The 2025 film Two days under the glass roof.
Why the Grand Palais
Since 1900, the Grand Palais shows the world what comes next.
The motor car in 1901, flight in 1909. Since 2025, it is where business adopts AI.
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1900
The world comes to see its future.
The Grand Palais opens for the Exposition Universelle: some fifty million visits, and Paris runs its first Métro line that summer.
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1901
The motor car moves in.
The Paris motor show settles under the glass roof, and stays until 1961.
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1909
Then, flight.
The first international exhibition of aerial locomotion fills the nave with balloons and aeroplanes. It became the Paris Air Show.
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2025
Now, AI.
The first Adopt AI: 20,000 participants, 600 speakers and the President of the Republic, under the same roof.
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2026
Your turn.
3 & 4 December 2026. The next future gets adopted here.
Book your pass
Archive photos: 1900 · Eugène Trutat · Public domain · 1901 · Valerian Gribayedoff · Public domain · 1909 · Postcard · CC0
Entrances Which entrance is yours?
All entrances are on Avenue Winston Churchill. Your pass type tells you which door to use.
Avenue Winston Churchill
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Main entrance
- For
- General attendees, exhibitors and media
- Where
- The two inner doors of the central porch
- Exhibitors
- A dedicated lane at the main entrance
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Speakers, VIP, CEO pass & side events
- For
- Speakers, VIP and CEO pass holders, side event guests
- Where
- The two outer doors, on each side of the porch
