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Inspiring Top Speakers

The very best lineup of speakers in Europe

Each edition of VivaTech brings together the best speakers in the world, those who are making the technology and the economy of today and tomorrow. This year VivaTech visitors will be able to attend talks with Ramses Alcaide, CEO of Neurable; Mitchell Amador, Founder & CEO of Immunefi; Jonas Andrulis, Founder & CEO of Aleph Alpha; Timothy Armstrong, Founder & CEO of Flowcode; Bernard Arnault, Chairman & CEO of LVMH; Ana Paula De Jesus Assis, Chair & General Manager EMEA of IBM; Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications; Marguerite Bérard, Head of French networks, member of the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas; Eva Berneke, CEO of Eutelsat; John Chambers, CEO of JC2 Ventures;  Alexandre Bompard, CEO of Carrefour; Clara Chapaz, CEO of FrenchTech; Cyril Chiche, Co-Founder & CEO of Lydia; Quentin Clarke, Managing Director of General Catalyst; Nathalie Collin, Deputy Managing Director of La Poste group; Amadou Coulibaly, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Côte d'Ivoire; Corinne de Bilbao, CEO of Microsoft France; Maktar Diop, Managing Director of IFC; Thomas Dohmke, CEO of Github; Asmita Dubey, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at L'Oréal Groupe; William Eldin, CEO of XXII; Tony Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings/United Bank of Africa/The Tony Elumelu Foundation; J. Michael Evans, CEO of Alibaba Group; Jean-Pierre Farandou, President and CEO of SNCF Group; Eleanor Fairford, Deputy Director, Incident Manager of the National Cybersecurity center; Pascal Gauthier, CEO of Ledger; Eva Gouwens, CEO of Fairphone; Zoubin Ghahramani, Senior Research Director of Google Brain; Tim Gould, Chief Energy Economist of IEA; Aude Guo, Co-Founder & Executive Director of InnovaFeed; Tina Halborg, VP Operations Europe of Too Good To Go; Ronan Harris, President EMEA of SNAP Inc.; Christel Heydemann, CEO of Orange; Jack Hidary, CEO of Sandbox AQ; Nicolas Hieronimus, CEO of L'Oréal Groupe; Peggy Johnson, CEO of Magic Leap; Nicolas Julia, Co-Founder & CEO of Sorare; Gürcan Karakas, CEO of TOGG; Michael Kassan, Chairman & CEO of Media Link; Peter Koerte, CTO of Siemens; JP Lee of SoftBank Ventures Asia; Yann Lecun, Chief AI Scientist of Meta, recipient of the Turing Award in 2018; Luciana Lixandru, General Partner of Sequoia Capital; Isabelle Loc, CEO of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions; Roger Lynch, CEO of Conde Nast / Wired; Blaise Matuidi, international footballer and founder of Origins; Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault; Bill McDermott, President & CEO of ServiceNow; Matthew McWhirt, Managing Director; Google Cloud / Mandiant; Bob Metcalfe, Inventor of the Ethernet, Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin and Affiliated Researcher at MIT, recipient of the Turing Award in 2022; Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises; Bob Moritz, Global Chairman of PriceWaterCoopers; Herman Narula, Co-Founder & CEO of Improbable; Dava Newman, Director of the MIT Media Lab; Berta de Pablos-Barbier, President & CEO for Moët & Chandon, LVMH; Benoit Pagotto, Co-founder of RTFKT and Senior Director Brand & Partnerships for Nike; Stéphane Pallez, Managing Director of FDJ Group; Laurence Parisot, former President of Medef and President of Citi France; Joelle Pineau, VP AI Research of Meta; Bob Pittman, Chairman & CEO of iHeartMedia; Jonas Prising, Chairman & CEO of Manpowergroup; Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General, Social and Human of Unesco; Georges-Olivier Reymond, CEO of Pasqal; Arthur Sadoun, Chairman & CEO of Publicis Group; Arianna Simpson, General Partner of A16Z; Dan Schulman, President & CEO of Paypal; David Steinberg, CEO of Zeta Global; Larry Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton, and Director of the White House National Economic Council under President Barack Obama; Julie Linn Teigland, EMEIA Area Managing Partner of EY; Chris Tung, CMO of Alibaba; Thiemo van Spellen, Group Global Accounts Managing Director of Geopost; François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France; Hans Vestberg, CEO of Verizon; Arthur Waller, CEO of Pennylane; Andrew W. Wyckoff, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation; Linda Yaccarino, Chairman of Global Advertising and Partnerships at NBCUniversal; Lee Young, Minister of SMEs and Startups, South Korea; and Jeremy Zimmer, CEO at United Talent Agency.

 

Top speakers from the world of sport will also be on hand: Catherine Chabaud, Skipper and Member of the European Parliament; Ollie Dudfield, Associate Director of the OLYMPISM365 International Olympic Committee; Julie Duffus, Sustainability Senior Manager of the International Olympic Committee; Nicolas Dupeux, CEO of the Accor Arena; Guy-Laurent Epstein, CMO of UEFA Events SA; Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024; François Gabart, professional skipper and founder of the ocean racing team MerConcept; Nicolas Julia, Co-Founder & CEO of Sorare; Nicolas Maurer, CEO of Team Vitality; Blaise Matuidi, international footballer & founder of Origins; Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Games of France; Sarah Ourahmoune, boxing athlete; Sophie Sauvage, Head of International Women's Football of Olympique Lyonnais; Michelle Schwartz, Chief External Affairs Officer of Los Angeles 2028; Alex Thomson, British skipper; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player and former world number 5, mentor of the BNP Paribas Jeunes Talents team; Marc Van Peteghem, Co-Founder of VPLP design; Ibrahima Wade, General Coordinator of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games organizing committee in Dakar.

Find more information here about the 2023 speakers.

Le meilleur line-up européen de speakers  

Chaque édition de VivaTech réunit les meilleurs speakers du monde, celles et ceux qui font la Tech et l’économie d’aujourd’hui et de demain. Cette année, les visiteurs pourront assister aux interventions de Ramses Alcaide, PDG de Neurable; Mitchell Amador, fondateur et PDG de Immunefi; Jonas Andrulis, fondateur et PDG de Aleph Alpha; Timothy Armstrong, fondateur et PDG de Flowcode; Bernard Arnault, chairman & CEO de LVMH; Ana Paula De Jesus Assis, Chair & General Manager EMEA de IBM; Jean-Noël Barrot, ministre délégué chargé de la transition numérique et des télécommunications; Marguerite Bérard, Head of French networks, membre du comité exécutif de BNP Paribas ; Eva Berneke, CEO de Eutelsat; John Chambers, PDG de JC2 Ventures;  Alexandre Bompard, CEO de Carrefour; Clara Chapaz, CEO de la FrenchTech; Cyril Chiche, co-founder & CEO de Lydia; Quentin Clarke, managing director de General Catalyst;  Nathalie Collin, directrice générale adjointe du groupe la Poste ; Amadou Coulibaly, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy Côte d’Ivoire; Corinne de Bilbao, CEO de Microsoft France; Maktar Diop, managing director du IFC; Thomas Dohmke, CEO de Github; Asmita Dubey, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer chez L'Oréal Groupe; William Eldin, CEO de XXII; Tony Elumelu, chairman de Heirs holdings/United Bank of Africa/The Tony Elumelu Foundation; J. Michael Evans, CEO d’Alibaba Group; Jean-Pierre Farandou, Président et CEO du Groupe SNCF; Eleanor Fairford, deputy director, Incident Manager du National Cybersecurity center; Pascal Gauthier, PDG de Ledger; Eva Gouwens, PDG de Fairphone; Zoubin Ghahramani, Senior research director de Google Brain; Tim Gould, Chief energy economist de l’IEA; Aude Guo, co-founder & executive director d’InnovaFeed; Tina Halborg, VP Opérations Europe de Too Good To Go; Ronan Harris, Président EMEA de SNAP inc.; Christel Heydemann, directrice générale d’Orange; Jack Hidary, CEO de Sandbox AQ; Nicolas Hieronimus, PDG de l’Oréal Groupe;  Peggy Johnson, PDG de Magic Leap; Nicolas Julia, co-founder & CEO de Sorare; Gürcan Karakas, CEO de TOGG; Michael Kassan, chairman & CEO de Media Link; Peter Koerte, CTO de Siemens; JP Lee de SoftBank Ventures Asia; Yann Lecun, chief AI scientist de Meta, qui a reçu le Prix Turing en 2018 ; Luciana Lixandru, partenaire général de Sequoia Capital ; Isabelle Loc, CEO de BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions; Roger Lynch, CEO de Conde Nast / Wired ; Blaise Matuidi, footballeur international et fondateur d’Origins; Luca de Meo, CEO de Renault; Bill McDermott, President & CEO de ServiceNow; Matthew McWhirt, managing director; Google Cloud / Mandiant; Bob Metcalfe, inventeur de l’Ethernet, professeur émérite à l’Université du Texas d’Austin et chercheur affilié au MIT, qui a reçu le Prix Turing en 2022 ; Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman de Bharti Enterprises; Bob Moritz, Global Chairman de PriceWaterCoopers; Herman Narula, co-founder & CEO d’Improbable; Dava Newman, director du MIT Media Lab; Berta de Pablos-Barbier, President & CEO pour Moët & Chandon, LVMH; Benoit Pagotto, co-fondateur de RTFKT et senior directeur Brand & Partnerships de Nike; Stéphane Pallez, Managing Director du Groupe FDJ; Laurence Parisot, ancienne présidente du Medef et présidente de citi France; Joelle Pineau, VP AI Research de Meta; Bob Pittman, Chairman & CEO de iHeartMedia ; Jonas Prising, Chairman & CEO de Manpowergroup; Gabriela Ramos, assistant director-general, Social and Human de l’Unesco; Georges-Olivier Reymond, CEO de Pasqal; Arthur Sadoun, Chairman & CEO de Publicis Group; Arianna Simpson, general partner d’A16Z; Dan Schulman, President & CEO de Paypal; David Steinberg, CEO de Zeta Global; Larry Summers, ancien secrétaire au Trésor sous le président américain Bill Clinton, et directeur du Conseil économique national de la Maison Blanche sous le président Barack Obama; Julie Linn Teigland, EMEIA Area Managing Partner de EY; Chris Tung, CMO de Alibaba; Thiemo van Spellen, Group global Accounts Managing Director de Geopost; François Villeroy de Galhau, Gouverneur de la Banque de France; Hans Vestberg, CEO de Verizon; Arthur Waller, PDG de Pennylane; Andrew W. Wyckoff, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation ; Linda Yaccarino, Chairman of Global Advertising and Partnerships de NBCUniversal; Lee Young, ministre des PME et startups Corée du Sud; Jeremy Zimmer, CEO at United Talent Agency.

Ainsi que des Top speakers dans le domaine du Sport : Catherine Chabaud, skipper et député européen; Ollie Dudfield, associate director du Comité international olympique OLYMPISM365; Julie Duffus, sustainability senior manager du Comité international olympique; Nicolas Dupeux, CEO de l’Accor Arena; Guy-Laurent Epstein, le CMO de l’UEFA Events SA; Tony Estanguet, Président de Paris 2024; François Gabart, skipper professionnel et fondateur de l’écurie de course au large MerConcept; Nicolas Julia, co-fondateur et PDG de Sorare; Nicolas Maurer, CEO de la Team Vitality; Blaise Matuidi, footballeur international & fondateur d’Origins; Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, ministre des sports et des jeux olympiques et paralympiques de France; Sarah Ourahmoune, athlète boxe; Sophie Sauvage, Head of international women’s football de l’Olympique lyonnais;  Michelle Schwartz, chief external affairs officer de Los Angeles 2028;  Alex Thomson, skipper britannique; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, tennisman français et n°5 mondial, mentor de la team de BNP Paribas Jeunes Talents; Marc Van Peteghem, co-fondateur de VPLP design; Ibrahima Wade, coordonnateur général du comité d’organisation des Jeux Olympiques de la jeunesse 2026 à Dakar.

Plus d’informations sur les speakers, liste disponible ici