Start-up events worth visiting in 2020

CES 2020

January 7-10, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

It is the world’s largest IT exhibition, attracting 4,400 tech companies and over 170,000 visitors. Eureka Park, a dedicated startup hall, attracts more than 1,200 startups from around the world, increasing the proportion of startup participation every year.

MWC Barcelona

February 24-27, Barcelona, Spain

This is the world’s largest mobile conference held in Barcelona, Spain every February, and is an event that attracts 2,400 tech companies and 100,000 visitors. MWC 2020 was canceled for the first time in 33 years due to Corona 19.

SXSW

March 13-22, Austin, Texas, USA

It started as a small music festival in 1987 and developed into a music festival that encompasses various fields such as film and cultural technology. 20,000 people from 50 countries around the world participate.

Rise

Scheduled for March 2021, Hong Kong

Rise, the largest tech conference in Asia, is an event created using the Web Summit Network and is a festival for startups who want to know the Asian market. It is reported that this year’s event will not be held for protests in Hong Kong.

Viva Technology

June 11-13, Paris, France

France’s largest innovation technology conference starting in 2016. It is a conference where IT companies and startups gather in one place, with French President Macron, Facebook Mark Jukeberg, and MS Satia Nadella as lecturers.

TNW Conference

18-19 June, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Online Tech Media European Tech Conference hosted by The Next Web. Starting from a small technology network in 2006, it has grown into a representative technology conference in Europe with 20,000 people from around the world.

Collision

June 22-25, Toronto, Canada

This is a fast-growing tech conference in North America, marking its fifth year in 2020. It is another technical event created by the web summit management team.

Startup fest

July 14-18, Montreal, Canada

Startup Fest is the largest startup festival held in Montreal, Canada in July. There are elevator pitches, workshops, and conferences.

Websummit

2-5 November, Lisbon, Portugal

It is the largest technology conference in the world.

Slush

November 19-20, Helsinki, Finland

Europe’s largest startup festival is held in Helsinki, Finland. It is famous for its conferences and startup pitching under the brilliant lighting reminiscent of a concert hall.

Come up

Scheduled for November, Seoul, Korea

The first Korean startup festival held in 2019. You can meet Korea’s leading startups and entrepreneurs by field.