On Monday evening, speakers, French Tech representatives and some VIPs were invited at Hotel Matignon, which is the French Prime Minister residency. We had talks from several key figures of the digital world in France, including Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State in charge of Digital Affairs, Fredéric Mazzella (CEO of Blablacar), and many more. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a global investment fund of 57 billion euros, which includes the renewal of the “PIA” (Plan d’Investissement d’Avenir) 13 billion euros. These are excellent news as the PM explicitely mentioned AI and blockchain as being hot topics for the next PIA. Expect many ambitious blockchain projects to flourish in the next couple of years in France.

The day after was organized by the France Digitale un-conference Day. The conference happened in the magic and beautiful Museum of Circus Arts. 3000 attendees gathered to listen to the talks, socialize and also party — with Synapson.

The conference had a great program mixing high profile figures giving talks about various social aspects, executives of French unicorns and some technical talks. We had the chance to share the stage with Cedric Villani (Fields medal), Thierry Petit (CEO of Showroomprivé), Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (800m World Champion), Olivier Mathiot (CEO of Priceminister), Quentin Sannie (CEO of Devialet), and so many more! You can see the full list here.