Web Summit runs from 9 to 12 November 2026 in Lisbon. On 30 October the Yorkseed tracker alone listed 363 side events around it. We went through the public lists and kept the ones we would send our own team to.
We kept 40, grouped by who gets the most out of them: founders, B2B service providers, CTOs, and one list for the soul. In each group free events come first, then paid ones, so you can plan by budget as well as by goal.
If you work in fintech, start with three: Borderless Night by PayDone (9 November), the Barcelona Catalonia Networking Cocktail at Fintech House Lisboa (10 November) and the Fintech Pitch Party by Enchant (11 November). Many events need host approval and some already have waitlists, so register early.
Meet the WislaCode team in Lisbon
Hanna Yadlouskaya, our COO, and Viacheslav (Slava) Kostin, our CEO, are in Lisbon from 9 to 12 November. On Wednesday 11 November we are at booth A3-15 in Pavilion 2. To arrange a meeting in Lisbon, message them in the Web Summit app or write to us.
For founders
We looked for small formats where founders and investors share a room: breakfasts, pitch nights and evenings hosted by VC funds. Most of our founder picks are free, and most of the free ones need host approval.
Free events for founders
When | Event | Where | Why go |
|---|---|---|---|
Sun 8 Nov, 10:00–12:30 | Shared after approval | A calm start before the crowds: 50–100 founders, CEOs, investors and tech professionals. Free to register, you pay for your own coffee | |
Mon 9 Nov, 18:00–22:00 | Shared after approval | Founders pitch to investors for 2–3 minutes each, then everyone networks | |
Mon 9 Nov, 19:30–22:30 | Founders' House w/ | Shared after approval | An invitation-only dinner for founders on opening night, hosted by Shilling VC, Actyus Venture Debt, Plus Partners and Unicorn Factory Lisboa |
Tue 10 Nov, 17:00–19:00 | Shared after approval | Startups put one concrete ask to a room of vetted connectors | |
Thu 12 Nov, 16:00–17:00 | Breaking into America: US Fundraising Playbook for European Founders | Portugal Tech Week Palace, R. Gomes Freire 98 | A focused session for EU founders looking at US capital |
Thu 12 Nov, 18:30–21:00 | Av. 5 de Outubro 146 | Founders, drinks and snacks to close the week. Waitlist only |
Paid events for founders
When | Event | Where | Price | Why go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mon 9 Nov, 10:00–16:00 | Investment Readiness Mini Accelerator by Canopy | Martinhal Lisbon Oriente | €100–250 | A one-day programme on getting ready for investors |
Tue 10 Nov, 12:00–14:30 | Shared after approval | €79–89 | Founders, VCs, angels and emerging fund managers at one table | |
Tue 10 Nov, 18:00 until midnight | R. do Norte 115, Bairro Alto | €25–35; free to apply to pitch | A long startup and investor evening in the nightlife district | |
Tue 10 Nov, 19:00–22:00 | Future Unicorns Party by Zubr Capital | Suspenso Lisboa, Rua de Santiago 19 | €35 | A panel on building a business when everything is changing, with EPAM founder Arkadiy Dobkin among the speakers, then a party |
For B2B service providers
We sell services to companies ourselves, so this group leans towards evenings with buyers and partners in the room. Enchant's two pitch nights are here too: both sell a separate ticket to service providers.
Free events for B2B service providers
When | Event | Where | Why go |
|---|---|---|---|
Mon 9 Nov, 18:00–18:45 | Entering a new market: what to establish before scaling sales | Portugal Tech Week Palace, R. Gomes Freire 98 | All3's head of international sales on demand, go-to-market and getting a sales team ready to scale |
Mon 9 Nov, 19:30–23:30 | Borderless Night by PayDone | Papoila Bar, Cais do Sodré | An evening for founders and tech leaders who started in Kyiv, Almaty, Tbilisi, Minsk, Yerevan or Baku and now build across borders, with investors and legal, relocation and HR partners. No Web Summit ticket needed; request an invite |
Tue 10 Nov, 16:30–19:30 | Address not yet published | Founders and GTM operators show the workflows they actually run. Host approval | |
Tue 10 Nov, 17:30–20:00 | IBM Portugal, R. Mar da China 3 | Tech and business leaders on the people and skills behind a tech hub. Host approval | |
Tue 10 Nov, 18:30–20:30 | Lisbon City Hall | The Mayor's official reception for international delegations, with a welcome cocktail and a walking dinner at City Hall. Places are limited | |
Tue 10 Nov, 18:30–21:00 | Fintech House Lisboa, Av. Duque de Loulé 12 | Networking at Fintech House Lisboa, Portugal's fintech hub. No Web Summit ticket needed, approval required |
Paid events for B2B service providers
When | Event | Where | Price | Why go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mon 9 Nov, 10:00–14:00 | Start Global by BeeGlobal | DLA Piper ABBC, Largo de São Carlos 3 | Up to €10 | A morning on technology, capital and international expansion for founders and executives |
Tue 10 Nov, 12:30–14:00 | Shared after approval | From €25 | A small lunch table for founders and people in tech | |
Wed 11 Nov, 17:00–21:00 | Fintech Pitch Party by Enchant | Casica, Alameda dos Oceanos, Parque das Nações | Free for founders and investors; €150 for service providers | Founders in payments, banking, lending, insurance and fraud prevention pitch to fintech VCs and banking and payments leaders; the fintech pitches run 18:00–18:30. Host approval |
Wed 11 Nov, 17:00–21:00 | Casica, Alameda dos Oceanos, Parque das Nações | Free for founders and investors; €150 for service providers | Enchant's applied AI pitch night, in the same venue and evening as its Fintech Pitch Party: startups pitch to investors and industry experts |
For CTOs and tech leaders
Almost all our engineering picks are about AI in production: agent workflows, platform engineering and how teams change around them. Every pick in this group has a free ticket, and most need host approval.
Free events for CTOs
When | Event | Where | Why go |
|---|---|---|---|
Mon 9 Nov, 17:00–22:00 | AI Leaders in Tech Night by AI Builders | Devoteam Portugal, Av. Dom João II 43 | 70 curated attendees: a talk on AI platform engineering, a leadership panel and roundtables on junior hiring, ROI and code ownership. Host approval |
Mon 9 Nov, 18:00–22:00 | Shared after approval | An opening-night mixer for developers and ML engineers working on voice AI | |
Mon 9 Nov, 19:30–21:30 | Kube Coworking, R. do Centro Cultural 27A | A hands-on workshop on building AI agents. Waitlist only | |
Tue 10 Nov, 09:00–18:00 | Outsite Cowork Café, Rua de S. Paulo 109, Cais do Sodré | A quiet place to work and meet founders and engineers between sessions. Host approval | |
Tue 10 Nov, 18:00–21:00 | Fábrica de Pão, Beato Innovation District | AI that moves in the physical world, shown live | |
Tue 10 Nov, 20:00–22:00 | Shared after approval | A roundtable dinner for in-house IT, AI and security leaders on rolling out agentic workflows. Approval confirmed by 8 Nov | |
Wed 11 Nov, 11:30–12:30 | Portugal Tech Week Palace, R. Gomes Freire 98 | Proving authenticity when anything can be faked, a question close to every KYC and fraud team | |
Wed 11 Nov, 18:00–20:30 | TTI at Web Summit: Pushing the AI Frontier Where Innovation & | Shared after approval | An evening debate on scaling AI while keeping control of it |
Wed 11 Nov, 18:00–23:00 | Lumen Hotel, R. Sousa Martins 20 | An evening AI conference; general admission is free |
For the soul
Time off between sessions: runs, a walk by the river, football, padel and a sauna. There is also magusto, the Portuguese St Martin's Day tradition of roasted chestnuts and wine.
Free events for the soul
When | Event | Where | Why go |
|---|---|---|---|
Mon 9 Nov, 10:30–12:00 | Honest Greens, Cais do Sodré | A walk and talk along the river for COOs, ops leaders and founders who run their teams on Notion. Host approval | |
Mon–Thu 9–12 Nov, tours at 09:30 and 11:00 | Unicorn Factory Lisboa, Rua da Manutenção 71 | See Lisbon's converted industrial startup quarter | |
Tue 10 Nov, 07:00–08:00 | Praça do Comércio, by the statue of King José I | A sunrise run and coffee before day two. Waitlist only | |
Tue 10 Nov, 08:00–10:00 | Praça do Comércio | An easy 5K along the river towards Belém, with coffee after. Host approval | |
Tue 10 Nov, 17:00–20:00 | Magusto Tech+ by Quidgest | Quidgest, R. Viriato 7, Picoas | Roasted chestnuts and wine in the Portuguese magusto tradition |
Fri 13 Nov, 11:00–13:00 | Lisbon Bike Rentals, Av. 24 de Julho 4A | A walk on the beach at Costa da Caparica once the conference is over; the group shares Ubers from downtown |
Paid events for the soul
When | Event | Where | Price | Why go |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sat 7 Nov, 13:00–18:00 | Estádio da Tapadinha | €15 player, €5 guest | A seven-a-side football tournament for eight startup teams, the weekend before Web Summit | |
Sun 8 Nov, 11:00–14:00 | 11:11 Prata, Marvila | From €10 | Coffee and music for founders, investors, creatives and locals | |
Sun 8 Nov, 14:00–22:00 | Unicorn Factory, Beato Innovation District | On the event page | Timed heats on a 400-metre loop at Unicorn Factory, with an after-party | |
Mon 9 Nov, 14:00–17:00 | Padel Mixer: Opening Rally by Octo Health | Shared after approval | €7 to play; free to network | Padel for all levels; non-players welcome |
Thu 12 Nov, 16:30–18:00 | Shared after approval | €40, paid to the studio | A sauna, a cold plunge and a relaxed dinner on the last day |
Where to find WislaCode in Lisbon
Hanna Yadlouskaya, our COO, and Slava Kostin, our CEO, are in Lisbon from 9 to 12 November. On Wednesday 11 November we exhibit WislaSearch at booth A3-15 in Pavilion 2. WislaSearch turns the documents counterparties send, such as invoices, contracts and delivery notes, into trusted data inside the client's own perimeter. It matches each document to its order or contract, hands anything that does not match to a person, and links every value back to its source page.
WislaCode is an engineering company based in Warsaw. We build and launch financial products on payment and banking platforms, end to end or alongside a client's own engineers. If you are building in payments, banking or lending, come and compare notes at the booth or at one of the events above.
In the Web Summit app you can message Hanna Yadlouskaya or Slava Kostin directly. After Lisbon, you can also book a meeting with Slava.
Before you go
- Apply early. Many events need host approval, and some already had waitlists on 30 October.
- Keep a backup for each night. Approval can come late, so plan one event a night and hold a second in reserve.
- Watch the map. Web Summit is in Parque das Nações, our evening picks run from there to Cais do Sodré, Bairro Alto, Beato and Picoas, and several share their address only after approval. Leave time to cross town.
- Check the event page before you leave. Details can change, and the host's page has the current ones.
All times are Lisbon time and prices are in euros. Prices, times and free or paid status are as the event pages listed them on 30 October 2026.
Launching a financial product?
We build and launch them on payment and banking platforms, end to end or alongside your own engineers.
Sources
- Web Summit 2026 side events, Turtle Group
- Web Summit Lisbon 2026 side events: the (almost) complete list, iProxy
- Web Summit Lisbon 2026 side events, Yorkseed
- Lisbon side events guide
- Web Summit events calendar on Luma
- The event pages linked in the tables above
When and where is Web Summit 2026?
Web Summit 2026 runs from 9 to 12 November in Lisbon, at the MEO Arena and FIL in Parque das Nações. The side events in this guide run from 7 to 13 November, across the city.
How many side events are there around Web Summit 2026?
It depends on the tracker. On 30 October the Yorkseed list showed 363 events between 2 and 16 November, and the iProxy list showed 257 between 7 and 16 November. This guide picks 40 in four groups by audience, with free and paid events listed separately.
Do I need to register for Web Summit side events?
Yes. Each side event is run by its own host, and you register on that event's page. Many need host approval, and approval can come late, so register early.
Do I need a Web Summit ticket for the side events?
Usually not. The Yorkseed list says most side events do not need one, and Borderless Night and the Barcelona Catalonia Networking Cocktail say so on their own pages. Check each event page.
Which Web Summit 2026 side events suit fintech?
Start with three. Borderless Night by PayDone on 9 November is a free evening in Cais do Sodré for founders and tech leaders whose companies work across borders. The Barcelona Catalonia Networking Cocktail on 10 November is at Fintech House Lisboa, Portugal's fintech hub. At the Fintech Pitch Party by Enchant on 11 November, fintech founders pitch to fintech VCs and to banking and payments leaders.
Where can I meet WislaCode at Web Summit 2026?
At booth A3-15 in Pavilion 2 on Wednesday 11 November, where we show WislaSearch. Hanna Yadlouskaya and Slava Kostin are in Lisbon from 9 to 12 November: message either of them in the Web Summit app. After Lisbon, you can book a meeting with Slava at wislacode.com/vk/.