Web Summit: Tech

Pro-surfer Anastasia Ashley, Andrew Cotton and Tiago Pires of Red Bull, and pro-surfer Garrett McNamara took to the stage with Ger Gilroy of Newstalk to discuss if extreme sports are more accepting of technology.

Jared Cohen of Google Jigsaw took to the stage to talk about how we counter the threat of cyber-warfare in the future.

As a professional surfer, Anastasia Ashley's social brand is based around living her life on beaches across the world. Sharing how you keep over a million Instagram followers engaged, Anastasia will share insights into life as a social influencer.

Guests: Anastasia Ashley, Anastasia Ashley; Zoe Henry, Inc.com

In the last year, Lyft surpassed 375 million rides and became one of the most talked-about players in the self-driving space, partnering with leading AV companies. In a fiercely competitive ride-hailing market, a big driver of this explosive growth and differentiator has been Lyft's willingness to vocally espouse its values, from opposing President Trump's immigration ban to introducing a Round-Up and Donate program. Join Co-Founder and President John Zimmer for a discussion on how Lyft is aggressively pursuing its mission of improving people's lives through transportation.

Guest: John Zimmer, Lyft; Dylan Byers, CNN

This interview features the woman who formerly ran Ellen DeGeneres' digital network and are now president of burgeoning women's lifestyle brand Brit+Co. Jill Braff will use examples from her current and past roles to highlight effective ways to connect with consumers.

Luminar is aiming to build its sensing hardware at never-before-seen-scale and equip every autonomous car globally by the end of the year through partnerships with automakers like Toyota’s research arm. LiDAR is the key enabling technology for achieving safer-than-human levels of autonomy, but it’s evident that we’re a long ways off from reaching this benchmark, especially in light of recent major accidents. What does this mean for the technology, its suppliers and AV testing programs? Join Luminar Founder and CEO Austin Russell in conversation with Car & Driver's Pete Bigelow.

Ad block plus, CEO Till Faida discusses how ad blockers are fixing the Internet. He talks about the consumer/ publisher user ad experience and how Ad Block is building an ecosystem that benefits all of the relevant stake holders.

How Amazon uses voice enabled technology to push the limits of innovation. Voice technology is emerging as the interface of the future, and conversational artificial intelligence is driving this transformation in how humans interact with machines. Learn how Amazon is using machine learning and cloud computing to fuel innovation as it builds the next generation of voice-first user experiences.

Guest: Alex Smola, Amazon

CEO and Co Founder of Chow Now Chris Webb chats with Phillip Crowther of France 24 to discuss how his tech startup utilized congressional government help to appeal to Apple in order to change its store policy to help small businesses.

Guests: Chris Webb, ChowNow; Philip Crowther, France 24

The consumer financial technology market has remained virtually unchanged for the last 20 years. In this Web Summit we look at how startups have moved through phases from disruption to partnering, to a whole new world of finance and trade. Learn ?where fintech is finding success and what strategies will prove best for the next 12 months?

Guests:

Nick Zhu, Yroo; Jan Lytje-Hansen, ViaBill; Dee Choubey, MoneyLion; TX Zhuo, Fika Ventures