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Former Irish Daily Mail editor Sebastian Hamilton joins Web Summit

In another high-level appointment, Richard Forde is rejoining the company as VP of start-up relations

Web Summit-backed Hopin sells core business to RingCentral as struggles continue

The struggling business has sold its events and sessions business units to the cloud company

Lawyers in Web Summit lawsuits urged to meet this month as document discovery process ‘drags on’

Mr Justice Denis McDonald was told of a ‘distinct lack of urgency’ in Web Summit’s handling of discovery issues

Web Summit agrees to share unredacted version of Qatari contract, High Court hears

In April, Web Summit announced it will host its first event in the Middle East next year with a conference in Doha, Qatar, adding to the company’s existing portfolio of conferences in Lisbon, Brazil, Toronto and Hong Kong

Web Summit co-founder ‘doubles down’ on claim company deleted documents, High Court hears

High Court hears just under 30,000 documents from a ‘universe of 14 million’ had been received

High Court judge ‘not impressed’ by email delay in Web Summit case

Court told 14 million documents have been collected as tech conference founders sue each other through a series of lawsuits

Paddy Cosgrave claims backing The Ditch is ‘effective brand marketing for Web Summit’

The Web Summit chief executive has complained about comments made by Tánaiste Michael Martin in the Dáil over his affiliation with the media outlet

Sound problems, language issues and transgender incident blight Rio Web Summit

Despite a raft of technical issues at inaugural event in Brazil, a party atmosphere saw talk of tech layoffs pushed to the margins with tickets costing between €375 and €9,000

Web Summit: State warned cold war with Paddy Cosgrave could hurt Irish firms

IDA and Enterprise Ireland weren’t very visible at the Web Summit conference in Rio and one businessman said ‘we should have been flying the flag more’

Web Summit investigates claim that trans woman asked to show birth cert to use toilet

The incident will be of concern to attendees of the company’s event, given it plans to host its first conference in Qatar in 2024

Connected newsletter: Greetings from Rio!

Connected at the Business Post is your source for the news that matters in technology and innovation, all told from an Irish perspective

Paddy Cosgrave says Tánaiste’s Ditch comments ‘like something Donald Trump might do’

Paddy Cosgrave has written to Dáil authorities over remarks made by Micheál Martin last week

Chat GPT is ‘like a drunk uncle talking sh*t’, Web Summit Rio hears

Warnings about dangers of AI dominate on the first full day of the tech conference in Rio, Brazil

Rio looks to ape Lisbon’s success as Web Summit kicks off

Web Summit Rio gets underway in Rio with 20,000 people from 100 countries expected to attend

Web Summit funding of €1m for the Ditch website as editor defends reporting after Tánaiste’s attack

Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1’s This Week on Sunday, Eoghan McNeill said he "was not anti-government or anti-Micheál Martin", but said “yes” when asked if there should be a change in government

Cosgrave: ‘The ethical value of one’s pontifications is proportionate to their expected outcomes’

The Web Summit chief executive says he sees no conflict between campaigning for progressive causes in Ireland and doing business with a nation infamous for human rights abuses

Web Summit announces event in Qatar as part of global expansion

The event in the Middle Eastern state, which hosted the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup, will take place in March 2024

Gender Equality

Sexism still strong in tech sector, survey finds

New Web Summit survey finds majority of women tech workers feel they are paid unfairly in comparison to male counterparts

Inventor of the Web looks to fix internet

Having invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee is now focused on fixing it. Charlie Taylor caught up with the legendary computer scientist, and cybersecurity expert John Bruce recently to discuss how they are getting on with ‘reshaping the internet’

Editor’s picks: Sit down with the best of our big reads

Our editors handpick the best writing in this week’s Business Post – including a new look at the phenomenon of Nimbyism, and the lowdown from an underwhelming Web Summit