Web Summit Qatar 2026

1 February 2026 – 4 February 2026

Doha Exhibition & Convention Center, Doha, Qatar

419 sessions · 424 speakers

Organiser (1)

Web Summit

Agenda

• DJ performance by Questlove 1 February 2026
• Robots in motion 1 February 2026
• Welcome to Web Summit Qatar 2026 1 February 2026
• An address by His Excellency the Prime Minister 1 February 2026
• The view from the Midas List 1 February 2026
• Breaking the sound barrier: The voice agent era 1 February 2026
• Building the platform Big Tech won’t 1 February 2026
• Capital, attention, and influence: The new playbook for founders 1 February 2026
• Qatar's digital agenda 2030: Building a knowledge-based digital economy. [Hosted by Ministry of communications and information technology] 2 February 2026
• Breakout Startups 2 February 2026
• The necessary shift in AI value creation: Building competitive advantage in the new AI economy. 2 February 2026
• Opening remarks 2 February 2026
• Securing Agentic AI 2 February 2026
• Opening remarks 2 February 2026
• How to turn data into engaging stories [Hosted by Al Jazeera] 2 February 2026
• Redesigning learning for the intelligent future: The changing role of academic institutions [Hosted by HBKU] 2 February 2026
• Human first: Re-centering ethics in the age of artificial intelligence 2 February 2026
• Understanding sports fan communities with AI: The scope-tra method for developing fan personas with large language models [Hosted by Northwestern University Qatar] 2 February 2026
• Live podcast: Tech Stuff 2 February 2026
• Infrastructure and mobility First: The Prerequisite for Economic Innovation 2 February 2026
• From MENA to South Asia: Building the next global growth corridor 2 February 2026
• What's next for VC in MENA? 2 February 2026
• Shaping the world of SME through innovation [Hosted by QNB Group] 2 February 2026
• From Fear to Progress: Human-Centric AI Leadership for a Sustainable Future 2 February 2026
• From pitch to greenlight: The podcast development pipeline [Hosted by iHeartMedia] 2 February 2026
• The end of capitalism and what comes next 2 February 2026
• From AI that chats to AI that acts: Infrastructural robotics' rise 2 February 2026
• Venture in emerging markets 2 February 2026
• Is AI the new critical infrastructure 2 February 2026
• Level up fast: Your creator skills upgrade [Hosted by TikTok] 2 February 2026
• Recurring Income Mandate: Generating guaranteed above market returns in volatile markets [Hosted by Embassy of Switzerland in Qatar] 2 February 2026
• Microsoft Foundry: Accelerating enterprise AI [Hosted by Microsoft] 2 February 2026
• Unlock next-level growth with AI: scaling smarter, not harder 2 February 2026
• AI everywhere: Expanding AI use cases 2 February 2026
• The BforeAI journey: From HBKU research to a $100M global company [Hosted by HBKU] 2 February 2026
• Integrating AI into design and prototyping [Hosted by Ministry of communications and information technology] 2 February 2026
• Harnessing agentic AI for smarter operations​ [Hosted by Shell] 2 February 2026
• PITCH group round 1 2 February 2026
• Building in the AI nation [Hosted by PwC Middle East] 2 February 2026
• Securing the metals of tomorrow, today 2 February 2026
• Winning the AI funding race in 2026 2 February 2026
• From Strategy to Scale: Making Innovation Work Inside Large Organisations 2 February 2026
• From Snapchat to Specs: making computing more human 2 February 2026
• Transforming CO₂ into value 2 February 2026
• The AI-Brokerage: Reinventing client experience (From execution to intelligence) [Hosted by QNB Group] 2 February 2026
• Building a transformation office that delivers [Hosted by QNB Group] 2 February 2026
• Press conference with Government of Greece Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis 2 February 2026
• The investor perspective on AI 2 February 2026
• Investing in culture: Museums, creative industries and the knowledge economy 2 February 2026
• Sovereign AI: Building technology in a fragmented world 2 February 2026
• A new ‘quantum-print’ for global power 2 February 2026
• Living and learning abroad: Perspectives on an international U.S. university experience [Hosted by Northwestern University Qatar] 2 February 2026
• Why you can't ignore the Middle East in 2026 2 February 2026
• From hubs to high growth 2 February 2026
• Press conference with Yuno CEO Juan Pablo Ortega, and Tap Payments Co-Founder and CEO Ali Abulhasan 2 February 2026
• Beyond tools: Building an agentic AI system that works for you [Hosted by Al Jazeera] 2 February 2026
• In-country Private Cloud in Qatar – unlocking the potentials for the future [Hosted by Deloitte] 2 February 2026
• Trusted AI [Hosted by KPMG] 2 February 2026
• International support for digital identification in the global South [Hosted by Northwestern University Qatar] 2 February 2026
• PITCH group round 2 2 February 2026
• The career ladder 2 February 2026
• How Rio de Janeiro is using clean energy to develop an AI city 2 February 2026
• Innovating for commerce 2 February 2026
• Public vs. private: The end of the distinction? 2 February 2026
• From sick care to health care 2 February 2026
• The new electro-industrial stack 2 February 2026
• Entrepreneurs & Executives Residencies [Hosted by Jusour (Qatar Manpower Solutions Co.)] 2 February 2026
• How to stand out: The power of high-quality content [Hosted by TikTok] 2 February 2026
• How Qatar Is Engineering a knowledge-driven economy 2 February 2026
• The power of voice: How audio shapes thinking, culture, and the modern mind 2 February 2026
• Global innovation imperatives for a secure digital future 2 February 2026
• Building high-impact ecosystem partnerships [Hosted by QIC] 2 February 2026
• The African diaspora: Leveraging global communities [Hosted by Tech Connect Africa] 2 February 2026
• QNB GTB: Redefining global transaction banking [Hosted by QNB Group] 2 February 2026
• Secure digital innovation for asset performance [Hosted by Shell] 2 February 2026
• Gulf futurism [Hosted by Northwestern University Qatar] 2 February 2026
• Closing Remarks 2 February 2026
• Opening remarks 2 February 2026
• Living well in a noisy world: discipline, meaning, and modern life [Hosted by iHeartMedia] 2 February 2026
• AI without the hype: Building AI products that deliver [Hosted by Qatar Science & Technology Park] 2 February 2026