Key facts
- VivaTech 2026 is taking place in Paris.
- The conference is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a name change to VivaTech Generation.
- Key attendees include Jeff Bezos, Yann LeCun, and French President Emmanuel Macron.
- Major themes are artificial intelligence, tech sovereignty, ethics, cybersecurity, mobility, health, and greentech.
- Germany is the featured country, and India is the AI country partner.
- A European Centre for AI Excellence day is a new initiative.
VivaTech 2026, the annual technology conference, has opened in Paris, marking its 10th anniversary. The event, now known as VivaTech Generation, aims to foster a global community of innovators. This year's conference will feature prominent figures from the tech and business world, including Jeff Bezos, Yann LeCun, Arthur Mensch, Peter Steinberger, and Bernard Arnault.
Political leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's digital minister Karsten Wildberger, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and European Commission tech executive Henna Virkkunen are also in attendance. The conference agenda is heavily focused on artificial intelligence, with AI sovereignty, ethics, cybersecurity, mobility, health, and greentech as key themes.
Germany is the highlighted country for this edition, while India serves as the AI country partner, following recent AI-focused events in Delhi and the French-Indian Innovation Year. A new initiative, the European Centre for AI Excellence, co-initiated by VivaTech and the World Economic Forum, will be a platform for discussing AI in Europe. Euronews will be moderating several discussions on this stage, including a panel on longevity in science.