Web Summit 2019: Highlights From Day 2 ♦ Web Summit’s second day began very early. Around 9:30 am, you organize the work on the main stage of the Altice Arena, again with an intervention by summit founder Paddy Cosgrave. Until the sunset, several hundred people arrested by the Parque das Nações in Lisbon. The agenda promised to be filled with names like Michel Barnier, European Union negotiator for Brexit, Ronaldinho, former footballer and ambassador Teqball and Katherine Maher, CEO of Wikipedia! Once More, Secrets From Portugal brings you all the best from the second day of the amazing tech event, Web Summit.
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From Donald Trump’s possible reelection to the consequences of leaving the UK from the European Union and accusing Mark Zuckerberg, the second day of the Web Summit was also marked by Carlos Moedas’ latest technology summit as European Commissioner.
From Donald Trump’s possible reelection to the consequences of leaving the UK from the European Union and accusing Mark Zuckerberg, the second day of the Web Summit was also marked by Carlos Moedas’ latest technology summit as European Commissioner.
Michel Barnier was a figurehead on the second day of the Web Summit. On the main stage, the EU chief negotiator for Brexit argued that Brussels will demand guarantees for a post-Brexit level playing field, referring to future economic relations between the two parties. “The time will be extremely short for negotiations,” said Barnier, on the main stage of the Web Summit in Lisbon. With an audience composed of one of the most anticipated speakers of the day, he added, “The EU will demand strong guarantees for a level playing field. The UK should not think of zero tariffs. ” Michel Barnier said on the Web Summit’s central stage that he still does not realize what the UK will gain from the exit. “Nobody has explained the advantages of Brexit to me yet,” he said, adding, to the delight of those listening, “Not even Nigel Farage.”
In the same panel, former Cambridge Analytica manager Brittany Kaiser, founder of the Own Your Data Foundation, argued that “if Trump’s campaign convinces us to stay home he will win,” as in his opinion “the biggest problem is that there are many people who have not yet decided whether to vote. ” A scenario that considers being facilitated by one of the technological giants. Accusing Mark Zuckerberg of “assisting the Trump campaign” by not limiting political messages on Facebook, he explained how three years ago he observed “that it is easy to misinform and take advantage of sexism and racism,” which is just not the case. will happen with a “policing of political messages on social networks”.
The universe of Portuguese and Spanish startups will start from Tuesday with the support of a new investment fund, created by the European Investment Fund and the Investment Financial Institution and signed with the private partner, Faber Capital.
Signed as part of another edition of the Web Summit, to be held until the 7th, in Lisbon, the protocol aims to establish a new investment fund worth 30 million euros, aimed at companies that bet on business models based on digital data and develop solutions in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big Data.
The highlight was for well-known sports figures, but also for the big themes that mark the present, such as Brexit.
