Date: Wednesday 14 October 2026, 6:30pm - 9pm
Venue: Le Patio, Hôtel Pulitzer (23 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, 75009 Paris)
Speakers
- Jonathan Abend, Value Engineer, Celonis.
- Alexis Toumi, Co-founder & CTO, Relational Intelligence. Background in applied category theory, AI, and quantum computing.
- Florent Zara, Senior Manager Professional Services, Eclipse Foundation. Specialist in free and open source software. Involved in many AI initiatives of the Eclipse Foundation.
About the event
Corporate adoption of AI faces major challenges around poor data quality, specialised talent gap, infrastructure integration, employees' adoption, energy sustainability, and trustful supply chain and geopolitical impact of semiconductors.
The evening aims at bringing together practitioners working on the gap between the rapid progress of generative AI and the still elusive “RoAI” (return on AI) for businesses: from applying AI to concrete business processes, to questions of explainability and trust, to the broader issue of technological sovereignty. The evening will be framed around informal exchange on experience from professionals and end users on what is being built, on upcoming products, and on what works. Participants will have the opportunity to carry the discussion on over a networking drink.
About the co-organisers
The Franco-British Data Society (FBDS) is an education platform providing the audience and members with a trustful space to further learn on data and alike in a Franco-British context. Insights are provided by experts in the fields, mainly industries, academics and business owners, giving access to a verified source of information.
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