EMMANUEL MACRON
MINISTRE DE L'ECONOMIE, DE L'INDUSTRIE ET DU NUMÉRIQUE
Press release Press release
Paris, 2 January 2015
No. 309
Visit by Emmanuel Macron to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to promote French Tech startups and businesses Tuesday 6 January and Wednesday 7 January 2015 Tuesda y 6 Januar y
9.30am Ribbon-cutting ceremony at the invitation of Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association and CES organiser (Palazzo Ballroom, Level 5, The Venetian)
10am Visit to booths of French businesses, including Parrot, Taz Tag, Avenir Telecom, and startups
French Tech Marseille and Supertooth (Las Vegas Convention Center)
12pm Meeting with Brian Krzanick, CEO of Intel, with Axelle Lemaire, Minister of State for Digital
Affairs (Las Vegas Convention Center, Intel booth)
1.15pm Luncheon with French and American firms (theme: the Internet of Things), with Axelle
Lemaire, Minister of State for Digital Affairs
4.15pm Visit to booths of French and foreign firms, including Netatmo, Withings, Kolibree, Oledcomm, Giroptic, Mooltibox, Docapost (subsidiary of La Poste), Archos, Myfox, and Sculpteo (Sands Meeting Room)
5pm Meeting with Jenny Lawton, CEO of MakerBot (Sands Meeting Room, MakerBot booth)
5.30pm Meeting with startup entrepreneurs (Tony Bates, President of GoPro, and Sonny Vu, President and CEO of Misfit Wearables) and international bloggers, at the invitation of Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association and CES organiser, and Hubert Joly, CEO of Best Buy with David MONTEAU, Director La French Tech
6.30pm Attend National Venture Capital Association event, with Axelle Lemaire, Minister of State for
Digital Affairs, and meeting with Bobby Franklin, President and CEO of the NVCA
8.00pm Dinner with American venture capitalists and business leaders as well as a French delegation, with Axelle Lemaire, Minister of State for Digital Affairs
8.30am Meeting with Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association and
CES organiser, with Axelle Lemaire, Minister of State for Digital Affairs
10.30am Official tour of Eureka Park and meeting with French firms, with Axelle Lemaire, Minister of
State for Digital Affairs (Eureka Park, TBC - Departure from Business France stand)
1.30pm Press luncheon (theme: French Tech), with Axelle Lemaire, Minister of State for Digital Affairs and Muriel Pénicaud, Chair of Business France
3pm Meeting with Bill Ruh, Vice President of GE's Global Software Center
Press contact
Emmanuel MACRON Cabinet:
Barbara FRUGIER : Tél. 33 1 53 18 45 13 sec.mein- pr esse@cabinets.f inances.g ouv.f r
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