Wavestone at VivaTech 2026

Why Wavestone
at VivaTech

As Germany is honored as Country of the Year for VivaTech’s 10th edition, this year’s event holds particular meaning for us. It reflects our own Franco-German journey, following the merger of two leading French and German consulting firms in 2024 and the transition to a German-led management team this year.

This year, AI will be everywhere. VivaTech is therefore the right moment for us to share a clear conviction: AI only creates value when it is designed, governed and deployed by humans, for humans.

At VivaTech 2026, we bring hands‑on expertise in AI, cybersecurity and digital trust to help executives scale AI safely and pragmatically through trend talks, executive journeys, and a dedicated space for clients & Tech Leaders.

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Tech Leaders Lounge by Wavestone

Where AI strategy meets reality

Step into the Tech Leaders Lounge, an exclusive space designed for strategic conversations and peer-to-peer discussions between decision-makers and industry leaders. This dedicated environment brings executives together to connect, challenge perspectives, and explore today’s most critical technology issues. Through focused discussions and direct access to our experts, gain practical insights to turn complexity into clarity and move forward with confidence in a fast-evolving digital landscape.

Limited access.

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Client Journeys

Visit what really matters to you

Experience your curated client journey, designed to guide you through the most impactful innovations at VivaTech. From agentic AI to cyber resilience and next-generation infrastructure, each stop will connects you to solutions tailored to your needs and focused on what truly drives value for your organization. It will bring you clarity to complex topics, showcasing real-world applications, and help you translate innovation into tangible impact.

Available to clients only.

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Talent Hub
by Wavestone

Discover how real‑world AI careers take shape

On Saturday 20 at VivaTech Festival, onboard an immersive experience with our consultants and recruiters teams: experience personalized career coaching, AI demo, conference, and an exclusive chance to participate to Tech Explorer journeys to better understand the start-up landscape. Designed for students and young professionals eager to work on technologies that matter, come and meet the teams who conceive and use AI to support our clients ambitions.

Take a chance to participate to a Tech Explorer journey

Our VivaTech program

Three days for clients & executives. One dedicated day for future talents.

Please note that access to the Tech Leaders Lounge is limited.

Wednesday

All day | Discussion with CISOs on cybersecurity innovations

Our Cybersecurity Team will be on site all day to discuss the emerging challenges shaping the future of cybersecurity.

Place: Tech Leaders Lounge by Wavestone

9:30–10:00 AM | Corporate Innovation Breakfast with Bpifrance & VivaTech

Following the Bpifrance & Vivatech roundtable, join us for an exclusive breakfast, gathering C-level executives from leading European companies. This session offers a unique opportunity to continue the conversation on corporate innovation and startup collaboration, with concrete feedback on successes, challenges, and scaling open innovation initiatives.

Place: Tech Leaders Lounge by Wavestone
This Bpifrance & VivaTech event is invitation-only.

9:30 AM–5:00 PM | AI for delivery & IT augmented teams

Speaker:
Karim Iskander, Manager, Wavestone

Explore how AI is transforming the way technology and product teams operate, collaborate, and deliver at scale. From copilots to autonomous agents, the session highlights how AI can augment IT, product and software teams by accelerating workflows, improving efficiency, and enabling faster, smarter execution across organizations.

Place: Tech Leaders Lounge by Wavestone

2:00–5:00 PM | Copilot Cowork in action

Speakers:
Yuri Höfte, Associate Partner, Wavestone
Nicolas Farny, Manager, Wavestone

Wavestone and Microsoft invite you to experience a new era of work with Copilot Cowork: an exclusive demo to discover how an AI agent can handle your complex tasks in simple natural language, while you focus on what truly matters.

Place: Tech Leaders Lounge By Wavestone

5:00–5:30 PM | 2026 Femtech Barometer

Speakers:
Laurence Al Neimi, Senior Manager, Wavestone
Delphine Moulu, Co-Founder, Femtech France

We are proud to partner once again with Femtech France for the 2026 edition of the Femtech Barometer. French Femtech is scaling fast, with a fast-maturing ecosystem of around 200 startups and strong year-on-year growth, driven by increasing funding, profitability, and revenues. The Barometer highlights the key drivers behind this momentum today, as well as the challenges that still need to be addressed for the ecosystem to fully scale.

Place: Tech Leaders Lounge By Wavestone

Our focus at VivaTech 2026

Where real‑world AI meets execution

At VivaTech, every exchange we lead is driven by a single ambition: moving from AI intent to AI impact. Beyond demos and proof-of-concepts, we focus on what it truly takes to industrialize AI: scaling safely, governing responsibly, and creating measurable value in real operational environments. Across talks, executive journeys, and expert exchanges, we focus on the capabilities organizations need to scale AI with trust, resilience, and measurable impact.

Core topics we’ll be exploring include:

Agentic AI and autonomous systems in real enterprise workflows
AI governance, sovereignty, and responsible AI with human-in-the-loop design
AI engineering, MLOps, and observability to industrialize AI systems
Cyber resilience, security, and Zero Trust in AI-driven environments
Data platforms and real-time intelligence for scalable AI use cases
Cloud, hybrid, and sovereign infrastructures for AI at scale
Industrializing AI from pilots to enterprise-wide deployment

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Media & press coverage

Wavestone regularly contributes to leading business, technology, and cybersecurity conversations surrounding VivaTech. Throughout the event, our experts share perspectives on real‑world AI, cyber resilience, and digital trust through media interviews, expert commentary, and on‑site discussions.

Selected interviews, quotes, and coverage will be published here during and after the event.

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Wavestone at VivaTech 2026

Why Wavestone
at VivaTech