Conferences / World AI Cannes Festival (WAICF)
World AI Cannes Festival 2023
Feb 9–11, 2023 · Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes, France
- Conference
- World AI Cannes Festival (WAICF) Vendor & industry
- Dates
- Feb 9, 2023 – Feb 11, 2023
- Venue
- Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
- Place
- Cannes, France
- Format
- Hybrid
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- 12,000Organizer recap (via Tendance Hôtellerie, 23 Feb 2023): nearly 8,000 professionals in person + 2,500 online, plus 4,000+ general public on Saturday; 14,500 participants total, 230 exhibitors. 12,000 = in-person professionals + public. Note RX's 2024 recap (8,000+ pros = +36% vs 2023) implies a lower 2023 professional count.
- Website
- worldaicannes.com
- Recorded
- 24 sponsors · 15 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Second edition, produced and organized by Corp Agency (initiated by EuropIA, City of Cannes, Palais des Festivals). Feb 9-10 professionals, Feb 11 open day. Sponsors: full sponsor page (all tiers). Speakers: featured speakers only (the 15 highlighted at the top of the archived speakers page, before the alphabetical list of 100+); opening speech by minister Jean-Noël Barrot. Exhibitor list not recorded. Price: Full Pass EUR 496 per a Nov 2022 article (20% off before Dec 16, 2022; unclear whether 496 is before or after that discount); Discovery Pass free.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Pass (expo) | €0 | — | hi-techchic.com | |
| Full Pass | €496 | — | Per Hi-Tech Chic (Nov 17, 2022); 20% discount advertised for purchases before Dec 16, 2022. | hi-techchic.com |
Sponsors 24
Platinum 1
- Huawei · Strategic
Other 3
- Amazon Web Services · AWS Sponsor Start Up Village
- City of Cannes · Official
- Département des Alpes-Maritimes · Official
Speakers and talks 15
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Noël Barrot | French Government (President) | Keynote | Opening speech | — |
| Alberto Prado | Unilever | Featured | — | — |
| Alice Xiang | Sony | Featured | — | — |
| Camila Manera | Librodepases / The Walt Disney Company | Featured | — | — |
| Gérard Medioni | Amazon Web Services | Featured | — | — |
| Luc Julia | Renault | Featured | — | — |
| Manuela Veloso | JPMorgan Chase | Featured | — | — |
| Michael Kearns | University of Pennsylvania | Featured | — | — |
| Michaela Schutt | Siemens | Featured | — | — |
| Nicholas Kelley | Novartis | Featured | — | — |
| Saeed Contractor | Uber | Featured | — | — |
| Stuart Russell | University of California, Berkeley | Featured | — | — |
| Thomas Wolf | Hugging Face | Featured | — | — |
| Wolfgang Hauner | Allianz | Featured | — | — |
| Yann LeCun | Meta | Featured | — | — |
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20230131125758/https://www.worldaicannes.com/sponsors
- https://web.archive.org/web/20230206022852/https://www.worldaicannes.com/the-speakers
- https://www.tendancehotellerie.fr/articles-breves/communique-de-presse/19088-article/ia-tapis-rouge-pour-le-waicf-qui-a-accueilli-pres-de-15-000-visiteurs-pour-sa-2eme-edition
- https://www.hi-techchic.com/?p=28597
- https://businesswire.com/news/home/20230123005541/en/World-AI-Cannes-Festival-must-see-speakers-in-2023