Viva Technology 2026

VivaTech celebrates its 10th edition from 17 to 20 June 2026 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. This anniversary edition marks a step change: the show expands into Hall 7 (70,000 m², +40% vs 2025), doubles its world premieres and positions itself as the embodiment of European tech ambition in an era of AI, deeptech and reconfigured geopolitics.

Organizers #

• Viva Technology — co-founded by Publicis Groupe and Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien

Key numbers 2026 #

• 180,000+ visitors expected over 4 days
• 15,000 startups represented
• 4,200 exhibitors
• 4,000 investors
• 171 countries represented
• 60 national pavilions (+20% vs 2025)
• 1,500+ live demos on site

Confirmed speakers 2026 #

• Bernard Arnault — Chairman & CEO, LVMH
• Jensen Huang — Founder & CEO, NVIDIA
• Yann LeCun — Executive Chairman, AMI Labs (Turing Award)
• Joe Tsai — Co-founder & Chairman, Alibaba Group
• Arthur Mensch — CEO, Mistral AI
• Shantanu Narayen — Chairman & CEO, Adobe
• Vanessa Wyche — Acting Associate Administrator, NASA
• Alain Aspect — CNRS / Pasqal (Nobel Prize in Physics)
• Thomas Wolf — Co-founder, Hugging Face
• Mati Staniszewski — Co-founder, ElevenLabs
• Nikesh Arora — CEO, Palo Alto Networks
• Glenn Fogel — CEO, Booking.com
• Paul Hudson — CEO, Sanofi
• Zak Brown — CEO, McLaren Racing
• Jean-Charles Samuelian — CEO, Alan
• Ami Badani — CMO, ARM Holdings
• Léon Marchand — French Olympic swimmer

450+ speakers expected in total. Organizers promise "a very big name" revealed last-minute.

Four main tracks #

1. AI & Productivity — brain-machine interfaces, exoskeletons, conversational agents (India is AI Country Partner 2026)
2. Cybersecurity & Defense — responding to a 75% year-on-year increase in cyberattacks
3. Greentech & Energy — ultra-fast battery charging, climate-resilient agriculture, ocean regeneration
4. Deeptech — quantum computing, space tourism, AI-augmented contact lenses

10th anniversary highlights #

• Hall 7 expansion — 70,000 m² (+40% vs 2025) to absorb growth
• Germany Country of the Year 2026 — largest national delegation ever hosted
• Pedestrianized Champs-Élysées on Sunday 14 June — free, immersive public experience: giant VivaTech letters, robots, autonomous vehicles, space capsules
• VivaTech Bloomberg Awards — the "Tech Oscars", gala evening on 18 June (leadership, visionary, investor, rising star categories)
• Theater stage — new stage replacing the Paris Dome for major keynotes
• VivaTech Festival — 20 June, dedicated to 18-35 year-olds: robot demos, influencers, career fair, hackathon

Program #

• Plenary keynotes — global tech leaders on the Theater stage
• Thematic tracks — AI, cybersecurity, deeptech, greentech
• Pitch sessions — startup competitions with coaching
• Connection Hub — structured B2B business meetings
• Immersive labs — product previews and interactive demos
• Founders Discussions — founder-to-founder roundtables

Pricing #

Why attend? #

1. Europe's largest tech and startup gathering with an exceptional 10-year edition: +40% floor space, doubled world premieres and 60 national pavilions
2. Unique concentration of decision-makers: Bernard Arnault, Jensen Huang, Yann LeCun (fresh from leaving Meta to launch AMI Labs), Arthur Mensch, Joe Tsai and Vanessa Wyche (NASA) on the same stage
3. New off-venue experiences: pedestrianized Champs-Élysées, VivaTech Bloomberg Awards ("Tech Oscars") and the 18-35 Festival on closing day

Practical information #

• Dates: 17-20 June 2026
• Hours: 9 am — 6 pm daily
• Venue: Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Hall 7, 75015 Paris
• Champs-Élysées event: Sunday 14 June, free and open to the public
• Tickets: vivatechnology.com/get-your-pass
• Official site: vivatechnology.com