Press Release | 14 June 2022

Orange’s presence at the Viva Technology 2022 trade fair

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The international event dedicated to start-ups is returning to the Parc des Expositions at the Porte de Versailles in Paris from June 15 to 18. The event hosts over 1,500 exhibitors and 1,200 start-ups, representing 30 countries.

This sixth edition brings together all the global players working on digital transformation and includes thousands of start-ups and dozens of international groups.

Orange, founding partner of the trade fair, is delighted to once again highlight its commitment to the start-ups that innovate alongside the Group and the benefits of 5G, through brand new demos, conferences and speeches.

More than 150 start-ups supported by Orange, and from various support programs such as Orange Ventures or even Orange Fab, will take turns on the Orange stand, on themes as diverse as the environment, healthcare, accessibility, company services, the Smart City and entertainment.


 

Experiment to better innovate : the Orange 5G Lab program is being moved and set-up for the first time at VivaTech

For VivaTech, with its "off-site" Orange 5G Lab, Orange is presenting innovations and start-ups focusing on 5G and its new, useful and responsible applications. 

Michaël Trabbia, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Orange, will present an overview of the program and its ambitions at a press conference on Wednesday, June 15 at 2 p.m. in the Orange Carré Débat, in the company of start-ups that will present the projects they have developed thanks to Orange 5G Lab. These include:

 

  • Vrombr : an e-sport application, that enables players to use their 5G smartphone to remotely control a 1/10th scale racing car on a real track located anywhere in the world using the 5G network.
  • SkyBoy : uses augmented reality and 360° to offer an immersive experience in which the visitor is transported to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. They can experience the competition sites and much more using a tablet. 
  • Wyca Robotics : develops autonomous robots for industry and retail. Equipped with a 360° camera and connected to 5G, these robots can handle new uses such as visiting real locations remotely. 
  • Eternal Notre-Dame : this demonstration invites the audience to go on an immersive journey through the legendary cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. This revolutionary innovation enables visitors to discover the key stages in the cathedral’s history, from its construction in the Middle Ages to the current restoration. The demonstration is based on the combined power of 5G, with its extremely low latency and Cloud XR, cloud streaming technology for extended reality.

 

 

Meeting the Orange directors 

On the main stage at Viva Technology 2022, on Wednesday June 15 at 11 a.m., visitors are invited to attend the Keynote « Networks and Networking: What Follows Disruption ? » by Christel Heydemann, Orange CEO. This keynote presentation will emphasize the importance of networks as an essential driver of today's and tomorrow's cutting-edge technological innovations, for the benefit of all.

And because digital technology has no future if there is no debate, Orange has created its stand in a space that is open to everyone: the Carré Débat or Debate Square.

This venue is conducive to thought and discussion and has a strong program, welcoming major players in innovation to debate the future of tech:

 

 

  • Wednesday, June 15 at 3:45 p.m.: "IA/ DATA: How to build trust in digital?"   

 

Steve Jarrett, SVP Data & IA at Orange

Laurence Devillers, professor in artificial intelligence at LIMSI/CNRS

Guillaume Rozier, data scientist, founder of CovidTracker and ViteMaDose

Eva Sadoun, co-founder of Rift

 

 

  • On Thursday, June 16 in the morning "Orange x Tech Trash"

 

"Amish vs entrepreneurs, the great debate," from 9:40 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

"Work and disillusion: the start-up nation is no longer inspiring" from 10:20 a.m. to 10:55 a.m.

"Scale-up, minotaurs, benevolence and disruption: is the lexicon of innovation the reflection of a vacuum in thinking?" from 11:20 a.m. to 11:55 a.m.

 

 

  • On Thursday, June 16, afternoon talks "Orange x So good"

 

o "The impact of tech on climate challenges" 

2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. with:

Michaël Trabbia, Orange Chief Technology and Innovation Officer

Yannick Servant, Co-founder Convention Entreprises Climat

Noel Bauza, CEO of Zei

Alice Vachet, journalist, host of the podcast L’Empreinte 

 

o "Digital sovereignty: tomorrow’s challenge?"   

4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. with:

Hugues Foulon, Orange Executive Director of Strategy and Cybersecurity

Gilles Babinet, co-Chairman of the French National Digital Council

 

 

 

 

 

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Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with revenues of 40.3 billion euros in 2024 and 127,000 employees worldwide at 31 December 2024, including 71,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 291 million customers worldwide at 31 December 2024, including 253 million mobile customers and 22 million fixed broadband customers. These figures account for the deconsolidation of certain activities in Spain following the creation of MASORANGE. The Group is present in 26 countries (including non-consolidated countries).
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