Next week, more than 70,000 people from over 160 countries will fill MEO Arena and FIL in Lisbon for Web Summit. Two of them will be us.
Web Summit runs from 9 to 12 November, and we’ll be there all four days. We’re not exhibiting and nobody sent us. We’re going because we want to.
Hi, we’re Andrea and Carolina 👋
You’ve probably read our words before without seeing our faces. Here’s who’s behind them.
Andrea Morgado
is Marketing and Communications Lead at Code Snippets. She's spent more than 19 years in digital marketing, across content, SEO and social, and she's the one making sure the plugin you use reaches the people who need it. Fluent in Portuguese, English and Google, she’s outlasted every algorithm update since 2007 and isn’t going anywhere.
Carolina Osório
Carolina: is Operations & Release Manager at Code Snippets. A WordPress developer for over a decade, she now runs releases, support, onboarding and HR, making sure bug fixes ship and teammates feel at home. Based in Portugal, she leads WordCamp Portugal and helps run WordCamp Europe.
Why we’re going
We’ll be honest. This trip is our idea, not the company’s. We signed up because we’re curious about where tech is heading, and four days with 70,000 people who are building it is hard to beat.
Most of what we do lives inside WordPress. That’s a good place to be, but it can turn into a bubble. Web Summit is our chance to step outside it, hear how other industries think, and bring some of that back.
Thank you, Women in Tech 💜
We wouldn’t be going without the Web Summit Women in Tech community.
The programme exists to change who gets a seat at tech events. It offers discounted tickets to women, along with networking and mentorship, so more of us are in the room where the future of tech gets discussed. It’s the reason we’re going.
In 2025, 40% of the startups at Web Summit were women-founded. We’d love to see that number keep climbing, and communities like this one are how it happens.
So a huge thank you to everyone behind it. If you’re a woman working in tech, join the network. Next year, the ticket could be yours.
What we want to learn
We’re going with three things on our list.
How the market is changing. AI has rewritten a lot of assumptions in the last couple of years. We want to hear how founders, investors and product teams read it, and what they think comes next.
AI beyond WordPress. We see AI change WordPress every day, from coding agents to content tools. Now we want to see what it’s doing everywhere else, and which ideas could find their way into our world.
New ideas and new people. Some of the best ideas start in a coffee queue. We’re going with open notebooks and no fixed agenda for those moments.
We’ll also keep an eye out for ideas and people connected to the wider products our team works on. Good ideas rarely stay in one product.
Say hello if you’re there
If you’re going to Web Summit too, we’d love to meet you. Whether you use Code Snippets, build on WordPress, or want to talk about AI and what’s next, come and find us. Message us on LINKEDIN – Andrea & Carolina and we’ll find some time.
Can’t make it? We’ll write up what we saw, who we met and what we learned once we’re back, with plenty of photos.
See you in Lisbon.
❓Web Summit Lisbon 2026 FAQ
When is Web Summit Lisbon 2026?
Monday 9 to Thursday 12 November 2026.
Where is Web Summit held?
At MEO Arena and the FIL exhibition centre in Parque das Nações, Lisbon.
How many people go to Web Summit?
More than 70,000 attendees from over 160 countries, with 900+ speakers.
What is the Web Summit Women in Tech programme?
A community initiative that offers discounted tickets, networking and mentorship to women in tech, to help balance the gender ratio at Web Summit events. You can join the network at websummit.com/wit-signup.
