Dev Summit 2026: Full Schedule

Digital sovereignty is no longer a theoretical topic. It is becoming a strategic condition to protect customer trust, business continuity, data assets and the ability to innovate at scale.
This roundtable will bring together tech leaders to explore what sovereignty really means in a retail context: from cloud and infrastructure choices to data governance, cybersecurity, AI, vendor dependency and platform resilience. Beyond compliance, the discussion will focus on the concrete trade-offs companies face when building powerful digital ecosystems while keeping control over their critical capabilities.
A pragmatic conversation on how retail tech organizations can stay open, innovative and competitive, without becoming dependent, exposed or locked in.

Speakers

Sébastien Couasnon

Jean-Baptiste Kempf

VLC

Jean-Baptiste Kempf is the president of VideoLAN and lead developer of the iconic open-source VLC media player—with over 5 billion downloads—is a French engineer renowned for contributions to multimedia projects like FFmpeg, x264, dav1d, and co-hosting the popular tech podcas... Read More →

Meriem Berkane

Global CTO, ADEO Services

Philippe Notton

CEO, Sipearl

Dawn Baker

Chief Technical Officer, BACKMARKET

Farid Illikoud

Chief Risk Officer, Decathlon

Tuesday May 26, 2026 16:30 - 17:15 CEST
2 - GRAND PAVILION

Global, Panel

17:30 CEST

THE ULTIMATE SIDE QUEST 🦆

Tuesday May 26, 2026 17:30 - 18:15 CEST

RECOVERY ZONE 🧘🏻

Let's end the day with some outdoor soft challenges and try to win the ultimate prize by finding all the clues!

Tuesday May 26, 2026 17:30 - 18:15 CEST
RECOVERY ZONE 🧘🏻 135 Rue Sadi Carnot, Ronchin, France

Global

18:15 CEST

THE ULTIMATE SIDE QUEST 🦆

Tuesday May 26, 2026 18:15 - 19:00 CEST

RECOVERY ZONE 🧘🏻

Let's end the day with some outdoor soft challenges and try to win the ultimate prize by finding all the clues!

Tuesday May 26, 2026 18:15 - 19:00 CEST
RECOVERY ZONE 🧘🏻 135 Rue Sadi Carnot, Ronchin, France

Global

18:15 CEST

BATTLE MODE: PART 1 - CONSOLES WARS 🎮

Tuesday May 26, 2026 18:15 - 21:00 CEST

1 - MAIN STAGE

Day 1 ends on a different kind of performance.
Giant screen for epic gaming tournament: Super Mario, FIFA, F1 25…

No slides, just skills!

Tuesday May 26, 2026 18:15 - 21:00 CEST
1 - MAIN STAGE

Global

18:30 CEST

AFTERWORK! 🍻

Tuesday May 26, 2026 18:30 - 21:00 CEST

5 - AGORA

Join us to wrap up the day with a relaxed and lively afterwork.
Apero dinatoire, drinks, outdoor challenges, and a gaming tournament on the big screen: everything is set for a fun and social moment.
Whether you’re here to compete, connect, or just unwind, this is your time to enjoy the Dev Summit differently.

Tuesday May 26, 2026 18:30 - 21:00 CEST
5 - AGORA

Global

Dev Summit 2026

08:00 CEST

09:00 CEST

12:00 CEST

13:00 CEST

16:30 CEST

Sébastien Couasnon

Jean-Baptiste Kempf

Meriem Berkane

Philippe Notton

Dawn Baker

Farid Illikoud

17:30 CEST

18:15 CEST

18:15 CEST

18:30 CEST

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