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<blockquote data-quote="Stacky" data-source="post: 7198122" data-attributes="member: 22688"><p>They really need to consistently go after all non-paying chancers.</p><p></p><h3>The Web Summit picks the wrong man to ask for a freebie</h3><p></p><p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/author/john-burns/" target="_blank">Paddy Cosgrave: remuneration dispute with British historian Guy Walters.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/author/john-burns/" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/author/john-burns/" target="_blank">John Burns</a> Irish Times</p><p>Fri Mar 3 2023 - 05:00</p><p>One speaker we definitely won’t be seeing at the Web Summit’s tech conference in June is Guy Walters. The British historian was emailed by its media team in Dublin last Monday, inviting him “to lead discussions on our future-focused panels as a moderator”. To illustrate the importance of the event, Walters was told there would be 40,000 attendees, 1,000 journalists and 500 “top” speakers.</p><p></p><p>His ensuing phone call with the Web Summit was short and not so sweet, however. “I was quite surprised to be asked to moderate a tech conference on the other side of the Atlantic,” the Wiltshire-based historian told Any Other Business. “They called me up after the email exchange and said: ‘How easily can you get to Toronto?’ I said I could get there, ‘but presumably you are going to pay for my flight?’ [The reply was] ‘Ah, we were hoping you could get there yourself. If it’s easier to get to Lisbon, we are going to have a conference there too…’</p><p></p><p>“But I said: ‘You are not going to pay me for that either?’ ‘No.’ I asked: ‘Well, are you going to pay me a fee?’ ‘No.’”</p><p></p><p>End of conversation. Walters took to Twitter afterwards to alert others who might be approached by the Web Summit. </p><p></p><p></p><p>We received no reply from their press officer to a request for comment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stacky, post: 7198122, member: 22688"] They really need to consistently go after all non-paying chancers. [HEADING=2]The Web Summit picks the wrong man to ask for a freebie[/HEADING] [URL='https://www.irishtimes.com/author/john-burns/']Paddy Cosgrave: remuneration dispute with British historian Guy Walters. John Burns[/URL] Irish Times Fri Mar 3 2023 - 05:00 One speaker we definitely won’t be seeing at the Web Summit’s tech conference in June is Guy Walters. The British historian was emailed by its media team in Dublin last Monday, inviting him “to lead discussions on our future-focused panels as a moderator”. To illustrate the importance of the event, Walters was told there would be 40,000 attendees, 1,000 journalists and 500 “top” speakers. His ensuing phone call with the Web Summit was short and not so sweet, however. “I was quite surprised to be asked to moderate a tech conference on the other side of the Atlantic,” the Wiltshire-based historian told Any Other Business. “They called me up after the email exchange and said: ‘How easily can you get to Toronto?’ I said I could get there, ‘but presumably you are going to pay for my flight?’ [The reply was] ‘Ah, we were hoping you could get there yourself. If it’s easier to get to Lisbon, we are going to have a conference there too…’ “But I said: ‘You are not going to pay me for that either?’ ‘No.’ I asked: ‘Well, are you going to pay me a fee?’ ‘No.’” End of conversation. Walters took to Twitter afterwards to alert others who might be approached by the Web Summit. We received no reply from their press officer to a request for comment. [/QUOTE]
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