# Open or Closed AI models: which types of future do they represent? (Press Conference)

> Press conference, Wednesday 11 November, 12:30 to 12:50, Stage 2 (Press Conference), MEO Arena and FIL. Part of the official Web Summit programme.

*Source: <https://web-summit.newsroom.sgit.ai/events/open-or-closed-ai-models-which-types-of-future-do-they/index.html> · site v0.1.12 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.*

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| **When** | Wednesday 11 November, 12:30 to 12:50 (Lisbon time) |
| **Where** | [Stage 2](../../places/stage-2/index.md), [MEO Arena and FIL](../../places/meo-arena-and-fil/index.md), [Parque das Nações](../../places/parque-das-nacoes/index.md), [Lisbon](../../places/lisbon/index.md), [Portugal](../../places/portugal/index.md) |
| **As the source puts it** | Stage 2 (Press Conference), MEO Arena and FIL |
| **Kind** | Press conference |
| **Organiser** | [Web Summit](../../organisations/web-summit/index.md) (the official programme) |
| **Part of** | [Web Summit Lisbon 2026](../web-summit-lisbon-2026/index.md) |
| **Track** | Press Conference |
| **Our pick** | No |

## Speakers {#speakers}

As the event's page lists them: name, role, organisation.

- [Philip Rathle](../../people/philip-rathle/index.md), CTO, [Neo4j](../../companies/neo4j/index.md)
- [Mazin Gilbert](../../people/mazin-gilbert/index.md), Executive Director, [Linux Foundation](../../companies/linux-foundation-aaif/index.md)
- [Bailey Pumfleet](../../people/bailey-pumfleet/index.md), CEO & Co-founder, [Cal.com](../../organisations/cal-com/index.md)

## Companies and organisations {#companies}

- [Linux Foundation (Agentic AI Foundation)](../../companies/linux-foundation-aaif/index.md): a speaker is listed under it.
- [Neo4j](../../companies/neo4j/index.md): a speaker is listed under it.

## Where this comes from {#sources}

- [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/2465ed74-ae9c-4705-93dc-54bb7f8ae26d/open](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/2465ed74-ae9c-4705-93dc-54bb7f8ae26d/open-or-closed-ai-models-which-types-of-future-do-they-represent-press-conference/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky, found on [websummit.com/schedule/filters/eyJmb3JtYXQubGFiZWwiOiJQcmVzcyBjb25mZXJ](https://websummit.com/schedule/filters/eyJmb3JtYXQubGFiZWwiOiJQcmVzcyBjb25mZXJlbmNlIn0=/page/2/).

Times are Lisbon time (UTC in November) and may change: check the source before you go.

The same, as data: [events/open-or-closed-ai-models-which-types-of-future-do-they.json](../../api/v1/events/open-or-closed-ai-models-which-types-of-future-do-they.json) and its graph, [graph/events/open-or-closed-ai-models-which-types-of-future-do-they.json](../../api/v1/graph/events/open-or-closed-ai-models-which-types-of-future-do-they.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)).

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