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Web Summit Rio 2026

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eb Summit Rio is described as the largest technology event in the world, bringing together a new generation of founders from Brazil and across Latin America with investors, journalists, and technology leaders worldwide. The event is part of the renowned Web Summit series, connecting thousands of attendees for networking, innovation insights, and business op…

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35Voices
24Underwriters
15Exhibitors
9On the bill · sessions
51Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Web, in alphabetical order.
Alexey Milovidov
Co-founder & CTO · ClickHouse
Aline Pellegrino
Former Captain of the Brazil National Team, Director of Legacy & Institutional Relations · FIFA Women's World Cup 2027
Angela Strange
General Partner · Andreessen Horowitz
Ayesha Chowdhury
Senior Mng - Global Digital Strategy & Partnerships · BBC World Service
Bruno Lewicki
Head of Public Policy, Latam · OpenAI
Christian Rôças (Crocas)
Head of Community, Influencers & Talent · OpenAI
Deborah Secco
Actress & Model
Denílson de Oliveira
World Cup Winner · Brazil National Football Team
Diego Barreto
CEO · iFood.com
Dileep Thazhmon
CEO & Co-Founder · Jeeves
Eduardo Cavaliere
Mayor · City of Rio de Janeiro
Eric Acher
Founder & Managing General Partner · Monashees Capital
Fábio Coelho
President Brazil & VP · Google
Fábio Porchat
Founder & Artist · Porta dos Fundos
Fillipe Dornelas
CEO · Denga Love
G1 Robot
Humanoid agent AI avatar · Unitree
Gerry Giacomán Colyer
Co-founder & CEO · Clara
Glauco Reis
Senior Client Engineering AI Engineer and Quantum Ambassador · IBM
Julie Pace
Executive Editor and Senior Vice President · Associated Press
Juliette Feitosa
Artist · Juliette
Lázaro Ramos
Actor, Director, Entrepreneur · GLOBO
Luana Lopes Lara
Co-founder & COO · Kalshi

— and 13 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Accenture
Adobe
Amazon
Apple
Canva
Goldman Sachs
Google
Huawei
KPMG
Louis Vuitton
Mercedes-Benz
Meta
Microsoft
Netflix
OpenAI
SalesforcePartner
Samsung
Sky News
Tesla
The Atlantic
The Telegraph
TikTok
U2
Visa
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The Programme

Selected from 9 sessions on the bill.
  • 8 de junho•18:30 - 19:00

    In dialogue with Luana Lopes Lara: Trade the future

    Center Stage
  • 9 de junho•11:10 - 11:40

    The polished feed is dead

    Center Stage
  • 9 de junho•12:00 - 12:25

    Who owns the truth?

    Center Stage
  • 9 de junho•12:00 - 12:45

    IBM Bob: AI applied to modernization and development productivity [Hosted by IBM]

    Masterclass 3
  • 9 de junho•13:30 - 15:00

    Building an ADK bi-directional streaming agent [Hosted by Google Cloud]

    Masterclass 4
  • June 8•6.05PM - 6.10PM

    The algorithm has rythm

  • June 8•6.10PM - 6.20PM

    Welcome to Web Summit Rio 2026

  • June 8•6.20PM - 6.30PM

    An address by the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro

  • June 8•6.30PM - 7.00PM

    In dialogue with Luana Lopes Lara: Trade the future

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 51 companies show up — and 17 bet on three roles at once?

51 companies. seventeen are betting more than once.

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
17All threespeak · spons · exh
7Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
27Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Google·Meta·Microsoft·Accenture·Adobe·Amazon·Apple·Goldman Sachs·Huawei·KPMG·Louis Vuitton·Mercedes-Benz·OpenAI·Samsung·Tesla·Visa·The Atlantic

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

63% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite823%
  • Founder / Owner411%
  • VP-level39%
  • Director / Head of720%
  • Engineer · IC13%
  • Other roles1234%

Of 35 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01GoogleSpEx1V
  2. 02MetaSpEx1V
  3. 03MicrosoftSpEx1V
  4. 04AccentureSpEx
  5. 05AdobeSpEx
  6. 06AmazonSpEx
  7. 07AppleSpEx
  8. 08Goldman SachsSpEx
  9. 09HuaweiSpEx
  10. 10KPMGSpEx
  11. 11Louis VuittonSpEx
  12. 12Mercedes-BenzSpEx
  13. 13OpenAISp2V
  14. 14SamsungSpEx
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
partner1
4% of 24
unspecified23
96% of 24
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.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters

Sister convocations

Same brand, other regions