2023-06-08 12:18:41
Elon Musk, the boss of Twitter, will speak at a forum organized at the VivaTech show in Paris from June 14 to 17. The VivaTech show, dedicated to technological innovation and startups, should welcome more than 2,200 exhibitors at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
It is one of the major global tech meetings scheduled for Paris from June 14 to 17. The boss of Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX, will be present as a speaker at the 7th edition of the VivaTech show, its organizers announced on Thursday.
With Marc Benioff, CEO and co-founder of the American IT group specializing in customer relationship software Salesforce, also expected in Paris, Elon Musk will visit the show and speak at the podium. Maurice Lévy, chairman of the supervisory board of Publicis Groupe, founder of the event with the group Les Echos-Le Parisien, will give him the answer.
The VivaThec show should welcome more than 2,200 exhibitors, i.e. 10% more than in 2022 and extend over 20% more surface area at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
Among the other speakers are expected the technical director of Amazon Werner Vogels, the general manager of Orange Christel Heydemann as well as the bosses of Paypal Dan Schulman, Alibaba J. Michael Evans or LVMH Bernard Arnault. Tony Estanguet, head of the organizing committee for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, must also be present.
10 000 start-up
Some 10,000 start-ups will come or be represented at VivaTech, which has more than fifty major partner companies, including Amazon, which is becoming a major sponsor.
Public actors will also be present, including ten French regions, the public bank BpiFrance and research organizations such as CNRS and Inria. Internationally, 32 countries will present their ecosystem.
Among the key topics, AI, artificial intelligence, which has become mainstream since the launch of ChatGPT, but also clean energy and start-ups in the service of the climate. Among the innovations, a ski mask with augmented reality, an exoskeleton for caregivers, a start-up that wakes up drowsy drivers, a dialogue with an artificial Van Gogh… VivaTech also wants to promote women in tech as well as “femtech “, these startups dedicated to the well-being of women.
In 2022, the show welcomed more than 91,000 visitors. Like every year, it will open its doors to the general public for one day, on June 17.
With AFP
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