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Web Summit Vancouver

In May 2027, thousands of international entrepreneurs, investors, media and leaders will gather in Vancouver to connect the tech world at Web Summit Vancouver.

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46Speakers
25Sponsors
5Sessions
58Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at Web, in alphabetical order.

Adam Selipsky
CEO · Amazon Web Services
Ahmed Iqbal
CMO · Cadillac F1 Team
Aidan Gomez
Founder & CEO · Cohere
Alice Brooks
Board Member & Partner · Khosla Ventures
Ami Badani
CMO · ARM
Andrew McKechnie
Head of Business Creative · OpenAI
Brad Smith
Vice Chair and President · Microsoft
Bret Taylor
Co-CEO · Salesforce
Carmelo Anthony
NBA All-Star & Entrepreneur · Carmelo Anthony
Chris Smalls
Co-founder and the former president of the Amazon Labor Union · Labour union activist
Danny Rensch
Co-founder & Chief Chess Officer · Chess.com
David Beckham
Sport Legend
David Cohen
Founder & CEO · Techstars
Dr. Cornel West
Professor, Author and 2024 U.S. Presidential Candidate · Cornel West
Evan Solomon
Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation · Government of Canada
Everett Randle
General Partner · Benchmark Capital
Fidji Simo
CEO · Instacart
Gabor Maté
Renowned Physician & Author · Gabor Maté
Geoffrey Hinton
Godfather of AI · University of Toronto
Gregor Robertson
PacifiCan Minister · Government of Canada
Jerret West
CMO · Roblox
Jesse Zhang
Co-founder & CEO · Decagon AI

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Accenture
Amazon Web Services
AMD
Bell
Boast
Cloudflare
Dell Technologies
DuploCloud
Fujitsu Intelligence
Google
Hiive
IBM
KPMG
LicenseSpring
Microsoft
Multiplier
OVHcloud
Pantheon
Remitly
SimplyAsk.ai
TELUS
Thinkific
TurboTax Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
VanHack

Agenda

Selected from 5 sessions.

  • May 11•5.00PM - 6.00PM

    Opening Night - Doors open

    Centre Stage
  • May 11•6.00PM - 6.20PM

    Opening remarks

    Centre Stage
  • May 11•6.20PM - 6.50PM

    Can copyright survive tokenmaxxing?

    Centre Stage
  • May 11•6.50PM - 7.20PM

    The sovereign AI blueprint

    Centre Stage
  • May 11•7.30PM - 8.00PM

    ⚡️ Speed Networking: Meet & match

    Night Summit
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 58 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

58 companies. four 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
4All threespeak · spons · exh
21Sponsoringsponsor only
33Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

AWS·Cloudflare·IBM·Microsoft

Speakers by seniority

52% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1635%
  • Founder / Owner715%
  • Director / Head of12%
  • Advisor / Investor12%
  • Other roles2146%

Of 46 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AWSSponsor1
2CloudflareSponsor1
3IBMSponsor1
4MicrosoftSponsor1
5AccentureSponsor-
6AMDSponsor-
7BellSponsor-
8BoastSponsor-
9Dell TechnologiesSponsor-
10DuploCloudSponsor-
11Fujitsu IntelligenceSponsor-
12GoogleSponsor-
13HiiveSponsor-
14KPMGSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified25
100% of 25
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.

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