Web Summit is Europe’s largest festival of ideas and has been dubbed “Davos for geeks.” Founded in 2010, this year’s Web Summit, which runs from Tuesday until Thursday this week, will host more than 20,000 attendees and guests.
Over 600 speakers are confirmed for Web Summit 2014, including: Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal and Palantir as well as the first investor in Facebook; Drew Houston, founder of Dropbox; Padmasree Warrior, CTSO of Cisco; John Sculley, former CEO of Apple; Brendan Iribe, CEO of Oculus; and Eva Longoria of the Eva Longoria Foundation.
Here are some of the highlights to look out for on Day 2 of Web Summit 2014:
- 09:55-10:20 - Battlezone: The Role of Social Media in News Reporting (Centre Stage)
- 10:20-10:40 - Make Every Home into a Smart Home (Machine Summit)
- 11:00-11:30 - The Extra 1% - The Edge Technology gives Sports People (Henk Ten Cate) (Sport Summit)
- 11:20-11:45 - Tony Fadell (Nest) in Conversation with Laurie Segall (CNN) (Centre Stage)
- 12:05-12:20 - Lily Cole (Impossible) in Conversation (Centre Stage)
- 12:40-12:55 - Dan Rose (Facebook) in Conversation with Robin Wauters (Tech.eu) (Centre Stage)
- 16:20-16:40 - Connecting the Dots (Padmarsee Warrior CTSO of Cisco) (Centre Stage)
- 16:40-17:00 - TV in the Age of Technology (Dana Brunetti, producer of House of Cards) (Centre Stage)
Watch the live stream from Centre Stage from 9.30am today:
