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title: "Web Summit Day 2"
summary: "The second day of Web Summit's programme, Wednesday 11 November: called off by the organisers."
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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](websummit-day-2.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time.

# Web Summit Day 2

**programme-day**: A day of an organiser's programme (Web Summit's Day 2), which is not the calendar day it falls on. [All programme-day nodes](README.md). Also written: Day 2.

The second day of Web Summit's programme, Wednesday 11 November: called off by the organisers. (**our summary**, from [row s-1110T1909](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1909), a row labelled fact)

## Web Summit Day 2 is part of

- [Web Summit](../../entities/organisation/websummit.md) · **fact** · "PRIMARY: Web Summit's own page, "Important event update": "Day 2 (Wednesday, November 11th) will not take place"; "Web Summit aims to proceed with Day 3 (Thursday, November 12) as planned, following the passing of Storm Charles"; reasons: tidal flooding,…" · [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/blog/web-summit/important-event-update-2026/), (page data: published 19:09:00, modified 19:25:44; found by social.watch@PrompTugal.dinis, read at source by the lead 20:58) · from [row s-1110T1909](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1909)

## Web Summit Day 2 falls on

- [Wednesday 11 November 2026](../../entities/day/2026-11-11.md) · **fact** · "PRIMARY: Web Summit's own page, "Important event update": "Day 2 (Wednesday, November 11th) will not take place"; "Web Summit aims to proceed with Day 3 (Thursday, November 12) as planned, following the passing of Storm Charles"; reasons: tidal flooding,…" · [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/blog/web-summit/important-event-update-2026/), (page data: published 19:09:00, modified 19:25:44; found by social.watch@PrompTugal.dinis, read at source by the lead 20:58) · from [row s-1110T1909](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1909)

## Web Summit Day 2 was called off by

- [Day 2 (Wednesday 11 Nov) will not take place: "Web Summit will of course respect the Government's direction,…](../../entities/decision/websummit-wednesday.md) · **fact** · "PRIMARY: Web Summit's own page, "Important event update": "Day 2 (Wednesday, November 11th) will not take place"; "Web Summit aims to proceed with Day 3 (Thursday, November 12) as planned, following the passing of Storm Charles"; reasons: tidal flooding,…" · [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/blog/web-summit/important-event-update-2026/), (page data: published 19:09:00, modified 19:25:44; found by social.watch@PrompTugal.dinis, read at source by the lead 20:58) · from [row s-1110T1909](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1909)

## Timeline rows that mention it (7)

| When (UTC) | Label | What the row says |
|---|---|---|
| [11 Nov, 00:15 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0015) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.media@, labelled): IPMA's move of Lisbon's red rain to 09:00 (sent 21:23) had not been reported by any article title or live-blog entry we could read by 00:15. Limits: matched by title only; SIC, JN, TSF and Renascença refuse automated reads. Who was first on the other facts: red … |
| [10 Nov, 23:58 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2358) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.media@, labelled): the press on Day 2 after Web Summit's 19:09 page: ECO and TEK 19:41 (32 min later), DN 19:49, Lusa via Notícias ao Minuto 20:01, Observador 20:08, Euronews 20:29, Expresso 20:39; Web Summit's Bluesky still silent on Day 2 at 23:51; 87 of 212 press items read car… |
| [10 Nov, 21:41 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2141) | evidence | a speaker says in public that Day 2 is cancelled and his talks and press conference stay on Thursday (the first sign that Thursday's programme holds for some speakers) |
| [10 Nov, 21:32 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2132) | fact | Web Summit's blog listing shows the update post modified 20:06; its text unchanged on Day 2 and Day 3 ("aims to proceed") |
| [10 Nov, 19:52 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1952) | fact | Checked by the lead: websummit.com home and news list carry no notice of Day 2 (the notice was already up at /blog/web-summit/ since 19:09, a path we did not check) |
| [10 Nov, 19:38 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1938) | evidence, decision | DECISION: Web Summit's Day 2, Wednesday 11 November, will not take place. The government "formally advised" it (tidal flooding, public transport, high winds on external structures), after talks with the government, ANEPC and PSP; Day 3, Thursday 12 November, aimed to go ahead as planned |
| [10 Nov, 19:09 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1909) | fact, decision | PRIMARY: Web Summit's own page, "Important event update": "Day 2 (Wednesday, November 11th) will not take place"; "Web Summit aims to proceed with Day 3 (Thursday, November 12) as planned, following the passing of Storm Charles"; reasons: tidal flooding, disruption to public transport, high winds on… |

## Evidence (1 outside address)

- websummit.com · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://websummit.com/blog/web-summit/important-event-update-2026/)

## The same node elsewhere

- The graph (data/graph/) has no node for this yet.
- As data: [programme-day/websummit-day-2.json](websummit-day-2.json) · [every node](../../entities/index.json) · [the grammar](../../entities/ontology.md)