Aug 15-16, San Mateo, CA & Aug 22-23, Live Online

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The WorldFestival Startup Awards Program is the largest global virtual startup awards competition (3,000 applying startups and 30,000 voters over our 3-year program), and this year the final round demos take place in Silicon Valley!

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VIRTUAL ONLINE

3 Years of WorldFestival Startup Awards Program:
3,000+ Startup Applications
100+ Award Recipients
30,000 Committee Voters and Crowd Voters
100+ Technology Innovation Talks
100+ Nations of Startup Award Qualifiers

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WorldFestival Startup Finals Demos
25+ Top Startup Demos & Pitches
1,500+ On-Site Attendees for Startup Demos and CloudX Innovation Conference Talks

2023 Nominations Now Closed

The World Festival 2023 Startup Awards Program is the world’s largest startup awards event identifying and recognizing global innovation, with 15,000+ global members and our judging committee voting on 3,000+ startup companies worldwide, ultimately selecting the Top 50 Startups.

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2023 Keynote Speakers

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Jeetu Patel

EVP and General Manager, Security & Collaboration @ Cisco

Erik Huberman

CEO and Founder @ Hawke Media

Matt Biilmann

CEO @ Netlify

Karen Hsu

SVP Mobile DevOps & Security Solutions @ Appdome

Robert Hodges

CEO @ Altinity

Shan Anwar

Principal Software Engineer @ Intuit

Deepthi Panthula

Senior Product Manager @ Intuit

Marcus Merrell

VP of Tech Strategy @ Sauce Labs

Jared Reimer

Founder & CTO @ Cascadeo

Jason Harmon

CTO @ Stoplight

Matt Spitz

Head of Engineering @ Vanta

Carl-Gustaf Harroch

Founder/Managing Director @ Novoda

Heather Hinton

Chief Information Security Officer @ PagerDuty

Jeetu Patel

EVP and General Manager, Security & Collaboration @ Cisco

Erik Huberman

CEO and Founder @ Hawke Media

Matt Biilmann

CEO @ Netlify

Karen Hsu

SVP Mobile DevOps & Security Solutions @ Appdome

Robert Hodges

CEO @ Altinity

Shan Anwar

Principal Software Engineer @ Intuit

Deepthi Panthula

Senior Product Manager @ Intuit

Marcus Merrell

VP of Tech Strategy @ Sauce Labs

Jared Reimer

Founder & CTO @ Cascadeo

Jason Harmon

CTO @ Stoplight

Matt Spitz

Head of Engineering @ Vanta

Carl-Gustaf Harroch

Founder/Managing Director @ Novoda

Heather Hinton

Chief Information Security Officer @ PagerDuty

Marcus Merrell

VP of Tech Strategy @ Sauce Labs

About WorldFestival?

Technology innovation moves the world forward. WorldFestival is the global event supporting worldwide technology innovation. At the center of WorldFestival are the WorldFestival Awards, where 30,000+ virtual voters across 130+ nations discover and vote online on the top 1,000 emerging innovations of 2023! Then join 1,200+ live on-site attendees for the Startup Finals in Silicon Valley!

WorldFestival includes:

Technology Innovation Conference: Hear talks from dozens of speakers covering the newest innovations from around the world!
Executive Summit: Join thousands of global technology executives and learn about how the most successful companies scale their technology, and their technology teams.
Expo: Visit and learn about 100+ emerging technologies at our expo. Inquire about expo & sponsor opportunities here.
Awards: Discover and vote on the top 10,000 innovations of 2023, from 6 continents, competing to pitch on-stage as the Top 50 WorldFestival Startups, as well as the Top 200 Innovations. Nominate your technology here.

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our goal at WorldFestival is to accelerate world progress by connecting the globe to the newest technologies. More than ever, the entire world is a single innovation ecosystem, where one tech company’s progress can have an impact on people and companies in any nation. We connect the top emerging technologies each year to companies, people, investors, media, and communities around the world.

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