Just announced: Dan Schulman & Eric S. Yuan will take to the VivaTech stage!

New speakers added! Grab your pass to VivaTech, June 16-19, both in-person in Paris and online worldwide. [View online]( New speakers added! Grab your pass to VivaTech, June 16-19, both in-person in Paris and online worldwide. [Get yours here!]( [Get your pass!]( Hello there VivaTech community! We hope you are all having a great week! If you need something to get you over that lunchtime slump, this is sure to give you a boost… Remember those silver linings taken from the adversity of last year? Innovation and tech became pillars in the recovery of economies and the connection of society. We had an era where checkouts were swapped for online shopping, “you’re on mute” and remote working struggles became routine. Flash forward to today, we are proud to confirm two people who have each helped revolutionize our habits, Dan Schulman, President & CEO of PayPal, and Eric S. Yuan, Founder & CEO of Zoom. Join us in person at the Porte de Versailles in Paris and also online worldwide at VivaTech to catch their session. Now before we get caught down memory lane, let's jump right in! Sending positive vibes your way! Until next week... The VivaTech Team. [GRAB YOUR PASS!]( Heading towards VivaTech like... [Get Ready!] VivaTech is proud to welcome... Eric S. Yuan, Founder & CEO - Zoom Eric S. Yuan managed to disrupt our daily lives when he founded Zoom in 2011 with the democratization of videoconferencing and technology. Today, he continues to radically transform the way individuals and large global companies communicate – a truly forward-looking vision of the future of work. Dan Schulman, CEO - PayPal Dan Schulman is focused on democratizing and transforming financial services and e-commerce to improve the financial health of billions of people, families and businesses around the world. With extensive experience in payments and mobile technology, Dan is leading PayPal to reimagine how people move and manage money, and how merchants and consumers interact and transact. Stay tuned… more are on the way ;) [Find all our speakers here!]( Your one-stop (work)shop at VivaTech 2021 Don't miss the programming of our partners during VivaTech as they bring together their best experts and visionaries to share the impact of tech on our businesses and lives. Get ready for insightful workshops where we can identify new opportunities together. Take a peek at some of them below... A New Paradigm for Building Autonomous Systems with Microsoft First, there were mechanized systems and automated systems. Now there are autonomous systems that bring intelligence to machines so they can act in a changing environment. ​​​​​​DeepTech & AI Wednesday 16 June 09:30-09:50 Corporates are seizing Quantum in the Paris Region with Choose Paris Region Is “open innovation" a key to success for quantum startups? Listen to a US company's feedback on corporate collaboration, along with Choose Paris Region's insights on funding. ​​​​​​DeepTech & AI Wednesday 16 June 10:10-10:30 From eSignature to Contract Lifecycle Management: Going digital with DocuSign Does your company run on contracts and other types of agreements? It’s time to transform how you prepare, sign, act on, and manage them. Find out how in the DocuSign workshop. Cloud & Data Management Wednesday 16 June 10:35-10:55 Putting Customers First by Putting Employees First with Hyperscience Machine Learning and Automation are accelerating at a pace we’ve yet to really comprehend. How does improving the well-being of your employees impact your customer service? ​​​​​​Deeptech & AI Thursday 17 June 09:30-10:00 Customer churn: from data ingestion to visualization with Databricks Reducing customer churn is a major challenge! Learn how to transform raw data into business decisions, by finding insights using ML and AI. ​​​​​​DeepTech & AI Thursday 17 June 13:00-13:20 DISRUPTIVE FRAGRANCE EXPERIENCES: from contactless to Artificial Intelligence with Scentys Home scent is a growing segment in the fragrance industry led by the quest for well-being. Let's discover together the future of fragrance diffusion! Healthcare & Wellbeing Thursday 17 June 14:40-15:00 Ask Markus Villig anything! #Reddit We’ve partnered up with the 430 million monthly user platform, Reddit, to question the minds of some past and future VivaTech speakers with a worldwide online Q&A session. Next up: [Markus Villig]( CEO and founder of the mobility unicorn Bolt, 1 June at 7pm (CET). The youngest founder of a billion-dollar company in Europe is also taking to our stage this year! Check out our previous Ask Me Anything threads with [Anousheh Ansari,]( CEO of XPRIZE Foundation, and [Gary Kasparov]( world-class chess player, Avast Cybersecurity Ambassador, digital rights activist too! Solution? Throw tech at the problem Witness the ingenious innovations aimed towards positive change on our digital platform and at our Discovery Park that showcases technologies benefiting a low-carbon world in partnership with EDF at the Porte de Versailles in Paris. ​​​​​​Innovations shaping our world… Spiral light into control Think first generative art on a glass window but transformed into a low carbon screen display using natural light... you get [VideowindoW](. Both fascinating and environmentally friendly! The next level 3D printer robot [Reachy]( equipped with image and voice recognition, is the first VR teleoperation robot and can be controlled from afar! Make sure to interact with him! The window of opportunity Want to collaborate with someone on a document from anywhere around the globe? No problem! Discover [La Vitre]( a digital window device that allows you to interact with people just like they were next to you. Storing data in plants? [Grow Your Own Cloud]( is revolutionizing data storage in harmony with nature through a combination of biotechnology, genetic science, interactive design, and ecological genetics. New exhibitors on the block! We are super excited to announce the latest exhibitors joining the VivaTech 2021 journey! Axel, beekast, Dassault Systemes, DocuSign, EveryCheck, Early Metrics, Esa, E-Tipi Learning, HEC Paris, Ibameo, Intuitive Surgical, Ipesland, Kikk, Komin.io, map&match, Mood Work, Murex, Ouidrop, OVH, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Prevision.io, QWAM, Scentys, Spliik, Taiwan Tech Arena, ThePackengers, Universcience, Ways to work, Wallonia.be, Wizim.io, yBrush, YEXT. [Check out the Big List here!]( [euronews.next]( Euronews Next is a new digital platform that aims to help the next generation of business leaders think ahead, by providing them insight and analysis into the trends that are shaping business, technology and culture. Euronews Next isn’t just a business or technology news site, it’s committed to helping our audience stay ahead of the cutting-edge innovations as they emerge. [Check it out here!]( The Washington Post has significantly expanded its technology team, adding 8 positions that will grow the team to 27 reporters, editors and video journalists. The Post’s technology coverage saw a 40% growth in readership in 2020, and the added positions will give readers even greater insight into the impact of big tech and governmental focus on regulating the industry. [More details here!]( [The Washington Post]( [L'Equipe]( L'Équipe is the first daily newspaper devoted to the world of sport. Today, the digital transformation of L’Équipe reaches a new level thanks to the launch of a brand new digital platform that offers readers a new way of enjoying sport through two universes: Explore and Live. L’Équipe will present this new platform at VivaTech 2021. [Click here to find out more!]( The health and safety of our visitors, partners and teams is our first priority. In close collaboration with the government and health authorities, we will adapt accordingly and implement the following measures to make sure the in-person dimension of this hybrid event is safe for all: - Mandatory use of a health pass to allow visitors over 11 years old (from France or abroad) to gain access to the event. - Three types of proof are required to obtain this health pass (only one of the three is sufficient): A completed vaccination schedule; or a negative PCR or antigen test dated within the previous 48 hours (self-tests will not be accepted); or the results from a positive PCR or antigen test demonstrating recovery from Covid, at least 15 days old and less than six months old - Visitors over 11 years old are required to wear a surgical or a Category 1 fabric mask (UNS1) - Provision of hydroalcoholic gel at the entrance and at multiple points on-site - Establishment of adapted and differentiated traffic flows for visitors' entry and exit - Management of the renewal of the ambient air via the ventilation circuit and the regular opening of the doors - Seated-only dining indoors and outdoors - Reinforced teams to ensure cleaning and disinfection as well as compliance with barrier measures (mask-wearing, social distancing, etc.) What is VivaTech? VivaTech is Europe's biggest startup and tech event. We bring together people, from startups, corporates and VCs, to ignite growth, business transformation and positive change. June 16-19 2021, Paris and online, this is where business meets innovation. --------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you registered to a past VivaTech edition or to our newsletter. This email has been sent to {EMAIL}. [Manage subscriptions]( - [Update profile]( - [Unsubscribe from this list](