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Paddy Cosgrave: Irish minister would be welcome at Lisbon Web Summit

Chief executive claims Lisbon conference is Ireland’s largest trade mission as event set to showcase Irish firms at special hub

Paddy Cosgrave, co-founder and chief executive of Web Summit, hinted that he is open to working with Irish state agencies once again to promote the country’s tech sector

A government minister would be welcome at this year’s Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, Paddy Cosgrave has claimed.

The co-founder and chief executive of Web Summit said invitations to the 2023 event had been issued to members of the Irish government, along with representatives from other countries all across Europe.

“We’ve got everyone from the Vice Chancellor of Germany all the way down to ministers from the smallest countries imaginable in Europe attending Web ...