Viva Technology

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.[https://www.forbes.com/sites/shelliekarabell/2017/06/18/emmanuel-macrons-call-to-action-viva-technology/ "Emmanuel Macron's Call to Action: Viva Technology!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405220006/https://www.forbes.com/sites/shelliekarabell/2017/06/18/emmanuel-macrons-call-to-action-viva-technology/ |date=5 April 2018 }}, Forbes, 18 June 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.

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).[https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/21/viva-technology-is-coming-back-to-paris-with-its-ginormous-tech-conference/ "Viva Technology" is coming back to Paris with its ginormous tech conference"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406040500/https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/21/viva-technology-is-coming-back-to-paris-with-its-ginormous-tech-conference/ |date=6 April 2018 }}, TechCrunch, 21 February 2017

Speakers including Eric Schmidt, Daniel Zhang and John Collison were also in attendance.{{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/21/viva-technology-is-coming-back-to-paris-with-its-ginormous-tech-conference/ |title=Viva Technology is coming back to Paris with its ginormous tech conference |work=techcrunch.com |access-date=13 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612113303/https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/21/viva-technology-is-coming-back-to-paris-with-its-ginormous-tech-conference/ |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://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!|title=Publicis Groupe|website=www.publicisgroupe.com}}

French President Emmanuel Macron returned to VivaTech in 2018 and announced that the French government will launch a R900 million-programme aimed at investing in African startups.{{Cite web |url=https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/technology/vivatech-2018-macron-announces-r900-million-funding-initiative-for-african-startups-15156264 |title={title} |access-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015192523/https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/technology/vivatech-2018-macron-announces-r900-million-funding-initiative-for-african-startups-15156264 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |url-status=live }}

A partnership was established with TechCrunch and the Startup Battlefield, a competition for startups where the winners attended the Startup Battlefield finals in San Francisco in September 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/14/announcing-startup-battlefield-europe-at-vivatech-this-may/|title=Announcing Startup Battlefield Europe at VivaTech this May|date=14 February 2018 }}

In 2019, the fourth edition of the event was marked by a trend towards positive innovation ("tech for good") as well as the presence of 124,000 visitors at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, on 16 and 17 May for professionals, and on 18 May for the general public.{{Cite web|url=https://innovator.news/key-takeaways-from-viva-technology-2019-10e348a44bca|title=Key Takeaways From Viva Technology 2019|last=O'Brien|first=Chris|date=2019-05-19|website=The Innovator news|access-date=2019-07-01}}

Nearly 13,000 startups were present, as well as 450 prominent figures from all over the world, such as Jack Ma of Alibaba Group, Justin Trudeau, Olympic medallist Usain Bolt, Holly Ridings of NASA, Ken Hu of Huawei, Young Sohn of Samsung, John Kerry and Margrethe Vestager.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurencoleman/2019/05/19/inside-the-massive-tech-event-that-drew-power-players-from-jack-ma-to-heads-of-state/|title=Inside The Massive Tech Event That Drew Power Players from Jack Ma To Heads Of State|last=Coleman|first=Lauren deLisa|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-07-10}}

In 2021, the fifth edition of the event was marked by a trend towards Positive change through technology at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles and online, on 16, 17 and 18 June.{{Cite web|url=https://vivatechnology.com/highlights/|title=Key VivaTech Highlights 2021 |date=2021-08-19|website=vivatechnology.com|access-date=2021-08-15}}

Prominent figures from all over the world were present, such as Tim Cook of Apple, Peggy Johnson of Magic Leap, Eric Yuan of Zoom, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Melissa Bell of CNN, Emmanuel Macron and Fionn Ferreira{{Cite web|url=https://vivatechnology.com/speakers/?pg=1|title=VivaTech Speakers List 2021|website=VivaTechnology.com|language=en|access-date=2021-08-15}}

In June 2022, for the sixth edition of VivaTech, 91,000 visitors were recorded, an attendance which remains lower than the figures before Covid.{{cite web|access-date=2022-06-19|date=2022-06-19|language=fr|title=Le salon VivaTech a accueilli plus de 91.000 visiteurs|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/le-salon-vivatech-a-accueilli-plus-de-91-000-visiteurs-20220619|website=lefigaro.fr}}

In June 2023, for the seventh edition of VivaTech, big names in global tech are expected such as Elon Musk, head of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, and Yann LeCun, chief scientist of Meta's AI department. The President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron is going there again. Bernard Arnault, president of LVMH, as well as Dan Schulman, president of PayPal, and Christel Heydemann, general manager of Orange, are among the speakers.{{cite web|access-date=2023-06-12|language=en|title=VivaTech Digital Platform|url=https://app.vivatechnology.com/speakers|website=app.vivatechnology.com}}

The edition reached a record by attracting more than 150,000 visitors over the entire duration of the event, almost 60,000 more than during the previous edition. The number of visitors to Viva Tech thus exceeds for the year 2023 that of CES, a benchmark show in the field of new technologies, organized each year in Las Vegas.{{cite web|author=Benjamin Vincent|date=18 June 2023|language=fr|title=Viva Tech 2023 détrône le CES de Las Vegas|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/nouveau-monde/viva-tech-2023-detrone-le-ces-de-las-vegas_5866184.html|website=francetvinfo.fr}}

The eight edition of VivaTech was held from 22 to 25 May at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, and attracted more than 165,000 visitors, from 160+ nationalities,{{Official website}} over the four days of the event, setting another attendance record. Elon Musk virtually attended vivatech and shared his personal vision as well as the advances made by his companies in the field of Artificial Intelligence, which have been the subject of much debate.{{Cite news |date=May 23, 2024 |title=VivaTech 2024: Elon Musk does not want "politically correct" AI |url=https://www.maddyness.com/2024/05/23/vivatech-2024-elon-musk-ne-veut-pas-dune-ia-politiquement-correcte/ }} Japan was honored as the country of the year.{{Cite web |title=VivaTech Press Releases {{!}} Vivatechnology |url=https://vivatechnology.com/media/press-releases/japan-to-be-honored-as-country-of-the-year-at-the-8th-edition-of-viva-technology |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=vivatechnology.com |language=en}}

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