stage 11 · Our pick Our pick
• 11:10 The Portuguese economic success story until 11:30 · Stage 11 · Our pick Our pick
• 11:55 Open vs closed: The debate defining the AI era until 12:25 · Stage 11 · Our pick Our pick

Stage 13 (AI Summit), MEO Arena and FIL

• 10:10 The AI agent economy until 10:30 · Stage 13 · Our pick Our pick
• 11:10 Why AI agents stall at the production line until 11:30 · Stage 13 · Our pick Our pick
• 11:30 Beyond the AI agent hype until 11:50 · Stage 13 · Our pick Our pick
• 15:00 Coaching an AI agent like human talent until 15:20 · Stage 13 · Our pick Our pick
• 15:20 Viable systems, judgement, and AI safety until 15:40 · Stage 13 · Our pick Our pick

Stage 2 (Press Conference), MEO Arena and FIL

• 10:30 New Unicorn in Lisbon: Discord Announces Expansion (Press conference) until 10:50 · Stage 2 · Press conference
• 11:00 Press conference with Web Summit CEO and Founder Paddy Cosgrave until 11:20 · Stage 2 · Press conference
• 11:30 Press conference with Qualcomm SVP & General Manager, Durga Malladi until 11:50 · Stage 2 · Press conference
• 12:30 Open or Closed AI models: which types of future do they represent? (Press conference) until 12:50 · Stage 2 · Press conference
• 15:00 Press conference with NordVPN CTO Marijus Briedis until 15:20 · Stage 2 · Press conference
• 15:30 Press conference with the world's first AI CEO co-founder Sam Pasupalak until 15:50 · Stage 2 · Press conference
• 16:00 Press conference with Amazon Vice President People Experience & Technology, J. Ofori Agboka until 16:20 · Stage 2 · Press conference
• 16:30 Press conference: Rewriting the Rules of Female Longevity until 16:50 · Stage 2 · Press conference

Stage 7 (Corporate Innovation Summit), MEO Arena and FIL

• 11:05 Building AI on your own terms: From technology discovery to real-world scale until 11:30 · Stage 7 · Our pick Our pick
• 15:20 The autonomous enterprise: Networks, cloud and AI agents until 15:40 · Stage 7 · Our pick Our pick

Stage 8 (MoneyConf), MEO Arena and FIL

• 11:25 In bots we trust: Defending money against AI-powered fraud until 11:50 · Stage 8 · Our pick Our pick

Stage 9 (Growth Summit), MEO Arena and FIL

• 16:08 Agents don't need prompts, they need context until 16:19 · Stage 9 · Our pick Our pick