Web Summit Rio: opening with Ayo Tometi, David Vélez and Luciano Huck

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The co-founder of Black Lives Matter, the CEO of Nubank and the presenter of TV Globo gave a preview of what they will discuss during the event. Mayor of Rio also spoke at the opening and called on everyone to transform the city into the capital of innovation. Brazil receives for the first time the Web Summit, the largest technology event in the world The Web Summit Rio, the largest conference on technology and innovation and which takes place for the first time outside Europe, began this Monday (1st) in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. On the main stage of the event set up in Riocentro, in the West Zone, Ayo Tometi, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter; David Vélez, the CEO of Nubank; and Luciano Huck, presenter of TV Globo. Everyone gave a preview of the themes and approaches that should be debated throughout the event, which runs until Thursday (4), and how people and social concerns are increasingly at the center of innovations – whatever they may be. Maju Coutinho interviews Ayo Tometi, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Press Release Luciano Huck during participation in the event Press Release Journalists Maju Coutinho and Christiane Pelajo were also on stage interviewing guests, as well as the event’s founder, Paddy Cosgrave, who gave the welcome to the public. Mayor Eduardo Paes also spoke at the opening and called on the public and investors to make Rio the innovation capital of Latin America. “The Web Summit is the decisive step in an ambitious plan, which is to transform Rio de Janeiro into the innovation capital of Latin America. It is to put Rio on the global map of the technology market”, said Paes. Mayor Eduardo Paes on the stage of the Web Summit Rio Press Release/Marcelo Piu The event The event will bring together CEOs, investors, political and cultural authorities, in addition to more than 700 startups. The edition in Rio de Janeiro is the first held outside Europe, and new editions are scheduled until 2028, and are expected to move R$ 1.2 billion in the Rio de Janeiro economy. Web Summit Rio 2023 takes place at Riocentro, in the West Zone, until Thursday (4), and will feature over 100 hours of lectures, masterclasses and networking sessions for participants. The event offers a space for interaction between market professionals, entrepreneurs, influencers, investors and the general public. More than 700 startups will be present at Riocentro. In all, there are 300 guest speakers. Check out some of the highlights: Ayo Tometi, co-founder of Black Lives Matter; Amrapali Gan, CEO of OnlyFans; Catherine Powell, global head of Airbnb; David Vélez, CEO of Nubank; Roberto Marinho Neto, CEO of Globo Empreendimentos; Jose Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime Minister of Cape Verde; Txai Suruí, international spokesperson for Brazilian indigenous peoples; Howard Wright, VP of Amazon Web Services; Gabriel Braga, CEO of QuintoAndar; Luiza Trajano, president of Magazine Luiza; KondZilla, filmmaker and founder of the KondZilla channel; Luciano Huck, presenter of TV Globo; Bianca Andrade (Boca Rosa), influencer; Cássia Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Scientist at Google; Maju Coutinho, presenter of TV Globo; Cecília Oliveira, co-founder of The Intercept Brasil; Deco, former soccer player and founder of D20 Esportes; Tarciana Medeiros, CEO of Banco do Brasil; Milton Maluhy Filho, CEO of Itaú Unibanco; Amanda Ribas, UFC fighter; Bruno Gagliasso, actor and global BMV; João Barbosa, co-founder of Gympass; Pia Sundhage, coach of the Brazilian women’s soccer team; Fabrício Werdum, former UFC champion; Natália Guitler, Teqball world champion; Reinaldo Rabelo, CEO Market Bitcoin; Emma Goldberg, Future of Work reporter, New York Times; Bernardo Ivo Cruz, Secretary for Internationalization of the Government of Portugal; Pedro Dória, CEO Meio; Daniel Moczydlower, CEO Embraer-X See all speakers on the Web Summit Rio website. Check out the full schedule by clicking here. Web Summit, the biggest technology and innovation event in the world, starts this Monday in Rio. (Image from 2022) Disclosure Global impact The first edition of the Web Summit took place in 2009, in Dublin, Ireland, when around 400 people attended the conference. Since then, the technology and innovation event has only grown. After seven editions in Ireland, in 2016, the Web Summit moved to Lisbon, Portugal. It was so successful that in 2018 the Portuguese government announced a partnership with the organizers for ten more editions of the conference in the Portuguese capital. In 2019, the meeting numbers exploded. That year’s edition brought together more than 70,000 people from 150 countries and consolidated the Web Summit as one of the greatest networking and content experiences on the planet. With the Covid pandemic, the in-person event was suspended. The 2020 edition took place remotely, but did not fail to record very expressive numbers. There were more than 100,000 participants on an online platform. The following year, the conference returned to the face-to-face option, but online participation was not ruled out. Web Summit Rio should have around 20,000 people, the 2028 edition could have up to 70,000, according to the SMDEIS survey. Disclosure The 2022 edition broke records again. According to the organizers, more than 2,000 startups from around 100 countries were able to present their ideas to 1,200 investors. The main topics discussed were Artificial Intelligence (AI), the future of work and machine learning, which is the development of algorithms for computer systems to perform tasks without explicit instructions.

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