{
  "desk": "curator",
  "agent": "curator@web-summit.vicky",
  "run": "2026-11-04T19:45Z",
  "for": "the journalist (Indi's side), via newsroom@web-summit.dinis",
  "covers": {
    "files": [
      {
        "repository": "SGit-AI/SGit-AI__Website__Web-Summit",
        "branch": "dev",
        "path": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
        "captures": 19
      },
      {
        "repository": "SGit-AI/SGit-AI__Website__Web-Summit",
        "branch": "dev",
        "path": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1546.json",
        "captures": 3
      }
    ],
    "captures": 22,
    "not_covered": "The research vault 41j3e9s9: its read key is not yet listed in people/vicky/vaults.json on the team's site (read 4 November 2026, 19:30 UTC), so this run maps only the researcher's two earlier files. The researcher's report says the vault holds 21 captures made from these same 22 (the two websummit.com/essentials/venue/ captures as one); they will be mapped from the vault once its read key is listed, and anything new in it then."
  },
  "rules": "Every fact here is from a capture, as the researcher wrote it; the curator added none, checked none and rewrote no source (checking is the fact-checker's job). Public material only; no contact details; people named only in their public, professional role.",
  "captures": [
    {
      "id": "r1255-01",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 0,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/essentials/venue/",
      "beat": "summit",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "The 2026 dates (9 to 12 November) and venue (MEO Arena and FIL, Parque das Nações); the venue map will be in the app.",
      "is_story": "service, not a story on its own",
      "group": "G1 participant guide"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-02",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 1,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/essentials/registration/",
      "beat": "summit",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Where and when to collect lanyards and wristbands: Lisbon airport Terminal 1 or Pavilhão de Portugal, from Saturday 7 November; bring the ticket in the app and photo ID; times may change.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G1",
      "group": "G1 participant guide"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-03",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 2,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/essentials/the-city/",
      "beat": "summit",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit",
        "Metropolitano de Lisboa",
        "Carris"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Getting there: Oriente metro (red line) about 300 metres from the MEO Arena; Carris shuttle and lines; a discounted 1, 3 or 5 day transport pass.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G1",
      "group": "G1 participant guide"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-04",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 3,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/essentials/venue/",
      "beat": "summit",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Inside the venue: small bags, two bag drops, cashless stands, free wifi in the MEO Arena, own food and reusable cup allowed, lost and found in Pavilion 5.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G1",
      "group": "G1 participant guide"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-05",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 4,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/essentials/app/",
      "beat": "summit",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "The app holds the ticket as a QR code needed to register, builds a schedule, finds people and companies, books meetings; no built-in chat.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G1",
      "group": "G1 participant guide"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-06",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 5,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/tickets/",
      "beat": "summit",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Three public passes and their prices as read (General 1,595, VIP 1,950, Chairperson 24,950 euros).",
      "is_story": "no: reference only, five days out; kept as a fact for the summit's logistics page",
      "group": "none"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-07",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 6,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/tracks/",
      "beat": "summit",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "17 content tracks over four days, including AI Summit, Policy Summit, Cybersecurity Summit, Energy Summit, Health Summit, MoneyConf, Venture Summit, Developer Summit.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G2",
      "group": "G2 the programme"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-08",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 7,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/schedule/",
      "beat": "summit",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "The schedule is live and grows weekly; a meetup for first-time attendees on Tuesday 10 November at 11am.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G1 and G2",
      "group": "G2 the programme"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-09",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 8,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/blog/news/web-summits-first-state-of-the-industry-survey-finds-tech-torn-on-ai/",
      "beat": "announcements",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "First State of the Industry survey (1,455 respondents, 22 October 2026): 55% say AI strengthens their critical thinking, 60% say it has increased their workload; 70,000+ attendees from 100+ countries and 10,000 startups expected.",
      "is_story": "yes",
      "group": "G3 the summit in numbers"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-10",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 9,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/blog/marketing/creator-programme-web-summit-2026/",
      "beat": "announcements",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "16 digital creators in the Creator Programme (announced 21 October 2026) will document Lisbon live from the floor.",
      "is_story": "small: a line in G2 or the agenda; no creator is named in the capture",
      "group": "G2 the programme"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-11",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 10,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/blog/startups-investors/how-we-select-our-startups/",
      "beat": "summit",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "In 2025 over 22,000 startups applied to the startup programme and about 2,700 were accepted, in ALPHA, BETA and GROWTH.",
      "is_story": "yes, as context for G3 and G4",
      "group": "G3 the summit in numbers"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-12",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 11,
      "source_url": "https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/events/web-summit-2026-2026-11-09_en",
      "beat": "europe",
      "names": [
        "HaDEA (European Health and Digital Executive Agency)"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "HaDEA at stand E418, Pavilion 4, all week; a session on EU funding for technological sovereignty on 11 November at 15.30 with four EU-funded projects.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G5",
      "group": "G5 Europe at the summit"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-13",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 12,
      "source_url": "https://tek.sapo.pt/extras/site-do-dia/artigos/road-2-web-summit-2026-ja-aceita-candidaturas-de-startups-portuguesas-para-mais-uma-edicao/",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "names": [
        "Startup Portugal",
        "Web Summit",
        "Galp"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Road 2 Web Summit, 11th edition: up to 125 Portuguese startups, a bootcamp in Porto and Lisbon, 50% off ALPHA or BETA, space on the Portugal stand; in 2025, 115 startups raised 40 million euros; Galp sponsors two prizes (15,000 and 5,000 euros).",
      "is_story": "yes, lead capture of G4",
      "group": "G4 Portugal's startups at the summit"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-14",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 13,
      "source_url": "https://startupportugal.com/pt/programs/road-2-web-summit-pt/",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "names": [
        "Startup Portugal",
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Startup Portugal's own description of Road 2 Web Summit: more than 1,000 startups helped to international exposure over more than ten years.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G4 (the programme's own page)",
      "group": "G4 Portugal's startups at the summit"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-15",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 14,
      "source_url": "https://portugalstartupnews.com/2026/11/03/granter-secures-e1-6m-to-expand-its-ai-grant-platform-into-spain-germany-and-italy/",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "names": [
        "Granter",
        "3xP Global (Impact Innovation Fund)",
        "Banco Português de Fomento",
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Granter, PITCH winner in November 2025, raised 1.6 million euros to expand into Spain, Germany and Italy (reported 3 November 2026).",
      "is_story": "yes, lead capture of G6",
      "group": "G6 Portuguese startups raising"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-16",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 15,
      "source_url": "https://portugalstartupnews.com/2026/11/02/seamoretech-raises-e1-1m-to-recover-freshwater-and-minerals-from-desalination-waste-plans-spain-launch/",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "names": [
        "Seamoretech",
        "University of Porto"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Seamoretech, a University of Porto spin-off recovering freshwater and minerals from desalination brine, raised 1.1 million euros in a first seed closing; commercial launch in Spain planned for 2027.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G6",
      "group": "G6 Portuguese startups raising"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-17",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 16,
      "source_url": "https://portugalstartupnews.com/2026/11/01/algarve-evolution-aims-to-support-500-companies-and-help-create-150-startups-by-2032-in-push-beyond-tourism/",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "names": [
        "Algarve Evolution"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Algarve Evolution (Faro) aims to support 500 companies, help create 150 startups and reach 50,000 people in the Algarve by 2032, beyond tourism.",
      "is_story": "yes, for the Portugal banner; no link to the summit in the capture",
      "group": "G7 the Portugal banner"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-18",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 17,
      "source_url": "https://portugalstartupnews.com/2026/10/27/winners-announced-for-2026-entrepreneurship-awards-by-unicorn-factory-lisboa/",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "names": [
        "Unicorn Factory Lisboa",
        "BloodFlow",
        "knok",
        "RTBeamTech",
        "Técnico Innovation Center"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Unicorn Factory Lisboa's 2026 Entrepreneurship Awards (27 October, its fourth anniversary): BloodFlow (most promising), knok (most impactful), RTBeamTech (youth).",
      "is_story": "yes, for the Portugal banner",
      "group": "G7 the Portugal banner"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1255-19",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1255.json",
      "index": 18,
      "source_url": "https://portugalstartupnews.com/2026/10/23/intuitivo-raises-e1-35m-to-expand-into-brazil-with-a-platform-that-cuts-teachers-workload/",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "names": [
        "Intuitivo",
        "Caixa Capital",
        "Impact Innovation Fund",
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Intuitivo, a past PITCH winner, raised 1.35 million euros to expand into Brazil; its platform serves 500+ schools and 75,000 teachers in Portugal.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G6",
      "group": "G6 Portuguese startups raising"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1546-01",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1546.json",
      "index": 0,
      "source_url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/digitaleu-web-summit-2026-supporting-businesses-and-startups-grow-and-innovate",
      "beat": "europe",
      "names": [
        "European Commission (DG CONNECT, DG GROW)",
        "HaDEA",
        "EuroHPC"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "DG CONNECT at the summit 10 to 12 November; EVP Henna Virkkunen in a fireside chat on Europe's tech sovereignty, Centre Stage, 10 November 11:05; EU masterclasses on data spaces for SMEs, building AI in Europe, HaDEA funding and free EuroHPC access; stands E415, E418, E405 in Pavilion 4.",
      "is_story": "yes, lead capture of G5",
      "group": "G5 Europe at the summit"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1546-02",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1546.json",
      "index": 1,
      "source_url": "https://english.rvo.nl/events/web-summit-2026-lisbon",
      "beat": "europe",
      "names": [
        "Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)",
        "Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs",
        "Embassy of the Netherlands in Lisbon"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "A Dutch delegation with an NL Lounge, matchmaking, a welcome event on 9 November and a networking event on 11 November; registration closed.",
      "is_story": "yes, as part of G5 (a second country's delegation)",
      "group": "G5 Europe at the summit"
    },
    {
      "id": "r1546-03",
      "file": "people/vicky/newsroom/researcher/2026-11-04-1546.json",
      "index": 2,
      "source_url": "https://websummit.com/blog/news/women-are-leading-in-tech-so-why-are-so-many-considering-leaving/",
      "beat": "announcements",
      "names": [
        "Web Summit"
      ],
      "what_is_new": "Seventh Gender in Tech report (27 October 2026): 84% report women in leadership at their company, 35% at C-suite level; half still experience sexism and 42% have considered scaling back or leaving.",
      "is_story": "yes, with care: the positive figures lead, the harder ones stay in so the story is fair",
      "group": "G8 women leading in tech"
    }
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  "duplicates_and_noise": [
    {
      "captures": [
        "r1255-01",
        "r1255-04"
      ],
      "verdict": "kept both, grouped",
      "why": "Same source (websummit.com/essentials/venue/), different facts: where the venue is, and the rules inside it. Not a duplicate; the researcher merged them into one capture in the vault."
    },
    {
      "captures": [
        "r1255-13",
        "r1255-14"
      ],
      "verdict": "kept both, grouped",
      "why": "Same programme (Road 2 Web Summit) from a news story and from the organiser's own page; they agree and add different facts. One story, two sources."
    },
    {
      "captures": [
        "r1255-12",
        "r1546-01"
      ],
      "verdict": "kept both, grouped; the HaDEA stand (E418) is said twice",
      "why": "The Commission page repeats HaDEA's stand; the HaDEA page alone has its 11 November 15.30 session. The overlap is one fact, not a whole capture."
    },
    {
      "captures": [
        "r1255-06"
      ],
      "verdict": "not a story",
      "why": "Ticket prices: a reference fact for the summit's logistics page, not news, and of little use to someone already holding a pass five days out. Not dropped from the record."
    },
    {
      "captures": [
        "r1255-10"
      ],
      "verdict": "too thin for its own story",
      "why": "The capture names no creator and no programme detail beyond the count; a line in the programme piece or the agenda."
    },
    {
      "captures": [],
      "verdict": "no noise dropped",
      "why": "Every capture is on a beat, public and sourced; nothing was off topic or a repeat of a whole capture."
    }
  ],
  "story_candidates": [
    {
      "id": "S1",
      "title": "Web Summit Lisbon: your first day, from airport to arena",
      "beat": "summit",
      "angle": "A practical, friendly guide for participants: where to collect a wristband from Saturday, the metro stop 300 metres away, what to bring, the app that holds your ticket, and the first-timers' meetup on Tuesday. Brief 2's first principle: value for the participant.",
      "rests_on": [
        "r1255-01",
        "r1255-02",
        "r1255-03",
        "r1255-04",
        "r1255-05",
        "r1255-08"
      ],
      "note": "The registration capture says times may change: keep that line in the story.",
      "words": 10
    },
    {
      "id": "S2",
      "title": "Europe arrives in Pavilion 4: the Commission's week at Web Summit",
      "beat": "europe",
      "angle": "Europe shows up to help builders: a fireside chat on tech sovereignty on Centre Stage, masterclasses on AI, data spaces and free supercomputer access, EU funding sessions, and three stands side by side; and a Dutch delegation with its own lounge. Dinis's 'massive push' on Europe.",
      "rests_on": [
        "r1546-01",
        "r1255-12",
        "r1546-02"
      ],
      "words": 11
    },
    {
      "id": "S3",
      "title": "Road 2 Web Summit: Portugal's startups head for Lisbon",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "angle": "Eleven editions of a programme that brings up to 125 Portuguese startups to the summit, with a bootcamp, a place on the Portugal stand and prizes; last year's cohort of 115 raised 40 million euros.",
      "rests_on": [
        "r1255-13",
        "r1255-14"
      ],
      "note": "Not known from the captures: this year's selected startups and the size of the Portugal stand (see gaps).",
      "words": 9
    },
    {
      "id": "S4",
      "title": "From the PITCH stage to new markets: Portuguese startups raising",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "angle": "Two past PITCH winners, Granter and Intuitivo, and Porto's Seamoretech have each closed rounds to grow abroad (Spain, Germany, Italy, Brazil): Portuguese startups taking their ideas to new markets.",
      "rests_on": [
        "r1255-15",
        "r1255-19",
        "r1255-16"
      ],
      "note": "Seamoretech has no Web Summit link in its capture: either say so or keep it to the two PITCH winners.",
      "words": 10
    },
    {
      "id": "S5",
      "title": "Web Summit 2026 in numbers: 70,000 people, 10,000 startups",
      "beat": "announcements",
      "angle": "The scale of the week, from Web Summit's own figures: 70,000+ attendees from 100+ countries, 10,000 startups, 17 tracks; and what its first State of the Industry survey found about AI at work (55% say it sharpens their thinking).",
      "rests_on": [
        "r1255-09",
        "r1255-07",
        "r1255-11"
      ],
      "note": "Report the survey fairly: 60% also say AI increased their workload. The 2025 startup numbers are last year's; say so.",
      "words": 9
    },
    {
      "id": "S6",
      "title": "Gender in Tech report: 84% see women in leadership",
      "beat": "announcements",
      "angle": "Web Summit's seventh Gender in Tech report: most respondents now see women in leadership, a third at C-suite level. Lead with that progress, and report the rest (half still face sexism, 42% have considered leaving) as the report does, so the story is positive and fair.",
      "rests_on": [
        "r1546-03"
      ],
      "note": "The 84% is of respondents reporting women in leadership at their company, not of companies; the title keeps that wording.",
      "words": 9
    },
    {
      "id": "S7",
      "title": "The Portugal banner: awards, funding and the Algarve's plan",
      "beat": "portugal",
      "angle": "Short items for the Portugal banner (brief 6): Unicorn Factory Lisboa's 2026 awards (BloodFlow, knok, RTBeamTech), Algarve Evolution's plan to help create 150 startups by 2032, and the funding rounds in S4.",
      "rests_on": [
        "r1255-18",
        "r1255-17",
        "r1255-15",
        "r1255-16",
        "r1255-19"
      ],
      "kind": "banner items, not one article",
      "words": 9
    }
  ],
  "gaps_for_the_researcher": [
    "Portugal's own stand or delegation for Lisbon 2026: size, location, who is on it (still not found in either run).",
    "Any Portuguese government announcement or programme tied to the summit (still not found).",
    "This year's Road 2 Web Summit cohort: which startups were selected, and any announcement of the Galp prizes' winners.",
    "Whether Granter, Intuitivo, Seamoretech or the Unicorn Factory Lisboa winners are exhibiting or pitching at Web Summit 2026 (needed to tie S4 and S7 to the summit).",
    "The rest of the public programme for 9 to 12 November: opening night, Centre Stage headliners, PITCH finals dates, beyond the Commission's sessions.",
    "Other countries' delegations and pavilions beyond the Netherlands (Europe beat).",
    "The companies in the team's data/companies.json: no capture yet names any of them; the company pages (brief 9, step 3) need what is new for each.",
    "Who links to the newsroom (brief 7, inbound links): not yet researched."
  ],
  "urgent": null
}