Key facts
- VivaTech 2026, now VivaTech Generation, has opened in Paris for its 10th anniversary.
- The conference's main themes include artificial intelligence, tech sovereignty, ethics, cybersecurity, mobility, health, and greentech.
- Key attendees include Jeff Bezos, Yann LeCun, Arthur Mensch, Bernard Arnault, and political leaders Emmanuel Macron and Narendra Modi.
- Germany is the featured country, and India is the AI country partner.
- A new European Centre for AI Excellence day is being introduced.
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.