France Digitale Day

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Program (main themes) As choosen by FD members. Stay tuned for more information this summer!

• Un/divided: inclusion, diversity, responsibility
  • How to reduce inequality with technology (wealth, food, water, working opportunities…)?
  • Diversity in the French start-up ecosystem: is a white « grandes ecoles » elitism developing? What can be done to put the French Tech at the forefront of tech diversity in the next 5 years?
  • Can France become the World’s Next Start-up Nation?
  • When Hoodies and Ping Pong aren’t enough: corporate social responsibility
• Un/expected: alternative growth options for start-up
  • Bootstrapping: Take Money from Customers, Not Investors
  • Disrupting the VC model : how to raise $12MM in 3 hours
  • Building tech startups for scale and profit, not for IPO or sale: who is in?
  • When startups acquire startups: testimonials on external growth, picking a target and integration
  • Start-up: how to set your valuation
• Un/thinkable: robots, big data, blockchain, AI, what’s next?
  • Customer data as currency : inevitable fate or opportunity?
  • Cybersecurity in a world that is increasingly connected
  • Blockchain v. Money : What’s stopping Bitcoin from becoming the Euro ?
  • Future of work and education in the face of artificial intelligence and robots
  • Ethics and algorithm transparency : should algorithms have a conscience ?
  • Demystifying AI : cutting through the buzz around AI
• Un/stoppable: how important is your zip code?
  • Going international : everything you need to know before taking your business to the US, China or Africa.
  • Province v. Paris: how to start-up from everywhere
  • Exits in Europe for French startups: IPO vs industrial M&A, is the market finally evolving?
  • Why and when to use a US presence to develop your startup ?
• Un/sexy: the start-up stories we don’t tell
  • Idolizing Start-up: how far is too far ?
  • War stories: behind the curtain with entrepreneurs who’ve failed
  • Co-founder breakups: when your work spouse just doesn’t work out
  • Unsexy startups: Some of the words biggest problems are the least attractive to solve