The first summit took place on 15 and 16 February 2017, at the Convention Centre Dublin in the city's Silicon Docks area.

[2] Irish telecom firm Eir (Eircom Limited) was a founding partner of the Dublin Tech Summit and a lead sponsor.

[3] The event is one of many vying to fill the void left by the controversial departure of the Web Summit to Lisbon, Portugal after 2016.

[6] It is reputedly focused on attracting speakers, startups, exhibitors, sponsors, and investors, covering a number of themes, including: emerging technologies, machine learning, space exploration, "Tech for Good", "Diversity in Tech", big data and analytics.

[7] In its inaugural event, two-thirds of the 10,000 attendees came from outside Ireland, and 48% were female, with DTS reportedly attempting to encourage attendance from under-represented groups in the tech industry.