By Harry Nara · Last updated
- Where
- MEO Arena and FIL, Parque das Nações
- Tickets
- Ticketed
- Time of year
- November
- Dates
- Around the same dates every year
From Web Summit: Monday 8 to Thursday 11 November 2027 in Lisbon. In 2026 the Monday was registration and Opening Night and the main programme ran Tuesday to Thursday. São Martinho, on 11 November, falls on the last day.
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Web Summit is a technology conference that brings more than 70,000 people to Lisbon for four days every November, at the MEO Arena and the FIL exhibition halls in Parque das Nações. It opens on a Monday evening and runs to Thursday, with talks across nearly twenty tracks, a startup exhibition and Night Summit in the evenings. Tickets are expensive and cheapest far in advance. If you are not going, it is the week to avoid: hotel rates across the city rise steeply, and taxis and ride-hailing surge.
What Web Summit actually is
Web Summit began in Dublin and has been held in Lisbon for about a decade; it calls itself the largest technology conference in the world. Founders, investors, executives and politicians share its stages, and thousands of startups exhibit on the floor.
The format is a four-day run: an opening night on the Monday, then three days of talks, masterclasses, meetups and the exhibition, and in the evenings Night Summit, held on site in Pavilion 5 and included in the ticket.
For the rest of Lisbon it is a week with its own economy. The conference fills hotels well beyond Parque das Nações, restaurants and rooftop bars host side events and parties, and the ride-hailing apps surge, so the week matters to any visitor, attending or not.
Where it happens
- The MEO Arena. The main stages are in the arena on the riverside at Parque das Nações, the former Expo site in the east of the city, a short walk from Oriente station.
- The FIL halls. Next door, the exhibition pavilions hold the startup floor, more stages and, in Pavilion 5, Night Summit after the talks end.
- Across the city in the evenings. Side events, investor dinners and parties spread from Cais do Sodré to the rooftop bars, so the conference reaches well beyond its own ground.
Tickets and what it costs
Tickets are expensive and rise in price towards the event. The cheapest come in the sales straight after the previous conference: when this edition went on sale, two general attendee passes cost €950 together. A pass covers the talks, the exhibition floor, the meetups, the masterclasses and Night Summit.
If you are visiting Lisbon rather than the conference, the cost to watch is the hotel, not the ticket.
Official information and booking: websummit.com
Getting there
Take the Metro’s red line to Oriente, which also has trains and buses, and walk to the arena. During the conference the taxis and ride-hailing apps around Parque das Nações surge, and a hotel on the red line beats a car every day.
If you are not attending, book the week before or the week after. Hotel rates across Lisbon rise steeply in Web Summit week, and the airport and the roads around Parque das Nações are at their busiest.
Mistakes worth avoiding
Booking a city break inside Web Summit week
The conference lifts hotel rates across the whole city, not just near the venue. If you are not going, move your dates by a week either way.
Buying a ticket late
Prices climb towards the event. The deepest discounts come in the sales straight after the previous conference.
Taking a taxi to the venue every day
Ride-hailing around Parque das Nações surges at the start and end of each day. The red-line Metro to Oriente is quicker and far cheaper.
Missing the rest of November
São Martinho, with its roast chestnuts and new wine, usually falls in the same week. Find a brazier at Rossio one evening between sessions.
Other Lisbon events
Frequently asked questions
When is Web Summit?
Every November, over four days from a Monday to a Thursday; the dates card above has this year’s.
Where is Web Summit held?
At the MEO Arena and the FIL exhibition halls in Parque das Nações, in the east of Lisbon. The nearest station is Oriente, on the Metro’s red line.
How much is a Web Summit ticket?
Prices rise towards the event. When this edition went on sale, two general attendee passes cost €950 together, covering the talks, the exhibition, meetups, masterclasses and Night Summit.
Does Web Summit make Lisbon hotels more expensive?
Yes. Hotel rates across the city rise steeply in Web Summit week, and taxis and ride-hailing surge. If you are not attending, travel the week before or after.
What is Night Summit?
Web Summit’s evening programme, held on site in Pavilion 5 at the FIL halls and included in the ticket.
Sources
- Web Summit, the next conference’s dates
- Web Summit, tickets
- Web Summit, Night Summit
- Web Summit, the attendee experience
Dates on this page are checked against the organiser’s own listing and confirmed through 2027. Written and maintained by Harry Nara.