Impressions from Lisbon Websummit 2016

Since its inception, Websummit has been a growth story and has become the largest internet/start-up conference in Europe. From its roots in Dublin, in 2016 Websummit found a new home in Lisbon, Portugal.

Here are some facts & figures from Websummit Lisbon

• 53,056 Attendees
• 166 Countries represented
  (Top 20 Countries in alphabetical Order: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America)
• 677 Speakers including Facebook's and Amazon's CTOs, Footballers Ronaldinho and Figo and many more prominent figures from Tech, Business and Society
• 1,490 Start-ups
• 2,000 International Media
• 1,300+ Investors