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September 5, 2025

The Next Web conference shuts down

The Amsterdam tech conference won’t be back in 2026

Amy Lewin

2 min read

The Next Web (TNW), the annual Amsterdam tech conference bought by the Financial Times in 2019, is shutting down.

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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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