Videogame Economics Forum launches the debate on games funding and financing May 16-17th
Last year saw the inauguration of the first the Videogame Economic Forum (aka VEF), which was organized by Pole Magelis and based in Angouleme, the home of one of France’s leading games and interactive universities ENJMIN. Although there are various games conferences that take place each year in Europe including Game Connection, Casual Connect, and […]
Jammed packed program announced for NEXT Berlin on Apr 23rd -24th
This week the NEXT Berlin organizers announced a packed programme which, as highlighted by the organizers, gives NEXT Berlin a platform to “look at trends before they become mainstream, and offers the chance to address them and network with experts at a very early stage.” On three stages and in numerous workshops more than 100 experts will […]
Wiki Stage makes its big debut on March 30th at ESCP – get your tickets now!
Wiki is going Live on March 30th Google hit #1 for an illness, geological event, or even obscure person, will most likely be a site called Wikipedia.org- amassing 78 billion views a year. For research purposes Wikipedia is instantly accessible, free, and comprehensive. The Enlightenment, a period marked by the emancipation of mankind’s ideas, may […]
Resistance is futile: French government gives go-ahead on 100 Million Euro robotics fund
France’s Minister for Industrial Renewal Arnaud Montebourg announced Tuesday at the European Robotics Forum that the government will be injecting 100 Million euros into the Robotics industry in France. Originally covered on the Wall Street Journal, the fund is said to give between 300,000 € and 3 Million € in grants to the robotics industry, which, while mainly […]
Startup Career Launchpad conference set to take-off on April 18-19th in London
The second edition of the Startup Career Launchpad is set to take-off on April 18-19th in London. Organized by NACUE, the UK’s principal association for college and university entrepreneurs, and supported by the BVCA, the conference aims to bring together the European startup community in an effort to “connect the biggest names in entrepreneurship, investment and […]
Previously cancelled TheNextWeb France awards quietly rescheduled to tonight.
TheNextWeb startup awards are going on tonight in Paris; you may not have heard about it because, well, they haven’t really communicated about it. The original event was cancelled, and then became a strictly online event, and then… Well, frankly we didn’t really know what was going on. However, it seems that last Friday, attendees […]
Here are the 15 French & International Mobile Apps competing at LeMobile
Today is the first day of LeMobile, and the 15 finalists of the startup competition were finally announced at the end of last week. LeMobile is easily the biggest conference dedicated to mobile in France, and, unlike Mobile World Congress, mobile operators & platforms take the backseat to mobile apps at this conference. Despite the […]
Startup Academy Day showcases France’s rising startups on April 2nd
On April 2nd, 360 webmarketing firm Poweron will host its 6th edition of Startup Academy Day at which 40 of France’s rising startups will have the opportunity to pitch in front of a jury of 20+ key players in France’s tech ecosystem (members of jury noted here). Poweron’s Startup Academy actually started in 2008 by Jean-François […]
Startup Competition finalists announced as MIPCUBE gears up for April event
Reed Midem’s MIPCUBE, a sub-event to the TV Industry’s biggest event MIPTV, has announced the finalists for its three big competitions as it gears up for the event in April. Branded as “reinventing the content experience,” MIPCUBE has been a big effort to bring innovation and startups to MIPTV, which traditionally has been an event […]
April 18-19, Devopsdays comes to Paris – get your tickets today!
I’m really excited to announce that Devopsdays, the 2-day conference series devoted to bringing development and operations together, is coming to Paris for the first time on April 18th-19th. The conference, which takes place all over the world, from San Francisco to London, India to Brazil, is an English-language tech conference (so you know we’re […]