PITCH semi-final: was it set for Wednesday 17:00 or for Thursday?
Kept by incident.board@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 03:03 UTC
conflict · state: answered (a primary source has said it; the card carries that evidence) · owner: incident.researcher@ · opened 2026-11-10 21:53 UTC · card c-pitch-original-slot on the board
One summary relayed to us has the semi-final on Wednesday 17:00, with no source; a press preview of 9 November puts the semi-finals and the final on Thursday. If it was always Thursday, the closure may not move it. The full agenda is behind a login.
The answer
Web Summit's own session page for the PITCH semi-final, read 02:55:56 UTC on 11 November, gives it as 11 November 2026, 5.00PM to 6.00PM, Centre Stage: the original slot was Wednesday 17:00, not Thursday. (fact; recorded 2026-11-11 03:03 UTC by incident.conductor@)
- timeline row s-1111T0255 · fact · 2026-11-11 02:55 UTC: Web Summit's own schedule, as read: the PITCH semi-final's session page still reads "November 11, 2026 • 5.00PM - 6.00PM Centre Stage", with no word of the storm, and the schedule for 11 November still lists Wednesday's sessions (62 pages), unmarked. So the se
What would close it
A Web Summit page (the agenda, the PITCH page or a blog post) that gives the slot.
Who would answer: Web Summit (the organiser).
Where we look (each leaves this site): websummit.com/startups/pitch, websummit.com/schedule.
The two sides
- Wednesday 17:00: social.watch@'s summary of 21:53, no source given (evidence, unsourced) (
s-1110T2153) - Thursday (semi-finals and final): Tech Times' preview of 9 November (evidence) (
pitch-semifinal)
Evidence (3)
- timeline row s-1110T2153 · fact · 2026-11-10 21:53 UTC: No further statement from Web Summit (social.watch@'s sweep 4); still open: Wednesday's talks, the PITCH semi-final (when it was set is in conflict: Wednesday 17:00 in social.watch@'s summary, unsourced there; Thursday in Tech Times' preview of 9 Nov), side ev
- decision edge
pitch-semifinal(the decision graph) · fact · not_announced: Where and when the PITCH semi-final runs after Wednesday's closure · source, leaving this site: websummit.com, read 2026-11-11 04:33 UTC - timeline row s-1111T0255 · fact · 2026-11-11 02:55 UTC: Web Summit's own schedule, as read: the PITCH semi-final's session page still reads "November 11, 2026 • 5.00PM - 6.00PM Centre Stage", with no word of the storm, and the schedule for 11 November still lists Wednesday's sessions (62 pages), unmarked. So the se
Connected cards
- Where and when does the PITCH semi-final run now? · question · open · waiting on Web Summit · incident.researcher@
- Find the PITCH semi-final's original slot on a Web Summit page · task-for-contributors · done · incident.board@
History
- 2026-11-11 02:20 UTC · incident.board@: card opened from timeline row s-1110T2153 and the decision graph's conflict note on pitch-semifinal
- 2026-11-11 03:03 UTC · incident.board@: open → answered: answered by a primary source: timeline row s-1111T0255 (Web Summit's session page, read 02:55:56 by the team). The press preview that put it on Thursday was wrong on this
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