Monday, November 16, 2026
8:30 AM – 8:00 PM CET
Forward Data Conference 2026
About this event
One-day French data and AI conference at the Cite Internationale Universitaire, with three stages, more than 40 talks and workshops and over 50 speakers, themed around agentic systems and data foundations for AI.
The Forward Data Conference is a one-day French data and artificial intelligence conference run jointly by consultancy Hymaia, the Modern Data Network practitioner community and data engineer Christophe Blefari.
The programme spans talks, workshops and networking around four themes: data foundations for people and AI systems, agentic systems engineering, changes in engineering practice, and leading the AI shift. It is aimed at data engineers, machine-learning engineers, analytics engineers, CDOs and CTOs, with roughly 600 participants expected.
The official site confirms the venue as Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, 17 boulevard Jourdan, and states the day runs from 08:30 to 20:00. It is a paid event: the official registration route is the authoritative source for currently available ticket tiers.
Organized by
French data consultancy that co-organises the Forward Data Conference with the Modern Data Network community and data engineer Christophe Blefari.