CEOs from Apple, Rimowa, LVMH, and Alibaba in the jury for first LVMH Innovation Award at Viva Technology 2017

The biggest luxury group of the world announces jury for first LVMH Innovation Award at Viva Technology 2017. This year VivaTech will welcome 50,000 attendees from around the world including 5,000 startups, 1,000 investors, and 400 speakers with names like Eric Schmidt, John Collison, Jeff Immelt and Daniel Zhang. The second edition of Viva Technology … Read more

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