The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and France Digitale, the leading startup association in Europe, are once again partnering to co-host CES Tech Trends, a global kickoff event for CES 2025. CES Tech Trends will be held on 18 September 2024 at the Musée des Arts Forains in Paris during France Digitale’s FDDay 2024, a top innovation event that convenes European entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders to discuss the latest trends in business, tech, and society. CES Tech Trends will preview what to expect at CES 2025. Owned and produced by CTA, CES 2025 returns to Las Vegas, 7-10 January 2025.
“We are thrilled to return to Paris for CES Tech Trends, kicking off the road to CES 2025 with a showcase of French innovation that’s solving some of the world’s biggest challenges,” said Gary Shapiro, CEO, CTA. “We look forward to our renewed partnership with France Digitale and to seeing the best of France’s dynamic innovation ecosystem.”
Startup “family reunion”
CES Tech Trends will feature conference programming highlighting entrepreneurship and its global impact, the latest market research, and the fastest-growing global tech trends leading into CES 2025.
FDDay stands as the most exciting startup “family reunion” in Europe and returns for its 12th edition in 2024. This year, over 4000 founders, investors and innovation leaders will gather to inspire creativity, close deals with partners, network, and raise funds with investors.
Crafting tech trends
“We are very happy to partner once again with CTA to co-host the CES Tech Trends during our FDDay in Paris. It’s a tremendous recognition of the importance of the French innovation ecosystem in the world and its strategic role crafting the new trends driving tech in 2024 and beyond,” said Maya Noël, managing director, France Digitale.
French innovation continues to drive groundbreaking advances in the global technology industry. More than 215 French companies, including 180 startups, exhibited at CES 2024, making the French startup delegation among the largest at the 2024 show.