{"id":31055,"date":"2018-05-28T16:45:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/?p=31055"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:49:21","slug":"viva-technology-over-100000-people-from-all-over-the-world-at-the-rendezvous-for-innovation-and-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/viva-technology-over-100000-people-from-all-over-the-world-at-the-rendezvous-for-innovation-and-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Viva Technology: Over 100,000 people from all over the world at the rendezvous for innovation and startups!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over 47% increase in attendance in one year, more than 125 nationalities represented, more than 300
\nspeakers, more than 9,000 startups present, the 2018 Viva Technology<\/a> edition is a huge success.<\/p>\n

With even more innovations presented, prestigious international partners and inspirational guests, Viva<\/a>
\nTechnology has, for its third edition, surpassed all of its objectives and has established itself as the unmissable international rendezvous for innovation.<\/p>\n

More than 100,000 attendees<\/h2>\n

Viva Technology, the global rendezvous for startups and leaders, took up the challenge to raise the bar even higher this year. More than 100,000 attendees participated in the 3 days of VivaTech (2 days reserved for professionals and 1 day open to the general public) and were able to meet and initiate
\ncollaborations with the 1,800 startups either exhibiting or pitching, 1,900 investors and thousands of business leaders, as well as 1,900 journalists from around the world.
\nViva Technology had the honor of receiving the President of the Republic Emmanuel MACRON for the
\ninaugural address. The day before, President MACRON met global technology leaders for the \u00abTech For Good\u00bb summit. President MACRON was accompanied by the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul KAGAME.<\/p>\n

Exceptional coverage on Social Media<\/h2>\n

Conversations around VivaTech have far exceeded the walls of Porte de Versailles. In total, 113 million people were affected by VivaTech content from the 24th to 26th of May (+ 101% since last year), in more than 155 countries. All content broadcasted by VivaTech achieved over 1.4 billion views in just 3 days! A record for an event of this nature.<\/p>\n

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Viva Technology \/ SIPA Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An unprecedented participation of top speakers and game changers from all over the world<\/h2>\n

The biggest global players in innovation were present. Through more than 150 conferences, over 300
\nentrepreneurial speakers, top business leaders, investors and researchers discussed the impact of digital on the economy and society: Mark ZUCKERBERG, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Facebook; Ginni ROMETTY, Chairman, President and CEO, IBM; Satya NADELLA, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft; Dara KHOSROWSHAHI, CEO, Uber; Eric SCHMIDT, Technical Advisor & Member of the Board, Alphabet Inc.; Chuck ROBBINS, Chairman and CEO, Cisco; and Bill McDERMOTT, CEO, SAP; Stewart BUTTERFIELD, Co-Founder and CEO, Slack; Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric MAZZELLA, Founder and President, BlaBlaCar; and also St\u00e9phane RICHARD, Chairman and CEO, Orange; Isabelle KOCHER, CEO, Engie; and Bernard ARNAULT, Chairman and CEO, LVMH; Patrice CAINE, CEO of Thales Group; Florent MENGAUX, CEO of Michelin; Jean-Paul AGON, CEO of L\u2019Or\u00e9al; Jacques ASCHENBROICH, CEO of Valeo …<\/p>\n

The debates highlighted the major trends that are shaping the world of tomorrow with key themes such as \u00abTech for Good\u00bb or how technology can be a positive force for society,, the great leap forward of the African continent, the future of artificial intelligence or the latest marketing trends.<\/p>\n

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Viva Technology \/ SIPA Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A success co-built with VivaTech\u2019s major partners<\/h2>\n

Viva Technology shares the success of this 3rd edition with its major partners and wishes to thank them for their strong commitment :
\n– The platinum partners: BNP Paribas, Google, La Poste, LVMH, and Orange;
\n– The major partners: AccorHotels, Airbus, Cisco, Engie, ManpowerGroup, PMU, RATP Group, Sanofi,
\nSNCF, Sodexo, TF1 Group, Valeo, Vinci Energies, Facebook, IBM, L\u2019Or\u00e9al and the Ile de France region
\nare loyal to Viva Technology since its first edition. They were joined this year by Microsoft, Softbank
\nRobotics, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SAP, Auvergne Rh\u00f4ne Alpes Region, Centre Val de Loire Region,
\nSAP, Thales and Total.
\nAll of them hosted more than 1,800 startups to launch successful collaborations that are the strength of
\nVivaTech: incubations, prototypes financing, mentoring or investments.<\/p>\n

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Viva Technology \/ SIPA Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Exceptional innovations presented for some for the first time<\/h2>\n

In the Hall of Tech, attendees were able to discover the latest innovations that will transform their business and impact their lives, driven by tech giants and hundreds of innovative startups.
\nAmong the must-sees: Airbus\u2019 self-contained land and air vehicle Pop.Up, Cybedro\u00efd\u2019s Alice robots, and
\nUnsupervised\u2019s Aida, the reproduction of the US space station with HPE, the model quantum computer of IBM, immersive virtual reality experiences in the Alibaba VR Park, Valeo\u2019s innovations for drivers and passengers and Jaguar\u2019s electric cars.<\/p>\n

Afric@tech gathered the best digital talents from the African continent<\/h2>\n

VivaTech was honored this year with the presence of pavilions from all over the African continent: Rwanda, Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal (via Jokkolabs). Conferences highlighted the new faces of the African continent such as Viola Llewellyn, Co-Founder and President, OVAMBA SOLUTIONS; INC, Aphrodice MUTANGANA, General Manager, KLAB; or Rebecca Enonchong, CEO, APPSTECH.
\nThe French Development Agency has also unveiled its new support system for African start-ups to support the emergence of the unicorns of tomorrow from the continent.<\/p>\n

New successful conference cycles<\/h2>\n

With the CEO Forum, the largest global companies, also partners of VivaTech, were able to discuss their digital transformation strategy in front of a large and attentive audience.
\nThe CMO Forum was an outstanding success thanks to the presence of Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer of P&G; Tony Rogers, CMO of Walmart; Clive Sirkin, Chief Growth Officer of Kellogg Company; or David Shing, Digital Prophet AOL; and many others\u2026<\/p>\n

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Digital revolution, revolution of talents<\/h2>\n

Viva Technology is particularly committed this year to themes on talent, recruitment and human resources in general. VivaTech\u2019s partners and startups published on Talent Connect – the jobboard developed by ManpowerGroup – more than 700 job offers to recruit the many talents present at VivaTech; 3,500 applications, most of which have been submitted.
\nRecruitment, coaching and support schemes for business creation particularly appealed to young people who were more than 18,000 to go to VivaTech.<\/p>\n

Date set for 2019!<\/h2>\n

VivaTech will bring together innovators from all over the world for 3 days in 2019 from the 16th to 18th of May for a fourth edition even more ambitious.
\n\u00ab The success of VivaTech is concrete proof that France is capable of creating an international event, to build on the long-term, and to attract the greatest names of Tech and those who create the world of tomorrow. Thanks to partners from 95 different countries who have supported us this year, we can say that, with VivaTech, it is the whole world that comes to Paris. \u00bb<\/em> Said Pierre Louette, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Les Echos – Le Parisien.<\/p>\n

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