From EuroNews, June 17:
Paris officially opens its doors to the tech elite and striving startups as the VivaTech conference kicks off on Wednesday.
From Jeff Bezos and Yann LeCun making appearances to artificial intelligence and tech sovereignty being high on the agenda, here is everything to watch out for at the 2026 edition.
10-year anniversary
VivaTech this year is making a big deal of turning 10, with a free event open to all on Sunday that turned the Champs-Élysées into a walkway of robots, the mobility of the future and all types of innovation.The public event is not the only one as Saturday, 20 June, is also dedicated to the general public to explore the exhibition space.
To mark the anniversary, VivaTech also changed its name, which was previously Viva Technology.
The organisers say the name change reflects that, over the past 10 years, the event has become “much more than just a gathering: a true “VivaTech Generation” has emerged, a global community of entrepreneurs, startups, investors, thought leaders, countries and students, all united by a shared desire to innovate, collaborate and build the world of tomorrow”.
Key speakers
Some of the biggest names in technology and business will be attending, including the Co-CEO of Prometheus, Jeff Bezos, one of the so–called godfathers of AI, Yann LeCun, Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch, OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger, and LVMH boss Bernard Arnault.There will also be a slew of politicians, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s digital minister Karsten Wildberger, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the European Commission’s tech executive Henna Virkkunen....
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