World AI Cannes Festival (WAICF) 2026

The event will once again bring together the world's leading AI players at the prestigious Palais des Festivals in Cannes for an unprecedented immersion in the best strategies, use cases and innovations from around the globe!
More than a hundred speakers are expected to attend this new edition. Thanks to a high-quality conference programme, the Festival provides an overview of AI in all its diversity through four themes:

AI FOR BUSINESS:

• This course aims to help organisations implementing and developing artificial intelligence projects to assess their needs. The objective is to explore new pilot projects (POCs) and the latest applications of AI solutions, and to understand how they can maximise their potential.

AI FOR GOVERNANCE:

• By offering organisations a clearer understanding of the most effective ways to leverage artificial intelligence, this track highlights how ethics and regulation drive progress, while addressing key ethical and regulatory issues.

THE NEXT AI TECH:

• In this track, different organisations from various sectors and industries will present the latest emerging technologies that will shape future advances in artificial intelligence, such as large language models (LLMs), agentic AI, quantum computing and robotics.

HEALTH AI SUMMIT:

• This track will focus on how artificial intelligence is revolutionising medicine and healthcare, offering insights into the latest discoveries, new treatments and practical applications, ranging from drug discovery to imaging assistance.