Web Summit quits Dublin

Mal-Adjusted · 25-04-2017 01:58PM

he described winning back the event as being akin to securing the Rugby World Cup.

God, he never changes...

VinLieger · 25-04-2017 02:01PM

kbannon wrote: »

Momma, I'm coming home...
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/paddy-cosgrave-hopes-for-web-summit-s-return-to-dublin-1.3060716?mode=amp

Hope it fails miserably, saw hes also hiring someone specifically to liaise and try make nice with the Irish government again as well so im guessing Lisbon saw through his bull**** and its not gonna last too long there.
From talking to people who have worked there id advise everyone to steer well clear

Dyr · 25-04-2017 02:17PM

VinLieger wrote: »

Hope it fails miserably, saw hes also hiring someone specifically to liaise and try make nice with the Irish government again as well

I wonder what Frank Flannery is up to these days? :rolleyes:

eviltimeban · 25-04-2017 02:34PM

"Trinity degrees are optional" :rolleyes:

serfboard · 25-04-2017 03:58PM

Paddy made the (naturally for him) egotistical mistake of thinking he was the attraction.

Now, to his surprise he has discovered that it was Dublin that was the attraction. Lisbon mustn't have been all Paddy made it out to be :rolleyes:

Other Tech-Summity-type things (like the Dublin Tech Summit) are now cashing in on the opportunity and benefitting from their founders not making arses of themselves.

Dyr · 25-04-2017 04:03PM

three roll eyes posts in a row, such is the contempt yer man is held in

have another ya skidmark :rolleyes:

Sofiztikated · 25-04-2017 04:20PM

Could it be possible for him to approach whoever, about the Web Summit coming back to Dublin, and be told "Nah, you're alright mate, jog on."

Cos that should be televised.

serfboard · 25-04-2017 04:33PM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Could it be possible for him to approach whoever, about the Web Summit coming back to Dublin, and be told "Nah, you're alright mate, jog on."

Cos that should be televised.

"Dear Mr. Cosgrave,

Thank you for your interest in bringing the Web Summit back to Dublin, but we are afraid that, since Dublin has already replaced it with a Tech Summit, we could not possibly organise two tech summits given your opinion that we couldn't organise one.

Thank you for your interest, and we wish you all the best in your career in Portugal."

SEPT 23 1989 · 25-04-2017 04:41PM

I presume all suppliers will increase their prices accordingly

andekwarhola · 25-04-2017 04:47PM

Like the kid that threatens to leave home and their bluff is called; sneaks back a few weeks later to find his room redecorated.

murpho999 · 25-04-2017 04:57PM

How can organizing a conference be any more complicated than arranging a music festival or big bloody wedding.

They just have to book speakers, and arrange facilities.

They way they go as if the company is achieving something amazing is very galling.

ToddyDoody · 25-04-2017 05:32PM

serfboard wrote: »

Paddy made the (naturally for him) egotistical mistake of thinking he was the attraction.

Now, to his surprise he has discovered that it was Dublin that was the attraction. Lisbon mustn't have been all Paddy made it out to be :rolleyes:

Other Tech-Summity-type things (like the Dublin Tech Summit) are now cashing in on the opportunity and benefitting from their founders not making arses of themselves.

As my mother would say "that softened his cough"

Sofiztikated · 25-04-2017 05:41PM

murpho999 wrote: »

How can organizing a conference be on more complicated than arranging a music festival or big bloody wedding.

They just have to book speakers, and arrange facilities.

They way they go as if the company is achieving something amazing is very galling.

A big conference can be quite intricate, and most venues would rather a big bloody wedding than a big bloody conference.

But he's not curing cancer.

Seth Brundle · 26-04-2017 08:32AM

serfboard wrote: »

"Dear Mr. Cosgrave,

Thank you for your interest in bringing the Web Summit back to Dublin, but we are afraid that, since Dublin has already replaced it with a Tech Summit, we could not possibly organise two tech summits given your opinion that we couldn't organise one.

Thank you for your interest, and we wish you all the best in your career in Portugal."

Will he be looking for a reference?

Seth Brundle · 26-04-2017 08:33AM

murpho999 wrote: »

How can organizing a conference be any more complicated than arranging a music festival or big bloody wedding.

They just have to book speakers, and arrange facilities.

They way they go as if the company is achieving something amazing is very galling.

True but doesn't he believe that all the difficult stuff should be done for him. Like ensuring his guests have WiFi.

murpho999 · 26-04-2017 08:49AM

Sofiztikated wrote: »

A big conference can be quite intricate, and most venues would rather a big bloody wedding than a big bloody conference.

But he's not curing cancer.

Exactly, it's just a big logistics exercise.

He's going on as if he's an absolute genius that has created something but he has actually not created anything of any lasting worth but he thinks he can hold governments and cities to ransom for his demands.

touts · 26-04-2017 09:34AM

Irish Times making something out of a nothing comment. It might come to Dublin some time in the future or it might go to any of dozens of other cities. I don't think the Web Summit will be back on these shores anytime in the next decade if at all. All that interview proves is Paddy has had a bit of media interview training.

VinLieger · 26-04-2017 10:05AM

touts wrote: »

Irish Times making something out of a nothing comment. It might come to Dublin some time in the future or it might go to any of dozens of other cities. I don't think the Web Summit will be back on these shores anytime in the next decade if at all. All that interview proves is Paddy has had a bit of media interview training.

And them employing a person to specifically make nice with the government means absolutely nothing......

VinLieger · 26-04-2017 11:23AM

Apparently theres gonna be some major announcement from them at lunchtime today, any bets for where its moving to apart from Dublin?

Glenster · 26-04-2017 11:29AM

eviltimeban wrote: »

"Trinity degrees are optional" :rolleyes:

That's the sort of thing someone who has only recently realised that Trinity Snobbishness is unfounded would say.

Idiot.

murpho999 · 26-04-2017 11:31AM

VinLieger wrote: »

Apparently theres gonna be some major announcement from them at lunchtime today, any bets for where its moving to apart from Dublin?

Will it not be the announcement of the smaller Moneyconf moving to Dublin from Madrid as rumoured by the press?

skankkuvhima · 26-04-2017 11:33AM

According to the article he is not planning on moving back to Dublin, or am I reading it wrong? This is what the article says

The Irish-founded tech conference that started in Ireland in 2009 with less than 400 attendees and grew to about 40,000 by 2015, caused controversy when its upped and left for Portugal last year under a three-year deal.

The summit, which attracted 53,056 attendees from over 166 countries in 2016, is expecting to draw 60,000 people to Lisbon this November. Web Summit also organises several other global technology events, including Collision in the US, Rise in Hong Kong and MoneyConf in Madrid.

Dyr · 26-04-2017 11:34AM

murpho999 wrote: »

Will it not be the announcement of the smaller Moneyconf moving to Dublin from Madrid as rumoured by the press?

He's announcing that their spambot has achieved sentience

uck51js9zml2yt · 26-04-2017 11:36AM

Bambi wrote: »

He's announcing that their spambot has achieved sentience

I thought he had achieved sentience

I was obviously wrong!

osarusan · 26-04-2017 11:42AM

he described winning back the event as being akin to securing the Rugby World Cup.

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

God, he never changes...

To be fair to the guy, if I am reading that article right, he was just saying that the event need not be fixed to one place, and lots of events are mobile and move from venue to venue, and gave the Rugby World Cup as one example.

If so, and he didn't make the claim elsewhere, it's actually pretty crappy reporting.

jmayo · 26-04-2017 11:58AM

osarusan wrote: »

To be fair to the guy, if I am reading that article right, he was just saying that the event need not be fixed to one place, and lots of events are mobile and move from venue to venue, and gave the Rugby World Cup as one example.

If so, and he didn't make the claim elsewhere, it's actually pretty crappy reporting.

That lad has some head on him.
How he can equate a multi site event that runs over a period of a month to his one site few day conference.

If one was to sell tickets to an event where he was getting his ar** kicked one would probably be running a bigger event than his own.

osarusan · 26-04-2017 12:10PM

jmayo wrote: »

That lad has some head on him.
How he can equate a multi site event that runs over a period of a month to his one site few day conference.

From reading the linked article, I don't think he was equating them, just giving an example of an event that is mobile.

But whatever, I don't care about him or the event, so I don't really care if he gets criticised for it.

namloc1980 · 06-06-2017 11:02PM

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Paddy and his Circus are coming back. Wonder what happened in Lisbon?

c_man · 06-06-2017 11:04PM

The Web Summit is a big load of sh!te. Spent years in a MNC, it was a jolly to get up to it but mainly for the days off. It was 99% bs in stands.

Bonavox · 06-06-2017 11:05PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

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Paddy and his Circus are coming back. Wonder what happened in Lisbon?

Different conference. Web Summit is still Lisbon, this is MoneyConf.

Web Summit quits Dublin

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