Dublin Tech Summit

Dublin Tech Summit
Genre Technology
Frequency Annual
Venue Convention Centre Dublin
Location(s) Dublin Docklands
Country Ireland
Inaugurated 15 & 16 February 2017
Founders Ian Hyland & Ben English
Website http://dublintechsummit.com/
The Convention Centre Dublin is home to the Dublin Tech Summit

The Dublin Tech Summit (DTS) is an international technology conference held in Dublin, Ireland. The first summit took place on 15 and 16 February 2017, at the Convention Centre Dublin in the city's "Silicon Docks".

The summit aims to run annually, and to attract more than 10,000 attendees,[1] including influential speakers, startups, exhibitors, sponsors and investors, covering eight main themes:

DTS was the idea of Business and Finance magazine publisher Ian Hyland and former Accenture consultant Ben English.[2]

Irish telecoms firm eir has shown strong support for the Dublin Tech Summit, establishing itself as a founding partner and lead sponsor.[3]

The event is one of many vying to fill the void left by the controversial departure of the Web Summit to Lisbon, Portugal after 2016.[4]

In its inaugural event, half of the 10,000 attendees came from abroad, 49% were women, with DTS giving €400,000 worth of tickets to under-represented groups in the tech industry, including women and students.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Newenham, Pamela (25 April 2016). "Dublin Tech Summit aims for 10,000 attendees". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. ↑ O’Dwyer, Peter (7 April 2016). "Dublin Tech Summit aims to return city to the top table". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Burke-Kennedy, Eoin (7 September 2016). "Eir backs inaugural Dublin Tech Summit". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "The events vying to fill Dublin's Web Summit-sized void". thejournal.ie. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Boran, Marie (2 February 2017). "Dublin Tech Summit: not for geeks, but definitely for women". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Thousands attend first day of Dublin Tech Summit". RTÉ News. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

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