Paddy Cosgrave put Dublin on the tech map 4 short years ago with The Web Summit – probably the most popular tech conference outside the interactive portion of South by Southwest in Austin, Texas – and now he’s bringing this huge conference to Hong Kong.
The dates are July 31 and August 1 and they have secured the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. So if you attended the Jack Ma talk earlier this week then you’ll know what kind of layout they are going for. Some of the confirmed speakers include:
- Ray Chan from 9Gag
- Yat Siu from Outblaze
- Jenny Lawton from MakerBot
- Kara Swisher from Re/Code
- and many more.
But of course we’re 100% certain that Paddy will be bringing some of his famous tech friends to Hong Kong as well. We do have a big Tesla population here so could Elon Musk not make an appearance? We’re sure a lot of fashionable shoes are sold to Hong Kong so could Tony Hsieh of Zappos make an appearance? Jack Dorsey‘s Twitter just opened an office in Hong Kong and he loves Dragon-i, could we see him here too? The possibilities are endless and the spotlight is being set for Wan Chai this Summer.
We were invited to a meet and greet with some of the organisers this past week in Hong Kong and we’re excited to hear about their plans. So if you already missed the 2-for-1 tickets, plan on getting your tickets sooner than later. They are expecting 5,000 attendees and 60% of those are coming from overseas and we should be ready to put on a show for them outside of the event, not just with Uber and AirBnB but with other great Hong Kong startups showing off what they can do to a worldwide audience.
Now what are the chances we’ll see U2 frontman Bono walking around Lan Kwai Fong this Summer? We hear he still hasn’t found what he’s been looking for.
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