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List of French Tech trade fairs by sector of activity

The Allostand Team

February 14, 2020

The Tech ecosystem is extremely dynamic in France with more than 5 billion euros invested in 2019 in startups. Paris is the second European tech hub behind London. France is therefore a stronghold of global Tech. This dynamism is reflected in particular by the large number of professional events organized every year in the region. More than a hundred Tech shows and conferences take place in France to allow ecosystem players to meet, present their innovations, carry out monitoring, find new partners, etc. These events are positioned horizontally (cybersecurity, Big Data, Cloud Computing, IA, IoY, etc.) or vertically (health, education, industry, retail, finance, etc.).

Are you looking for a Tech fair in France to develop your business? Do you want to address a specific business sector with your solutions? We invite you to discover the list of French Tech shows by sector of activity.

  1. Public Administration: AP Connect
  2. Building: Intelligent Building Systems
  3. Construction: BIM World Paris
  4. Education: Educatec – Educatice
  5. Finance: Paris Fintech Forum
  6. Training: Learning Technologies
  7. Hotel and catering: Food Hotel Tech Paris
  8. Real estate: RENT
  9. Industriy: SMART INDUSTRIES
  10. Legal: Le Village de la LegalTech
  11. Retail / e-commerce: Paris Retail Week
  12. Health: SANTEXPO

Public Administration Market: AP Connect

Organized by PG Organisation, AP Connect is the trade fair for IT solutions for public administrations. The event welcomes 2,500 visitors and 140 exhibitors. The show is organized around an exhibition space, a cycle of 30 conferences with a strategic dimension and an agora program offering feedback. Visitors to the show are mainly service general managers, CIOs or CISOs, CFOs and business managers. Simplified list of exhibitors: CivicTech, e-Administration, administrative management software, EDM, IS Consulting, Collaborative platform, data security, etc.
Note, AP Connect is organized in partnership with DINUM, SNDGCT and UGAP in particular .

Next edition: 2022 (to define)
More information: www.apconnect.fr

Building Market: Intelligent Building Systems

Organized by IBS Event, Intelligent Building Systems is the smart building and connected building trade fair. The show welcomes 7,000 visitors and 200 exhibitors (manufacturers and distributors of products, systems, software and services for the energy performance of buildings) and offers a program of 30 conferences and 20 workshops. 33% of visitors are suppliers or integrators, 25% project managers, 21% builders and operators, 10% project owners. The main areas of interest for visitors are building energy management, technical building management and smart grids. The Intelligent Building Systems trade fair takes place in Paris every year over nearly 6,000m² of exhibition space.

Next edition: 20-21 October 2021, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
More information: www.ibs-event.com

Construction market: BIM World Paris

Organized by the company Beyond Event, BIM World Paris is the leading trade fair for digital transformation in construction, real estate and urban planning. The 2020 edition will be organized around an exhibition space bringing together nearly 350 exhibitors and a congress offering nearly 250 conferences. BIM World Paris 2020 is expecting nearly 10,000 visitors. Note, this new edition will be structured around 3 main themes: construction 4.0, real estate as a Service and Smart Infrastructure.

Next edition: June 23-24, 2021, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
More information: bim-w.com

Education Market: Educatec - Educatice

Organized Weyou Group and supported by the Education League and the Ministry of National Education and Youth, Educatec - Educatice is the trade fair for educational innovation. The event takes place in conjunction with the European Education Fair. The 2019 edition welcomed 11,200 visitors and 200 exhibitors. Educatec - Educatice is organized around an exhibition space, a cycle of conferences and workshops, a business meeting program and a startup village (Edtech). Visitors to the show are mostly heads of Education / Youth departments of local authorities, elected officials in charge of education, school management, work managers and academic DSI or DSI of local authorities. Simplified exhibitor nomenclature: multimedia and audiovisual, publishing and educational products, materials and consumables, science and technology, layout and equipment, institutions and associations.

Next edition: November 24-26, 2021, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Moer information: www.educatec-educatice.com

Finance Market: Paris Fintech Forum

Organized by the strategy & innovation consultancy firm Altéir Consulting, Paris Fintech Forum is the benchmark international event on digital finance in the age of Fintech. The event welcomes more than 2,600 participants from 70 countries and 150 exhibitors. The participants are 43% Fintech, 37% banks and insurance companies and 12% VCs and investors. The Forum offers more than 130 keynotes, panels, interviews and pitches and organizes the Paris Fintech Forum awards. Paris Fintech Forum is a place of concrete exchange between international players in the financial industry and Fintech.

Next edition: June 30 and July 1, 2021, Online
More information: www.parisfintechforum.com

Training market: Learning Technologies

Organized by CloserStill Media, Learning Technologies is the leading trade fair in France for technologies for training. The event brings together 7,000 visitors and more than 200 exhibitors in Paris every year. Learning Technologies is aimed at decision makers in training and human resources. 31% of visitors are training managers, 19% e-learning managers or project managers and 19% company managers. In 2019, the show offered a conference program organized around 3 themes: corporate e-learning, continuing education and lifelong learning, a seminar on language learning, demonstrations of language training solutions and International conference in English.

Next edition: January 26-27, 2022, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
More information: www.learningtechnologiesfrance.com

Hotel-Catering Market: Food Hotel Tech Paris

Organized by FHT Events, Food Hotel Tech is the Digital & Tech 100% Hotel-Catering trade show. In 2019, the event welcomed 6,100 visitors and 180 exhibitors, including 60 startups, and offered 25 conferences. 54.5% of visitors are from the catering sector and 45.5% from the hotel sector. Visitors to Food Hotel Tech are looking for solutions to help them decode, tame and benefit from the impact of new technologies in their profession. Simplified exhibitor nomenclature: Big Data & Personalization, Business Intelligence, Chatbot, Click & Collect, CRM & Customer Loyalty, E-reputation, Connected Products / High-Tech Products, Property Management Systems (PMS), Online Reservation, Revenue Management, Solution Digital for Wines & Spirits, Payment Systems, Wi-Fi & 4G Onsite and Mobility, etc. Note, Food Hotel Tech is held twice a year in Paris and Nice.

Next edition: November 9-10, 2021, Paris Event Center
More information: www.foodhoteltech.com

Real Estate Market: RENT

Organized by Realnewtech, RENT is the trade fair dedicated to innovations in real estate marketing. The event takes place in Paris every year. Organized over more than 15,000m² of exhibition space, RENT welcomes 9,000 participants, 400 exhibitors including 100 startups and 40 conferences. The show is aimed at property managers, real estate agents, investors and real estate developers looking for digital solutions.

Next edition: June 30 - July 1, 2021, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
More information: www.rent.immo

Industry Market: SMART INDUSTRIES

Organized by GL events, SMART INDUSTRIES is the international trade fair for the connected, collaborative and efficient industry. The event takes place in even years in Paris and in odd years in Lyon. Organized within the framework of GLOBAL INDUSTRIE, SMART INDUSTRIES takes place in parallel with 3 trade shows dedicated to industry: MIDEST (the international show of know-how in industrial subcontracting), TOLEXPO (the show 100% sheet metal work , tubes and profiles) and INDUSTRIE (the exhibition for production technologies and equipment). The 2019 edition of SMART INDUSTRIES brought together nearly 700 exhibitors and 24,900 visitors. The show is organized around 6 themes: product / process design, management and control of the production device, manufacturing operations, services related to the production device, digital technologies, organization of job.

Next edition: September 6-9, 2021, Eurexpo Lyon
More information: www.global-industrie.com

Legal Market: The LegalTech Village

Co-organized by the OpenLaw association and the media Le Village de la Justice, the Village de la LegalTech is the French professional meeting place for LegalTech. In 2019, the event brought together 3,600 participants and 80 exhibitors and offered a program of 100 conferences and workshops. The visitors present are lawyers, jurists, notaries, tax specialists, accountants, bailiffs, law students, etc. The LegalTech Village allows for 2 days to meet, discuss, train, find solutions with Legaltech players in France, on the subjects of the transformation of legal professions.

Next edition: November 18-19, 2021, Paris
More information: transformations-droit.com

Retail / e-commerce market: Paris Retail Week

Organized by Comexposium, Paris Retail Week is the trade fair for e-commerce and connected commerce. The event welcomes nearly 600 solution providers and 25,000 participants every fall in Paris. Created in 2015, Paris Retail Week is the grouping of two trade shows, Equipmag and the e-Commerce Paris show. It is today one of the largest European events dedicated to the distribution and e-commerce ecosystem. The exhibition aims to respond to 8 business issues encountered by distributors and e-merchants: omnichannel commerce, marketing innovation, logistics, B2B marketing, marketplaces, new payments, agile customer journey, data use.

Next edition: September 28-30, 2021, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
More information: www.parisretailweek.com

Health Market: SANTEXPO

Organized by PG Organisation on behalf of the Fédération Hospitalière de France, SANTEXPO is the leading trade fair for health IT. The show is part of a global event dedicated to healthcare establishments. The event is organized around an exhibition space welcoming nearly 350 exhibitors (software publishers, IT integrators, IT manufacturers, e-health solutions, etc.) from Agora offering feedback and a Village Startups. The show benefits from the 20,000 visitors present on SANTEXPO. Visitor profile: facility directors, CIO, RSI, CISO, DAF, HRD, health executives, etc. The themes addressed at the event are HDS / RGPD / Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Interoperability, Security / Blockchain, IS & GHT, IoT, Connected health, Telemedicine, etc.

Next edition: November 8-10, 2021, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
More information: www.santexpo.com

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