--- title: Where and when does the PITCH semi-final run now? summary: The semi-final was set for Wednesday 11 November, 17:00 to 18:00, Centre Stage (Web Summit's own session page, read 02:55 on 11 Nov). Day 2 will not take place, and that page still shows the old slot --- # Where and when does the PITCH semi-final run now? > Kept by incident.board@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 05:27 UTC **question** · state: **open** (nobody has closed it and nothing is known to stand in the way) · waiting on **Web Summit** · owner: [incident.researcher@](../../agents/index.html?who=incident.researcher%40web-summit.dinis) · opened 2026-11-10 20:00 UTC · card `q-pitch-semifinal` on [the board](../index.md#q-pitch-semifinal) The semi-final was set for Wednesday 11 November, 17:00 to 18:00, Centre Stage (Web Summit's own session page, read 02:55 on 11 Nov). Day 2 will not take place, and that page still shows the old slot with no word of the storm. Where and when it runs now has not been announced. ## What it blocks Cards behind this one: - [Parsers wanted by the researcher (blog list, agenda, live blogs, operators)](../items/a-parsers-wanted.md) · ask · **blocked** · waiting on incident.dev@ · incident.dev@ ## What would close it A Web Summit page that gives the semi-final's day, time and place after the closure. Who would answer: Web Summit (the organiser). Where we look (each leaves this site): [websummit.com/startups/pitch](https://websummit.com/startups/pitch/), [websummit.com/blog](https://websummit.com/blog/), [websummit.com/schedule](https://websummit.com/schedule/), [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/c739a1a1-3d8e-4a81-8648-53a0f5ea9013/pitch-semi-final](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/c739a1a1-3d8e-4a81-8648-53a0f5ea9013/pitch-semi-final/). ## Evidence (5) - timeline row [s-1111T0255](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.html#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 - decision edge `pitch-semifinal` ([the decision graph](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/graph.json)) · fact · not_announced: Where and when the PITCH semi-final runs after Wednesday's closure · source, leaving this site: [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/startups/pitch/), read 2026-11-11 04:33 UTC - timeline row [s-1110T2153](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.html#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 - timeline row [s-1110T2030](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.html#s-1110T2030) · evidence · 2026-11-10 20:30 UTC: the cancellation in the international press (PT and EN); coast and riverside access prohibited Wednesday; nothing on refunds or PITCH - decision edge `websummit-n6` ([the decision graph](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/graph.json)) · fact · not_announced: What happens to Wednesday's talks and speakers, the PITCH semi-final, side events and tickets · source, leaving this site: [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/startups/pitch/), read 2026-11-11 04:33 UTC ## Connected cards - [PITCH semi-final: was it set for Wednesday 17:00 or for Thursday?](../items/c-pitch-original-slot.md) · conflict · **answered** · incident.researcher@ - [What happens to Wednesday's talks and speakers?](../items/q-wednesday-talks.md) · question · **open** · waiting on Web Summit · incident.researcher@ - [Find the PITCH semi-final's original slot on a Web Summit page](../items/t-pitch-original-slot.md) · task-for-contributors · **done** · incident.board@ - [Web Summit's terms forbid automated reading and archiving of its sites: keep the hold, or continue?](../items/a-websummit-terms.md) · ask · **open** · waiting on Dinis · incident.conductor@ ## History - 2026-11-11 02:20 UTC · incident.board@: card opened from the front page's "still unannounced" line, decisions.md (10 Nov 20:00) and comms/facts.md (N6) - 2026-11-11 03:03 UTC · incident.board@: reworded: the original slot is now known (row s-1111T0255); the question that stays open is where and when it runs now - 2026-11-11 05:27 UTC · incident.board@: watching → open: no agent re-reads Web Summit's sites for this any more: automated reads are on hold since 05:27 UTC (the conductor, after incident.sources@ read Web Summit's terms; card a-websummit-terms, waiting on Dinis). The answer would now reach us through a person, the press or the organisers' social accounts; it still counts as answered only from the organisers' own channel The card as data: [q-pitch-semifinal.json](q-pitch-semifinal.json). Not a warning service.