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… a picture tells a thousand stories! Webit.Festival Europe 2018 was...
10'000 people from 111 countries visited the Webit City
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Webit.Festival Europe 2018 in numbers:
- 10'000+ ATTENDEES (7200 Webit.Festival participants and 3000 Webit.X visitors) - 231 EXHIBITORS - 422 SPEAKERS - 110 HOURS of conference agenda & amazing content - 75% C-level (executive) ATTENDANCE - 111 VISITING COUNTRIES - 150 of THE BEST EUROPEAN STARTUPS AND SCALEUPS - 1000+ POLICY MAKERS The European Tech, Digital Economy and Policy event for 2018 was a huge success!
The Innovate! Summit and the Plenary Session, chaired by the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda and Society Mariya Gabriel, hosted some of the worlds digital, tech and policy leaders gathered to re:Invent Europe's Future.
The Webit City has welcomed 10'000 global leaders and they all requested a residency :)
Here are just 5 quotes out of over 1000 interviews with the Webit City residents: "Unparalleled global business and policy networking at its highest level!" "The most amazing business event with a festival experience" "We basically do business here" "This is the only event where top EU policy makers and global business leaders exchange thoughts and share valuable discussions" “We got more investors visiting our expo booth compared to any other event we have been to”
200+ exhibitors at over 20'000 sq.m Webit City expo & business networking area
From global tech, health, fintech, cybersecurity, mobility, blockchain, entertainment, AI, cloud leaders to smart jet fighters - they all were at Webit.Festival Europe 2018 represented by their global or EMEA HQs. Also hosted national pavilions.
12 independent summits and over 50 meetups
421 speakers have created over 110 hours of conference agenda & amazing content within 12 independent summits.
Founders Games winner of 200'000 EUR cheque is BIOO from Portugal.
Cities 4.0 Summit, Digital Entertainment and Media Summit, Money Summit and Blockchain Summit
Webit Night Urban Summit
The Global Webit Awards Ceremony and The Chairman' Dinner by Dr. Russev
The World Famous Webit Party, powered by Playboy, Fashion TV and Dorcel
Webit.X - gathering and inspiring 3000 young future leaders
Missed the 2018 edition? Don’t miss the 2019! Book your ticket now at super earlybird rate
The IoT tide
“If we had computers that knew everything there was to know about things - using data they gathered without any help from us - we would be able to track and count everything, and greatly reduce waste, loss and cost. We would know when things needed replacing, repairing or recalling, and whether they were fresh or past their best.” Kevin Ashton, digital innovation expert, credited with coining the term “Internet of Things”.
Let’s look at an example
In 2007, a bridge in Minnesota collapsed because of steel plates that were inadequate to handle the bridge’s load, resulting in many people being hurt. It’s one of the most catastrophic in terms of injured people, but many similar incidents are happening everywhere in the world. Despite periodic checkups of the structures, engineers and other staff involved couldn’t predict the exact moment a problem like this would occur.That’s where IoT can come in handy
When bridges or other massive structures are build or rebuild, instead of a regular one, a smart cement could be used - a cement equipped with sensors to monitor stresses, cracks, and warpage that signals when a problem arises and gets fixed before it causes a catastrophe. If the road on a bridge or any motorway and street is slippery, the same sensors would detect the hazard and communicate the information to the driver’s car. Once the car detects the hazard ahead, it indicates the driver to slow down or the car itself would slow down for him. Sensors on the bridge will connect and communicate with machines in the car, information is then turned into action. And these technologies aren’t limited only to a bridge’s structure. If policy makers and businesses get it right, linking the physical and digital worlds could generate up to $11.1 trillion a year in economic value by 2025. Currently, most of the data gathered by IoT systems and devices is not used. Cloud-based applications are the key to using leveraged data. The Internet of Things doesn’t function without cloud-based applications to interpret and transmit the data coming from all these sensors. The cloud is what enables the apps to work best anywhere and anytime.The game-changer
MClimate (Melissa Climate) is an IoT company which changes the way people use the appliances they already have. Its cloud system connects the heating and cooling system in one’s home, so an actual insight and control is gained of over 70% of an electricity bill. Their devices learn your preferences and habits - what temperature you are most comfortable with, when you usually get home, how long it takes for your HVAC system to cool down/heat up etc. Melissa climate won a Webit Award in the category Best Connected Consumer Electronics Device at Webit.Festival 2017. You can watch Lyubomir Yanchev’s pitch right here: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d0gXq7cYpk[/embed] Stay up to date with the upcoming festival’s agenda here. If you wish to learn more about the IoT, you can check this article in Forbes magazine.
Webit.Festival is officially sold out. Join our waiting list for the...
With less than a week prior to the event, we are proud to announce that the tickets for Webit.Festival Europe are officially sold out!
Right now, we have 4806 registered attendees from more than 90 countries. All of them shall connect with some of the world’s top digital and tech leaders, investors, founders and media, during the two-day agenda of the festival.
Webit.Festival is one of the most influential digital and technology events in Europe. This year’s edition of the festival will again take place in Sofia on 25-26 April. The event’s motto is re:Inventing Europe’s Future. It is held under the patronage of the President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, the Mayor of the Sofia Mrs Yordanka Fandakova and is supported by the European Commission.
The event is part of Global Webit Series, that includes Istanbul (Webit.EMEA), Dubai (Webit.MENA), Singapore (Webit.APAC), New Delhi (Webit.INDIA) and Sofia (Webit.Festival Europe) thus bridging digital Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Our attendees will hear about the future of Virtual and Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, Mobility, Smart Cities, FinTech, IoE, Health and Software Development from 300 top level speakers at Webit’s 12 parallel conferences. You may see the full festival agenda here.
Among them you will find some of the companies on the Fortune’s 500, top brands, policymakers, founders of some of the most innovative businesses and the most exciting startups, not only in the region, but throughout the world.
Part of our mission is helping startups with great ideas present themselves to a wider audience and giving them a chance to compete for a €200 000 seed investment in Webit’s Founders Games.
One hundred startup companies with a total market valuation of more than $2 billion will take part in this year’s edition of the competition. They were selected from over 2450 applicants from all over Europe.
On April 25 Webit will present its annual Awards during a glamorous black tie ceremony. The evening dresses and suits will be only a fraction of the incredible experience for the hundreds of attendees. Limited amount of seats are still available on the website of the event.
The winners in the various categories will have the honor to receive their awards from some of the world leaders in their fields.
If you still haven’t got a pass for the event, Webit gives you the opportunity to join our waiting list! A limited number of tickets for the festival shall be presented to selected applicants.
Come to Sofia and attend the unprecedented Webit Awards ceremony
Just two weeks are separating us from the Webit Awards ceremony, also known as “The Awards of the Future”, which is with unprecedented scale for the region.
The glamorous event will be held on April 25 in Sofia Tech Park and will be broadcasted on television. The evening dresses and suits will be only a fraction of the incredible experience for the hundreds of attendees. Limited amount of seats are still available on the website of the event.
Becoming a part of the Webit Global Community, those guests will join the people who draw the future of the world today. The winners of Webit Awards are global leaders, who change the world.
Business and academic leaders, along with mayors, legislators and politicians will be nominated and awarded by world leaders from the Webit Community for their achievements and their role in fostering the best business models and innovations, development of digital economy, policy and government initiatives for successful integrations of technology solutions and improving people’s quality of life.
The spectacular ceremony is just a part of the agenda of Webit.Festival Europe - the most influential digital and technology event in the region, part of the global series of events and the Webit Community.
This year, the festival will gather in Sofia Tech Park 5000 attendees from more than 90 countries. Over 300 speakers will share their invaluable experience from leading global companies and will help us adapt to the trends, which are going to change our lives radically in the next few years.
The awards categories are divided in several areas - Enterprise (Innovations in education, transport, banking and finance, cyber security, tourism, enterprise software, advertising, marketing, etc.); Digital Apps (apps for entertainment, banking, finance, gaming, news and sport); Policy (for Smart City Administration, Smart Transport, Smart Energy, Innovative Legislation Initiatives) and Special Awards that will distinguish the most successful woman in the technology sector, the most innovative secondary school and the person with outstanding contribution for the digital industry.
The winners in the various categories will have the honor to receive their awards from some of the world leaders in their fields. The award for Innovation in Education will be presented by Conrad Wolfram - the man, who changes the teaching methods worldwide and Founder of Wolfram Alpha.
The most successful healthcare innovators will have the opportunity to be awarded by Prof. Shafi Ahmed and Dr Lisa Latts. Ahmed is one of the most famous surgeons in the world and the first one to perform a series of operations with virtual reality gear. Lisa Latts is a Deputy Chief of IBM Watson Health - one of the most developed AI projects in the world of healthcare, which is already replacing doctors in diagnosis.
Awards for Marketing and Advertising and the other categories will be presented by the Global President of Havas Worldwide, the Global Marketing and Creative Director of DigitasLBi, editors of Forbes and Huffington Post, leaders from Google and many others.
The official Webit.Foundation Awards ceremony will be held on April 25, 2017 in Sofia Tech Park.
The seats are limited! You may book yours here!