Of the Field

Websummit Vancouver 2026

n May 2026, thousands of international entrepreneurs, investors, media outlets, and leaders will gather in Vancouver at the newest event: Web Summit Vancouver.

Visit the official site

21Voices

35Underwriters

0Exhibitors

5On the bill · sessions

53Companies · in total

§I

The Voices

Programmed at Websummit, in alphabetical order.

Ahmed Iqbal

CMO · Cadillac F1 Team

Alexander Rinke

Co-founder & Co-CEO · Celonis

Alice Brooks

Board Member & Partner · Khosla Ventures

Ami Badani

CMO · ARM

Arvind Jain

Founder & CEO · Glean

Chris Hedges

Editor-in-Chief · The Chris Hedges Report

Danny Rensch

Co-founder & Chief Chess Officer · Chess.com

Gabor Maté

Renowned Physician & Author

Gary Marcus

AI Expert, Scientist & Author

Hasan Piker

Streamer & Creator · Night

Jenny Wang

Founder · ALTA

Jesse Zhang

Co-founder & CEO · Decagon AI

Joelle Pineau

Chief AI Officer · Cohere

Ken Sim

Mayor · City of Vancouver

Libby Liu

CEO · Whistleblower Aid

Max Levchin

Founder & CEO · Affirm

Michelle Grady

President · Sony Imageworks

Naomi Klein

Activist and writer

Rob Bloom

CMO · Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team

Sam Register

President · Warner Bros. Animation

Sigrid Jin

Member of Technical Staff · Sionic AI

§II

Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

The Programme

Selected from 5 sessions on the bill.

May 11•6.00PM - 8.00PM
Opening Night - Doors open!
Centre Stage
May 11•7.30PM - 9.59PM
Night Summit
Night Summit
May 12•9.30AM - 10.00AM
Indigenous sovereignty in tech [Hosted by Vancouver, BC, Canada]
Away from the stage
May 12•9.30AM - 9.35AM
Opening remarks
Corporate Innovation Summit
May 12•9.30AM - 9.50AM
Breakout Startups
Centre Stage

Intermission

Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 53 companies, parsed from the program.

“53 companies in attendance.”

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House

0All threespeak · spons · exh

35Sponsoringsponsor only

0Exhibitingexhibitor only

18Speakingspeaker only

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

57% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite1048%
Founder / Owner210%
Manager / Lead15%
Research / Science15%
Other roles733%

Of 21 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room

№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier

unspecified35

100% of 35

№ 05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

AWS×17 peers
Google Cloud×15 peers
Red Hat×14 peers
datadog×13 peers
Github×11 peers
Accenture×10 peers
Deloitte×9 peers
arm×8 peers
Adobe×7 peers
Docker×7 peers
Twilio×7 peers
Amazon×6 peers

№ 06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters

Web Summit Vancouver 2026May 11, 2026 · Vancouver+ 25 shared
Web Summit Rio 2026June 8, 2026 · Rio de Janeiro+ 6 shared
WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026July 8, 2026 · Berlin+ 6 shared
Nerdearla Buenos Aires 2026September 22, 2026 · Buenos Aires+ 6 shared
WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America 2026September 23, 2026 · San José+ 6 shared
Web Summit 2026November 9, 2026 · Lisbon+ 6 shared

Websummit Vancouver 2026

Opening Night - Doors open!

Night Summit

Indigenous sovereignty in tech [Hosted by Vancouver, BC, Canada]

Opening remarks

Breakout Startups

“53 companies in attendance.”