The third Metropolitan Innovation Evening, held on 17 June 2026 on a barge on the Seine in Paris, hosted by the Metropole du Grand Paris with French Tech Grand Paris. It convenes startups, elected officials and public agents of the Greater Paris innovation community.
The Soiree de l'Innovation Metropolitaine is the third edition of the Metropolitan Innovation Evening, held on 17 June 2026 from 18:30 to midnight on a moored barge on the Seine in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. It is hosted by the Metropole du Grand Paris with the support of French Tech Grand Paris. The evening gathers startups, elected officials, public agents and key actors of the Greater Paris territorial innovation community.
Conceived as a networking evening on the Seine, the gathering takes the form of a standing dinner-cocktail aboard the barge from 18:30 to midnight. The event is private, with host approval required and registration capped at two people per company. The exact dock address is shared with approved guests.
The evening runs on 17 June, the first business day of VivaTech, as the week's institutional Greater Paris gathering. Its public-private framing distinguishes it from the investor-led receptions of the night.
No formal speaker programme is published.
It is a side event on the evening of 17 June, the first business day of VivaTech, hosted by the Metropole du Grand Paris with French Tech Grand Paris. It is independent of VivaTech ticketing.
Startups, elected officials, public agents and key actors of the Greater Paris territorial innovation community.
It is not designed for: the general public, since access is private and approval-based; companies sending large delegations, given the cap of two per company; attendees seeking a conference rather than an institutional reception; and those outside the Greater Paris innovation community.
The evening is held aboard a barge moored on the Seine in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, with the exact dock address shared with approved guests. The riverside setting suits a standing dinner-cocktail.
The Metropole du Grand Paris is the metropolitan public authority for the Greater Paris area, hosting the evening. French Tech Grand Paris is the regional French Tech capital association supporting the event, whose director is Alexandra Andre. Together they convene the territorial innovation community.
The institutional evening of the VivaTech week, where Greater Paris convenes its startups and public officials on a barge on the Seine.
Registration is handled through Luma, is subject to host approval, and is capped at two people per company. The dock address is shared on confirmation.
Request to join through the Luma event page; access is approval-based and limited to two registrants per company.
On 17 June 2026, from 18:30 to midnight, aboard a barge on the Seine in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
A standing dinner-cocktail and networking between startups and public decision makers of Greater Paris.
| Luma page | https://luma.com/dootfudp |
| French Tech Grand Paris | https://www.frenchtech-grandparis.com/ |
| Parent event | https://eventsindex.org/events/viva-technology.html |