Back in Europe for Web Summit 2016. Here's my takeouts from this years conference presented to the team at PD3. Looking forward to next year already.

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LEARNINGS3
CONCLUSION & OPPORTUNITIES4

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LEARNINGS3
CONCLUSION & OPPORTUNITIES4

4. The Summit Was Bigger Than Ever
2011 400 attendees
2014 22,000
2016 53,056
7000 CEO’S, 65% Senior Management,
15,000 Companies, 166 Countries
Models, Movie Stars, Musicians & Political Leaders -
it’s the new place to be seen if you want a foot in
the future of tech and the forefront of global
influence

5. First Year In Lisbon
Moving for the wifi
2015 European Entrepreneurial Region winner
Low rent
Good coffee [Copenhagen Coffee Lab]
Is this why Facebook were ever-present but Google
light?

6. Gender In Tech Is Still A Big Issue
Women in Tech got 10,000 free tickets this year
BUT
•free t-shirts with the pink logo only size small
•some men complained
•many panels were middle-aged white men
•then this happened:
They’re trying but there’s still lots to be done.

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8. Key Trends
Silicon Valley Begun A Self-
Reflection Journey
Ai Everywhere

9. SILICON VALLEY SELF-REFLECTS

10. SILICON VALLEY SELF-REFLECTS
A new age of humans and machines is coming - but the majority of the
world is earning less than before whilst the minority become richer
- Saul Klein, General Partner, Local Globe
How do you create an industrial strategy for the many
and not just for the few? - Saul Klein, General Partner, Local Globe
In the US alone there are 3.5 million truck drivers that will lose their jobs
- Robert Azevêdo, Director General, WTO

11. SILICON VALLEY SELF-REFLECTS
This election was a wake-up call for the civic responsibilities that
tech companies have - Justin Kan, Partner, Y Combinator
It’s time to make the leaders of companies accountable - Dave McClure,
Founder, 500 startups
“We were convinced that we were doing good for everyone, but many
people just want to know where their child will work” Eileen Burbridge,
Partner, Passion Capital

12. BRITS ARE NERVOUS TOO

13. BRITS ARE NERVOUS TOO
51% of British people feel innovation is moving too fast - Eileen Burbridge, Partner, Passion Capital

14. BRITS ARE NERVOUS TOO
51% of British people feel innovation is moving too fast - Eileen Burbridge
AI EVERYWHERE

15. BRITS ARE NERVOUS TOO
51% of British people feel innovation is moving too fast - Eileen Burbridge
AI EVERYWHERE
FB has 33000 bot developers and 44000 bots
FB Newsfeed ads will lead to messenger bots
AI is getting better, but it’s still tested (and fails at most) riddles
David Marcus, VP of Messaging Products, Facebook

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17. Sean Rad, Co-founder and CEO of Tinder, decided to help
activate millennials by putting himself behind Voter
A tinder style app on policies to help people chose
Tinder Got Into Politics

18. A lot of talks centred around FB flogging Live.
The summit did stream the main stages which
was great to catch up on any bits missed.
At the moment Live hits the top of streams -
expect brands to make the most of the algorithm, for the
meantime
Facebook Live

19. Outside of Live and Bots, FB is on a CSR mission to connect
the world.
One route is via Aquila - a solar powered plane, weighs
1000lbs, flies for up to 90 days at a time beaming internet to
people in remote regions
Cool - but scary if it lands on you
Facebook Connectivity

20. Conversation surrounded the event around how it’s only
regulation inhibiting autonomous cars.
The car is moving from an object of transportation to a
connected mobile space.
So we moved on to talk about mass Space travel and the
new Hyperloop due to be built in Dubai - using
electromagnetic energy to travel 150km in 12 minutes. Watch
this 5 year space.
By 2050 we’ll have gone to Mars and settled -
Mike Massimo, Astronaut
Space Travel And Hyperloops

21. Facebook virtual reality - sold with the idea of connecting
people, but just seems like fancy Skype with Avatars - and
doesn’t replace human contact and truly meeting someone in
person.
Headsets are predicted to improve hugely - wireless with
headphones etc built in
When will social VR stop feeling creepy? Or is it something
for the Second Life generation?
Vr Is The Future - But We’re Not
There Yet

22. 45% of European tech unicorns are based in the UK
As places like Lisbon, where office and studio space are
cheap, creative types are flocking and the government is
wooing the tech industry - will post-Brexit Britain be able to
maintain it’s lead in Europe for the unicorns?
Eu Unicorns In Britain

23. Maurice Levy from Publicis Groupe represented the
advertising world.
54% of the groups revenue is from digital.
Publicis invested 10 million Euros into 90 startups for their
90th birthday.
“Marketing offers the tech world the emotional layer”
Advertising Offers Emotion

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25. WEBSUMMIT IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE TO
FIND THE PULSE OF THE TECH WORLD

26. MEDIA HOLDS A HUGE AMOUNT OF POWER
WITHIN TECH
AND
THE MODELS DUE TO CHANGE

27. THE TECH WORLD ARE GOOD AT
UNDERSTANDING PROBLEMS
BUT THEY NEED OUR HELP TO SOLVE THEM
AND CONNECT WITH AUDIENCES -
AND ARE SLOWLY BEGINNING TO REALISE IT

28. THANKS