Ji Lee
Google

Rui Lourenço
Mtverse

Zé Fontaínhas
Automattic

David Rowan
WIRED UK

Armando Alves
Fullsix

Alfonso Wunschheim
Local.ch

Chris Busch
Sandbox Network

Boris Van Zanten
TheNextWeb

Jakub Górnicki
SourceFabric

Matthias Luefkens
World Economic Forum

Jaime Villate
University of Porto

David Demetrius
Fyronic

SWITCH will take place in Oporto. Overlooking the Douro River, Oporto is one of the most ancient European cities and was classified as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1996. Oporto combines the ancient historical centre and its landscape with an amazingly cultural and inspiring environment. We're preparing many ways for you to discover its wonders.

We're preparing an awesome networking event. You'll have about 400 people to network with, all with different backgrounds, ideas and thoughts ready to be shared. All our venue is being prepared so you can have areas to seat around, meet people, relax, and freely share your ideas. Also, we've tons of side-activities to stimulate networking between participants.

We're one of the few conferences to gather in Portugal talent from across Europe. From world-known speakers coming from top companies, to rising stars with brilliant ideas, you will have a whole set of inspiring people to lecture you but also to network with you. All speakers will be approachable throughout the whole conference. Meet them, share your ideas.