From January 6th to 9th, Pierre Gattaz, president of the Medef (the French business confederation), will lead a delegation of French CEOs and entrepreneurs to the United States in order to promote French startups and allow French small businesses to discover the latest technological trends.

On Tuesday, January 6, and Wednesday, January 7, Pierre Gattaz will visit CES in Las Vegas where each year an increasing number of French startups exhibit (this year, they will be over 120 French presenters and 66 French startup companies at Eureka Park – only the US will have more). He will also meet American officials such as Marcus Jadotte, Assistant Secretary of Commerce For Industry & Analysis, and several CEOs of high-level companies such as Intel.

On Thursday, January 8, and Friday, January 9, the Medef delegation will visit the French tech community in San Francisco and meet American venture capitalists in order to show them the incredible dynamism of the French internet economy. Once again, Pierre Gattaz will also meet John Chambers from Cisco, who said that « France understood the digital revolution better than others » and pledged to invest USD 200 million in start-ups and investment funds in France.

With 750,000 member companies, 90% of which are SMEs with under 50 employees, and more than 20,000 authorised representatives to carry out 30,000 mandates, MEDEF is the largest entrepreneur network in France.