“LeWeb Summer”
19 and 20 June 2012 – Westminster Central Hall
www.leweb.net
PARIS – The eighth LeWeb Conference held in Paris last December once again brought together over 3,500 business owners, entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers and tech enthusiasts from 76 countries to take part in Europe’s biggest event dedicated to the web industry.
Following the success of the annual Paris event, organisers Geraldine and Loïc Le Meur decided to start a summer session in London after requests from the London technology community to bring Le Web to the UK. Many well-known players from Silicon Valley will be on hand to share the fruits of their experience, including Highlight and Voxer, two specialist mobile app startups currently making it big west of the English Channel.
“London’s summer LeWeb is not meant to replace the Paris gathering, which will of course still be taking place in December as in past years. This is an extra event, which will help participants keep up with the headlong pace of change, a challenge for everyone involved in this sector. The most obvious example of that at present is Highlight – unheard-of just six months ago. That’s evolution in this industry: things move very, very fast”, explained Loïc Le Meur.
More than 1,000 participants are expected at the first London Summer LeWeb, being held at the splendid Westminster Central Hall opposite the Abbey.
“London was the obvious choice, not least because of the involvement of UKTI* and Tech City, which gave us a great deal of encouragement: in fact, they’re sponsoring us”,continued Loïc Le Meur.
Commenting on the conference, Eric Van der Kleij, CEO of London’s Tech City Investment Organisation said: “I’m delighted that LeWeb will be arriving in London this summer. As one of Europe’s top technology events, LeWeb’s presence confirms London as a key destination for the international tech community. The development of a relationship between London and LeWeb will help to attract more global tech companies, start-ups and investors to London, and will be a great spotlight for the creativity and innovation of the UK.”
LeWeb Summer will include a StartUp Competition, which will shortly be open for entries.
Space at the London Summer LeWeb and the Paris LeWeb’12 (4 – 6 December) are already on sale at the event’s website www.leweb.net
Accreditation requests online to www.leweb.net
*UK Trade & Investment: British government agency providing advice and assistance to foreign firms in setting up or expanding their activities in the UK.
