Web Summit Vancouver 2026

11 May 2026 – 14 May 2026

Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada

323 sessions · 683 speakers

Organiser (1)

Web Summit

Exhibitors (143)

Virginia Economic Development Partnership · InfiltrateIQ Inc. · Thinkific · Remitly · ABA - Invest in Austria · Simon Fraser University · SRED.ca · Lisbon Mayor's Office · Iversoft · DuploCloud · City of Montréal · Thinkingbox · Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership (STEP) · Dell Technologies · General Fusion · Tech Destination Pakistan · Oyster · Cabo Verde Digital · Dialog Insight · ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA · IBM · Google, Inc. · IT/IQ Tech Recruiters · Entreflow · Queertech · LicenseSpring · 123Defence · FYELABS · Vanta · Photonic Inc. · Bell Canada · Native Teams · Canada Revenue Agency · Cardtonic · CEFA Early Years School · M2M Tech Inc · Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation · GT Wealth · Mitacs · eMonster Solutions Ltd. · OmniGTM.ai · Phi Gold Wallet · PeaceGeeks · Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation & ACT · DigiBC · The League of Innovators · Digital Arts, Media and Design @ British Columbia Institute of Technology · Multiplier · Italian Trade Agency (ICE) · LDS - Learn. Develop. Succeed. · Québec Tech · TurboTax Canada · Kobalt.io · SimplyAsk.ai · QNAP Systems · OVH · Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency · City of Toronto · Scrut Automation · Microsoft · Baden-Wurttemberg International · AMD · Ghana Export Promotion Authority · Islands · Team Pumpkin · City of Warsaw · Promotora del Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica (PROCOMER) · Czech Republic - Embassy in Ottawa · FounderLink · Nutanix · Alumni Ventures · Canadian Securities Administrators · Profico · WeYoung Technology Ltd · Green Hat Security · TELUS · Government of Yukon (Department of Economic Development) · In-Sec-M (Canadian Cyber Zone) · Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · Invest Nova Scotia · Digital · Genspark · Swisstech · Lexum · Uberall · Fujitsu Intelligence · Brekade · Tag1 Consulting · Toptal · Quantropi · Fidelity Investments Canada · Al Jazeera Media Network · Uruguay XXI · Embassy of El Salvador in Canada · NeoSOFT · Make · CIRA · Startup Portugal · RevEdge · VLS Solutions · Amazon Web Services · TEKsystems · Exponential Open Science · Innovation Solutions Canada · Lilt · Tempo Labs · Climate Innovation Zone (Canada) · Seaside Creations Ltd · Trade Commissioner Service · Get Gambit · Innovation Agency Lithuania · Ahoy · Orion eSolutions Inc · Metalab · Serve Robotics · Forward Security · Smith School of Business, Queen's University · VanHack · Andersen in Canada · Calgary Economic Development · veritree · APR Ltd · Accenture · Profound · Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) · Zencoder · Outcode Software · Jetro - Japan External Trade Organization · Boast · Black Innovation Zone · Writeway · Pantheon · Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) · Cloudflare · DMZ · Tech Yukon · DIGITAL COMMERCE GROUP · Startup Qatar · Ethos Lab · KPMG Canada · Moomoo Financial Canada · Transfero Group · CodeClouds

Agenda

• Opening Night - Doors open 11 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Opening remarks 11 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Can copyright survive tokenmaxxing? 11 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• The sovereign AI blueprint 11 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Press Conference with Canada's Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon 12 May 2026 · Stage 2
• Breakout Startups 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Opening remarks 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• Opening remarks 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Roadblocks to AI Innovation 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• Global Scale: The BC Hub for next-gen resource and energy tech [Hosted by Climate Innovation Zone] 12 May 2026 · E156
• Partnering to grow B.C.’s leading tech sector 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• The new Go-To-Market blueprint: building predictable revenue in 2026 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• Opening remarks 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• Scaling trillions of dollars of compute: Will it turn out to be the worst bet in history? 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• The state of venture capital 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• Crafting a story investors can't ignore 12 May 2026 · E259
• From AI assistants to AI coworkers: what's next? 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides [Hosted by Profound] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 2
• Show your work: The new sustainability standard [Hosted by veritree] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 3
• Context is the new competitive advantage 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Opening remarks 12 May 2026 · Stage 4
• From fans to fanatics in sports and gaming 12 May 2026 · Stage 4
• Looking west: Life sciences' new global hub 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• When everything is signal, what's the noise? 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• Building a world-class creative tech hub 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Women building in tech meetup 12 May 2026 · Community Space
• SR&ED reloaded: A funding playbook for innovators [Hosted by KPMG] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 1
• PITCH group round 1 12 May 2026 · Stage 6
• Selling the AI dream 12 May 2026 · Stage 4
• AI promised productivity. It delivered workslop. 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• Mastering the art of the non-valley unicorn 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• How to win in AI 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• The Province of B.C. Boosts Local Innovators, Fueling the Next Wave of Global Growth 12 May 2026 · Stage 2
• Canadian tax tips all founders must know [Hosted by TurboTax Canada] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 2
• The trust architecture: scaling beyond the first $100M 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• Designing Secure, Scalable & Sovereign AI Architectures [Hosted by Bell] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 3
• Agentic AI & commerce: The discovery shift marketers can’t miss 12 May 2026 · Stage 4
• Return of the rack: Are hardware and deep tech reclaiming the VC stack? 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• Creativity over conformity 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Can digital health still be disrupted? [Hosted by Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) & Center for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 1
• Brand building in the age of AI 12 May 2026 · Stage 4
• Celonis CEO Unveils the Missing Layer in Enterprise AI 12 May 2026 · Stage 2
• PITCH group round 2 12 May 2026 · Stage 6
• Tech for peaceful societies meetup with PeaceGeeks 12 May 2026 · Community Space
• Climate Talk: Selling climate tech into complex markets [Hosted by Climate Innovation Zone] 12 May 2026 · E156
• The future of remote work and international talent 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• The fight for attention 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Is venture broken? 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• Aston Martin F1: The new classic 12 May 2026 · Stage 4
• How VCs will evaluate your startup: the 2026 due diligence checklist 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 3
• From bits to qubits: The next computing stack 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• AI knows the internet, but it doesn't know your business 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• Press Conference with AHOY Co-founder and CEO Jamil Shinawi 12 May 2026 · Stage 2
• Scaling AI Agents: From Pilot to Enterprise Ops [Hosted by IBM] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 2
• Understand what AI PC performance means. Discover the Copilot+ PC advantage 12 May 2026 · E259
• Unlocking liquidity: Mega IPOs and VC secondaries 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• Hyperscaling a brand 12 May 2026 · Stage 4
• Building the agentic operating system 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Identifying use cases for AI at work: We can automate... but should we? 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• Designing global startups: Structure. Scale. Wealth. [Hosted by Andersen] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 1
• Climate Talk: Building a carbon removal market in Canada [Hosted by Climate Innovation Zone] 12 May 2026 · E156
• Data done right: Earning consumer trust in an AI-first world? 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• Innovation & investments with Dell Technologies Capitol 12 May 2026 · E259
• Temporal apps – designing disposable software [Hosted by Digital Arts, Media, and Design @ BCIT] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 2
• Inclusive AI: Limits & opportunities [Hosted by QueerTech] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 3
• Opening remarks 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• PITCH group round 3 12 May 2026 · Stage 6
• Bet big, bet early: Seed stage funding in 2026 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• Beyond the stage meetup: Venture secondaries with Emily Zheng 12 May 2026 · Meetup 2
• Opening remarks 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• Climate Talk: What top VCs are betting on in climate tech [Hosted by Climate Innovation Zone] 12 May 2026 · E156
• Designing for enterprise: staying creative at scale [Hosted by Thinkingbox] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 1
• Nomagic.AI CEO and Co-Founder, Kacper Nowicki, Announces New Breakthrough in Physical AI 12 May 2026 · Stage 2
• Opening Remarks 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• The new public square - innovating for city and state 12 May 2026 · Stage 5
• Opening remarks 12 May 2026 · Stage 4
• Open source in the agentic era 12 May 2026 · Centre Stage
• The blueprint for building a modern sports brand 12 May 2026 · Stage 4
• Building, funding, surviving: A founder's guide 12 May 2026 · Stage 3
• Redefining enterprise intelligence with Agentic AI [Hosted by Fujitsu Intelligence] 12 May 2026 · Masterclass 2