Web Summit 2018

About Web Summit 2018

The Web Summit is like the Olympics for tech and marketing. Named the best technology conference on the planet by Forbes, Lisbon was the place to be from November 5th to 9th. Hosting the conference for the third time in a row, the city gathered more than 69.000 enthusiasts eager to explore ongoing trends and innovations. With more than 1200 international speakers and 1800 start-ups to meet, our THoMers were there where the magic happened. Discover what they have to say about the Web Summit!

Tim Berners Lee (World Wide Web inventor)

In 2019, half of the world will be online for the first time.

Christina Miller (President Cartoon Network)

If you deliver great consumer experiences, you can compete with anyone.

Molly Battin (CMO Turner)

Storytelling is about bringing people together by creating communities and belonging.

Carlos Moedas (European Commissioner for Research, Science & Innovation)

Innovation is about purpose, about doing something that can fulfill you as a human being.

Kevin Johnson (CEO Udemy)

Make sure you learn how to learn. In the fast-changing times we live in, adaptation capacity is essential.

Zander Lurie (CEO Surveymonkey)

60% of the people believe marketing is selling what they don't want or need.

Antonio Guterres (Secretary General of the United Nations)

90% of the data that's used today, was created in the last two years.

Peter Reinhardt (Co-founder and CEO of Segment)

The GDPR regulations are written rather vaguely, for us to be able to test them.

Tim Berners Lee (World Wide Web inventor)

Should we re-envision our privacy or is it a fundamental right we need to fight for?

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Should tech companies move away from beers and ping pong toward more traditional workplace benefits?

Zander Lurie (CEO Surveymonkey)

In 75% of the cases, a poor product experience will lead to a loss of trust in a brand.

Anne-Charlotte de Cartier - Senior Consultant

Passionate about customer journeys and the optimization of communication flows, I gathered a lot of insights at the Summit by attending several talks and meeting innovative start-ups. From what I’ve seen, the main challenge will be to integrate a human element in the tools and techniques we use as marketers and to be aware of their limits when building customer journeys.

Audrey Stampaert - Consultant

As I am currently working on a GDPR implementation project in the automotive industry, I was very interested to discover the impact of the GDPR on businesses after May 25th. The GDPR is not just a fad, but here to stay. From well established companies to start-ups, they all need to take into account the privacy regulations and find a way to use it as an opportunity to build customer trust.

Eva Dillen - Senior Consultant

The Web Summit is all about technology and web. As a digital marketer focused on customer centricity and design thinking, I was particularly interested to discover how companies find the balance between tech and offering a customer experience with a human touch in a technology-driven world.

Lowie Mijten - Junior Consultant

What a blast! The diversity of people and subjects was incredible. Shaking hands with start-ups from all over the world, attending pitches of all kinds of entrepreneurs and witnessing inspirational speeches and on-stage demonstrations, was really amazing. Happy to see that VR & AR are finding their way to day-to-day applications and I’m eager to see what the future holds for mobility and smart cities.