Top Conferences in Paris 2026 & 2027: A Business Traveler's Guide
Paris has always been more than a leisure destination. Between late July 2026 and mid 2027, the city hosts a run of conferences and summits that will draw founders, investors, researchers, and executives from around the world. If you or your team are weighing a trip that mixes business with the best city in Europe to linger in, these are the events worth building your travel plans around.
Here is our shortlist of the most high-profile gatherings on the Paris calendar, in chronological order, with links to each event's official website.
The shortlist at a glance:
- FUN26 - focused ultrasound neuromodulation, July 22 to 24, 2026
- FDDay 2026 - France Digitale Day, September 16, 2026
- 2026 MIT Paris Symposium - October 15, 2026
- Paris Toxin x MICS 2026 - December 4 to 5, 2026
- Paris 2027 Venture Capital World Summit - April 1, 2027
- DXD Paris: Digital Experience Days 2027 - June 3, 2027
FUN26: Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Conference
When: July 22 to 24, 2026
Where: PariSanté Campus, 15th
arrondissement
A specialist scientific conference with a genuinely international draw, FUN26 brings together neuroscientists, engineers, and clinicians working on one of the most promising frontiers in medical technology: using focused ultrasound to treat neurological conditions without surgery. Organized by the ITRUSST consortium and hosted at PariSanté Campus, France's digital health hub, it is a rare chance to meet the field's leading labs in one room. If your work touches medtech, neurotech, or clinical research, this is the one to catch.
Details and registration on the official FUN26 website.
FDDay 2026: France Digitale Day
When: September 16, 2026
Where: Musée des Arts forains,
Bercy
France Digitale Day is one of Europe's largest startup and investor gatherings, now in its 14th edition, and its venue alone is worth the trip: the Musée des Arts forains is a private museum of vintage fairground rides in Bercy. Expect more than 4,000 founders, VCs, and corporate innovation teams, with a strong international contingent, plus the CES Tech Trends showcase making its first stop on the road to CES 2027. For US investors and executives looking to read the European tech ecosystem in a single day, this is the one to book.
Details and tickets on the official FDDay website.
2026 MIT Paris Symposium
When: October 15, 2026
Where: Auditorium Bouygues,
Paris
MIT's annual Paris symposium, run by the MIT Industrial Liaison Program, connects the institute's research community with its European partners, alumni, and industry. For American professionals it is one of the most familiar brands on the Paris fall calendar, and the crowd typically spans deep tech, energy, life sciences, and finance. Recent editions have tackled themes like digital twins and AI. A strong networking bet if your company recruits from or partners with the MIT ecosystem.
Program and registration on the official MIT ILP symposium page.
Paris Toxin x MICS 2026
When: December 4 to 5, 2026
Where: Salons Hoche, 8th
arrondissement
A major international congress for aesthetic medicine, now in its 12th edition, combining the Paris Toxin conference with the Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Surgery meeting. Practitioners fly in from across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas for live demonstrations, masterclasses, and multidisciplinary sessions connecting science with clinical practice. The Salons Hoche venue, just off the Arc de Triomphe, keeps the whole trip walkable from the 8th arrondissement hotels.
Program and registration on the official Paris Toxin website.
Paris 2027 Venture Capital World Summit
When: April 1, 2027
Where: Central Paris (venue
per organizer listing; confirm when booking)
Part of a traveling world series of venture capital summits, the Paris edition connects investors, family offices, and scaling companies looking for cross-border deal flow. It is a compact, high-signal format rather than a mega-conference, well suited to partners and corporate development teams who want a focused afternoon of panels, workshops, and meetings in the heart of the city.
Details and dates for the world series on the official Venture Capital World Summit website.
DXD Paris: Digital Experience Days 2027
When: June 3, 2027
Where: Les Salons de l'Hôtel
des Arts et Métiers, between the Arc de
Triomphe and Trocadéro
Digital Experience Days closes out our list in early summer 2027. Organized by JustRelate, the event focuses on digital experience, customer engagement, and the technology stack behind them, drawing brand-side leaders, agencies, and platform vendors to a 19th-century mansion in the 16th arrondissement. June in Paris sells itself, so expect this one to be popular with teams tacking a weekend onto the trip.
Details on the official DXD Paris page.
Planning your trip
- Book early for September and October. The fall congress season overlaps with fashion weeks and trade shows, and hotel rates in central Paris climb fast.
- Stay near your venue. Most of the events above sit in or near the central arrondissements, all dense with hotels and within a short walk or metro ride of each other.
- Add a buffer day. Whether it is for jet lag or for the Louvre, nobody has ever regretted an extra day in Paris. A guided day out, like our Grand Parisian Full Day Experience, covers the icons efficiently when your time is tight.
- Confirm before you book. Dates and venues are based on organizer listings and may change, so check the official event pages before locking in flights and hotels.
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