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Speaker announcements, programme notes and practical guides from the people putting Summit together.

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Speakers8 Oct 2026

Our first eighteen speakers

The five track hosts and thirteen more speakers are confirmed for Summit 2027, from teams at Corvid, Stackwell, Orbital, Lumio, Halden, Fernway and more.

Ingrid Solberg

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Programme2 Sept 2026

Workshops are now two hours, and capped at forty

Workshops in 2027 run for two hours in the Lab, take forty people at most and are booked in advance with your pass, so no more queueing on the morning.

Ingrid Solberg

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Community5 Aug 2026

Forty scholarships, with travel

Applications are open for forty free passes to Summit 2027 for people under-represented in tech, each with travel, four nights' accommodation and a first-day buddy.

Beatriz Lopes

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Announcements15 Jul 2026

What we are changing after this year's feedback

Six hundred and twelve of you filled in the feedback form. Here is what you told us about Summit 2026, and the seven things we are changing for 2027 as a result.

Mateo Silva

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Announcements17 Jun 2026

Summit returns to Lisbon on 9 and 10 June 2027

The fourth edition is back at Armazém 7 on the Alcântara riverside, with three rooms, five tracks and early-bird passes on sale from today.

Mateo Silva

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Programme22 Apr 2026

How we choose talks: inside the 2027 call for speakers

The 2027 call for speakers opens on 1 July. Here is how proposals are read, scored and chosen, who reads them, and what we look for in a strong one.

Ingrid Solberg

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Guides11 Mar 2026

A first-timer's guide to Lisbon in June

How to get to the venue, how to get around, where to eat near Alcântara and how to cope with the heat, plus why it is worth staying for the weekend.

Arjun Kapoor