Held under the high patronage of the President of the French Republic, this major event will bring together over two days more than 25,000 participants and 500 speakers across seven thematic stages. This unprecedented summit in Europe, announced as the “Davos of AI” will welcome CEOs and C-level executives from around the globe to engage with industry leaders from CAC40 corporations, dynamic startups, unicorns, and global tech partners. Actors from key sectors such as finance, healthcare, industry, luxury, tourism, sports, retail, and the environment will be present to attend this business-focused continuation of the AI Action Summit. From cutting-edge research to real-world applications, the event will serve as a crossroads for innovation and strategic dialogue to accelerate AI adoption within businesses.

·   A stage dedicated to CEOs will host over 50 international and European leaders sharing their vision and experience, with opportunities for direct engagement with the press.

·   Sector-specific stages will cover: Healthcare, Finance, Industry, Luxury, Tourism, Sports, Retail, and Planet.

SPEAKERS

Confirmed CEO stage speakers include:  

Luc Dammann (ADOBE), Hans De Cuyper (AGEAS), Guillaume Faury (AIRBUS), Tanuja Randery (AWS), Alexander Vollert (AXA GROUP OPERATIONS), Nicolas Namias (GROUPE BPCE), Olivier Sichel (CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS), Alexandre Bompard (CARREFOUR), Alexander Rinke (CELONIS), Marie-Aude Thépaut (CNP ASSURANCES), Olivier Gavalda (CRÉDIT AGRICOLE S.A), Éric Petitgand (CRÉDIT MUTUEL ALLIANCE FÉDÉRALE), Florian Douetteau (DATAIKU), Olivier Micheli (DATA4), Bernard Fontana (EDF), Stéphane Pallez (FDJ UNITED), Benoît Coquart (LEGRAND), Howard Wright (NVIDIA), Christel Heydemann (ORANGE), Guillaume Texier (REXEL), Émilie Sidiqian (SALESFORCE FRANCE), Paul Hudson (SANOFI), Olivier Laureau (SERVIER), Sophie Bellon (SODEXO), Dr. Najwa Aaraj (TII), Patrick Pouyanné (TOTALENERGIES), Thomas Mackenbrock (TP), Christophe Périllat (VALEO), Estelle Brachlianoff (VEOLIA), Dirk Hoke (VOITH GROUP).

The Summit will be officially opened by Philippe Aghion, Nobel Prize in Economics, Anne Bouverot, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic for the AI Action Summit, Vincent Luciani, Cofounder & Executive Chairman, Artefact and Damien Gromier, Founder and CEO of Adopt AI.

Detailed confirmed speakers by industries:

AI FOR HEALTH

  • Jan Beger, Global Head of AI Advocacy, GE Healthcare
  • Emma Charles, Senior Vice President European Markets, Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Francesca Colombo, Head of Health Division, OECD
  • Virginie Dominguez, Executive Vice President IT, Digital, Data & AI, Servier
  • Thomas Fuchs, Senior Vice President & Chief AI Officer, Lilly
  • Marco Giannitrapani, Vice President Global Data & Analytics, Novartis
  • Reda Guiha, Country President France, Pfizer
  • Dr. Michael Lauk, Chief Digital Officer, B. Braun
  • Walid Mehanna, Chief Data & AI Officer, Merck
  • Peter Schardt, Chief Technology Officer, Siemens Healthineers

AI FOR FINANCE

  • Lubomira Rochet, Executive VP – French Retail Banking, Private Banking, Insurance & Group’s Chief Operating Office, Société Générale
  • Catherine Mayenobe, Deputy CEO, Caisse des Dépôts
  • Yves Tyrode, CEO of Digital & Payments, Member of the Executive Management Committee, BPCE Groupe
  • Hugues Even, Chief Data Officer, BNP Paribas
  • Andreas Schertzinger, Group Chief Data, AI & Innovation Officer, AXA
  • Olivier Biton, Group CIO, Crédit Agricole
  • Jorissa Neutelings, Chief Digital Officer, ABN AMRO
  • Fabian Winter, Chief Data and AI Officer, MUNICH RE
  • Bernd Leukert, Chief Technology, Data and Innovation Officer, Deutsche Bank Pravina Ladva, Group Chief Digital & Technology Officer, SWISS RE

AI FOR INDUSTRY

  • Pierre Houles, Deputy CIO, Renault Group, Chief Technology Officer Mobilize and General Manager Renault Digital, Renault
  • Meriem Riadi, Chief Information Officer – Water Division, Veolia
  • Dr. Chaouki Kasmi, President  Technology & Innovation, EDGE Group
  • Jean-François Tarabbia EVP, Head of Business Area Architecture and Network Solutions – Continental Automotive, Aumovio
  • Sabine Klauke, EVP, Digital Design Manufacturing, Airbus
  • Alain Bécoulet, Deputy Director General, ITER
  • Philippe Keryer, Senior Executive Vice President Strategy, Research and Technology, Thales
  • Sébastien Arbola, EVP Data, Digital & IT, Strategy, R&I, Engie
  • Caspar Herzberg, CEO, AVEVA
  • Stan Zurkiewicz, CEO, DEKRA

AI FOR TRAVEL

  • Sylvain, Roy, CTO, Amadeus
  • Anne Pruvot, CEO, SNCF Connect & Tech
  • Rémi Maumon de Longevialle, CEO, Vinci Airports
  • Leif Vase Larsen, CEO International, DERTOUR Group
  • Johannes Thomas, Managing Director & CEO, Trivago
  • Siddhartha Chatterjee, Global Chief Data & AI Officer, Club Med
  • Stéphanie Charlaix Meyer, Senior Vice President of Customer Service, Air France KLM
  • David Krieff, Chief Digital & Transformation Officer, Groupe ADP
  • Eduardo Bosch, CEO, Louvre Hotels
  • Piero Sierra, Chief AI Officer, Skyscanner

AI FOR THE PLANET

  • Virginie Schwarz, President & CEO, Météo France
  • Grazyna Piesiewicz, Head of Unit for High Performance Computing and Applications, DG CONNECT European Commission
  • Cristian Canton, Associate Director, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
  • Florian Pappenberger, Director-General Elect and Director of Forecasts and Services, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather (ECMWF)
  • Thomas Davin, Global Director, UNICEF Office of Innovations
  • Philippe Magarshack, Microcontrollers, Digital and RF Products Group, Strategy VP, STMicroelectronics

AI FOR RETAIL & CONSUMERS

  • Aurélien Gervasi, Senior Engineering Manager – AI, BackMarket
  • Pierre Kröning, CIO & Managing Director, Shared Services IT, Beiersdorf
  • Alban Dumouilla, Product Growth, Dust
  • Gabriel Hubert, CEO & Co-Founder, Dust
  • Qihua Wang, Executive Vice President Strategy & AI, Lagardère Travel Retail
  • Anne-Claire Baschet, Chief Data & AI Officer, Mirakl
  • François-Xavier Pierrel, Group Chief Data & Adtech Officer, TF1
  • Fabien Versavau, Ex-CEO Rakuten Group France and Tech & AI Advisor

AI FOR SPORT

  • Lionel Mannucci, IT Director, AS Monaco FC
  • Benjamin Prato, CTO, Olympique de Marseille (OM)
  • Frédéric Grappe, Director of Performance and Innovation, Groupama FDJ
  • Bastien Lacheny, Head of Media Sales and Direct To Consumer, Europe and Middle East, National Basketball Association (NBA)
  • Matthew Smithson, Director of Esports & Game Operations, MyWhoosh
  • Henri-Nicolas Olivier, CEO, Maison Epigenetic
  • Alina Su, CEO, Generation Lab

AI FOR HR

  • Vincent Lecerf, Executive Vice President in charge of Human Resources, Orange
  • Sofia Merlo, Head of Group Human Resources, BNP Paribas
  • Agnès Park, Chief Human Resources Officer, Board Member, Valeo
  • Jacques Adoue, EVP, Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility, Edenred
  • Bénédicte Bahier, Head of Group Human Resources, Member of the Executive Committee, Legrand
  • Aurélien Fenard, Director of Digital Transformation & HR Data, France Travail
  • Christina Chrysovulou, Digital & Integration Learning & Competency Manager, SLB
  • Jean-Côme Renaudin, Global Data & AI Academy Director, Schneider Electric

TECH

  • Marc O’Regan, CTO, EMEA, Dell Technologies
  • Anwar Dahab, Senior Vice President and Managing Director France, Dell Technologies
  • Biljana Weber, Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Northern Western Europe, HPE
  • Laurent Degré, VP GM HPE France, HPE
  • Ricardo Tavares, Director, Global Industries, FSI Vertical, Dell Technologies
  • Mauro Arruda, EMEA Director, AI CoE​, Lenovo
  • Dominik Asam, Chief Financial Officer Member of the Executive Board, SAP
  • Manik Sharma, VP Supply Chain, Celonis
  • Yann Lechelle, CEO, Probabl
  • François Sterin, COO, Data4
  • Yves Dupuy, Head EMEA FSI, AWS
  • Ed Lovely, VP & Chief Data Officer, IBM
  • Didier Descombes, Senior Partner, Leadership Committee Cloud Data AI, Deloitte
  • Pascal Denis, Financial Services Senior Partner, Chief Strategy Officer Deloitte Continental Europe, Deloitte
  • Lucile Foucart, VP Sales France, Adobe
  • Corentin Rosado, Head of AI GTM international, Asana
  • Lucy Barclay, ⁠Senior Director of Global Field and Partner Marketing, Asana

POLICY, INSTITUTIONS & NGOs

  • Prof. Ian Abbs, CEO & Chief Medical Officer, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
  • John Denton, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce
  • Clay Lin, Senior Advisor to the Vice President, World Bank
  • Kenichiro Natsume, Assistant Director General for Global Infrastructure, WIPO
  • Saila Rinne, Head of Unit “Artificial Intelligence in Health and Life Sciences”, EU AI Office
  • Jerry Sheehan, Director for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD
  • Prof. Antoine Tesnière, Managing Director, PariSanté Campus
  • Roberto Viola, Director General of DG CONNECT, European Commission
  • Axel Voss, Member, European Parliament

PARTNERS OF THE EVENT

Premium Partner

Aramco

Worldwide Partner

Technology Innovation Institute (TII)

Platinum Partners

  • Dell Technologies
  • EDGE
  • HPE
  • Lenovo
  • NVIDIA
  • S3NS

Gold Partners

  • Adobe
  • Asana
  • AWS
  • AXA
  • BNP Paribas
  • Celonis
  • CoreWeave
  • Data4
  • Deloitte
  • Groupe BPCE
  • IBM
  • Probabl
  • Salesforce
  • SAP
  • Servier
     

About Artefact

Artefact is a leading global consulting firm dedicated to accelerating the adoption of data and AI to positively impact people and organizations. We specialize in data & AI transformation and AI/data-driven marketing to drive tangible business results across the entire enterprise value chain — with a focus on top and bottom-line business value.

Artefact offers the most comprehensive set of data-driven solutions per industry, built on deep data science and cutting-edge AI technologies, delivering AI projects at scale in all industry sectors. From strategy to design to implementation, we offer an end-to-end approach and solutions: data AI strategy, data quality and governance, data platforms, AI Factory, data-driven customer experience and marketing ROI.

Our 2,000 employees operate in 27 countries (Americas, Europe, Asia, Middle East, India, Africa) and we partner with 1,000+ clients. Artefact, a global provider of data and artificial intelligence (AI) consulting services to large, blue-chip enterprises, recently announced it has entered exclusive negotiations with Cinven, an international private equity firm, for the sale of a majority stake valuing the business at over €1 billion. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Paris, Artefact empowers leading global businesses to navigate technological change and unlock the competitive advantages of data and AI-led transformation. Today the company employs more than 1,700 individuals in 31 offices across 25 countries. Combining deep expertise in data science and AI, Artefact partners with leading enterprises to design and implement innovative, AI-driven strategies. With a powerful blend of data, AI and technology capabilities, the company supports its clients to realise the full value of their data to enhance decision-making, drive growth and deliver personalised customer experiences at scale.

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