Web Summit draws to a close today, but not before another fantastic line-up of speakers and discussions.
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 opened on Tuesday, 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 the third and final day of Web Summit 2014:
- 09:35-09:55: Revealing Drone demo with Christian Sanz of Skycatch (Centre Stage)
- 10:35-11:00: Liam Casey and Tim O'Reilly will talk about the Future of Wearables (Centre Stage)
- 11:40-12:00: From the Smashing Pumpkins to LiveOne: Jimmy Chamberlin In Conversation With Chris Kaskie (Pitchfork) (Music Summit)
- 12:10-12:30: Mike Olson (Cloudera) in conversation with Robert Scoble (Rackspace) (Enterprise Summit)
- 12.15-12.30: Gavin Andresen (Bitcoin Foundation) in Conversation with Lisa Fleisher (The Wall Street Journal) (Centre Stage)
- 12:40-13:00: Jefferson Hack (Dazed and Confused) in conversation with David Rowan (Wired) (Marketing Summit)
- 15:00-16:00: After Snowden: how can we restore faith in the security services? (Library Stage)
- 15:40-16:00: Ankur Jain (Humin.com) In Conversation With Jonathan Krim (WSJ) (Machine Summit)
- 16.40-17.05: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund) in Conversation with Caroline Daniel (The Financial Times) (Centre Stage)
Watch the live stream of the Centre Stage from 9.30am here:
