← Nicolas François
Talks
A regular speaker on AI applied to tourism, I share field insights and practical thinking with industry professionals, decision-makers and institutions.
Speaking engagements
2025
- AI in travel: what to expect in 2026 (keynote) — Enjeux du e-tourisme / L'Echo Touristique & FEVAD, Paris, France · December 2025
- Rencontres IA & Tourisme en Grand Est (designed and hosted the series — 9 dates, 800+ attendees) — ART Grand Est, Grand Est, France · 2025
- AI in tourism: demystify, demonstrate, question (workshops) — Rencontres de l'Ardenne, Houffalize, Belgium · November 2025
- Creativity in tourism in the age of AI + AI & Law workshop + AI & Tourism interview (3 sessions) — Rencontres nationales du e-tourisme, Pau, France · October 2025
- Generative AI in tourism: use cases, impact and outlook (panel moderation) — Next Tourisme, Paris, France · June 2025
- Opportunities and challenges of AI in tourism — Sorbonne Université, Paris, France · April 2025
- AI in tourism: from understanding to action (workshops) — ADN Tourisme, Auxerre, France · April 2025
- Tourism video and AI: distorted reality or enhanced emotion? (keynote) — Grands Remous, Québec, Canada · January 2025
2024
- Generative AI in tourism: uses and opportunities (TV interview — Grand Angle show, Travolution France) — IFTM / TOM.travel, Paris, France · September 2024
- Generative AI: from strategy to practice (keynote) — ADN Tourisme — Rencontres du Réseau, Troyes, France · September 2024
- User experience must come first (interview & panel) — Next Tourisme, Paris, France · 2024
- AI & tourism: state of play and outlook (panel) — Rencontres nationales du e-tourisme, Pau, France · October 2024
Publications & Studies
Studies and white papers I've contributed to.
- ADN Tourisme × AFDAS · study — AI and the evolution of jobs in tourism organizations · February 2026
- CCI Paris Île-de-France · foresight study — Artificial intelligence at the heart of the tourism revolution · January 2026
- Hauts-de-France Innovation Tourisme · white paper — Generative AI and Tourism — 2nd edition · November 2025
Media & Mentions
Selected highlights (non-exhaustive).
2026
- Paris&Co · interview — Decoding AI in tourism: trends, limitations and best practices — Cahier de Tendances Tourisme #9 · April 2026
2025
- L'Echo Touristique · article — AI in travel: what to expect in 2026 · December 2025
- Juris Tourisme — Lefebvre Dalloz · article — IA, Tech & Travel Café newsletter featured in the Initiatives section · October 2025
- Away We Go · podcast — Using AI wisely in tourism · July 2025
- Puissance Télévision · quoted — When artificial intelligence serves tourism · March 2025
- etourisme.info · quoted — 30 mn IA tourisme — new video podcast · February 2025
- Revue ESPACES · feature — Artificial intelligence — Engaging your network of tourism stakeholders · February 2025
2024
- etourisme.info · article — AI in tourism: one year on, where do we stand? · November 2024
- Next Tourisme · article — User experience must come first · May 2024
Certifications & Recognitions
- Media Accreditation — Vivatech & Raise Summit · 2025 and 2026
- "Agentic AI Applied to Enterprise Transformation" — MIT Professional Education · December 2025
- Ambassador of France's "Osez l'IA" national initiative for the tourism sector — French Ministry of Economy · since September 2025
- "Elements of AI" — University of Helsinki · September 2025