World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF)
by Informa
Two days at the Palais des Festivals where the AI policy track carries equal weight
About This Event
World AI Cannes Festival 2027 runs 10-11 February 2027 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, and it is the first edition organised by Informa, which extended its relationship with the City of Cannes to take the festival over from 2027 onwards — the same group behind Cannes Lions and the AI Summit series in London, New York, Las Vegas, Melbourne and Singapore. The official 2027 site advertises 7,500 attendees, 200+ speakers and 80+ exhibitors across three tracks: Business, Tech and Policy. Alongside the stages it runs a Start-Up & Investor Stage, the VisionAIres VIP Village of closed-door executive roundtables, an interactive AI Trail of discovery stations, and the WAICF AI Awards across five categories. Speakers listed on the 2027 site include Yann LeCun, IBM AI ethics global leader Francesca Rossi and Pascale Fung of HKUST.
At a Glance
- Date
- February 10–11, 2027
- Location
- Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes, France
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Expected Attendance
- 7,500
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- Informa
- Added
- Jul 4, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓CIO
- ✓CTO
- ✓Chief AI Officer
- ✓Head of AI Governance
- ✓Chief Data Officer
- ✓AI startup founders
- ✓Venture investors
- ✓Policy makers and regulators
Why Attend
Two days, 7,500 people and a deliberately European centre of gravity: this is the AI event where the policy track is not an afterthought, which matters if your deployments sit under the EU AI Act. The Business, Tech and Policy split lets a CIO send one person to each and still compare notes over dinner. The VisionAIres village of closed-door roundtables is why most executives go — it is where peers say what they will not say on a panel — and the Start-Up & Investor Stage plus 80+ exhibitors makes it an efficient scouting trip without an expo-hall slog.
Event Features
- ✓Business track
- ✓Tech track
- ✓Policy track
- ✓Start-Up & Investor Stage
- ✓VisionAIres VIP Village — closed-door executive roundtables
- ✓The AI Trail — interactive discovery stations
- ✓WAICF AI Awards across five categories
What Makes This Unique
- ★First edition organised by Informa, which also owns Cannes Lions and runs the longest-running international B2B AI event series
- ★A dedicated Policy track sitting level with Business and Tech — unusual weighting for a commercial AI event, and directly useful to anyone deploying under the EU AI Act
- ★Two days rather than three, in a compressed executive format at the Palais des Festivals
- ★The VisionAIres VIP Village of closed-door roundtables is the actual draw for senior attendees, not the main stage
- ★A European venue and audience, in a calendar dominated by US-centric AI conferences
Featured Speakers From
Industries Represented
Event Scale
Pricing Details
WAICF has not published 2027 pass tiers or prices — no register page carrying prices was live at the time of research. 2027 is Informa's first edition as organiser under its extended agreement with the City of Cannes, so previous editions' pricing is not a reliable guide and is deliberately not carried forward here.
Organizer
Informa
informa.comFrequently Asked
- When is World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF)?
- World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF) takes place February 10–11, 2027 in Cannes, France.
- Where is World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF) held?
- World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF) is held in Cannes, France. The event format is in-person.
- How much does World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF) cost?
- World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF) is paid. WAICF has not published 2027 pass tiers or prices — no register page carrying prices was live at the time of research. 2027 is Informa's first edition as organiser under its extended agreement with the City of Cannes, so previous editions' pricing is not a reliable guide and is deliberately not carried forward here.
- Who should attend World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF)?
- World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF) is aimed at CIO, CTO, Chief AI Officer, Head of AI Governance, Chief Data Officer, AI startup founders, Venture investors, Policy makers and regulators.
- What topics does World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF) cover?
- World AI Cannes Festival 2027 (WAICF) covers Enterprise AI, AI Governance, AI Policy & Regulation, Generative AI, AI Ethics, AI Startups & Investment, Applied Machine Learning, EU AI Act, AI Talent.
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