🥂 Innovation Leaders Apéro @ VivaTech 2026

​Join fellow innovation leaders for an informal evening of honest conversations during VivaTech.

​After a full day of keynotes, startup pitches and AI announcements, let’s take a step back and discuss what is actually happening inside innovation teams today.

​This gathering brings together corporate innovators, venture leaders, open innovation practitioners such as Orange, PwC, SNCF, Orano, Yumana, P&G and ecosystem builders for a relaxed exchange of ideas, experiences and perspectives.

​No presentations.

​No panels.

​No sales pitches.

​Just a group of people working on innovation every day, sharing what they’re seeing in the field.

Chatham House Rule applies: participants are free to use the insights from the discussion, but not to attribute comments to any individual or company.

​Topics likely to emerge

• ​How AI is reshaping innovation teams

• ​Open innovation: what’s working and what’s not

• ​The growing pressure to demonstrate ROI

• ​Venture clienting vs accelerators vs CVC

• ​Scaling innovation beyond pilots

• ​Building innovation programs that survive budget scrutiny

• ​Startup collaboration challenges

• ​The future role of innovation teams inside large organizations

• ​Emerging trends spotted at VivaTech

​Who should attend?

• ​Heads of Innovation

• ​Innovation Managers

• ​Open Innovation Leads

• ​Venture Clienting & CVC teams

• ​Transformation Leaders

• ​Innovation Consultants

• ​Corporate Venture Builders

• ​Selected founders working closely with corporates

​Format

​A small-group discussion over drinks.

​Come to share, challenge ideas, compare experiences and meet peers facing similar opportunities and challenges.

​Hosted by

​The Novable team will facilitate the conversation and bring perspectives gathered from working with innovation teams across industries, but the discussion belongs to the participants.

​The best insights usually happen after the conference ends.

​📍 Location confirmed upon registration - Paris, close to Porte de Versailles, 11 min walk from Vivatech

​🕖 June 18 - from 18:00 (drinks, then wherever the evening takes us)