Web Summit tickets are personal and they are valid for the duration of the event. There are no day tickets available for Web Summit.
If you do not know who you are assigning your tickets to, you can assign your ticket to yourself for now and return to it at a later date. Please note that the deadline for assigning tickets is Friday, October 25.
You must present your QR code and a photo ID at registration to receive your accreditation.
Acceptable photo ID:
It is possible to reassign (change the names on) your tickets if someone can no longer attend. The deadline for this is Friday, October 25.
Please ensure that you allocate all your tickets as soon as possible. Early allocation of tickets will allow you to create your Web Summit attendee profile and start networking with other attendees.
Please note that any staff working at your booth (not involved in build, load-in or load-out) should be allocated one of your Partner tickets.
To gain access to the event, you will need to download the Web Summit app from the Google Play Store or the App Store (if you do not use a smartphone you can approach ticket support at registration where our staff will assist you). To access the app, please enter your email and your booking reference code. Your QR code can be found within the app in the “Profile section”.
For information on different ticket types and benefits, please click here.
Although we do not engage directly with any embassy, you can request a confirmation letter by signing into your attendee profile on my.websummit.com.
Once signed in, click on your profile picture in the top right corner. You’ll see a drop-down menu with an option to ‘Request confirmation letter’. You will be prompted to fill in your information, which our system will verify after you click submit.
Airport registration:
Lisbon Portela Airport,Alameda das Comunidades Portuguesas, 1700-111 Lisbon.
Main registration:
FIL – Feira Internacional de Lisboa, Rua do Bojador, Parque das Nações 1998-010 Lisboa.
Please note the exhibition floor opens on Tuesday, November 5. Monday, November 4 is pre-registration and Opening night only.
Partner access during build
All representatives of the partner who require access during the build/load-in phase should use their partner ticket and should notify their partner success manager if such access is required.
During the build/load-in phase, partner accreditation can be collected by partners at contractor registration at the times and dates specified by your partner success manager.
Please note that to gain access to the venue during build/load-in, all attendees must wear high-viz jackets and hard hats.
Venue wi-fi
An official event wi-fi network is provided for your internet connectivity needs, available to all attendees and throughout the entirety of the venue(s) except where stated otherwise.
Please review the following terms to ensure support for your devices:
Internet-enabled network cables
Your site activation will include an ethernet network cable with internet connectivity.
Additional ethernet points can be purchased individually (up to 4) or in the form of a network switch (see below).
Please review the following terms to ensure support for your devices:
Extra wired devices and dedicated bandwidth, via a network switch
This option provides you with a private VLAN and a network switch with seven available cable connections, replacing your default ethernet cable.
Please note: You’ll need to provide cables for any connection between the switch and your devices.
Additionally, the connection is granted dedicated bandwidth (10 Mbps).
All partner stands will have access to the venue wifi and have a single ethernet cable.
Allows for light activities such as browsing the internet, sending and receiving emails etc. Please be aware that during peak times there may be issues with congestion.
This package allows you to engage in heavier internet use, such as streaming video with a greater degree of reliability.
Directly connected to our network infrastructure, the use of our wired ethernet points is recommended for any heavier network usage. Please note that maximum speed is 7 Mbps by default.
A note on Wi-Fi networks
In short, operating any Wi-Fi network at our event without explicit permission is strictly forbidden and against our T&Cs.
We actively monitor for use of unauthorised devices and will terminate them if found. Some examples of unauthorised devices are Wi-Fi routers, personal hotspots via your mobile phone or a MiFi device, etc.
Radio space (the air!) in the venue will be shared by everyone and rogue networks directly interfere with that goal, disrupting everyone’s experience.
We carefully plan and design our networks to support the best experience we can provide for everyone.
Complex requirements
Web Summit currently offers packages to cater for a variety of circumstances and demonstrations. With knowledge of your requirements, we can better tailor a package to your needs and give you the best experience possible.
Please contact your partner success manager if you have any concerns or queries regarding this policy or any network-related question. We are on hand and happy to help.
Please note that bespoke solutions for connectivity are only available for Gold activations and above.
If you are planning on shipping directly to the venue, please contact your partner success manager to arrange an introduction with our shipping partner, Merkur Expo Logistics as soon as possible.
Please take into consideration the high volume of inbound emails received by our logistics partner at peak times. We strongly recommend contacting them at your earliest opportunity and allow sufficient time for shipments and storage requirements to be coordinated and processed.
All partner shipments should be confirmed and paid for with Merkur by Friday, October 11. Please note the deadlines for last shipment by sea freight is Wednesday, October 16 and air and road freight – Wednesday, October 23. The advanced warehouse is open from Wednesday, October 23 until Friday, October 31. For cargo arriving after these dates, an additional 25% handling surcharge for receiving the goods will be added.
Merkur, the official Web Summit international forwarder, provides a full range of services from advanced storage, storage of empties, accessible onsite storage and forklift services. Read the full shipping guidelines here.
Merkur, Web Summit’s official international forwarder, will be handling all orders for onsite storage services directly with the partner.
If you require storage of merchandise, empty cases or containers during the event, please let your partner success manager know and they will facilitate an introduction with Merkur. Final deadline for onsite storage orders is Monday, October 28.
How does it work?
The Web Summit app provides participants with a lead scanning function. Once an attendee’s QR code is scanned a request will appear in the attendee’s app to approve the scan. Only if this is accepted, will the attendee’s information appear in the “My Scans” section.
At the end of the event, if accepted, all scanned attendee information can be exported via email. Alternatively, partners can rent a device/license from our lead retrieval supplier Zuant. The main differences can be found below.
Comparing Zuant and the Web Summit app
*The features above are for the basic Zuant package. Zuant can provide more information on a higher spec package.
The following information is collected through a scan:
If you are interested in finding out more about Zuant please contact your partner success manager before September 27th.
Attendee perks are benefits we offer to selected partners to generate leads pre- and post-event.
Selected partners create an exclusive offer (through a discount code) of their product or service which we will push out to all Web Summit attendees before, during and after the event.
For more information, read here.
Web Summit’s social media community spans four channels; Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, with a total community size of 1.4 million and a 5.1% average engagement rate per post (overall industry average 0.6%, source Rival IQ 2018). We tailor our content to each of our channels’ audiences, reaching just over 6 million people per month.
Our posts are refreshingly fun to read. We would describe our voice on social media as confident, enthusiastic and informative. Above all, we want to be impactful but brief.
The official event hashtag is #WebSummit. Make sure to include it in all your posts to increase engagement, especially at the event. Want to incorporate Web Summit branding in some of your social media posts? You can find our brand guidelines and logo pack here. You can also find a full bank of imagery from Web Summit here. We are constantly publishing new content – make sure to check out our social media channels to be the first to see news, announcements, campaigns and more.
How to maximise the media opportunity at Web Summit. Some tips from the Web Summit media team.
Over 2,600 media will be in Lisbon to cover Web Summit 2019. These include editors and reporters from major international publications and the leading national outlets across Europe, Asia, and the US. Publications like the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Forbes, The Times, Der Spiegel, Quartz, Business Insider, and many others will all have a presence at the conference.
Web Summit provides you with the platform to communicate directly with these media outlets. You have all the names in the room — you just need to have the news to pique their interest.
Take a look at our Media impact report here.
What can the Web Summit media team do for you?
Think of us as an extension of your PR agency or in-house communications team. We work closely with the media coming to Web Summit, and we know what they want from a story.
We can help arrange one-to-one interviews or press briefings, and we can distribute your press release on the dedicated Web Summit media portal. We can do all of this, but we need the news from you.
With this in mind, what is the type of news that will interest media at Web Summit?
Media are interested in exclusives and stories they can’t get anywhere else. So you should be thinking along the following lines:
➔ Investment
➔ Jobs
➔An innovative new product/ service
➔ A new partnership
➔ An acquisition/merger
➔ A report or whitepaper
If you’re planning any announcements in Q2 or Q3, why not consider making them at Web Summit? If you have a specific idea, get in touch and we can let you know whether it could work at Web Summit.
Press releases
If you are announcing news at Web Summit, please provide us with a press release. The deadline for this is Friday, October 18. This will be hosted on websummit.com/media which all media visit during the event to hear the latest news announced during Web Summit. Hosting a press release on our media portal creates a unique URL that can be shared with your wider network and can be used to post on your company’s social channels.
Media village
There is a dedicated media village at the event. The media village is equipped with private interview booths, a press conference area, a working space for media, and a media lounge area. Access to the media village is only available to partner’s who have media accreditation.
If you want to find out more about what you can do in the media village please contact your partner success manager.
What can you do in the media village?
We can provide a curated list of top-tier media attending Web Summit to ensure you get as much from the event as possible. This will allow you to target media for one-to-one interviews, press briefings, or networking.
Press Lists
What story will you tell?
Contact – media@websummit.com
To help partners make the most of their activation at Web Summit, we welcome filming on site. To ensure everything runs smoothly, here are the guidelines on what is and is not permitted for partners filming at Web Summit. These are based both on security considerations and ensuring that filming is as unobtrusive as possible.
If you are planning to film at the event, we require you to provide us with an itinerary in advance of when and where you’ll be filming. You will need written prior consent from us to film at the event.
Permitted
Partners are permitted to film in the following areas, where applicable to the partner’s activation:
It is also permitted to film/photograph here:
When filming your activation, ensure the filming is discreet. A fixed camera should be used where possible. Our team advises that you use an image release form, where applicable.
Camera crew tickets must come from the partner ticket allocation and should be kept to one cameraman and one assistant.
Restricted
Partners are not permitted to film/photograph in the following areas:
Filming/photography of stage content
All stages (excluding PITCH and Q&A) will be filmed by Web Summit. It is not permitted for anybody to film stage content.
At Web Summit we are proud to announce our commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We are working to increase visibility and awareness among our partners at our events.
If you want to read more on the UN SDGs you can do so on their knowledge platform.
We are asking our partners to help us in reducing single-use plastic onsite at Web Summit and as such we have taken a zero-tolerance stance for any single-use plastic on site. Please see below for some merchandise ideas to help.
What we would recommend:
Please be aware of the items listed below as they are the main sources of single-use plastic at our events you may not be aware of.
There is no car parking facilities available to partners at the venue. However, there are over 10,000 spaces around the exhibition complex in various car parks located in Parque das Nações. Names and location of car parks are outlined below.