Revealing the program of the NewKid Days, 1st edition

so excited this is coming to life!

Hi everyone!

Hope you are as excited as I am about your day.

D-8 to the very first edition of the NewKid Days : Saturday, June 20 in the heart of VivaTech, Europe’s largest tech & startup show. I still have to pinch myself to believe so many fabulous people will be in the room - see for yourself!

If you are around : come with your children! I’ve created this day for the intentional moms and dads out there, the curious minds who wants scientific and thoughtful content wrapped in conversations — building bridges between research, startups, education and philosophy. And including the children in the loop, too. Because hey, we’re here to empower them!

This is a space to be inspired, in awe and wonders. I can’t wait to meet you there!

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A unique format : panels for parents, workshops for kids (5 to 15)

10:00AM

For the parents : “LLMs and our children” [in FR]

Goal : understand genAI, its impact on our children (backed by research), and the measures to adopt.

Speakers:

• Anne Le Hénanff – French Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs

• Mathilde Cerioli – PhD in Cognitive neuroscience, chief scientist at everyone.AI - research, awareness & evaluation tool for tech companies building for children - and chief scientist of the iRAISE global coalition

• Stéphie Herlin – Educator, researcher & cofounder of KORA, independent benchmarks to evaluate how safe AI systems are for children and teens.

• Aymeric Roucher – Polytechnique, AI engineer ex Hugging Face, author of “Ultra-Intelligence : Jusqu’où les intelligences artificielles iront-elles ?”

Moderator: Anne-Sophie Seret – Executive director of everyone.AI & chief program officer of the iRAISE global coalition

For the children : “What is AI?”

• Amélia Matar – Cofounder of screen-free coding tools for kids COLORI, author of “Les écrans, ça s’apprend!”

• Linda Liukas – Author of children’s book “Hello Ruby” published in 40 languages, illustrator, and playground builder

11:30AM

For the parents : “What should we pass on?” [in FR]

Goal : discuss the timeless vs. new skills, what should we pass on to our children to best prepare them for the world of tomorrow. A discussion with the audience!

• Marie Robert – Philosopher, author, founder of 7 international schools and host of the substack & podcast Philosophy Is Sexy - and its kids version too

• Solenne Bocquillon-le goaziou – Entrepreneur, author, host of the podcast Géneration Parents, on education & AI

• Laurent François – Communication strategist, social media pioneer in Europe, author of “Craquer l’algorithme : réenchanter les réseaux sociaux”, author of En Vivance

Moderator: Xavier Cazard – Founder of La Maison de la Conversation, a space designed for conversations to happen.

For the children : “AI myself and I”

• Nora Belbachir – Program manager & facilitator at La Maison de la Conversation

12:45PM

For all : AI products for kids : startup pitch session [in EN+FR]

Startups :

• Jules | 3-10 | a playful learning device

• Motiv | 12-16 | a voice-first AI cognitive coach

• Tokidos | 3-8 | a screen-free educational gaming platform

• Bulle | 12+ | an innovative co-mediation app for parents & teens to reconnect

• Greem | 3-12 | an app for parents & their kids to co-create stories

• Karri | 4-10 | a screen-free, data-enabled voice communication device

• Nuri Tales | 3-8 | a story telling app for parents to help deal with emotions

• Drimmly | 14+ | an AI career companion to help students discover, find and get their dream job

• Cantoo Scribe | 6-16+ | an AI-powered inclusive digital schoolbag that removes learning barriers for students with disabilities

Jury:

• David Guérin – Partner at Brighteye Ventures

• Alexis Robert – General partner at Kima Ventures

• Mathilde Cerioli & Laurent Vernhes – Chief scientist & CTO at everyone.AI

• Paul Bonnet-Witvoet – Ecosystems & Operations at French’s largest tech media Maddyness

• me :)

2:00PM

For the parents : “Is french school ready?” [in FR]

Goal: take stock of today's successes and challenges, and of the road still ahead.

Speakers:

• Fatma Chouaieb – Cofounder of Hello Charly, committed for 10 years to giving all young people access to the best academic and career guidance

• Aude Guéneau – French literature teacher, founder of Plume & president of EdTech France, working on cognitive psychology topics at the intersection of AI and education since 2018

• Pierre Amougou – ENS Ulm · Princeton, Workshops facilitator for middle and high school students on cognitive sciences applied to academic & career success, community builder Etudiants.Ambitieux

• Nicolas Princen – Entrepreneur and investor in AI and education, host of the YouTube channel “La Meilleure École du Monde” (YouTube)

Moderator: Elise Nebout – Cultural entrepreneur, co-founder and director of Les Mots, 20 000 students and counting

For the children : “The school of my dreams”

• Svenia Busson – Cofounder of the think tank Education Futures, exploring the future of education in the age of AI

• Diana-Luz Houdayer-Laborde – Engineer turned graphic facilitator, author of Fragments d'impact

3:30PM

For all : “The future of school?” [in EN]

A special interview of MacKenzie Price – Cofounder of Alpha School : academics with AI, life skills with humans

All day long…

🧠 Exhibition: The Neuroscience of GenAI & Kids

Research papers made accessible: scientific data, illustrated creation — and an invitation for kids to participate. A co-creation by everyone.AI x Linda Liukas x NewKid .

🤖 AI Products for Kids: meet the Founders

Try innovative learning & playful tools and ask your questions directly to the founders.

📚 Book Area

A curated selection of books to understand AI, its impact on youth, and the world we live in.

🎲 Games

Board games and other shareable moments to explore our own use of technology, as a family — with Axelle Desaint & Lunise Marquis, Director and Communication lead from Internet Sans Crainte, Lena Lahor, Parenting coach Accompagner l'épanouissement.

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I am forever grateful to the incredible people listed above, for believing in this project, making intros, accepting to show up on a Saturday, during parents’ busiest month of the year to bring their knowledge and passion to the curious minds out there — this topic is so utterly important.

Let’s do that !!

Mathilde