Viva Technology Previews the Program for a Special Fifth Anniversary Edition June 11-13, 2020

Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Viva Technology, Europe's leading startup and tech
event, is back again from June 11th to 13th, making Paris the tech capital for
three days of networking and innovation.

https://press.vivatechnology.com/vivatech-2020-preview-pr/

Five thematic pillars will provide the structure during the three days of
VivaTech this June:

1. Technology for the planet
2. Diversity and inclusion: Bringing decision-makers together to
accelerate change
3. Deep tech, breakthrough innovations and the potential to transform
our societies
4. Mobility, moving ourselves into the future
5. European digital champions: Showcasing the most promising scaleups
in Europe

VivaTech, in partnership with five major international investment funds, is
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having the potential to become future unicorns. From this list will be drawn the
finalists for the VivaTech "Next Unicorn Awards", in the context of our "Scaling
up" conference track.

Also not to be missed are sessions on democracy, data, the role of digital in
arts and culture, and the launch of the 30Best label, created by VivaTech to
reward the best hardware innovations.

Among the first top speakers announced:

Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman & CEO, L'Oreal; Bernard Arnault, Chairman & CEO, LVMH;
Mitchell Baker, Chair Woman & interim CEO, Mozilla; Sébastien Bazin,Chairman &
CEO, Accor; Megan Clarken, CEO, Criteo; Vincent Cobée, Citroën Brand CEO, PSA
Group; Jean-Pierre Farandou, Chairman & CEO, SNCF; Catherine Guillouard,
Chairman & CEO, RATP Group; Ken Hu, Deputy Chairman, Rotating Chairman, Huawei;
Paul Hudson, CEO, Sanofi; Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman & CEO, EDF; Patrick
Pouyanné, Chairman & CEO, Total; Stéphane Richard, Chairman & CEO, Orange; Ginni
Rometty, Chairman, President & CEO, IBM; Brad Smith, President, Microsoft; Young
Sohn, Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer, Samsung Electronics; and
Evan Spiegel, Founder & CEO, Snap

VivaTech strengthens its international dimension with the Afric@Tech zone and
several new country pavilions:

Making their debut at VivaTech: Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tunisia

Also attending: Algeria, Armenia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, European
Commission, Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Morocco, Quebec, Senegal,
South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, and Taiwan.

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