Educatech Expo Paris 2026

Educatech Expo is a French trade fair for digital education and new teaching methods, run since 2009 by Weyou Group. The 2026 edition is set for 2 to 4 December in Pavilion 7 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, in the city's 15th arrondissement. The halls are open from 09:00 to 21:00 on Wednesday, 09:00 to 18:00 on Thursday and 09:00 to 17:00 on Friday. This year's theme, "Choisir le Futur", looks at how schooling should adapt to artificial intelligence and broader digital change. Visitors come from education and training: classroom teachers, school management, local authorities, public bodies and EdTech vendors. The organiser describes attendance as fully professional and cites more than 14,000 participants and close to 300 exhibitor stands each year. Its figures for 2025 were 13,512 participants, 281 stands and 2,373 business meetings. Premium exhibitors receive one-to-one meetings arranged by the organiser, and EQUIP ECOLE, a new area this year, deals with purchasing and management for schools and universities. The programme runs on three tracks: plenary sessions in the amphitheatre, exhibitor conferences and workshops, and the Carrefour de l'innovation pédagogique. Most of the published plenary schedule is about AI, covering how teachers choose classroom tools, whether learning still matters when software can do part of the work, inclusion and accessibility, cyber security in schools, and what equipment schools should buy. Microsoft France president Corine De Bilbao speaks on trust in AI on the morning of 2 December. The same day closes with the AFINEF Grand Prix for innovative local authorities at 17:40 and an afterwork for the public and VIP guests from 18:00 to 21:00. Admission is free with a visitor badge, but only for professionals, and the organiser can turn away anyone unable to prove salaried or self-employed work. No paid ticket tiers are listed. For most AffHouse readers the fit is narrow. The expo serves teachers, school leaders and public buyers, not performance marketers. Its value lies with publishers and media buyers who run edtech offers such as AI study tools and want a close look at which products French schools and local authorities are weighing up, and how schools approach purchasing now that EQUIP ECOLE covers it. AI affiliates may use the plenaries to gauge how educators judge generative tools. Those working gambling, crypto or finance offers will find little direct value here.