Overview
The OVHcloud AI Summit 2026 is an in-person event organized by OVHcloud, bringing together decision-makers, developers, partners, and others interested in the future of cloud and artificial intelligence. It takes place on 19 November 2026 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France. The event focuses on digital freedom and the role of sovereign, end-to-end controlled infrastructure as a foundation for AI. Participation is listed as free, with registration available through the event website.
The program invites attendees to discuss and explore major challenges shaping cloud and AI, including digital sovereignty, costs, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, multicloud, environmental impact, and quantum technologies. The event is designed to open dialogue, anticipate emerging uses, and consider how these technologies are changing organizations and their activities.
Schedule
Doors open at 9:00 for arrival and coffee. A keynote runs from 10:00 to 12:00 and is broadcast live in both French and English through OVHcloud’s social channels. From 12:00 to 18:30, attendees can visit the exhibitor village, where OVHcloud teams and partners discuss relevant topics, respond to visitors’ concerns, and support their projects.
The afternoon includes thematic sessions from 13:30 to 18:30. These cover technologies and issues transforming business activities, with security, AI, sustainability, and quantum among the subjects named on the page. The day concludes with a networking cocktail at 18:30. The listed schedule places the event’s main activities between 9:00 and 18:30.
Speakers and participants
The page does not identify the 2026 speakers. It presents a section titled “Keynote speakers 2025,” whose past speakers included OVHcloud founder and CEO Octave Klaba, OVHcloud product and technology director Yaniv Fdida, and representatives from companies including Bouygues Telecom, Bitdefender, LSEG, and Commerz Real. These names are for the 2025 keynote and should not be taken as a confirmed 2026 speaker lineup.
The event page also gives indicative scale figures of more than 1,500 participants, 70 speakers, 50 thematic sessions, and 30 partners and startups. It lists sponsors from 2025, including Sopra Steria, AMD, Nutanix, HPE, Bitdefender, Bouygues Telecom, and others.
Format and practical details
The summit is held at the Carrousel du Louvre, 99 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. It is primarily an on-site gathering with a livestream of the keynote in French and English. The registration offer is shown as free. A limited-edition T-shirt is offered to the first 1,000 registrants, subject to presenting an access badge. The page links to contest rules for further details.
