VIVA TECHNOLOGY

Tech & Innovation

BNP Paribas is a Founding Partner of Europe’s largest startup and tech event, where business meets innovation.

VivaTech

Viva Technology, or VivaTech, is the go-to annual B2B and B2C event for the European tech scene. With a global reach, the 2023 event brought together 11,400 startups, 150,000 visitors to the venue and 405,000 online visitors from 174 countries to hear more than 450 speakers and see 2,800 exhibitors.

Over four days, VivaTech 2023 was a powerful global catalyst for digital transformation and startup growth. The event brought together, in Paris and online, business leaders, startups, investors, researchers and innovators to ignite positive change in business and for society.

BNP Paribas has been a proud supporter of VivaTech since its first edition in 2016.

This year’s three BtoB days were organised around 3 main themes

  • Wednesday 14 June: MOBILITY FOR ALL, sustainable mobility for everyone
  • Thursday 15 June: DATA FOR CHANGE
  • Friday 16 June: PAYMENT FOR SIMPLE LIFE, payments that simplify life
Click to view our speakers at VivaTech 23

Our experts were present at the BNP Paribas Lab throughout the event (stand J39), joining us for insightful discussions, including:

DaySessionVenue
Wednesday, 14 June10:45 to 11:00
Trust in the mobility of tomorrow
BNP Paribas expert Joachim Reinboth will talk about the mobility of the future

Speaker:
Joachim Reinboth, Co-Head of Automotive and Mobility Services at BNP Paribas CIB
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Live on LinkedIn
Thursday, 15 June10:00 to 10:10
Outlook for our talents in tech:
IT development, production and cybersecurity careers – Focus on the CIB ITO Experts for Tomorrow Programme.

Speakers:
Anh Phuong Touzeau, Kahina Kerchouche, Nassim Yahmi, Jonathan Blaisius

10:15 to 10:30
Gender equity in Tech:
How the Women in IT Programme and other Diversity, Equality and Inclusion initiatives increase career opportunities for women in IT Production.

Speaker:
Maeva Biger


10:30 to 10:45
Presentation by Mainstreet partners
Mainstreet partners is an independent and dedicated Sustainable Investment Advisor with over a decade of experience creating ESG multi-asset and multi-manager portfolio.

Speaker:
Pietro Sette, Research Director – GSS Bond

10:40 to 11:00
Cybersecurity in the banking industry

Speaker:
Bruno Dehem, Global CISO at BNP Paribas CIB

11:00 to 11:30
How to launch your career in tech: focus on the tech graduate programme

Speakers:
Antoine Guillaud, Jade Delevoye, Timothée Collet

11:45 to 12:15
How to launch your career in tech: focus on the tech graduate programme

Speakers:
Antoine Guillaud, Gong Chen, Pierre-Jean Drieu La Rochelle, Rym Mouloudi

13:25 to 13:40
Presentation by Manaos: How can Manaos help investors own their ESG strategy
Manaos empowers investors and asset managers
to fulfil numerous use cases including portfolio look-through, ESG data sourcing, ESG reporting, on a modular platform optimised for flexibility, speed and scalability.


Speaker:
Karim Chaabouni

14:45 to 15:30
Conference by OS-Climate: Tapping the power of open source to accelerate the climate transition with better data and analytics
OS-Climate is an established open source collaboration community that’s building a data and software platform that will dramatically boost global capital flows into climate change mitigation and resilience. OS-Climate intends to aggregate the best available data, modelling, computing and data science worldwide.

Speaker:
Brendan Reilly

15:45 to 16:00
Reducing the environmental impact of our data centres

Speaker:
Ricardo Jantarada, Global Head of Networks and Data Centres, BNP Paribas CIB

17:30 to 17:45
Presentation by Kantox: Currency management automation: How to embrace currencies to boost competitiveness Kantox and profitability?
Kantox is the leader in currency management automation technology, helping companies across the globe transform how they manage currencies and overcome FX risk.

Speakers:
Nicolas Marquet
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Friday, 16 June
11:00 to 11:30
Diversity, equality and inclusion in tech: focus on women in IT

Speaker:
Eva Attal, Alice Deshays, Samira Kharbichi


11:45 to 12:15
Diversity, equality and inclusion in tech: focus on women in IT

Speakers:
Eva Attal, Alice Deshays, Samira Kharbichi


14:00 to 14:30
Welcoming employees from varied educational backgrounds

Speakers:
Samira Kharbichi, Rokhaya Gaye Esnault
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Expert Insights from VivaTech 23

At VivaTech 2023, BNP Paribas experts shared their insights from mobility and data, to how technology is supporting the sustainable transition.

Browse our expert articles below and stay tuned for more.

Tech & Innovation

Is AI the answer to real time trade settlement?

At VivaTech, leading fintech Saphyre discussed its recent investment from BNP Paribas and the benefits of this collaboration for clients and the industry.

Tech & Innovation

Intelligent virtual assistants: a smoother customer journey

A new generation of AI-powered virtual assistants is further digitalising the customer experience, for a faster, more reliable and transparent journey.

Access the full programme

BNP Paribas believes it has a leading role to play to help advanced investors bridge the gap with positive business developments projects and positive innovations, pairing smart capital with smart projects. Our focus is to partner with and finance start-ups to accelerate the development of sustainable technologies that will make a lasting impact. BNP Paribas is working relentlessly to connect investors searching for sustainable and positive impact assets with companies looking for capital to finance their transition

Constance Chalchat, Head of CIB Company Engagement & Global Markets Chief Sustainability Officer, BNP Paribas

Introducing Kayrros

Sustainability 1.41 min 08 June 2022

Meet Our Experts – Thierry Bujon de L’Estang

Engagement 02.30 min 07 September 2021

Meet our partners at VivaTech

At the BNP Paribas Lab, stand J39

  • OS-Climate: open-source collaboration community
  • Kantox: currency management automation
  • Mainstreet partners: ESG advisory and portfolio analytics on sustainable, ESG and impact investments since 2008
  • Manaos: enabling institutional investors to store fund data on a single platform for a comprehensive and transparent view