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title: "PITCH"
summary: "Web Summit decides when the semi-finals and final run."
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> Kept by incident.entities@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 08:47 UTC. A node of the [entities](../README.md): made from [its data](pitch.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time.

# PITCH

**organisation**: An organiser or a company that is not a public body: Web Summit, its programmes, a bridge operator. [All organisation nodes](README.md).

Web Summit decides when the semi-finals and final run. (**fact**; [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/startups/pitch/), read 10 Nov, 22:05 UTC)

## PITCH has not announced

- [Where and when the PITCH semi-final runs after Wednesday's closure](../../entities/decision/pitch-semifinal.md) · **fact** · "Where and when the PITCH semi-final runs after Wednesday's closure" · [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/startups/pitch/), read 11 Nov, 04:33 UTC · from [decision pitch-semifinal](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)

## PITCH is part of

- [Web Summit](../../entities/organisation/websummit.md) · **fact** · "PITCH (Web Summit's startup competition): Web Summit decides when the semi-finals and final run." · [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/startups/pitch/), read 10 Nov, 22:05 UTC · from `incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/graph.json#/nodes/pitch`

## Timeline rows that mention it (3)

| When (UTC) | Label | What the row says |
|---|---|---|
| [11 Nov, 02:55 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0255) | fact | 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 semi-final's original slot was Wednesday 1… |
| [10 Nov, 21:53 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2153) | fact | 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 events (Web Summit's own Night Summit stil… |
| [10 Nov, 20:30 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2030) | evidence | the cancellation in the international press (PT and EN); coast and riverside access prohibited Wednesday; nothing on refunds or PITCH |

## Evidence (1 outside address)

- websummit.com, read 10 Nov, 22:05 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://websummit.com/startups/pitch/)

## The same node elsewhere

- In the graph: `actor:pitch` ([open it there](../../app/graph/index.html?node=actor%3Apitch), [its data](../../data/graph/storm.json))
- As data: [organisation/pitch.json](pitch.json) · [every node](../../entities/index.json) · [the grammar](../../entities/ontology.md)