Startups

Web Summit Vancouver 2026

Web Summit Vancouver is the world’s premier tech conference, gathering 35,000+ founders, investors, and innovators to connect and define the future of tech. The event connects a new generation of founders to investors, journalists, and technology leaders from around the world. Attendees can explore the Lower Mainland and Pacific Northwest tech ecosystem, wit…

Visit the official site
26Speakers
35Sponsors
30Exhibitors
5Sessions
74Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Web, 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
Andrew Forde
Partner · KPMG
Andrew McKechnie
Head of Business Creative · OpenAI
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
Jerret West
CMO · Roblox
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
Max Lytvyn
Co-founder, Board Member · Superhuman
Michelle Grady
President · Sony Imageworks
Naomi Klein
Activist and writer

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Amazon Web Services
AMD
American Express
Bell
Boast
Cisco
Cloudflare
Dell Technologies
DuploCloud
Fujitsu Intelligence
Google
Hiive
Huawei
IBM
JPMorgan
KPMG
LicenseSpring
Make
Meta
Microsoft
Multiplier
Oracle
OVHcloud
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Qatar Airways
QNAP Systems
Remitly
SAP
SimplyAsk.ai
Thinkific
TikTok
TurboTax Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
VanHack
Zencoder

Agenda

Selected from 5 sessions.

  • 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
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 74 companies show up, and 13 bet on three roles at once?

74 companies. thirteen 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.

Who's in the room
13All threespeak · spons · exh
22Sponsoringsponsor only
17Exhibitingexhibitor only
22Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

KPMG·American Express·Cisco·Cloudflare·Huawei·IBM·J.P. Morgan·Meta·Microsoft·Oracle·Qatar Airways·SAP·TikTok

Speakers by seniority

62% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1142%
  • Founder / Owner415%
  • Director / Head of14%
  • Research / Science14%
  • Other roles935%

Of 26 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1KPMGSponsorExhibitor1
2American ExpressSponsorExhibitor-
3CiscoSponsorExhibitor-
4CloudflareSponsorExhibitor-
5HuaweiSponsorExhibitor-
6IBMSponsorExhibitor-
7J.P. MorganSponsorExhibitor-
8MetaSponsorExhibitor-
9MicrosoftSponsorExhibitor-
10OracleSponsorExhibitor-
11Qatar AirwaysSponsorExhibitor-
12SAPSponsorExhibitor-
13TikTokSponsorExhibitor-
14AMDSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified35
100% of 35
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.

Related events · by shared sponsors
ConferenceDateCityShared sponsors
Web Summit VancouverMay 25, 2027-22
NRF Big Show 2027January 10, 2027New York11
Nerdearla México 2026November 18, 2026Ciudad de México7
WeAreDevelopers Conference India 2026November 25, 2026Bengaluru7
MWC27 BarcelonaMarch 1, 2027Barcelona7
Web Summit 2026November 9, 2026Lisbon6

In the same series

Prior and forthcoming editions

Related events

Same brand, other regions