TNW (The Next Web) is a website and annual series of conferences focused on new technology and start-up companies in Europe.

[2][3][4] The Next Web company was established in 2006 by co-founders Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Patrick de Laive in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and a technology news website of the same name was started in 2009.

[4] On September 6, 2021, former CEO, Boris stepped down and handed the position to Myrthe van de Erve who was the former COO.

[2] Speakers at TNW Conferences have included Gary Vaynerchuk, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, and Robert Cailliau.

[10][11] In 2017, The Next Web's Amsterdam conference came under fire for making misleading statements, and having a lack of transparency about paying presenters for speaking appearances, and for having a gender gap in the number of its male and female presenters, and a gender pay gap in their compensation.