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— Web Summit (@WebSummitHQ) November 2, 2015
Web Summit 2015 is underway and it's bigger than ever. This is the final event in Dublin for at least three years as organisers move proceedings to Lisbon from next year.
Only 400 people attended the very first Web Summit back in Dublin in 2010. 2015 will see more than 42,000 people descend upon the RDS in Dublin.
21 summits will take place addressing issues such as sport, health, tech, fashion and marketing. 1,000 speakers will take part, including founders of Instagram, Tinder, Pixar, Stripe and Ford.
Irish tech entrepreneur Oisin Hanrahan will also be in attendance. He is the co-founder of Handy who manged to secure a $50 million funding deal for his start-up.
Hanrahan's company is based in the US and provides cleaning and DIY services on demand.
He had returned to Dublin for the Web Summit and will appear on the centre stage and will also address startups.
