Just 150 people came to the first Web Summit in Dublin. I never imagined it would grow to hundreds of thousands of founders, startups, investors and business people, attending every year across multiple Web Summit’s on almost every continent.
Just 150 people came to the first Web Summit in Dublin. I never imagined it would grow to hundreds of thousands of founders, startups, investors and business people, attending every year across multiple Web Summit’s on almost every continent. Today we’re announcing a major new partnership with Brazil and our host city, Rio de Janeiro. We’ve signed a new five year partnership agreement keeping Web Summit in Rio until 2030. I was honoured to be joined by Brazil’s Minister for Innovation and Rio’s Mayor on stage to make the announcement last night in Rio. A big thank you to Sao Paulo who were a close second, but in the end nothing compares to Rio. Most importantly nothing compares to Brazil in South America. This giant of a country is no longer sleeping. Brazil is very much awake, and it’s innovating like never before. We’re looking forward to bringing tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, business people and more from around the world to Brazil over the coming half decade. Finally, a big thank you to the incredible team at Web Summit. This is a hugely significant milestone for us. We’ve an awful lot to celebrate these last few weeks.
I hope to see you in Rio or somewhere in the world soon. Much love.
I hope to see you in Rio or somewhere in the world soon. Much love.
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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