Viva Technology

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Viva Technology, or VivaTech, is an annual technology conference, dedicated to innovation and startups, held in Paris, France. VivaTech was founded in 2016 by Publicis Groupe and Groupe Les Echos.[1]. The first two days of VivaTech are for startups, investors, executives, students and academics, and it is open to the general public on the third day.[2]

2016

The first year of VivaTech was held from 30 June to 2 July 2016 in Paris, and gathered 45,000 visitors including 5,000 startup companies.[3]

2017

In 2017, VivaTech was held at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from 14 to 16 June in Paris. In attendance were 6,000 startup firms, 1,400 investors, and 1,500 journalists. French President Emmanuel Macron delivered the keynote address and announced the creation of a 10-billion Euro fund for innovation and the launch of a French technology visa for international entrepreneurs.[3]

One thousand startups were exhibited in 20 open innovation “labs” sponsored by corporate groups (AccorHotels, Air France, KLM, Airbus, BNPP, La Poste, Cisco, Engie, Carrefour, LVMH, RATP Group, SNCF, Sodexo, Sanofi, Orange, TF1, Talan, Pari mutuel urbain, Vinci Energies, Valeo).[4]

Speakers including Eric Schmidt, Daniel Zhang and John Collison were also in attendance.[5]

2018

In 2018, VivaTech took place from 24 to 26 May in Paris. Over 100,000 visitors and over 300 speakers attended the third edition of the event including Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, Dara Khosrowshahi, Ginni Rometty, Chuck Robbins and Bill McDermott.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "VivaTech concentrates France's booming tech scene, and its mind", TechCrunch, 1 July 2016
  2. ↑ http://www.publicisgroupe.com/en/news/press-releases/viva-technology-over-100-000-people-from-all-over-the-world-at-the-rendezvous-for-innovation-and-startups
  3. 1 2 "Emmanuel Macron's Call to Action: Viva Technology!", Forbes, 18 June 2017
  4. ↑ "Viva Technology" is coming back to Paris with its ginormous tech conference", TechCrunch, 21 February 2017
  5. ↑ "Viva Technology is coming back to Paris with its ginormous tech conference". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ↑ http://www.publicisgroupe.com/en/news/press-releases/viva-technology-over-100-000-people-from-all-over-the-world-at-the-rendezvous-for-innovation-and-startups!


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