Overview
GEN AI DAYS 2026 is a one-day conference on generative AI, held on 17 November 2026 at the Hôtel de Région Pays de la Loire in Nantes. It is designed for decision-makers, entrepreneurs, partners and technical teams who want to understand, deploy and scale generative AI. The event focuses on detailed field feedback: speakers share the decisions they made and what they actually implemented, and attendees get time to talk business and technology together. The conference is organised by Naomakers and supported by the Région Pays de la Loire.
Themes
The programme covers four recurring challenges:
- Costs: prioritising use cases, choosing models and keeping the bill under control.
- Shadow AI: identifying unsanctioned uses before data and risks slip out of view.
- Sovereignty: weighing performance against technological dependence and control over data.
- Production: turning prototypes into reliable, supervised systems that can handle load.
Format
The day runs on two parallel tracks, so attendees can move between sessions:
- Ceux qui décident (for decision-makers): talks, round tables and the Startup Contest, on usage, costs, ROI, shadow AI, sovereignty, proofs of concept, industry and change management.
- Ceux qui implémentent (for implementers): talks and a live podcast, on self-hosting, inference, models, agents, context, evaluation, developer tools, voice and robotics.
The conference runs from 08:30 to 18:00 with 18 talks, keynotes and round tables across both stages. Recordings are published after the event. Doors open at 08:30.
Agenda
- 09:15: Opening keynote by Christelle Morançais, President of the Région Pays de la Loire.
- 09:40 to 16:55: Talks in both tracks, including sessions by Gaël Brisson, Jean-Yves Simon, Julien Lesaicherre, Olivier Lauvray, Nicolas Martignole, Théo Hubert, Laurent Duthoit and Camille Croze, Tiffany Souterre, Régis Dubrulle and Florian Bruniaux.
- Round tables: featuring Quentin Adam, Constance Nebbula, Jean-Baptiste Kempf, Claire Augris, Camille Marini, Frédéric Didier, Delphine Ziegler and Céline Haentzler.
- 11:55: Startup Contest, where startups pitch on stage to a jury of entrepreneurs and decision-makers. Finalists include BWorlds, Barkan, Motiv and Laborhêto.
- 18:00 (120 min): Live podcast recorded in the implementers track, with Clever Cloud.
- 18:00 to 22:00: Networking afterwork with a DJ set until 22:00, open to speakers, partners and participants.
Speakers
The lineup includes Christelle Morançais (Région Pays de la Loire), Jean-Baptiste Kempf (VLC, Scaleway, Kyber), Julien Lesaicherre (ElevenLabs), Tiffany Souterre (AWS), Frédéric Didier (Crédit Agricole), Régis Dubrulle (ANSSI), Olivier Lauvray (VSORA), Quentin Adam (Clever Cloud), Camille Marini (Alan), Laurent Duthoit (Renault Group), Nicolas Martignole (Back Market), Théo Hubert (AlphaEdge), Jean-Yves Simon (Mirakl), Camille Croze (Wandercraft), Constance Nebbula (Région Pays de la Loire), Delphine Ziegler (Doctolib), Florian Bruniaux (RTK), Gaël Brisson (Swiftask), Tristan Fransen (Pennylane) and Céline Haentzler (Betclic Group). Several talks are still awaiting a speaker announcement.
Tickets and access
The event is sold out, with 400 places taken. A waiting list is open. The participant pass covers all conferences, meetings and key moments of the day, along with coffee, breaks and lunch, and the afterwork. It is listed at 147 EUR with VAT not applicable. The pass is transferable to a colleague until the event date and refundable on request. Tickets are sold through Billetweb.
Getting there
The venue is the Hôtel de Région Pays de la Loire, 1 Rue de la Loire, 44200 Nantes, on the banks of the Loire. Access is by Busway 5 (Pompidou stop) or Bus 26 (Hôtel de Région terminus). Paid parking is available in the Parc de Beaulieu car park and surrounding streets.
