Paris Field Guide

2026-07-09

Thursday, July 9

RAISE Summit

Today's Anchor Conference — all day

Before You Leave

  • Passport / ID
  • Tickets — offline
  • Phone + battery
  • Water bottle
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Hotel key & address
  • RAISE badge & agenda

Today's Goal

Use the second conference day to go deeper: follow up with people from yesterday, choose fewer sessions more deliberately, and leave with clear next actions.

Today is less about seeing everything and more about making the best conversations count. Keep meals simple and protect energy for the parts of the conference that matter.

Before Leaving the Hotel

  • Conference badge.
  • Laptop, charger, and power bank.
  • Phone fully charged.
  • Notes from yesterday reviewed.
  • A short list of people or companies to reconnect with.
  • Water.

Morning

Coffee

Café Kitsuné Palais Royal

15 min walk • Palais-Royal

Walk toward Palais-Royal and keep the start easy. This is a good place to review yesterday's notes and decide who to find today.

Google Maps • Apple Maps • Official Site

Order
Coffee, pastry, and water.
Why Here
Close to the venue, quick, and easy to use as a planning stop before conference day two.

Backup

Télescope if you want a quieter coffee stop before walking to the venue.

Up Next →

Conference Arrival

8 min walk • Carrousel du Louvre

Walk from Palais-Royal toward the Louvre and head back into the Carrousel du Louvre. Use the same entrance pattern that worked yesterday.

Google Maps • Apple Maps • Venue Site

Venue
Carrousel du Louvre.
Closest Metro
Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre.
To Confirm
Today's agenda, meeting points, and any evening conference events.

Up Next →

Conference

RAISE Summit

All day • second conference day

Choose the sessions that help answer what you came to learn. Between sessions, prioritize follow-up conversations over wandering the expo floor.

Focus
AI infrastructure, enterprise AI, agentic AI, networking, and vendor demonstrations.
Follow Up
Reconnect with the best people from Wednesday while the conversation is still warm.
Capture
Write down one next action for each useful conversation.

Up Next →

Lunch

Conference Lunch

On site • preserve momentum

Stay with the conference if lunch becomes a networking moment. Leave only if there is a real break and everyone needs a reset.

Plan A
Use conference lunch or nearby venue options.
Plan B
Quick meal nearby, then return before the afternoon sessions.

Backup

Bistrot Victoires for a straightforward nearby lunch if the schedule opens up.

Up Next →

Late Afternoon

Notes Reset

10 min walk • Palais-Royal or Tuileries

Before leaving the conference zone, take ten quiet minutes to clean up notes. Mark follow-ups while names and context are still fresh.

Google Maps • Apple Maps

Do
Tag follow-ups, save business cards, and send any urgent messages.
Skip If
Conference conversations or events are still useful.

Up Next →

Evening

Dinner

Juveniles

10 min walk • near Palais-Royal

Use this if dinner stays connected to the conference area. It keeps the evening close without drifting into a long cross-town plan.

Google Maps • Apple Maps

Why Here
Close to the venue and useful for either family dinner or a small conference conversation.
Flex
If everyone is tired, head back toward Les Halles instead.

Backup

La Poule au Pot if you want dinner closer to the hotel.

Transportation

Primary: Walking

Use Metro only if the day runs late or everyone is tired.

Transit Ledger

Required Transit
0
Optional Transit
0–1 Metro ride
Primary Mode
Walking

Notes

Before bed, turn conference notes into follow-up tasks. Tomorrow is a hotel-transfer day, so do not leave all the organizing for the morning.