The Consumer Technology Association® (CTA) and France Digitale, a leading startup association in Europe, are partnering to co-host CES Tech Trends, a global kickoff event for CES 2025. The event will take place on September 18, 2024, at the Musée des Arts Forains in Paris during France Digitale’s FDDay 2024. FDDay is an innovation event that brings together European entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders to discuss trends in business, technology, and society. CES Tech Trends will offer a preview of what to expect at CES 2025. CES 2025 is scheduled for January 7-10 in Las Vegas.

“We are thrilled to return to Paris for CES Tech Trends, kicking off the road to CES 2025 with a showcase of French innovation that’s solving some of the world’s biggest challenges,” said Gary Shapiro, CEO of CTA. “We look forward to our renewed partnership with France Digitale and to seeing the best of France’s dynamic innovation ecosystem.”

CES Tech Trends will feature conference programming on entrepreneurship's global impact, market research insights, and emerging tech trends leading into CES 2025.

FDDay is described as Europe's most significant startup gathering and returns for its 12th edition in 2024. This year’s event will see over 4000 founders, investors, and innovation leaders gather for networking opportunities and fundraising activities.

“We are very happy to partner once again with CTA to co-host the CES Tech Trends during our FDDay in Paris. It’s a tremendous recognition of the importance of the French innovation ecosystem in the world and its strategic role crafting new trends driving tech in 2024 and beyond,” said Maya Noël, managing director of France Digitale.

French companies continue making notable contributions to global technology advances. More than 215 French companies participated at CES 2024; among them were over 180 startups.

Registration for both events is open. For more information about attending CES Tech Trends or FDDay 2024 in Paris visit www.francedigitale.org. Details about CES 2025 can be found at CES.tech.

France Digitale was founded in 2012 as Europe’s largest startup association uniting over two thousand startups and investors including venture capitalists and business angels. Co-presided by Frédéric Mazzella from BlaBlacar and Benoist Grossmann from Eurazeo, it aims to foster Europe’s future tech champions.

CES is recognized globally as a premier technology event where major brands meet partners and innovators showcase their work. Owned by CTA®, it covers all aspects of the tech sector with its next edition set for January in Las Vegas.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® represents North America’s largest technology trade group encompassing top innovators from startups through global brands supporting millions of American jobs through various initiatives including producing CES®.