What the Web Summit can do for Doha

Europe’s largest technology event, the Web Summit, is expanding from its home of Lisbon to Doha in March 2024. From November 1st to 4th, 71,000 people from 160 countries flocked to the 2022 Web Summit’s host city of Lisbon. With the latest news of the tech event to be held in Doha, can the Gulf nation expect the same transformative effect and position itself on the techie’s map?

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Shutterstock 1585836655 Large — Paddy Cosgrave, founder of Web Summit, speaks to the media during a press conference.

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