Station F, Paris, France | 22-23 May 2018
Sooner Than You Think
Backed by the unmatched data and analytical power of Bloomberg’s global resources, Sooner Than You Think Paris delivers bankable insight into the near-future of business and the market forces and tech innovations already transforming our global economy.
Change is coming. Sooner than you think.
To succeed in today’s dynamic and chaotic business environment, companies must navigate the constantly evolving digital landscape. But even the most prepared CEOs can be overwhelmed by the challenge.
What are the best strategies for embracing the Internet of Things and rationalizing the vast amounts of data generated in a connected world? How can true digital security be created when cyber criminals always seem one step ahead? And if our future ultimately belongs to robots, how will AI and Machine Learning really change the business dynamic in the near future?
Join us at Station F, the world’s largest tech start-up campus located in the heart of Paris, for Sooner Than You Think as Bloomberg brings together the smartest minds on the planet to answer these and other vital questions.
Speakers

Eileen Burbidge
Partner Passion Capital
William R. Evanina
Director U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center
Benoist Grossmann
Managing Partner Idinvest Partners
Caroline Hyde
European Business Correspondent Bloomberg Television
Elizabeth Krutoholow
Senior Healthcare Analyst - Specialist Pharma and Biotech Bloomberg Intelligence
Bernard Liautaud
Managing Partner Balderton
John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief Bloomberg
Flavia Tata Nardini
Co-Founder & CEO Fleet
Xavier Niel
Founder Iliad Group
Ilkka Paananen
CEO & Co-Founder Supercell
Diego Piacentini
Government Commissioner for the Italian Digital Agenda Italian Republic
Jürgen Schmidhuber
President NNAISENSE
Jackie Simmons
Senior Executive Editor, Americas Bloomberg
Brad Stone
Senior Executive Editor, Global Tech Bloomberg
Ashlee Vance
Writer Bloomberg Businessweek
Roxanne Varza
Director Station F
Carlos Ghosn
Chairman & CEO Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
John Collison
President & Co-Founder Stripe
Mustafa Suleyman
Co-Founder and Head of Applied AI DeepMind
Niklas Zennström
CEO & Founding Partner Atomico
Nate Lanxon
European Technology Editor Bloomberg
Frédéric Mazzella
Founder and President BlaBlaCar
Meerah Rajavel
Chief Information Officer Forcepoint
Yves Bernaert
Senior Managing Director - Technology Europe Lead Accenture
Pierre Nanterme
Chairman & CEO Accenture
Floris van den Dool
Managing Director, Accenture Security--Europe & Latin America Accenture
Will Shu
Co-Founder and CEO Deliveroo
John Chambers
Founder & CEO JC2 Ventures
Maurice Lévy
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Publicis Groupe
Marie Mawad
Reporter Global Tech Bloomberg
Alexander Schlaubitz
Vice President Marketing Lufthansa
Caroline Connan
International Correspondent Bloomberg Television
Anne Hidalgo
Mayor of Paris
Geraldine Amiel
Paris Bureau Chief Bloomberg News
Aleksander Gorkowienko
SecurityLabs Managing Consultant Spirent Communications
Christopher Wylie
Whistleblower, Former Director of Research for Cambridge Analytica
Eddie Schwartz
Executive Vice President of Cyber Services DarkMatter
Jeremy Kahn
Senior Reporter Bloomberg News
Yann LeCun
VP & Chief AI Scientist Facebook
Anurag Rana
Sector Head & Senior Equity Analyst, Software & IT Services Bloomberg IntelligenceMay 22 - Tuesday
Registration and Networking
Smarter, Greener, Cleaner: Positioning Paris as the Capital of Innovation
The Mayor of Paris is on a mission to make the city a model of sustainability, efficiency and innovation, but change doesn't happen overnight. Mayor Anne Hidalgo outlines her vision for the city's future as an international tech and startup hub.
Interviewer
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Geraldine Amiel
Paris Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
Speaker
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Anne Hidalgo
Mayor of Paris
Starting Up a Startup Ecosystem in the City of Light
At the world's largest startup campus, Station F, Xavier Niel and Roxanne Varza are building an entire entrepreneurial ecosystem under one roof. Hear what they have learned in the year since the campus launched and why they believe Paris could soon be the global hub for tech and innovation.
Moderator
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Caroline Connan
International Correspondent, Bloomberg Television
Speakers
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Xavier Niel
Founder, Iliad Group
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Roxanne Varza
Director, Station F
STYT Spotlight: The Rise of the Platform Economy and What it Means for Global Commerce
While American and Chinese tech giants grab the headlines, a long tail of European software platforms are emerging, leveraging the internet's power to connect buyers and sellers across the continent. Stripe co-founder and President John Collison discusses the technological transformations and structural changes powering this paradigm shift, and what it means for the next decade of global economic development.
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Ashlee Vance
Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek
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John Collison
President & Co-Founder, Stripe
The French Tech Revolution: Why Global Tech Leaders Should Have Their Eyes on Paris
VivaTech Co-Founder and Publicis Groupe Supervisory Board Chairman Maurice Levy and Paris Tech Ambassador, and JC2 Ventures founder John Chambers have both led successful, multinational companies. Now they're on the leading edge of France's Tech Revolution. We'll discuss why these two industry leaders are convinced Paris is the world's next major tech startup mecca.
Moderator
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Jackie Simmons
Senior Executive Editor, Americas, Bloomberg
Speakers
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John Chambers
Founder & CEO, JC2 Ventures
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Maurice Lévy
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Publicis Groupe
STYT Spotlight: Election Interference, Corporate Espionage and Cybersecurity--Countering Online Threats in the Public and Private Sector
Digitization boosted productivity in both business and government operations to unforeseen heights, but it has also made sensitive data vulnerable. America's top counterintelligence official explains how his department is working to mitigate the country's most perilous digital threats.
Interviewer
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Brad Stone
Senior Executive Editor, Global Tech, Bloomberg
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William R. Evanina
Director, U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center
STYT Spotlight: Adapting to Digital Disruption
Technology has disrupted work in all industries, challenging companies to adapt to a rapidly increasing pace of change. Accenture Chairman and CEO Pierre Nanterme speaks about his own company's transformation, explaining how both the private and public sector can capitalize on the wave of innovation that is changing the future of work.
Interviewer
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John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg
Speaker
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Pierre Nanterme
Chairman & CEO, Accenture
Opening Night Reception
Hello World Canada: The Rise of AI
Bloomberg Businessweek presents an exclusive premiere of the latest episode of Hello World, the Emmy-nominated tech-travel show hosted by journalist and best-selling author Ashlee Vance and watched by millions of people around the globe.
Speaker
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Ashlee Vance
Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek
May 23 - Wednesday
Registration and Networking Breakfast
Tech Vision 2018 : Intelligent Enterprise Unleashed
Accenture’s 2018 report looks into how technology is embedded in everything we do, improving the ways we live, work, and experience the world. It digs into the technologies that are rapidly reshaping not just daily life, but society as a whole, and allowing businesses in every industry to reimagine what’s possible.
Speaker
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Yves Bernaert
Senior Managing Director - Technology Europe Lead, Accenture
STYT Spotlight: European Tech Grabs the Limelight
For years, as U.S. and Chinese firms made headlines, Europe's tech scene churned mostly in the shadows. But in the wake of Spotify's IPO, European tech has moved center stage. One of the sector's home-grown stars explains what's underpinning the region's success.
Interviewer
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Caroline Hyde
European Business Correspondent, Bloomberg Television
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Niklas Zennström
CEO & Founding Partner, Atomico
STYT Spotlight: Mobility Reimagined
Autonomous driving, AI and electrification are rapidly changing the way we get around, and the accelerated pace of innovation in personal transport has transformed automakers into mobility pioneers. Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn explains how his company's collaborations with startups and its investments in breakthrough technologies are revolutionizing mobility.
Interviewer
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Jackie Simmons
Senior Executive Editor, Americas, Bloomberg
Speaker
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Carlos Ghosn
Chairman & CEO, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
STYT Spotlight: Building and Sustaining a Multibillion-Dollar Mobile Gaming Business
Supercell, the Swedish game developer behind Clash of Clans, rose to meteoric success--with 100 million daily players on its games collectively, and a valuation of $10 billion--just six years after its founding in 2010. CEO and Co-Founder Ilkka Paananen explains how the company managed its rapid growth and discusses his strategy for sustaining it.
Interviewer
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Nate Lanxon
European Technology Editor, Bloomberg
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Ilkka Paananen
CEO & Co-Founder, Supercell
Venture Capital and the Search for a Post-Brexit Tech Hub
With Brexit fast approaching, what does the future hold for London as a global tech and innovation hub? Our panel discusses whether Britain's divorce could damage Silicon Roundabout's status as a hotbed of venture capitalists and tech startups, and if it's setting the stage for the rise of a new European center of innovation.
Moderator
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Brad Stone
Senior Executive Editor, Global Tech, Bloomberg
Speakers
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Eileen Burbidge
Partner, Passion Capital
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Benoist Grossmann
Managing Partner, Idinvest Partners
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Bernard Liautaud
Managing Partner, Balderton
Networking Break
Europe's Unicorns: Lessons Learned from the Continent's Startup Success Stories
Europe's thriving technology hubs like Paris, London, Stockholm and Berlin have yielded a plethora of success stories, but its talent is often overshadowed by tech juggernauts in Silicon Valley and Beijing. Caroline Hyde sits down with the leaders of two of Europe's most successful startups to discuss the benefits and challenges posed by the region's unique entrepreneurial culture.
Moderator
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Caroline Hyde
European Business Correspondent, Bloomberg Television
Speakers
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Frédéric Mazzella
Founder and President, BlaBlaCar
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Will Shu
Co-Founder and CEO, Deliveroo
STYT IoT Spotlight: Earth, Space and Connecting Everything in Between
How will Australian startup Fleet Space Technologies use nanosatellites to create a digital nervous system in space? Flavia Tata Nardini tells us about her plans to connect everything, everywhere.
Moderator
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Ashlee Vance
Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek
Speaker
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Flavia Tata Nardini
Co-Founder & CEO, Fleet
Advancing AI
Facebook VP and Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun speaks on the third anniversary of Facebook's AI lab in Paris about the future of the technology and how it may be the answer to many of Big Tech's woes.
Interviewer
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Jeremy Kahn
Senior Reporter, Bloomberg News
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Yann LeCun
VP & Chief AI Scientist, Facebook
Networking Lunch
STYT Spotlight: The Ethical Application of AI
Humanity faces innumerable challenges, from climate change and sustainable farming to affordable healthcare and economic inequality. For many of these problems, AI could be the solution; DeepMind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman explains why he thinks a conversation focused on ethics, societal impact and safety must be at the forefront of AI's application.
Interviewer
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Caroline Hyde
European Business Correspondent, Bloomberg Television
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Mustafa Suleyman
Co-Founder and Head of Applied AI, DeepMind
Will Artificial Intelligence Revolutionize Pharma?
Artificial intelligence may be able to improve the drug discovery and approval processes, saving the pharmaceutical industry both time and money. Yet, despite the obvious fit, adoption has been slow. Is pharma ready for an AI revolution?
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Elizabeth Krutoholow
Senior Healthcare Analyst - Specialist Pharma and Biotech, Bloomberg Intelligence
STYT Spotlight: AI in EMEA's Past, Present and Future
Europe has a long history of being a leader in the development AI and machine learning. NNAISENSE President Jürgen Schmidhuber, often called the father of modern AI, explains how the region's pioneering efforts will shape the technologies of the future.
Moderator
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Ashlee Vance
Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek
Speaker
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Jürgen Schmidhuber
President, NNAISENSE
Networking Break
Cyber-attacks: The Biggest Risk to the Global Economy
Cyber-attacks are potentially the greatest risk to global growth, due to their capacity to inflict major economic damage across all industries. Artificial intelligence, utilizing self-learning autonomous software products and greater use of public cloud, is the best way to offset rising cyber risks.
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Anurag Rana
Sector Head & Senior Equity Analyst, Software & IT Services, Bloomberg Intelligence
Working beyond Borders to Build Trust in a Robust Digital Defense for the Global Economy Online
As more cyber-attacks are reported daily, confidence regarding data security in both public and private sector organizations continues to erode. This panel explores the best approaches for encouraging international cooperation to combat cybersecurity threats, ensuring safer commerce in the online global marketplace.
Moderator
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Marie Mawad
Reporter Global Tech, Bloomberg
Speakers
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Meerah Rajavel
Chief Information Officer, Forcepoint
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Floris van den Dool
Managing Director, Accenture Security--Europe & Latin America, Accenture
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Eddie Schwartz
Executive Vice President of Cyber Services, DarkMatter
STYT Spotlight: The Italian Digital Renaissance
Why did one of America's Big Tech success stories trade a top job at Amazon for a post in the Italian government, leading the country's digitization efforts? Diego Piacentini discusses Italy's digital transformation.
Moderator
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Brad Stone
Senior Executive Editor, Global Tech, Bloomberg
Speaker
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Diego Piacentini
Government Commissioner for the Italian Digital Agenda, Italian Republic
Prioritizing Privacy: "Black Ops," Cambridge Analytica and the Future of Data Protection
The revelations that Cambridge Analytica misused personal data gleaned from Facebook to target millions of voters in the U.S. and U.K. in the run-up to the Brexit referendum and the 2016 U.S. Presidential election created a political firestorm on both side of the Atlantic. There is still much to know about what actually happened. What will be the long-term fallout? Should governments step in to regulate data privacy? And is it really possible to keep our data safe?
Interviewer
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Nate Lanxon
European Technology Editor, Bloomberg
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Christopher Wylie
Whistleblower, Former Director of Research for Cambridge Analytica
Closing Reception
Sooner Than You Think Paris Highlights
Check out some of the best moments from the 2018 event in Paris including interviews with Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Christopher Wylie, Renault-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo & more.
Sponsors

Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately 442,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Lufthansa
Lufthansa German Airlines is the largest airline within the Lufthansa Group and the first and only European airline to receive a 5-Star Skytrax rating. As one of the world’s leading airlines, Lufthansa currently operates to 209 destinations in 74 countries around the world from of its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. In the 2017 business year, the airline welcomed around 66 million passengers on board its flights. The Lufthansa passenger fleet consists of 357 aircraft (as of 31.12.2017) and will continue to take delivery of new aircraft until 2025. Revenue at Lufthansa German Airlines rose to EUR 16.4 billion in 2017. The airline employs over 33,000 employees.

Forcepoint
Forcepoint is transforming cybersecurity by focusing on what matters most: understanding people’s intent as they interact with critical data and intellectual property wherever it resides. Our uncompromising systems enable companies to empower employees with unobstructed access to confidential data while protecting intellectual property and simplifying compliance. Based in Austin, Texas, Forcepoint protects the human point for thousands of enterprise and government customers in more than 150 countries. For more about Forcepoint, visit www.Forcepoint.com and follow us on Twitter at @ForcepointSec.
Sooner Than You Think Paris
Sooner Than You Think will take place in Station F, the largest startup campus in the world. Home to 1,000 startups, Station F is a one-of-a-kind place for innovation. Located in central Paris and backed by entrepreneur-investor Xavier Niel, the 34,000 sq meter building hosts an entire startup ecosystem under one roof.
Opened in Summer 2017 by French President Emmanuel Macron, Station F is home to companies like Facebook, Zendesk, Vente-Privée, HEC, Microsoft, and many more.
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