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Vivatechnology 2025 - Program

An interesting and various program during the four days of VivaTech was realized together with its partners. A mix of pitch competitions, roundtables and expert talks covered 50 conference slots of hot topics such as AI and sustainability solutions and many more.

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Just to name a few:


June 11, 2025 at 12:30 a.m.
Inauguration of the Lab by the German Embassy


June 11, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
Meet Germany
During this slot, experts of different German innovation hotspots presented the richness of the German diverse Startup landscape. Backed up by startup testimonials, this slot offers new and concrete insights to successfully prepare the market entry.


June 11, 2025 at 19:00 p.m.

German Startup Night

The German Startup Night, supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, brought together startups, VCs, corporates, and key players in an informal atmosphere.

 

June 12, 2025 at 10:45 p.m.

French-German Tech Battle

In this Battle 4 startups pitched each other in 2 industries: circular economy and Robotics & Supply Chain Optimization.

 

June 12, 2025 at 01:45 p.m.

European sovereignty in artificial intelligence

Speaking at the roundtable: Lionel Brunie, Head of Computer Science and Information Technologie Departement, INSA LYON, Eva Martha Eckkrammer, President of the Franco-German University, FGU, Harald Kosch, Professor, University Passau, Demian Wassermann, Deputy Director of Research – DataAI, Inria, DataAI, Université Paris Saclay

 

June 13, 2025 at 02:30 p.m.

European Tech Competition

In this symbolic European Tech Competition, Germany, France, Portugal and Poland brought up their most promising startup to pitch in the topic “Sustainable AI Solution”. After the tricky questions asked by the jury composed by investors, and VCs from each country, the German startup Bionic proudly won the prize.

 

June 13, 2025 at 03:15 p.m.

Conference: Joining European Forces: When French Business Meets German Applied Research

With Julia GOTTSCHALL, Chief Scientist / Professor, FRAUNHOFER IWES, Séverine JACQUET, Country Manager, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT, Georg KRAFT, Sen. Director Business Consulting, IE Industry, DASSAULT SYSTEMES, Rico LÖSER, Scientist, FRAUNHOFER IWU, Silke MERKELBACH, Business Development Manager, FRAUNHOFER IEM

 

June 14, 2025 at 11 :45 p.m.

Roundtable: Being a French Engineer working in a German Environment

With Friederike Denk, International Cooperation, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Emmanuelle Heyer, Smart City Engineer, Fraunhofer IESE, Maximilien Kintz, Team Lead Applied AI, Fraunhofer IAO

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